Ammar b. Abi Salama

Ammar b. Abi Salama al-Dalani al-Hamdani known as Ammar al-Dalani was a devotee Shi'a and companion of Imam Ali. After the Martyrdom of Imam Ali, he became a companion of Imam Hussain and was eventually martyred at the Battle of Karbala.

Ammar b. Abi Salama
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Native nameعمار بن ابی سلمة الدالانی الهمدانی
Full NameAmmar b. Abi Salama
Companion ofProphet, Imam Ali, Imam al-Hussain
LineageHamdan tribe
Death/Martyrdom61/680
Cause of
Death/Martyrdom
Martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala

His lifeEdit

Ammar b. Abi Salama was from "Bani Dalan", a clan of Hamdan tribe.[1] He was among the companions of the Prophet and the companions of Imam Ali in the battles of Jamal, Siffin and Nahrawan. [2]

In the Battle of KarbalaEdit

Prior to the Battle of Karbala, he made an attempt to kill Ibn Ziyad in Nukhayla camp near Kufa, but he was not successful. Then, he joined the camp of Imam Hussain[3] and was martyred on the Day of Ashura in the first attack of the enemy.[4] His name is mentioned in Ziarat al-Shuhada, "Peace be upon Ammar b. Abi Salama Hamdani."[5]

SourceEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣāba fī tamyīz al-ṣaḥāba, vol. 5, p. 107.
  2. Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣāba fī tamyīz al-ṣaḥāba, vol. 5, p. 107.
  3. Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 180.
  4. Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāthe qib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 113.
  5. Ibn al-Mashhadī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, p. 495.