Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya: Difference between revisions

With their flags in hands, they entered [[Masjid al-Haram]], and roaring their desire to retaliation for [[Imam al-Husayn (a)|Husayn b. 'Ali (a)]], arrived at [[Zamzam]]. Ibn Zubayr supplied a pile of wood to set them on fire, but having broken the door of Masjid al-Haram, they made way to Ibn Hanafiyya, and told him that he was to choose either them or 'Abd Allah b. Zubayr. Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya said; 'I do not favor there to be conflict and bloodshed in [[Ka’ba|the house of God]].' Meanwhile Ibn Zubayr arrived at them and cried; 'woe upon these stick-handed ones! (they were carrying sticks instead of swords, for they could not carry weapons in Masjid al-Haram), do you suppose I would let Muhammad go before he swears allegiance to me?' So the rest of Mukhtar forces entered Masjid al-Haram, shouting out loud that they sought revenge for Husayn (a). Ibn Zubayr feared them and did not resist anymore. Muhammad then, accompanied by four-thousand men, went to [['Ali's Valley]] and lived in there until Mukhtar was killed.

Narrating from sources such as; ‘’Nash'at al-fikr al-falsafi’’, it is noted in the book ‘’Tarikh-i firaq Islami’’ that Muhammad b. Hanafiyya was the first figure believed by some Muslims to be the [[Promised Mahdi]]. They believe he is living in [[mount Radawa]], being fed by a stream of milk and one of honey, until the day [[God]] will raise him. [[Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Khoei|Ayatullah Khu'i]] dissociates Muhammad b. Hanafiyya from Kisaniyya, and believes they did not exist in his time.