Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya: Difference between revisions

[[the Battle of Jamal]] 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 [[the Battle of Badr]], made successive attacks, and forced Jamal army to retreat<ref>Reyshahri, ''Danesh Nameh amir al-mu'minin'', Vol. 1, P.183.</ref>.

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<ref>Ibn Khallikan, ''Wafayat al-a'yan'', Vol. 4, P.171.</ref>, 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 Khallikan]] posits his standard-bearing in [[the battle of Saffayn]] and his doubts about it.