Abu zar Al-Ghiffari’s position among the Companions and his role in consolidating the Shia base

Abu zar al-Ghiffari was one of the companions of the Messenger (may God bless him and grant him peace). He was always  searching for the right religion, and he was one of those who followed the words of the Jewish and Christian clerics. He was upright to God and inclined to all worship in the Arabian Peninsula , believing in God before the mission of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instinctively without there being a messenger or even a book that guides him to monotheism. The Messenger (peace be upon him) knew Abazar al-Ghafari as a distinguished speaker. The Messenger of God (Peace be upon him) testified to that when he said to him that he was the first who greeted in the Islamic way. It is clear that Abu zar gathered a group of companions loyal to the Ahl al-Bayt (pbuh) and he led himself. Accordingly, the researcher in this thesis dealt with the position of Abu zar Al-Ghiffari among the people and among the companions of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) and his fate after the departure of the Prophet (peace be upon him). The researcher reached several results in this research; The most important of them: Abu zar Al-Ghiffari was a defender of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon him), as he showed their status in the Hajj season in Mecca and in the sanctuary of the Kaaba to guide the people, and said. Ahl al-Bayt are present among you and close to you. Nobody describe him as a lie except Uthman.Because he did not hear what was said about him by the Messenger of God (PBUH): In this expanse of the sky and this expanse of the earth, there is no one as truthful as Abu zar . That was the rebellious tongue and the resounding voice against the ruling junta, which led him to bear the consequences of that