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ʿAmmār b. Yāsir (d. 37/657) was an early companion of Prophet Muhammad (s) and among the first people to become Muslim. His family was brutally tortured for believing in the Prophet (s) and this resulted in his parents' martyrdom. 'Ammar b. Yasir had the teknonym of Abu Yaqzan.

'Ammar, along with Salman, Miqdad, and Abu Dhar, is considered to be one of the first Shi'a. He was among those few Muslims who refused to pay allegiance to Abu Bakr. In one incident, after criticizing the third caliph for unlawful spending from the public treasury, the caliph kicked him so badly that he fell unconscious. The caliph planned to banish him, but then withdrew due to Imam 'Ali's (a) mediation.

The Prophet (s) had told 'Ammar that he would be martyred by a group of rebels. He was over 90 years old when he fought in the Battle of Siffin and was martyred by the army of Mu'awiya. Read more...

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Today, Tuesday: Dhu l-Hijja 16, 1442/July 27, 2021

657 CE - Battle of Siffin between the army of Imam 'Ali and Qasitun; which led to martyrdom of 'Ammar b. Yasir and Khuzayma b. Thabit (Safar 9, 37)
‌1953 CE - Demise of Radi Al Yasin (Dhu l-Qa'da 15, 1372)

Tomorrow, Wednesday: Dhu l-Hijja 17/July 28
1191 CE - Demise of Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi (Rajab 4, 587)
1897 CE - Demise of Abu l-Ma'ali Kalbasi Isfahani (Safar 27, 1315)

Thursday: Dhu l-Hijja 18/July 29
10 AH - The Event of Ghadir in which Imam 'Ali (a) was announced as the the Prophet's successor (March 16, 632)
35 AH - Death of 'Uthman b. 'Affan (June 17, 656)
672 AH - Demise of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (June 25, 1274)
940 AH - Demise of al-Muhaqqiq al-Karaki (June 30, 1534)
1216 AH - Attack of Sa'ud b. Abd al-Aziz, to Karbala and plunder of the city and destruction of the Shrine of al-'Abbas (a) (April 21, 1802)
1216 AH - Martyrdom of Abd al-Samad al-Hamadani in the Wahhabis attack to Karbala (April 21, 1802)
657 CE – A rough night during the battle of Siffin known as Laylat al-Harir took place. (Safar 11, 37 AH)
869 CE – Birth of Imam al-Mahdi (aj) the last Imam in Twelver Shi'ism, (Sha'ban 15, 255 AH)
2005 CE - Demise of Muhammad Taqi Buhlul (Jumada II 22, 1426)

Friday: Dhu l-Hijja 19/July 30
657 CE -Hakamiyya after the Battle of Siffin (Safar 12, 37)
661 CE - The peace treatment between Imam al-Hasan (a) and Mu'awiya (Rabi' I 26, 41)
1892 CE - Demise of Mulla Ahmad Fadil Maragha'i (Muharram 5, 1310)
1981 CE - Demise of Shahab al-Din Ishraqi (Ramadan 28, 1401)
2003 CE - Demise of 'Ali Asghar Karbaschiyan (Jumada I 30, 1424)
2007 CE - Demise of 'Ali Mishkini (Rajab 15, 1428)

Saturday: Dhu l-Hijja 20/July 31
855 CE - Death of Ahmad b. Hanbal (Rabi' I 12, 241)
1909 CE - Demise of Fadl Allah Nuri (Rajab 13, 1327)

Sunday: Dhu l-Hijja 21/August 1
1365 CE - Demise of Qutb al-Din al-Razi (Dhu l-Qa'da 13, 766)

Monday: Dhu l-Hijja 22/August 2
1887 CE - Birth of Muhammad Taqi Amuli (Dhu l-Qa'da 12, 1304)
1931 CE - Birth of Sayyid Abbas Husayni Kashani (Rabi' I 17, 1350)
1987 CE - Mass murder of Iranian hajj pilgrims in Mecca by the Saudi police (Dhu l-Hijja 6, 1407)

Tuesday: Dhu l-Hijja 23/August 3
734 CE - Martyrdom of Sultan Ali b. al-Imam al-Baqir (a) (Jumada II 27, 116)
1946 CE - Demise of Muhammad Taqi Bafqi (Ramadan 5, 1365)

Wednesday: Dhu l-Hijja 24/August 4
9 AH – The incident of Mubahala happened between the Prophet (s) and the Christians of Najran and the Mubahala Verse and the Tathir Verse revealed. (April 3, 631 CE)
9 or 10 AH – Donating the ring in the middle of prayer by Imam 'Ali (a) and revealing the al-Wilaya verse (631 or 632)
1930 CE - Birth of Sayyid Ali Sistani (Rabi' I 9, 1349)

Thursday: Dhu l-Hijja 25/August 5
Revelation of Qur'an 76 in the honor of Imam 'Ali (a) and Lady Fatima (a) and Their sons (a)
678 CE - Death of Aisha, wife of prophet Muhammad (s), according to one report. (Shawwal 10, 58 AH)
1906 CE - Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar accepted the Constitutional monarchy (Jumada II 14, 1324)
1960 CE - Demise of Muhammad 'Ali Urdubari (Safar 11, 1380)
1964 CE - Demise of Muhammad Baqir Ulfat Isfahani (Rabi' I 26, 1384)
1988 CE - Martyrdom of al-Sayyid 'Arif Husayn al-Husayni, leader of Pakistani Sh'ias (Dhu l-Hijja 21, 1408)
2019 CE - Demise of Muhammad Asif Muhsini, Shi'a marja' in Afghanistan, (Dhu l-Hijja 3, 1440)

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