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There are two different accounts about his arrest and execution. | There are two different accounts about his arrest and execution. | ||
According to the first account, the governor of [[Kufa]], [[Ibn Ziyad]], was ordered by [[Yazid]], the [[Ummayad]] caliph, to arrest Maytham and execute him. Ibn Ziyad then asked the chief of Maytham's tribe to surrender Maytham or be killed. Maytham was arrested on his way back from [[Mecca]] to [[Kufa]], probably in [[Qadisiyya]]. In the prison of Kufa, he met [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] and foretold Mukhtar's release from prison. | According to the first account, the governor of [[Kufa]], [[Ibn Ziyad]], was ordered by [[Yazid]], the [[Ummayad]] caliph, to arrest Maytham and execute him.<ref>al-Mufid. ''al-Irshad''. vol. 1. p. 324-325</ref> Ibn Ziyad then asked the chief of Maytham's tribe to surrender Maytham or be killed. Maytham was arrested on his way back from [[Mecca]] to [[Kufa]], probably in [[Qadisiyya]]. In the prison of Kufa, he met [[Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]] and foretold Mukhtar's release from prison.<ref>Khasibi. ''al-Hidayat al-Kubra''. p. 133. Sharif radi. p. 54-55.</ref> | ||
According to the second account, Maytham, along with some businessmen from Kufa, went to Ibn Ziyad to protest the injustice of his agent in the bazaar. There, ‘Amr b. Hurayth, the commander of the Kufian army, called Maytham a liar and a partisan of the liar (meaning [[Imam 'Ali (a) ]]). In response, Maytham called himself a truthful partisan of the truthful one. Ibn Ziyad then ordered Maytham to curse Imam 'Ali (a) and praise [[Uthman b. ‘Affan]] and threatened to cut off his arms and legs if he didn't. Maytham chose martyrdom. He told Ibn Ziyad that Imam 'Ali (a) had said Ibn Ziyad would cut off his tongue. Ibn Ziyad wanted to prove the words Imam 'Ali (a)to be wrong; therefore, he ordered the cutting of Maytham's arms and legs only, and hung him beside the house of ‘Amr b. Hurayth. | According to the second account, Maytham, along with some businessmen from Kufa, went to Ibn Ziyad to protest the injustice of his agent in the bazaar. There, ‘Amr b. Hurayth, the commander of the Kufian army, called Maytham a liar and a partisan of the liar (meaning [[Imam 'Ali (a) ]]). In response, Maytham called himself a truthful partisan of the truthful one. Ibn Ziyad then ordered Maytham to curse Imam 'Ali (a) and praise [[Uthman b. ‘Affan]] and threatened to cut off his arms and legs if he didn't. Maytham chose martyrdom. He told Ibn Ziyad that Imam 'Ali (a) had said Ibn Ziyad would cut off his tongue. Ibn Ziyad wanted to prove the words Imam 'Ali (a)to be wrong; therefore, he ordered the cutting of Maytham's arms and legs only, and hung him beside the house of ‘Amr b. Hurayth. | ||