Abd al-Rahman b. Abd Rabb al-Ansari al-Khazraji: Difference between revisions

''' 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Rabb al-Ansari al-Khazraji''' (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد رب الأنصاری الخزرجی) was martyred in the Battle of [[Karbala]]. Abd al-Rahman was among companions of [[Prophet Muhammad|the Prophet]] and [[ʿAli ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]] who witnessed the day of Ghadir. He was among transmitters of the al-Ghadir [[Hadith]]. On the day of al-Ruhba, he was among those who gave testimony about the Event of Ghadir and [[Wilayah]] of Imam Ali in front of people. Based on historical sources, he was martyred during the first attack of the army of [[Omar Ibn Sa’d|'Umar b. Sa'd]].<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 158.</ref>

'Abd al-Rahman was among companions of the Prophet who witnessed day of Ghadir and transmitted the al-Ghadir Hadith.<ref>Baḥrānī, ''ʿAwālim al-ʿumūm'', p. 308.</ref> It is narrated that Imam Ali taught him the Qur'an.<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 158.</ref>

On the day of al-Ruhba, Imam Ali asked those of Companions who had witnessed the day of Ghadir to give testimony about the succession of the Prophet. So some of companions such as Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Abu 'Umra b. 'Amr b. Muhsin, Abu Zaynab, Sahl b. Hunayf, Khuzayma b. Thabit, Hubshi b. Junada al-Saluli, 'Ubayd b. 'Adhib, Luqman b. 'Ijlan al-Ansari, Thabit b. Wadi'a al-Ansari, Abu Fadala al-Ansari and 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Rabb al-Ansari stood up and said that: "we testify that we heard that the Prophet said, Beware that God, the Almighty and Glorious is my master and I am the master of believers; beware that whoever I am his master, Ali is his master."<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 4, p. 276-277; Amīnī, ''al-Ghadīr'', vol. 1, p. 340.</ref>  

According to some sources, 'Abd al-Rahman joined the caravan of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]] from Mecca.<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 158.</ref> It is narrated that on the day of [[Tasu'a]], Burayr b. Khudayr was joking with 'Abd al-Rahman. 'Abd al-Rahman told him: "It is not the time of joking now." Burayr answered: "O brother! My relatives know that when I was young, I was not a man of joking, lest I be so in my old ages. But, I know what we meet soon. By God I swear, the distance between us and the big-eyed houris is the attack of these people with their swords, and how much I love it to be now."<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 423.</ref>  

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