Ibsar al-ayn fi ansar al-Husayn (book)
Author | Muhammad al-Samawi al-Najafi |
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Original title | إبْصارُ العَین فی أنْصارِ الحُسین علیهالسلام |
Language | Arabic |
Series | 1 vol. |
Subject | companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the Battle of Karbala |
Published | 1341/1922-3 |
Publisher | Haydariyya Printing House , Najaf |
Ibṣār al-ʿayn fī anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a) (Arabic: إبْصارُ العَین فی أنْصارِ الحُسین) is written by Muhammad b. Tahir al-Samawi al-Najafi (d. 1370/1950) about the companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the Battle of Karbala and before that, including the martyrs and wounded ones. In this book, the author mentioned 112 of the companions of Imam (a) with their tribes and families.
Author
Shaykh Muhammad b. Tahir al-Turki al-Fadli (1292-1370/1876-1950), known as al-Samawi, was a Shiite mujtahid, scholar, judge, man of literature, and poet in the fourteenth/twentieth century. Al-Samawi was mainly renowned for his enthusiasm for transcribing the manuscripts and collecting rare books. He had a rich library containing such books. Al-Samawi died in 1370/1950 in Najaf.
About the Book
In al-Dhari'a, Aqa Buzurg mentioned this book with the title Ibsar al-'ayn fi ahwal ansar al-Husayn (a) and said,
"Shaykh Muhammad al-Samawi wrote it when he began his judgement in Najaf and it was published in Najaf in 1343/1924-5. Later, the author added some discussions to it which are not published yet."[1]
Writing Method
In each station, the author has mentioned the names of people without alphabetic order. He may had considered a certain order but it is not clear. Also in several cases, al-Samawi explained words or causes of naming with the title "dabt al-gharib".[2]
Content
This book listed 112 of the companions of Imam (a) most of whom were martyred in Karbala and on day of Ashura and some of them were martyred before the Battle of Karbala in Kufa. Before the main discussion, the author has mentioned a brief biography of Imam (a). Then, he has divided the book to seventeen stations and in each station, he has discussed about one family or tribe.[3]
Chapters of the Book
Martyrs from the progeny of Abu Talib
2-'Abd Allah b. al-Imam al-Husayn (a)
4-'Abd Allah b. al-Imam 'Ali (a)
7-Abu Bakr b. al-Imam 'Ali (a)
8-Abu Bakr b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)
9-Al-Qasim b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)
10-'Abd Allah b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a)
11-'Awn b. 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far al-Tayyar
12-Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far
14-'Abd Allah b. Muslim b. 'Aqil
15-Muhammad b. Muslim b. 'Aqil
16-Muhammad b. Abi Sa'id b. 'Aqil
20-Sulayman b. Razin, servant of Husayn b. Ali (a)
21-Aslam b. Amr, servant of Husayn b. Ali (a)
22-Qarib b. Abd Allah, servant of Husayn b. Ali (a)
23-Munjih b. Sahm, servant of Hasan b. Ali (a)
24-Sa'd b. Harith al-Khuza'i, servant of Ali b. Abi Talib
25-Nasr b. Abunizar, servant of Ali b. Abi Talib (a)
26-Harith b. Nabhan, servant of Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib
Martyrs from Banu Asad and the slaves
6-Sa'id b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi
7-Abu Musa Muwaqa' b. Thumama al-Asadi al-Saydawi
Martyrs from Hamdan and the slaves
2-Burayr b. Khudayr al-Hamdani
3-'Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri
6-'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Allah al-Arhabi
7-Sayf b. al-Harith al-Hamdani
8-Malik b. 'Abd Allah al-Hamdani
9-Ammar b. Abi Salama al-Dalani
10-Habashi b. Qays al-Nahmi
11-Abu Umra, Ziyad Hamdani al-Sa'idi
12-Sawwar b. Mun'im Hamdani al-Nahdi
13-Amr b. Abd Allah Hamdani al-Janda'i
Martyrs from Madhhaj
3-Al-Hajjaj b. Masruq al-Ju'fi
6-Wadih turk, servant of Harith Midhhaji Salmani
7-Mujama' b. Abd Allah A'idhi
8-A'idh b. Mujamma' b. Abd Allah Midhhaji A'idhi
Martyrs from Ansar
2-'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Rabb al-Ansari al-Khazraji
3-Na'im b. Ajlan al-Ansari al-Khazraji
4-Junadat b. Ka'b al-Ansari al-Khazraji
Martyrs from Bajili and Khath'ami Tribe
2-Salman b. Mudarib al-Bajali
4-Abd Allah b. Bushr al-Khath'ami
Martyrs from Kinda Tribe
1-Yazid b. Ziyad b. Muhasir al-Kindi
2-Harith b. Imra' al-Qays al-Kindi
3-Zahir b. Amr al-Kindi
4-Bushr b. Amr Hadrami al-Kindi
5-Jundab b. Hujayr al-Kindi al-Khawlani
Martyrs from Ghifari Tribe
1-Abd Allah b. Urwat b. Harraq al-Ghifari and his brother Abd al-Rahman
2-Jawn b. Huway, servant of Abu Dhar al-Ghifari
Martyrs from Kalbi Tribe
Martyrs from Azdi Tribe
2-Rafi' b. Abd Allah, servant of Muslim b. Kathir al-Azdi
3-Qasim b. Habib b. Abu Bushr al-Azdi
4-Zuhayr b. Sulaym al-Azdi
5-Nu'man b. Amr al-Azdi al-Rasibi and his brother Hallas
Martyrs from Abdi Tribe
1-Yazid b. Thubayt al-'Abdi, Abd Qays Basri and his sons Abd Allah and Ubayd Allah
2-'Amir b. Muslim al-'Abdi and his servant Salim
3-Sayf b. Malik al-Abdi al-Basri
4-Adham b. Umayya al-Abdi al-Basri
Martyrs from Taymi Tribe
1-Jabir b. Hajjaj, servant of Amir b. Nahshal al-Taymi Tyam Allah b. Tha'laba
2-Mas'ud b. Hajjaj al-Taymi Tyam Allah b. Tha'laba and his son Abd al-Rahman
3-Bakr b. Hay b. Tyam Allah b. Tha'laba al-Taymi
4-Juwayn b. Malik b. Qays al-Taymi
5-'Amr b. Dubay'a b. Qays b. Tha'laba al-Duba'i
6-Habbab b. Amir b. Ka'b b. Taym al-Lat b. Tha'laba al-Taymi
Martyrs from Ta'i Tribe
1-Ammar b. Hssan Ta'i
2-Umayya b. Sa'd Ta'i
Martyrs from Taghlib Tribe
1-Darghama b. Malik al-Taghlibi
2-Kinana b. Atiq al-Taghlibi]]
3-Qasit b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi and his brothers
Martyrs from Juhani Tribe
1-Mujamma' b. Ziyad b. Amr Juhani
2-Ubbad b. Muhajir b. Abu Muhajir Juhani
3-Aqaba b.Salt Juhani
Martyrs from Tamim Tribe
Other Helpers of Imam
Sources
Muhammad b. Tahir al-Samawi has mentioned the source of each report either at its beginning or its end (researcher of the book has mentioned the volume and page of these sources as well). He sometimes mentioned issues with the heading "qalu" (they said…) or (qal-a ahl al-sayr) which seems to have been mentioned due to their frequent citation in the sources and their agreement upon them. Historians and sources he cited his discussions from are often primary sources and authentic books.
Also in several cases, al-Samawi explained words or causes of naming with the title "dabt al-gharib".[5]
Prints
This book was printed in 1341/1922-3 in Haydariyya printing house of Najaf for the first time.[6] Since then, it has been frequently printed in Najaf and Iran.
Notes
- ↑ Āqā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, Al-Dharīʿa, vol. 1, p. 65.
- ↑ https://noorlib.ir/book/view/899
- ↑ Samāwī, Salaḥshūrā -i Ṭaff, p. 25.
- ↑ Samāwī,Salaḥshūrā -i Ṭaff, p. 5-10.
- ↑ https://noorlib.ir/book/view/899.
- ↑ Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 25.
References
- Āqā Buzurg al-Tihrānī, Muḥammad Muḥsin. Al-Dharīʿa ilā taṣānīf al-shīʿa. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwāʾ, 1403 AH.
- https://noorlib.ir/book/view/899. Ibṣār al-ʿayn fī anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a). Kitābkhāna-yi Dījītāl Noor, Accessed: 2022-02-26.
- Samāwī, Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir al-. Ibṣār al-ʿayn fī anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a). Qom: Dānishgāh-i Shahīd Maḥallātī, 1419 AH.
- Samāwī, Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir al-. Salaḥshūrā -i Ṭaff. Translated by ʿAbbās Jalālī. Qom: Zāʾir, 1381 Sh.