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'''Ammar b. Mu`awiya''' (d. 133) was the author of an account on the [[martyrdom]] of [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain]]. | {{Infobox companion of Imam (a) | ||
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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]]. | |||
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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> | 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 [[Imam al-Baqir]]. | 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. | 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. | ||
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==Source== | ==Source== | ||
* [http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=111 A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom] | |||
*[http://alhassanain.org/english/?com=book&id=111 A. Howard, Arabic Accounts of al-Husayn's Martyrdom] | |||
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[[Category: Islamic History]] | [[Category: Islamic History]] | ||
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Ammar b. Mu`awiya (d. 133) was the author of an account on the martyrdom of al-Hussain.
the Battle of Karbala[edit | edit source]
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.[1]
This narrative is reported by al-Tabari, and `Ammar claims to be reporting on the authority of the 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 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. `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[2] 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.