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| native_name =هانی بن عروة المرادی | | native_name =هانی بن عروة المرادی | ||
| image = Kufa_Mosque.jpg | | image = Kufa_Mosque.jpg | ||
| known_for = Participating in the Battles of Imam | | known_for = Participating in the Battles of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]], One of the supporters of [[Muslim ibn Aqil|Muslim b. Aqil]] | ||
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| death_date = Dhu l-Hijja 8, 60 (September 12, 680) | | death_date = Dhu l-Hijja 8, 60 (September 12, 680) | ||
| death_place =Kufa | | death_place =[[Kufa]] | ||
| resting_place = Kufa, Iraq (in Kufa mosque) | | resting_place = [[Kufa]], [[Iraq]] (in Kufa mosque) | ||
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'''Haniʾ b. ʿUrwa al-Muradi''' was a Yemeni chief of [[Kufa]] who lost his life during the attempt made by [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain b. ʿAli Talib]] to seize power, at the end of 60/680. He hosted [[Muslim ibn Aqil]] during latter's revolt against [[Umayyad]]s, and was killed by the governor of Kufa [[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad|Obayd-Allah ibn Ziyad]]. Hani’ was buried near Dar al-Imara of Kufa. Today his shrine is connected to the Mosque of Kufa and is to the north of the grave of Muslim b. 'Aqil. | '''Haniʾ b. ʿUrwa al-Muradi''' was a Yemeni chief of [[Kufa]] who lost his life during the attempt made by [[Hussain ibn Ali|al-Hussain b. ʿAli Talib]] to seize power, at the end of 60/680. He hosted [[Muslim ibn Aqil]] during latter's revolt against [[Umayyad]]s, and was killed by the governor of Kufa [[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad|Obayd-Allah ibn Ziyad]]. Hani’ was buried near Dar al-Imara of Kufa. Today his shrine is connected to the Mosque of Kufa and is to the north of the grave of Muslim b. 'Aqil. | ||
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Finally, Muslim was discovered in his latest hiding-place, taken to the castle and beheaded; Haniʾ was taken to the sheep-market and also put to death <ref>al-Tabari, ii, 268 f.</ref>, being perhaps later crucified in the place known as al-Kunasa.<ref>ibid., ii, 231</ref> The news of this double execution reached al-Hussain after he had arrived in Iraq. Elegiac verses on Muslim and Haniʾ, attributed to Ibn al-Zabir al-Asadi or other poets, are repeated in several sources. Together with Muslim b. ʿAqil, Haniʾ became a character in the [[taʿziya]].<ref>E. Rossi and A. Bombaci, Elenco di drammi religiosi persiani, Vatican 1961, index</ref> | Finally, Muslim was discovered in his latest hiding-place, taken to the castle and beheaded; Haniʾ was taken to the sheep-market and also put to death <ref>al-Tabari, ii, 268 f.</ref>, being perhaps later crucified in the place known as al-Kunasa.<ref>ibid., ii, 231</ref> The news of this double execution reached al-Hussain after he had arrived in Iraq. Elegiac verses on Muslim and Haniʾ, attributed to Ibn al-Zabir al-Asadi or other poets, are repeated in several sources. Together with Muslim b. ʿAqil, Haniʾ became a character in the [[taʿziya]].<ref>E. Rossi and A. Bombaci, Elenco di drammi religiosi persiani, Vatican 1961, index</ref> | ||
=== Historical Sources Narrating His Martyrdom === | ===Historical Sources Narrating His Martyrdom=== | ||
Mas’oodi says that Bukayr bin Humran Ahmari severed the head of Muslim and threw it down followed by his body. Then Ubaydullah ordered that Hani be taken to the market-place and beheaded with hands fastened together. Hani was calling out to the people of Murad, whose chief and spokesman he was, to assist him. | Mas’oodi says that Bukayr bin Humran Ahmari severed the head of Muslim and threw it down followed by his body. Then Ubaydullah ordered that Hani be taken to the market-place and beheaded with hands fastened together. Hani was calling out to the people of Murad, whose chief and spokesman he was, to assist him. | ||