Munjih b. Sahm

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Munjih b. Sahm
Burial place of martyrs of Karbala
Burial place of martyrs of Karbala
Full NameMunjiḥ or Munḥij b. Sahm
Companion ofImam al-Husayn (a)
Death/MartyrdomDay of 'Ashura', 61/680
Cause of
Death/Martyrdom
Martyred in the Battle of Karbala
Burial PlaceThe Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)


Munḥij b. Sahm (Arabic: مُنْحِج بن سهم), also recorded as Munjiḥ (Arabic: مُنْجِح), (d. 61/680) was a slave of Imam al-Sajjad (a) who was martyred in the battle of Karbala.

The mother of Munjih was a slave bought by Imam al-Husayn (a) from Nufil b. Harith b. 'Abd al-Muttalib. Then she married another slave called Sahm, the father of Munjih. Imam al-Husayn (a) gave him as a servant to Imam al-Sajjad (a).[1]

When Imam al-Husayn (a) set out from Medina to Mecca with his supporters and his family, Munjih also left Medina with his mother.[2] Some sources stated that he accompanied the caravan of Imam al-Husayn (a).[3]

Munjih was martyred in the battle of Karbala in 'Ashura.[4] The exact time of his martyrdom is not known. Ibn Shahr Ashub stated in the first attack of enemies of Imam al-Husayn (a) to his army, ten slaves of Ali b. Abi Talib (a) and Imam al-Husayn (a) were martyred.[5] It is said Hassan b. Bakr al-Hanzali martyred Munjih.[6]

The name of Munjih is stated in ziyara al-Shuhada as a martyr of the battle of Karbala.[7]


Notes

  1. Al-Shīrāzī, Dhakhīra al-dārayn, p.327.
  2. Al-Shīrāzī, Dhakhīra al-dārayn, p.327.
  3. Samāwī, ʾIbsār al-ʿayn, p.96.
  4. Al-Mufīd, al-Ikhtiṣāṣ, p.83; ʾIbn ʾAthīr, al-Kāmil, vol.4, p.93; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa al-mulūk, vol.5, p.469; ʾIbn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, p.478.
  5. ʾIbn shahrāshūb, al-manāqib, vol.4, p.113.
  6. Rassān, Tasmīya man qutil maʿa al-Husayn ʿalayhi l-salām, p.152.
  7. ʾIbn Mashhādī, al-Mazār al-kabīr, p.491.


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