Editing Ammar b. Mu`awiya

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|Native name=عمار ابن معاویه}}'''Ammar b. Mu`awiya''' (d. 133) was the author of an account on the [[martyrdom]] of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]].

==the Battle of Karbala==

From the little that has survived of Jabir's account, it is difficult to assess his work; but what remains does call into question the account of his contemporary, Ammar b. Mu`awiya al-Duhni.<ref>Seen. 3.</ref>

This narrative is reported by [[al-Tabari]], and `Ammar claims to be reporting on the authority of the [[Mohammad al-Baqir|Imam al-Baqir]].

The report begins with a vivid introduction in which Ammar says that he asked the Imam al-Baqir to tell him about the death of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]] so that it might be as if he was there himself. What follows is an account which agrees in its basic outline with the version of [[Ibn al-Kalbi]], while being much shorter and briefer.

This version seemingly adds nothing to Ibn al-Kalbi’s narrative. It differs only in giving a different house for the one which [[Muslim b. ʿAqil b. Abi Talib|Muslim b. `Aqil]] stayed in when he came to [[Kufa]]; it does omit some of the things which Ibn al-Kalbi has reported, but nothing of real substance. What, then, is the purpose of this narrative? It is clearly put forward as the authoritative Shi’i account.

Ammar was a well-known traditionalist who, while being regarded as trustworthy by the general run of traditionalists, was also known for his Shi’i inclinations, and as an adherent of the Imam al-Baqir. He died in 133<ref>Ibn Hajar, Tadhib al- Tahdhib.</ref> and is claimed to have a book of traditions on the authority of the Imam al-Baqir.

This account might well be regarded as the official account of the Imam al-Baqir and therefore the one which should be accepted.

==Source==

*[http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=111 A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom]

==Refrence==

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