Editing Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil (section)

==Martyrdom==
Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib was among companions of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam al-Hussain]] who was [[Martyrdom|martyred]] in the [[Battle of Karbala]] on [[Ashura]]. <ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 125.</ref>

According to most sources, Usman bin Khalid bin Aseer Jahni and Bashr bin Sawt Hamadani Qanasi attacked Abdul Rahman bin Aqeel and killed him. [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]] reported in ''al-Irshad'' that he was attacked and martyred by [[Uthman b. Khalid al-Juhani|Uthman b. Khalid al-Hamdani]].<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 170.</ref>The author of ''Lubab al-ansab'' reported that he was 35 when he was martyred.<ref>Bayhaqī, ''Lubāb al-ansāb'', vol. 1, p. 401.</ref>

His name is mentioned as [[Martyrs of Karbala]] in [[Ziarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa]] and [[al-Ziarat al-Rajabiyya]].

===His Rajaz===
According to [[Ibn Shahr Ashub]] in his book ''[[al-Manaqib]]'', Abd al-Rahman entered the battlefield while he was reciting this rajaz:
My father was Aqeel thus know my position in the (Bani) Hashim, while the (Bani Hashim) are brothers of one another, and are considerably honest, masters of the Qur’an, this is Hussain whose base is eminent, and he is the Master of the seniors as also the youth