Zayd b. Ruqad al-Junnabi
Zayd b. Ruqad (Qarqa') al-Junnabi (al-Janibi) (Arabic: (زَید بن رُقاد (ورقاء) الجُنَّبی (الجَنِبی)) served as an archer in Omar b. Sa'd's army in the Battle of Karbala. He participated in battles led to the martyrdom of Abbas b. Ali and Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta'. According to some sources, he was also responsible for killing 'Abd Allah b. Muslim. In the Uprising of al-Mukhtar, he was finally shot by 'Abd Allah b. Kamil's soldiers with arrows, and then his half-alive corpse was burned.
Zayd b. Ruqad al-Junnabi | |
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| Known for | Murderer of Abbas b. Ali |
Name and Genealogy
His name was mentioned with some variation in sources as Zayd b. Warqa' al-Hanafi, Zayd b. Warqa' al-Juhani, Zayd b. Ruqad al-Hini, Yazid b. Warqa', and Yazid b. Ruqad al-Juhani as well. Zayd b. Ruqad was from the Junnab tribe.
On the Day of Ashura
In the Battle of Karbala, Zayd b. Ruqad was a member of Omar b. Sa'd's army. He contributed to the martyrdom of Abbas b. Ali and Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta' (the last martyr on the Day of Ashura). Based on some accounts, he killed 'Abd Allah b. Muslim as well.
Fate
In the course of uprising, al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi asked 'Abd Allah b. Kamil to kill Zayd b. Ruqad. When he was surrounded, ibn Kamil ordered his people not to hit him with swords and spears; he ordered them to shoot him with arrows and stone him, instead. He was burned while he was still almost alive.