Salman the Persian
Salmaan al - Farisi (Arabic سلمان الفارسي « Salmaan the Persian ", persian also Salmaan -e pak " Salmān the Pure ", * in Isfahan ) is a legendary figure from the early days of Islam. He was a fellow of Muhammad and one of the first non-Arab Muslims. His historical existence is not assured. The traditions ascribe an extremely long life of several hundred years.
According to the tradition of Ibn Ishaq Salman was born the son of a rural notables in the village Dschayy and educated in Zoroastrianism. He brought it here to the keeper of the fire. Following contacts with Christians he was tied by his father on his feet locked in the house. He escaped with the help of Christians with a caravan, traveled to Syria and joined there the bishop to whom he exposed after his death as an impostor. The successor of the bishop was a righteous and devout man. Salman asks him on his deathbed, where to turn to. This recommends him as a man in Mosul. The story with the upright believers, he asks for advice on his deathbed, is repeated in Mosul, Nusaybin and Amuriyya. There he reported to his religious leader on his deathbed by a prophet in Arabia. He describes him around and told him the signs of prophethood. Salman joins Bedouins from the tribe of Ka'b to, but deceive him and sell in Wadi al- Qura as a slave to a Jew. He arrived in Yathrib, the later Medina. After the Hijra, he meets Mohammed and recognizes all the signs of prophethood. On the advice of Mohammed, he signs a contract with his master, who allows him to 300 date palms and gold and silver ransom. Muhammad and his companions to give him the palm trees, the planting Mohammed personally. Then Mohammed gives him the necessary gold to buy themselves free. Salman then participated in the grave battle.
Lore has it that Salman should have at the grave battle the proposal to dig a trench made . This fact is not confirmed in the earliest traditions and may have been invented to ascribe a Persian this defense technology with the Persian name
Salman the Persian are also traditions attributed to Muhammad that involve a prophecy that the Persians will make the better part of the Muslim community. Reports of Salman's role in the Islamic conquest of the Persian Empire and his office as governor are inconclusive. After the death of Mohammed and the appointment of Abu Bakr as the successor Salman is from the Shiite side of the cryptic remark: "You have done it and not yet done," attributed.
Salman is also considered the patron saint of barbers. His grave is located in Salman Pak, in today's Iraq, are located. The mosque is the aim in particular of Shiite pilgrims. Other traditions, however, locate the grave of Salman around Isfahan. Salman plays an important role in Islamic mysticism. It is part of the mystical chain of various Sufi orders. The Nusairiern Salman applies not only to Ali and Muhammad as part of the Trinity.