Hani b. Thubayt
| One of Horse-riders over Imam's (a) Body | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Hani b. Thubayt al-Hadrami |
| Death | 66/685-6 |
| Cause of Death | Killed by the order of al-Mukhtar |
| Era | Banu Umayya |
| Notable roles | Reporting the Event of Karbala |
| Activities | Murderer of 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi and 'Abd Allah and Ja'far |
Hānī b. Thubayt (Shabīb) al-Ḥaḍramī (Arabic:هانی بن ثُبَیت (شَبیب) الحَضرَمی) (killed in 66/685-6) was among the soldiers of the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd on the Day of 'Ashura. He helped in martyring 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi and was the killer of 'Abd Allah and Ja'far, children of Imam Ali (a). Also, he was among those who looted the bow and clothes of Imam al-Husayn (a) and among those who trampled over the body of Imam (a) by order of 'Umar b. Sa'd.
He has reported some of the Events of Karbala. He was finally killed in the Uprising of Mukhtar.
On the Day of 'Ashura
On the day of 'Ashura, Hani b. Thubayt was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd.
Hani b. Thubayt with the help of Bukayr b. Hayy al-Tamimi martyred 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi.[1] He was the killer of 'Abd Allah and Ja'far, sons of Imam Ali (a),[2].[3] and has been cursed in the Ziyarah al-Shuhada'. However, in some sources, Ja'far b. Ali has been mentioned to have been killed by Khuli b. Yazid.[4]
Some sources have also mentioned him as the killer of 'Abd Allah b. Husayn and 'Abd Allah b. Hasan.
In the evening of 'Ashura, he was among the ten horsemen who trampled over the body of Imam al-Husayn (a) by order of Ibn Sa'd and crushed the bones of Imam's (a) chest and back.[5] He and Rahil b. Khuthayma al-Ju'fi and Jarir b. Mas'ud al-Hadrami also stole Imam's (a) bow and clothes.[6]
Reporting the Events of 'Ashura
Hani b. Thubayt has reported some of the events of Karbala.[7] Abu Mikhnaf reported the last conversation of Imam al-Husayn (a) with 'Umar b. Sa'd from Abu Jinab Kalbi who quoted from Hani, saying that Imam al-Husayn (a) sent a message to 'Umar b. Sa'd by 'Amr b. Qaraza to meet at night. At night, Imam (a) and Ibn Sa'd, each accompanied by twenty horsemen, met. They both asked their companions to stand away. Their meeting lasted well into the night.[8]
Death
Hani b. Thubayt was killed in 66/685-6 in the Uprising of Mukhtar and by his order.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 436; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 68.
- ↑ Balādhurī, Jumal min ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 201; Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn, p. 88; Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 107.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 449; Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 5, p. 475; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 76; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 108.
- ↑ Abu l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn, p. 88; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 39.
- ↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Luhūf ʿalā qatlay al-ṭufūf, p. 130; Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 59.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111.
- ↑ Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 186; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 449.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 413.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 111.
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- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Wafāʾ, 1404 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.