Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil
| Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil | |
|---|---|
| Native name | عبدالله بن مُسلِم بن عَقیل بن أَبی طالب |
| Full Name | Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil |
| Companion of | Hussain ibn Ali |
| Death/Martyrdom | 61/680 |
| Cause ofDeath/Martyrdom | Martyred in the Event of Ashura |
| Burial Place | Karbala |
| Activities | Participating in the battle of Karbala |
Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Aqil was among companion of Imam Hussain who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala. It is said that the first one among Ahl al-Bayt who stepped into the battlefield and was martyred was Abd Allah b. Muslim bin Aqil. His name is mentioned in Ziarat al-Shuhada and Ziyarat al-Rajabiyya of Imam al-Hussain.
Lineage and Biography
Abd Allah b. Muslim is the son of Muslim b. Aqil b. Abi Talib. Al-Tabari and Abul Faraj says that his mother was Ruqayyah, the daughter of Imam Ali.[1] He was 26 or 28 when he was martyred. [2]
Dhabih Allah Mahallati in Rayahayn al-Shari'a wrote he was the husband of Sukayna daughter of Imam al-Hussain.[3]
In Karbala
The first one among the Ahl al-Bayt to step into the battlefield was Abd Allah b. Muslim bin Aqil.[4] He was reciting the following Rajaz: “Today I shall meet Muslim my father, and I shall meet the youth who sacrificed their entirety for the Religion of the Prophet, they are a group who do not know to lie, but they were fair and of noble descent from Hashim, the masters of the noblemen”.
Al-Tabari in his history book narrated from Humayd b. Muslim al-Azdi, and also al-Shaykh al-Mufid in al-Irshad, that Amr b. Subayh al-Sada'i shot him by an arrow which sewed his hand to his forehead, then he was attacked and martyred.[5] Amr b. Subayh fired an arrow towards him. He wanted to protect his face by his hand; but the arrow sewed his hand to his forehead and he could not move his hand. Then another arrow hit him on his heart.[6]
Source
- WikiShia, An online encyclopedia of the school of Ahl al-Bayt
- Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi , Nafasul Mahmum; Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala
References
- ↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, p. 103; Maghribī, Sharḥ al-akhbār, vol. 3, p. 195.
- ↑ Muḥammadī Rayshahrī, Dānishnāma-yi Imām Ḥusayn (a), p. 160-161.
- ↑ Maḥallātī, Rayāḥīn al-sharī'a, vol. 4, p. 255.
- ↑ Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 26; Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī, Kitāb al-Futūḥ, vol. 5, p. 110; Ibn Shahrāshūb, al-Manāqib, vol. 4, p. 105.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 200.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 4, p. 341; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 107.