[1] al-Mughīrah ibn al-Akhnas ath-Thaqafī was among the well-wishers of ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān and the son of his paternal aunt. His brother Abu’l-Ḥakam ibn al-Akhnas was killed at the hands of Amīr al-mu’minīn in the battle of Uḥud, because of which he bore malice against Amīr al-mu’minīn. His father was one of those people who accepted Islam at the time of fall of Mecca but retained heresy and hypocricy in heart. That is why Amīr al-mu’minīn called him accursed, and he called him issueless because he who has a son like al-Mughīra deserves to be called issueless.