Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya: Difference between revisions

'''Muḥammad b. al-Ḥanafīyya''' (Arabic: {{ia|محمد بن الحنفية}}) (b. [[16]]/637-8 - d. [[81]]/700-1), the son of [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and [[Khawla al-Hanafiyya]] (the daughter of Ja'far b. Qays), was among the first group of [[Tabi'un]]. He was born by the time of the [[caliphate]] of [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] and passed away in [['Aylah]] or [[Ta'if]] or [[Medina]] when he was sixty-five. His demise in 81/700-1 was by the time of the caliphate of [['Abd al-malik b. Marwan]].

He is also regarded as Muhammad b. 'Ali or Muhammad al-Akbar, and his kunya was Abu al-Qasim. He took part in the battles of [[the Battle of Siffin|Siffin]] and [[the Battle of Jamal|Jamal]], and was the standard-bearer of [[Imam Ali (a)|Imam 'Ali]]'s (a) army in the latter. He stayed in Medina at [[the event of Karbala]]. After the martyrdom of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], he initially claimed his [[Imama]], but having heard the testimony of [[Black Stone|al-Hajar al-Aswad]] to the Imama of [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], he disclaimed and believed in the Imama of his nephew.

[[Kaysanites]] believed in him as their Imam, and according to his letter to [[Mukhtar]], they rescued him from [['Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]]. He was the first person who was believed by some to be the [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)|Promised al-Mahdi (a)]] (the savior). He had a very peaceful political orientation in his life.