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'''Yanbuʿ''' (Arabic: {{ia|یَنبُع}}) is a city on the west of [[Medina]], known for its abundant springs of water and [[Mount Radwa]]. The city was conquered by Muslims in [[2 AH|2]]/ | '''Yanbuʿ''' (Arabic: {{ia|یَنبُع}}) is a city on the west of [[Medina]], known for its abundant springs of water and [[Mount Radwa]]. The city was conquered by Muslims in [[2 AH|2]]/624. | ||
[[Imam 'Ali (a)]] bought the lands around the area from Muslims, and by improvement of its agriculture, he turned it to an endowment for [[Alids]]. Children of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] inhabited this area. | [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] bought the lands around the area from Muslims, and by improvement of its agriculture, he turned it to an endowment for [[Alids]]. Children of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] inhabited this area. | ||
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==Imam ʿAli’s Endowments== | ==Imam ʿAli’s Endowments== | ||
Yanbu was conquered by Muslims without a war during the second [[ghazwa]] of the [[Prophet (s)]]<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 2, p. 281.</ref> under the Battle of [[Dhu-l-'Ashira]] in [[2 AH|2]]/[[ | Yanbu was conquered by Muslims without a war during the second [[ghazwa]] of the [[Prophet (s)]]<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 2, p. 281.</ref> under the Battle of [[Dhu-l-'Ashira]] in [[2 AH|2]]/[[624]].<ref>Yaʿqūbī, ''Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī'', vol. 2, p. 66; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 2, p. 408.</ref> The Prophet (s) gave the area to a group of Muslims.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', v0l. 1, p. 20.</ref> Imam ʿAli (a) bought the area from them and began agriculture and water extraction there.<ref>Samhudī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 4, p. 166; Aḥmad, ''Ḥijāz dar ṣadr-i islām'', p. 98.</ref> Some people believe that the lands were given to Imam ʿAli (a) by the Prophet (s)<ref>Ḥamawī, ''Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 5, p. 450.</ref> or [['Umar]]<ref>Balādhurī, ''Futūḥ al-buldān'', p. 24; Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Baghdādī, ''Marāṣid al-ʾiṭṭlāʿ'', vol. 3, p. 1485.</ref> as an [[iqtaʿ]] (a form of tax farming). | ||
Some sources talk about [[Amir al-Mu'minin]]’s many endowments in this area.<ref>Aḥmad, ''Ḥijāz dar ṣadr-i islām'', p. 98; Ḥamawī, ''Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 5, p. 450.</ref> [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] gave the interests of its agricultural products to [['Abd Allah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib]], who in turn gave it to [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]].<ref>Aḥmad, ''Ḥijāz dar ṣadr-i islām'', p. 99.</ref> Imam ʿAli’s household still had estates in the area. For instance, during the [[Event of Harra]] [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] went to Yanbu,<ref>Balʿamī, ''Tārīkhnāma-yi ṭabarī'', vol. 4, p. 718.</ref> and on some accounts, he took with him his own as well as Marwan's family.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 485.</ref> | Some sources talk about [[Amir al-Mu'minin]]’s many endowments in this area.<ref>Aḥmad, ''Ḥijāz dar ṣadr-i islām'', p. 98; Ḥamawī, ''Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 5, p. 450.</ref> [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] gave the interests of its agricultural products to [['Abd Allah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib]], who in turn gave it to [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]].<ref>Aḥmad, ''Ḥijāz dar ṣadr-i islām'', p. 99.</ref> Imam ʿAli’s household still had estates in the area. For instance, during the [[Event of Harra]] [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] went to Yanbu,<ref>Balʿamī, ''Tārīkhnāma-yi ṭabarī'', vol. 4, p. 718.</ref> and on some accounts, he took with him his own as well as Marwan's family.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 485.</ref> | ||