Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani
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| Full Name | Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani |
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| Companion of | Imam Ali (a) • Imam al-Husayn (a) |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Lineage | Banu Shayban tribe |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa |
| Death/Martyrdom | 61/680 |
| Cause ofDeath/Martyrdom | Martyred in the Battle of Karbala |
| Burial Place | The Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) |
Jabala b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī (Arabic: جَبَلَة بن عَلي الشَیباني) was a martyr of Karbala. He was in the army of Imam Ali (a) in the Battle of Siffin and was also present in the uprising of Muslim b. 'Aqil in Kufa.
Before the Event of Karbala
Jabala b. 'Ali was from the Banu Shayban tribe (a branch of Bakr b. Wa'il).[1] He was deemed as a brave man from Kufa.[2] According to some sources, he was in Imam 'Ali's (a) army in the Battle of Siffin.[3] He accompanied Muslim b. 'Aqil in his uprising in Kufa.[4]
In the Event of Karbala
Before Muslim b. 'Aqil's martyrdom, Jabala went to his own tribe and hid there. When Imam al-Husayn (a) went to Karbala, he joined the Imam (a).[5] He was martyred in the first attack on the Day of Ashura.[6]
He is mentioned in the Ziyarat al-Shuhada: "peace be upon Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani" (السَّلَامُ عَلَی جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِی الشَّیبَانِی).
Notes
References
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Muḥammadī. 1st edition. Beirut: Muʾassisa Aʿlami, 1394 AH.
- Ḥāʾirī Shīrāzī, Sayyid ʿAbd al-Majīd. Dhakhīrat al-dārayn fīmā yataʿalaq bi maṣā'ib al-Ḥusayn (a) wa asḥābih. Edited by Muḥammad Bāqir Duryāb. Qom: Zamzam-i Hidāyat, [n.d].
- Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. 2nd edition. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwāʾ, 1412 AH.
- Muhaddithī, Javād. Farhang-i Āshūrā. 5th edition. Qom: Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 1380 Sh.
- Samāwī, Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir al-. Ibṣār al-ʿayn fī anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a). Qom: Zamzam-i Hidāyat, 1384 Sh.