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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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Upcoming anniversaries

Wednesday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 5, 1442/June 16, 2021

680 CE - Imam al-Husayn (a) received 150 letters from Kufa from Qays b. Mushir al-Saydawi, Abd al-Rahman b. Abd Allah al-Arhabi, and Umarat b. Abd Allah al-Saluli (Ramadan 12, 60 AH)
1201 CE - Death of Ibn al-Jawzi (Ramadan 12, 597 AH)
2001 CE - Demise of 'Ali Al Ishaq (Rabi' I 24, 1422 AH)
2013 CE - Demise of Sayyid Yusuf Madani Tabrizi (Sha'ban 7, 1434 AH)

Thursday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 6/June 17

655 CE - Death of 'Uthman b. 'Affan (Dhu l-Hijja 18, 35)
957 CE – Demise of al-Mas'udi, the famous historian (Rabi' I 16, 346 AH)
1797 CE – Assassination of Aqa Muhammad Khan, founder of Qajar Dynasty (Dhu l-Hijja 21, 1211 AH)
1910 CE – Birth of Muhammad Taqi Buhlul (Jumada II 8, 1328 AH)
1919 CE – Demise of Sayyid Mustafa Kashani (Ramadan 18, 1337 AH)
2007 CE – Demise of Muhammad Fadil Lankarani (Jumada II 1, 1428 AH)

Friday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 7/June 18

680 CE – Imam al-Husayn (a) received the letters of elites and people of Kufa from Hani b. Hani al-Sabi'i and Sa'id b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi (Ramadan 14, 60 AH)
1142 CE – Completion of the book Majma' al-Bayan by al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi (Dhu l-Qa'da 22, 536 AH)
1849 CE – Demise of Mirza Ahmad Mujtahid Azarbayijani (Rajab 27, 1265 AH)
1915 CE – Demise of Abu l-Qasim Urdubari (Sha'ban 5, 1333 AH)
1919 CE – Demise of Sayyid Mustafa Husayni Kashani (Ramadan 19, 1337 AH)

Saturday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 8/June 19

680 CE - Muslim b. Aqil left Mecca toward Kufa by the Imam's order (Ramadan 15, 60)
1895 CE - Birth of Sayyida Nusrat Amin (Dhu l-Hijja 25, 1312)
1977 CE - Demise of 'Ali Shari'ati (Rajab 2, 1397 AH)
1994 CE - Terrorist bombing in the holy shrine of Imam al-Rida (a) (Muharram 10, 1415)
2002 CE - Demise of Sayyid Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, founder of the first Shi'ite missional community in Africa (Rabi' II 8, 1423)

Sunday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 9/June 20

938 CE - Demise of al-Husayn b. Ruh al-Nawbakhti, the third special deputy of Imam al-Mahdi (a) (Sha'ban 18, 326)
1998 CE - Demise of 'Ali Gharawi Tabrizi (Safar 24, 1419)

Monday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 10/June 21

615 CE - Mi'raj of the Prophet (s) according to a report (Ramadan 17, 8 BH)

Tuesday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 11/June 22

148 AH – Birth of Imam al-Rida (a), the eighth Imam of Twelver Shia. (December 29, 765 CE)
1926 CE - Demise of Mirza Jawad Aqa Maliki Tabrizi (Dhu l-Hijja 11, 1344)
1959 CE - Demise of 'Ali Akbar Burhan (Dhu l-Hijja 15, 1378)
2014 CE - Official lunch of WikiShia by Hasan Rohani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Sha'ban 23, 1435)

Wednesday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 12/June 23

1901 CE - Demise of Mirza Ahmad Mudarris Yazdi (Rabi' I 6, 1319)
1908 CE - Murder of Nasr Allah Malik al-Mutakallimin by the order of Muhammad 'Ali Shah Qajar (Jumada I 23, 1326)

Thursday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 13/June 24

656 CE - Acceptance of caliphate by Imam 'Ali (a) after 'Uthman was murdered (Dhu l-Hijja 25, 35)
816 CE - Travel of Imam al-Rida (a) from Medina to Merv (Dhu l-Qa'da 24, 200)
1037 CE - Demise of Avicenna (Ramadan 7, 428)
1975 CE - Demise of Mirza Ahmad Ashtiyani (Jumada II 14, 1395)

Friday: Dhu al-Qi'dah 14/June 25

1274 CE - Demise of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (Dhu l-Hijja 18, 672)
1992 CE - Demise of Shaykh Rida Madani Kashani (Dhu l-Hijja 24, 1412)
1995 CE - Demise of Sayyid Muslih al-Din Mahdawi Isfahani (Muharram 26, 1416)

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