'Abd Allah b. Abi l-Husayn al-Azdi
| Companion of | Imam Ali (a) |
|---|---|
| Demise | 37/657-8 |
| Cause of Martyrdom | In the Battle of Siffin |
ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī l-Ḥuṣayn al-Azdī (Arabic: عبد الله بن أبي الحُصَین الأزدي, d. 37/657-8) was a supporter of 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a) in the Battle of Siffin.[1]
In the time of the battle of Siffin, when the army of Imam 'Ali (a) was passing over a bridge in Raqqa, the battle helmets of 'Abd Allah b. Abi l-Husayn al-Azdi and 'Abd Allah b. al-Hajjaj al-Azdi fell on the ground because of the throng of soldiers. They got off their horses and picked up their helmets. 'Abd Allah b. al-Hajjaj told 'Abd Allah b. Abi l-Husayn: "If augury is right, I will be killed soon and you will be killed as well."
- 'Abd Allah b. Abi l-Husayn said: "I don't like anything more than that."[2]
'Abd Allah b. Abi l-Husayn was a reciter of Quran who went to the battle along with 'Ammar b. Yasir and he was killed.[3] Before he entered the battlefield, Mikhnaf b. Sulaym told him: "We need you more than 'Ammar b. Yasir does." But he ignored him and accompanied 'Ammar. They were both killed in the battle later.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Ziriklī, al-Aʿlām, vol. 4, p. 83.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 4, p. 566; Minqarī, Waqʿat Ṣiffīn, p. 152.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 4, p. 566; vol. 5, p. 27; Ibn Khaldūn, Dīwan al-mubtadaʾ wa l-khabar, vol. 2, p. 631; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 3, p. 281.
- ↑ Minqarī, Waqʿat Ṣiffīn, p. 152.
References
- Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī, ʿAlī b. Abī l-Karam. Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1385 AH-1965.
- Ibn Khaldūn, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad. Dīwan al-mubtadaʾ wa l-khabar fi tārīkh al-ʿarab wa al-barbar wa man ʿātharahum min dhawi al-shaʾn al-ʾakbar. Edited by Khalīl al-Shaḥāda. 2nd edition. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1408 AH-1988.
- Naṣr b. Muzāhim Minqarī. Waqʿat Ṣiffīn. Edited by ʿAbd al-Salām Muḥammad Hārūn. 2nd edition. Cairo: Muʾassisa al-ʿArabīyya al-Ḥadītha, 1382 AH; Qom: Lithography, Manshūrāt Maktabat al-Marʿashī al-Najafī, 1404 AH.
- Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-. Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī. Edited by Muḥammad Abu l-faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Turāth, 1387 AH.
- Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn al-. Al-Aʿlām qāmus tarājum li ashhur al-rijāl wa al-nisāʾ min al-ʿarab wa al-mustaʿribīn wa al-mustashriqīn. 8th edition. Beirut: Dār al-ʿIlm li-l-Malāyyīn, 1989.