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Lut b. Yahya b. Sa'id b. Mikhnaf al-Azdi known as Abu Mikhnaf, was born in the second half of the 1st/[[7th century]] in [[Kufa]]; he passed away in [[157]]/774 or [[158]]/775. He has written many books. According to [[al-Najashi]], Abu Mikhnaf has written twenty eight books; also [[Ibn al-Nadim]] mentioned thirty books, including: the books on the death of [['Uthman b. 'Affan]], the [[Battle of Siffin]], Maqtal of [[Muhammad b. Abi Bakr]], Maqtal of [[Amir al-Mu'minin (a)]]. | Lut b. Yahya b. Sa'id b. Mikhnaf al-Azdi known as Abu Mikhnaf, was born in the second half of the 1st/[[7th century]] in [[Kufa]]; he passed away in [[157]]/774 or [[158]]/775. He has written many books. According to [[al-Najashi]], Abu Mikhnaf has written twenty eight books; also [[Ibn al-Nadim]] mentioned thirty books,<ref>Ṣāliḥī, "Pazhūhishī dar huwīyat-i tārīkhī-yi maqtal-i Abī Mikhnaf", p. 52.</ref> including: the books on the death of [['Uthman b. 'Affan]], the [[Battle of Siffin]], Maqtal of [[Muhammad b. Abi Bakr]], Maqtal of [[Amir al-Mu'minin (a)]].<ref>Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 7.</ref> | ||
''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' was the first [[Maqtal|maqtal]] on the Battle of 'Ashura. When he started writing of ''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' still a number of reliable people who witnessed the [[battle of Karbala]] were alive. According to the author of ''Waq'at al- | ''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' was the first [[Maqtal|maqtal]] on the Battle of 'Ashura.<ref>Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 7.</ref> When he started writing of ''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' still a number of reliable people who witnessed the [[battle of Karbala]] were alive.<ref>Isfandīyārī, Kitābshināsī-yi tārīkhī-yi Imām Ḥusayn, p. 42.</ref> According to the author of ''Waq'at al-Taff'', there is no evidence proving that Abu Mikhnaf was a [[Shi'ite]] Muslim, but there are reasons that show he respected [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] and loved them.<ref>Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 19, 20.</ref> | ||
==The False Version== | ==The False Version== | ||
''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' by Abi Mikhnaf was available until the 4th/10th century but it was later perished like other works of Abu Mikhnaf. The famous present ''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' is a false unknown book which was probably written in the 6th/12th century. Here are the reasons proving that it is a fake book: | ''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' by Abi Mikhnaf was available until the 4th/10th century but it was later perished like other works of Abu Mikhnaf. The famous present ''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' is a false unknown book which was probably written in the 6th/12th century.<ref>Isfandīyārī, ''Kitābshināsī-yi tārīkhī-yi Imām Ḥusayn'', p. 42.</ref> Here are the reasons proving that it is a fake book: | ||
# The content of this book is very different from the content of ''[[Tarikh al-Tabari]]; as al-Tabari has quoted reports on the Battle of Karbala through only one narrator or even without any narrator from this book. | # The content of this book is very different from the content of ''[[Tarikh al-Tabari]]; as al-Tabari has quoted reports on the Battle of Karbala through only one narrator or even without any narrator from this book. | ||
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# In page twelve of the book it is said: "Rawa al-Kulayni fi hadith …" ([[al-Kulayni]] narrated the [[hadith]]). While al-Kulayni was born about hundred years after the death of Abu Mikhnaf. | # In page twelve of the book it is said: "Rawa al-Kulayni fi hadith …" ([[al-Kulayni]] narrated the [[hadith]]). While al-Kulayni was born about hundred years after the death of Abu Mikhnaf. | ||
Mirza Husayn Nuri ([[al-Muhaddith al-Nuri]]) in his book ''[[Lu'lu' wa marjan]]'', stated on Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf: "Abu Mikhnaf Lut b. Yahya was a grand hadith scholar and a reliable knowledgeable historian; his book, ''Maqtal'', was a truly a reliable book, but unfortunately the original version is not available and the current version which is attributed to him includes some irreligious content which has issues against principles of Islam. However ignorant men with wicked purposes intentionally inserted new contents that damaged the reliability of the book and its narrators are not trustworthy either." | Mirza Husayn Nuri ([[al-Muhaddith al-Nuri]]) in his book ''[[Lu'lu' wa marjan]]'', stated on Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf: "Abu Mikhnaf Lut b. Yahya was a grand hadith scholar and a reliable knowledgeable historian; his book, ''Maqtal'', was a truly a reliable book, but unfortunately the original version is not available and the current version which is attributed to him includes some irreligious content which has issues against principles of Islam. However ignorant men with wicked purposes intentionally inserted new contents that damaged the reliability of the book and its narrators are not trustworthy either."<ref>Isfandīyārī, ''Kitābshināsī-yi tārīkhī-yi Imām Ḥusayn'', p. 43; See also: Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 24-26.</ref> | ||
==Restoration== | ==Restoration== | ||
In recent years, a number of researchers have tried to collect and rearrange quotations from the history book of al-Tabari on Abu Mikhnaf in order to restore ''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' including: | In recent years, a number of researchers have tried to collect and rearrange quotations from the history book of al-Tabari on Abu Mikhnaf in order to restore ''Maqtal of Abu Mikhnaf'' including: | ||
''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' by Hasan Ghaffari, ''Waqa'at al-taff li Abi Mikhnaf'' by Muhammad Hadi Yusufi Gharawi which is translated to Farsi and ''Maqtal Al-Husayn (a) Abu Mikhnaf'', corrected and translated by Hujjat Allah Judaki. | ''Maqtal al-Husayn (a)'' by Hasan Ghaffari, ''Waqa'at al-taff li Abi Mikhnaf'' by Muhammad Hadi Yusufi Gharawi which is translated to Farsi and ''Maqtal Al-Husayn (a) Abu Mikhnaf'', corrected and translated by Hujjat Allah Judaki.<ref>Isfandīyārī, ''Kitābshināsī-yi tārīkhī-yi Imām Ḥusayn'', p. 43.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* | * Abī Mikhnaf, Lūṭ b. Yaḥyā. ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff''. Edited by Muḥammad Hādī Yūsufī Gharawī. First edition. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1367 Sh. | ||
* Isfandīyārī, Muḥammad. ''Kitābshināsī-yi tārīkhī-yi Imām Ḥusayn''. Qom: Ṣaḥīfa-yi Khirad, 1391 Sh. | |||
* Ṣāliḥī, Ibrāhīm. 1388 Sh. "Pazhūhishī dar huwīyat-i tārīkhī-yi maqtal-i Abī Mikhnaf". Tārīkhnigarī wa tārīkh nigārī 13:(51-74). | |||
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