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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]]/ | 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]]/773-4 or [[158]]/774-5. 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.<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> | ''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> | ||