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Aous was one of the first champions of Islam, as well as having been a poet. From his poetry, as reported by Ibn Abbass (Allah be pleased with them both): “Ana ibnu ‘Amru wah Wajdi Abuhu ‘Aamir ma’a As-Samaa’i.”

He and Shadaad bin Aous Al-Ansaari resided in Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). It has been said that he died in Ramlah in the land of Filistine (Palestine), in the year 34 A.H., when he was seventy-two years.

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