Bahr b. Ka'b al-Taymi
| Murderer of 'Abd Allah b. al-Hasan | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Bahr b. Ka'b b. 'Ubayd Allah al-Taymi |
| Lineage | Banu Taym |
| Era | Banu Umayya |
| Known for | Stealing Imam al-Husayn's (a) clothes |
Baḥr (Abḥar) b. Kaʿb b. ʿUbayd Allahā al-Taymī (Arabic:بحر (أبحار) بن کعب بن عبیدالله التیمی) was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the Battle of Karbala. On the Day of 'Ashura, he cut the hand of 'Abd Allah b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a) in the arms of his uncle and participated in looting the clothes of Imam al-Husayn (a).
Name and Lineage
Bahr was from Banu Taym b. Tha'laba b. 'Akaba.[1] He has also been referred to as Abhar b. Ka'b[2] and Abjar b. Ka'b[3] in different sources.
In the Battle of Karbala
In the event of 'Ashura, he was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd. When they besieged Imam al-Husayn (a), 'Abd Allah b. Hasan went out of his tent and went to his uncle. Bahr b. Ka'b attacked Imam al-Husayn (a) with a sword. 'Abd Allah stretched his hand to guard Imam (a) and Bahr cut his hand and then 'Abd Allah was martyred.[4]
In some reports, plundering the Imam's clothes is also attributed to him. Before going to the battlefield, Imam al-Husayn (a) wore a thick shirt under his armor and torn it so that no one would take it off from him after martyrdom. But, Bahr stole it.[5] However, Ibn A'tham has mentioned that Yahya b. 'Amr al-Harami did that.[6]
Some sources have narrated that after the event of 'Ashura, both of Bahr's hands were inflicted with a disease. In the winter, pus oozed from his hands and in the summer, they dried out and became like pieces of wooden sticks[7] and later his feet were paralyzed.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 451; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 77.
- ↑ Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn, p. 116.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 57, 111; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 53; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 110.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 450-451; Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn, p. 116.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 453; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 78; Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111.
- ↑ Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī, Kitāb al-Futūḥ, vol. 5, p. 119.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. p. 202; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 451; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 77; Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 74; Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 57; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 111.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Luhūf, p. 130; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 57.
References
- Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn. Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn. Edited by Sayyid Aḥmad al-Ṣaqar. Beirut: Dār al-Maʿrifa, [n.d].
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Ansāb al-ashrāf. 1st edition. Edited by Suhayl Zakār and Riyāḍ al-Ziriklī. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1417 AH.
- Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, ʿAlī b. Abī l-Karam. Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1385 AH-1965.
- Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī, Aḥmad b. Aʿtham. Kitāb al-Futūḥ. Edited by ʿAlī Shīrī. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwaʾ, 1411AH-1991.
- Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. Qom: ʿAllāma, 1379 AH.
- Ibn Ṭāwūs, ʿAlī b. Mūsā. Al-Luhūf. Tehran: Nashr-i Jahān, 1348 Sh.
- Ibn Namā al-Ḥillī, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Muthīr al-aḥzān. Qom: Madrisat al-Imām al-Mahdī, 1406 AH.
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Second edition. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1403 AH.
- Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-. Al-Irshād. 1st edition. Qom: Kungira-yi Shaykh al-Mufīd, 1413 AH.
- Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-. Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk. Edited by Muḥammad Abu l-faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Turāth, 1387 AH.