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It is reported that when people paid allegiance to Imam Ali (a), al-Husayn (a) delivered a speech.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 10, p. 121.</ref> During the [[Battle of Jamal]], he was the commander of the left part of his father's army.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Jamal'', p. 348; Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 485.</ref> In the [[Battle of Siffin]], he delivered a speech, encouraging people to jihad,<ref>Naṣr b. Muzāhim, ''Waqʿat al-ṣiffīn'', p. 114-115.</ref> and became the commander of the warriors of the right arm of the army.<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 4, p. 86; Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> However [[Al-Hasanayn (a)]]'s role in Siffin was limited according to sources that allude to Imam Ali (a)'s preference not to involve his sons in the fighting | It is reported that when people paid allegiance to Imam Ali (a), al-Husayn (a) delivered a speech.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 10, p. 121.</ref> During the [[Battle of Jamal]], he was the commander of the left part of his father's army.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Jamal'', p. 348; Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 485.</ref> In the [[Battle of Siffin]], he delivered a speech, encouraging people to jihad,<ref>Naṣr b. Muzāhim, ''Waqʿat al-ṣiffīn'', p. 114-115.</ref> and became the commander of the warriors of the right arm of the army.<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib'', vol. 4, p. 86; Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 3, p. 24.</ref> However [[Al-Hasanayn (a)]]'s role in Siffin was limited, according to sources that allude to Imam Ali (a)'s preference not to involve his sons in the fighting only to protect them, in one occasion, it is reported that in this battle al-Husayn (a) was present in a successful attempt to reclaim the control of water, which Imam Ali (a) later described the act as the first success achieved due to sheer blessing given upon the presence of al-Husayn.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 44, p. 266.</ref> Reports that al-Husayn (a) participated in the [[Battle of Nahrawan]] also exist.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 939.</ref> | ||
Some sources report that when Imam Ali (a) was martyred, al-Husayn (a) was with him<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 147.</ref> and participated in his burial ceremony.<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 181; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 25.</ref> However, according to some other sources, al-Husayn (a) was on a mission in al-Mada'in when his father was attacked and wounded by [[Ibn Muljam]]. He returned to Kufa when he received the letter of his brother informing him about the assassination.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 497-498; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 220.</ref> | Some sources report that when Imam Ali (a) was martyred, al-Husayn (a) was with him<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 147.</ref> and participated in his burial ceremony.<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 1, p. 181; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 25.</ref> However, according to some other sources, al-Husayn (a) was on a mission in al-Mada'in when his father was attacked and wounded by [[Ibn Muljam]]. He returned to Kufa when he received the letter of his brother informing him about the assassination.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 497-498; Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 220.</ref> | ||