Editing Yazid b. Maghfil

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 | Full name = Yazid b. Maghfil b. Ju'f al-Midhhaji al-Ju'fi
 | Companion of = [[Imam Ali]], [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam al-Hussain]]
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 | Lineage = Midhhaji Ju'fi
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 | Place of Residence = [[Kufa]]
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 | Cause of Death/martyrdom = [[Martyrdom]] in the Battle of Karbala
 | Burial place = Holy shrine of [[Imam Hussain]]<nowiki>, [Karbala]], </nowiki>[[Iraq]]
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|Native name=یزید بْن مَغْفِل الجُعْفی}}'''Yazid b. Maghfil al-Ju'fi'''  was a companion of [[Imam Hussain]] who was martyred in the [[battle of Karbala]]. He was among companions of [[Imam Ali]] who remained faithful to [[Ahl al-Bayt]] and fought against [[Yazid]]'s army in support of Imam Hussain. 

==Biography==
His complete name was Yazid b. Maghfil b. Ju'f (Awf) b. Sa'd al-Ashra (al-Ashira) al-Midhhaji al-Ju'fi. 

To avoid confusion, it is worth mentioning that there were two people with the name of Yazid b. Ma'qil; one of them was Yazid b. Ma'qil (Yazid b. Maghfil) al-Ju'fi who was among the companions of [[Imam Hussain]] and the [[martyrs of Karbala]] and the other was Yazid b. Ma'qil b. 'Umayr b. Rabi'a who was in the army of [[Umar b. Sa'd]] in the [[Battle of karbala]] and was killed by [[Burayr b. Khudayr al-Hamdani al-Mishraqi|Burayr b. Khudayr]], a companion of Imam . 

==Companion of the Prophet==
He was a companion of [[Prophet]] and participated in the Battle of Qadisiyya .<ref>Ṭabasī, ''Bā kārawān-i Ḥusaynī'', vol. 1, p. 344.</ref>

==Companion of Imam Ali==
He was among the companions of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] who fought against the army of [[Mu'awiya]]. Also, he helped imam Ali against Khawarij  and led the right wing of his army in the battle which led to the defeat of Khawarij.<ref>Ṭabasī, ''Bā kārawān-i Ḥusaynī'', vol. 1, p. 344; Thaqafī, ''al-Ghārāt'', vol. 1, p. 128.</ref>

==Companion of Imam Hussain==
After the [[martyrdom]] of [[Imam Ali]], Yazid b. Maghfil remained faithful to [[Ahl al-Bayt]] and became a companion of Imam Hussain. Yazid b. Maghfil joined Imam Hussain in Mecca together with Hajjaj b. Masruq and accompanied Imam to [[Karbala]]. On the way, when Imam arrived in [[Qasr Bani Muqatil|Qasr Bani Maqatil]] and saw the tent of [[Ubayd Allah b. al-Hurr al-Juʿfi|Ubayd Allah b. Hurr al-Ju'fi]], sent Hajjaj b. Masruq al-Ju'fi and Yazid b. Maghfil al-Ju'fi to Ubayd Allah to invite him to join him. 

==Martyrdom==
His name was included among [[martyrs of Karbala]] in [[Ziayat Nahiyat al-Muqaddasa]]<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl'', vol. 3, p. 78</ref> and [[Rajabiyya ziyarat]] of Imam Hussain<ref>Shams al-Dīn, ''Anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a)'', vol. 1, p. 88.</ref> 

==Source==

*[https://en.wikishia.net/view/Yazid_b._Maghfil WikiShia, An online encyclopedia of the school of Ahl al-Bayt]

==References==
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[[Category:Individuals]] 
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:Imam Hussain’s Companions]]
[[Category:Martyrs of Karbala]]
[[fa:یزید بن مغفل جعفی]]
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