Editing Shabath b. Rib'i (section)

==After the Tragedy of 'Ashura==
After the [[martyrdom]] of Imam al-Hussain, Shabath found an opportunity to reconstruct his mosque in Kufa (which previously Imam Ali had prohibited people from praying there).
Following the Uprising of al-Mukhtar, Shabath was appointed by 'Abd Allah b. Muti' to fight al-Mukhtar. He also had a role in the revolt of the chiefs of Kufa against al-Mukhtar. When the army of al-Mukhtar led by [[Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar]] went to fight the army of Syria, chiefs of Kufa revolted against al-Mukhtar. Shabath b. Rib'i together with Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan and Muhammad b. Ash'ath b. Qays were among the chief leaders of the revolt. Al-Mukhtar sent someone to tell Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar to bring back the army and suppress the revolt. Following the news of the return of Ibrahim b. Malik Ashtar, Shabath changed his position and sent a message to al-Mukhtar that, "We are from your tribe and your right hand. By God I swear that we will not fight you and you should be confident about this." Al-Mukhtar ignored his letter and sent Ibrahim b. Malik to fight him.

After the revolt was defeated, al-Mukhtar began to chase the killers of Imam al-Hussain. Shabath b. Rib'i, Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan and some other key people in the tragedy of 'Ashura escaped to Basra. Al-Mukhtar sent a group to run them down and they killed Shimr, but Shabath escaped to Basra and provoked Mus'ab b. al-Zubayr there to fight al-Mukhtar and helped him in killing al-Mukhtar.
When [[Hujr b. 'Adi]] was in the prison of Ziyad b. Abih, Shabth was among those who testified against him.

He died about 70/689-670.