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Hazrat Abu Zar's real name was Jandab ibn Junadah ibn Sakan,
better known as Abu Dhar al-Ghaffari. Hazrat Abu Zar's Kunniya was
Abu Zar, which is because his eldest son was named Zar (this word
in Arabic means 'fragrance'). By one estimate, Abu Zar was born in
568 AD, which means Abu Zar was two years older than the Prophet
Muhammad (saw). Hazrat Abu Zar Ghaffari had belonged to an
Arab tribe by the name of Ghaffar, hence his last name. He died in
652 AD, at al-Rabadha, in the desert east of Medina. He was was an
early convert to Islam. When he reverted, Prophet Muhammad
(PBHU) gave him a new name, Abdullah.
