Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya: Difference between revisions

[[Jamal Battle]] took place in the year 36\656. Muhammad stopped fighting in the middle of the action, so [[Imam Ali (a)|'Ali (a)]] took hold of the standard and having disordered enemy forces, took it back to Muhammad and said; 'strike them anew as compensation'. Muhammad then, accompanied by [[Khuzayma b. Thabit]] (Dhu l-Shahadatayn) and a group of [[Ansar]], many of them whom were the fighters of [[Badr Battle]], made successive attacks, and forced Jamal army to retreat.

According to some reports, Ibn Hanafiyya was not certain about taking hold of the standard of 'Ali's (a) army, and even reproached his father, but eventually bore the standard, and thus made a reputation. Although in some sources such as; [[Tabari]], [[Ibn Kathir]], and [[Ibn al-Jawzi]], the standard-bearing of Muhammad b. Hanafiyya is reported without a hint to such a doubt, the narration of [[Ibn Khalkan]] posits his standard-bearing in the battle of [[Saffayn]] and his doubts about it.