Editing Nafi b. Hilal b. Jamil (section)

==Martyrdom==
In the Day of Ashura, Nafi' b. Hilal carved his name on his arrows, poisoned them, and then threw them to the enemies. With his arrows, Nafi' killed twelve people from Umar b. Sa'd's army and injured many. When he ran out of arrows, he drew his sword and attacked the enemy.

The army of the enemy was all around him when they attacked him with their arrows and stones. His arms were broken and he was taken as prisoner. [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan|Shimr]] and some of his companions took him to Umar b. Sa'd. Umar told him: "O' Nafi'! Woe to you! Why did you do this to yourself?'. 

"My Lord knows of my intent", said Nafi' with bloods flowing from his beard, "I swear to God that I do not blame myself for killing twelve of your soldiers. If my arms were not broken, you could never capture me."

Umar b. Sa'd ordered Shimr to kill him. Nafi told Shimr: "I swear to God that if you are really a Muslim, it would be very difficult for you to meet God while your hands are stained with our bloods. I thank God to have left our death to the hands of the worst of his creatures." He was then murdered by Shimr.<ref>Lisān al-Mulk Sipihr, ''Nāsikh al-tawārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 277-279; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 197; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 441-442; Ibn al-Athīr, ''al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh'', vol. 4, p. 71-72.</ref>

Nafi' b. Hilal has been mentioned in [[Ziarat al-Rajabiyya]] of Imam Hussain  and [[Ziyara al-Shuhada]].