Hujr b. 'Adi: Difference between revisions

In year 50/670 [[Ziyad b. Abih]], gained the rule of Kufa, in addition to the rule of [[Basra]], by the order of [[Mu'awiya]]. He, warned Hujr about supporting [[Imam 'Ali|'Ali (a)]] and criticizing Mu'awiya, but he still was calling people against Mu'awiya.<ref>Ibn Sa'd, ''Tabaqat'', vol.6 p.218; Ya'qubi, ''Tarikh'', vol.2 p.230</ref>

When Ziyad was in Basra, Hujr and his men stoned [['Amr b. Hurayth]], the deputy of Ziyad in Kufa, because he was cursing Imam 'Ali (a). When Ziyad was informed about the event came to Kufa immediately and captured Hujr and his men.<ref>Dinwari, ''Akhbar al-tiwal'', p.223; cf. Ibn Sa'd, ''Tabaqat'', vol.6 p.218</ref>

: '''In the Way to Sham'''

Ziyad sent the captured with 100 men of his army to Mu'awiya, and in his letter to Mu'awiya wrote that Hujr and his men have defied the ijma' about [[cursing 'Ali b. Abi Talib (a)|cursing]] [[|Imam 'Ali (a)|Abu Turab]] [Imam 'Ali (a)] and refused the order of the caliph. He also attached the testifying of some of the elite of Kufa about the explicit opposition of Hujr to cursing Imam 'Ali (a).<ref>Dinwari, ''Akhbar al-tiwal'', p.223-224; Ya'qubi, ''Tarikh'', vol.2 p.230; Ibn Sa'd, ''Tabaqat'', vol.6 p.219; Tabari, ''Tarikh'', vol.5 p.269-270</ref>