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Abd Allah b. Umayr belonged to Banu Ulaym tribe. Some historical reports about [[Wahb b. Wahb]] or Wahb b. Abd Allah al-Kalbi are similar to reports about Abd Allah b. Umayr which have led some scholars to identify these two and reject the existence of a person named Wahb b. Wahb. However, despite the similar historical reports, there are remarkable differences between them as well. Therefore, it is not unlikely that they are, in fact, two persons especially because it is mentioned in some historical resources that Wahb was a Christian which does not apply to Abd Allah b. Umayr who was a renowned companion of Imam Hussain. | Abd Allah b. Umayr belonged to Banu Ulaym tribe. Some historical reports about [[Wahb b. Wahb]] or Wahb b. Abd Allah al-Kalbi are similar to reports about Abd Allah b. Umayr which have led some scholars to identify these two and reject the existence of a person named Wahb b. Wahb. However, despite the similar historical reports, there are remarkable differences between them as well. Therefore, it is not unlikely that they are, in fact, two persons especially because it is mentioned in some historical resources that Wahb was a Christian which does not apply to Abd Allah b. Umayr who was a renowned companion of Imam Hussain. | ||
==Joining Imam Hussain== | ==Joining Imam Hussain== | ||
Abu Mikhnaf narrates the story of | Abu Mikhnaf narrates the story of Abd Allah b. Umayr joining Imam Hussain's army in details. Once Abd Allah noticed that the people of Kufa were departing to participate in a battle, he asked them about their destination. They replied: "We are going to fight with Hussain, the son of [[Fatima|Fatima al-Zahra]], the daughter of the [[Prophet Muhammad|Prophet]]". He said: "I swear to God that I was looking forward to fighting with polytheists, and I hope the reward for fighting people who intend to fight with their Prophet's son is no less than fighting with polytheists". | ||
He returned home and told her wife what was going on. Then, he informed her wife about his intention to join Imam Hussain's army. Umm Wahb said: "God has led you to a good path. Do this and take me with you". Abd Allah b. Umayr and his wife went out of Kufa over night and joined Imam Hussain's army. | He returned home and told her wife what was going on. Then, he informed her wife about his intention to join Imam Hussain's army. Umm Wahb said: "God has led you to a good path. Do this and take me with you". Abd Allah b. Umayr and his wife went out of Kufa over night and joined Imam Hussain's army. | ||
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Once Abd Allah fell on the ground, his wife, [[Umm Wahb bt. ʿAbd|Umm Wahb]], took a baton and went to him. Abd Allah asked her to go back to the camp, but she took her husband's clothes and told him: "I will not leave you unless I am martyred with you". At this time, Imam Hussain called her and said: "May God give you a great reward on behalf of [[Ahl al-Bayt]]. Go back (may God have His mercy on you) and sit with women, since it is not obligatory for women to fight". So she went back to women in camps. | Once Abd Allah fell on the ground, his wife, [[Umm Wahb bt. ʿAbd|Umm Wahb]], took a baton and went to him. Abd Allah asked her to go back to the camp, but she took her husband's clothes and told him: "I will not leave you unless I am martyred with you". At this time, Imam Hussain called her and said: "May God give you a great reward on behalf of [[Ahl al-Bayt]]. Go back (may God have His mercy on you) and sit with women, since it is not obligatory for women to fight". So she went back to women in camps. | ||
==Martyrdom== | ==Martyrdom== | ||
Before noon, [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]], who was the commander of the left wing of the army of Kufa, ordered attack on Imam Hussain's army. At this time, [[Hani b. Thubayt|Hani b. Thubayt]] and Bukayr b. Hayy al-Taymi attacked | Before noon, [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]], who was the commander of the left wing of the army of Kufa, ordered attack on Imam Hussain's army. At this time, [[Hani b. Thubayt|Hani b. Thubayt]] and Bukayr b. Hayy al-Taymi attacked Abd Allah b. Umayr and martyred him. According to al-Tabari, he was the second martyr in Imam Hussain's army. | ||
==Umm Wahb's Martyrdom== | ==Umm Wahb's Martyrdom== | ||
After Abd Allah was martyred, Umm Wahb went to her husband's corpse and sat by his headless body. She said: "May the Heaven be pleasant to you". At this time, [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan|Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] told his servant, Rustam, to hit the woman's head with a baton. He did so and Umm Wahb was martyred. She is said to be the first martyred woman in the Battle of Karbala. | After Abd Allah was martyred, Umm Wahb went to her husband's corpse and sat by his headless body. She said: "May the Heaven be pleasant to you". At this time, [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan|Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] told his servant, Rustam, to hit the woman's head with a baton. He did so and Umm Wahb was martyred. She is said to be the first martyred woman in the Battle of Karbala. | ||