Hujr b. 'Adi: Difference between revisions

: '''Battle of Jamal'''

Before the [[Battle of Jamal]], when [[Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]], the governor of [[Kufa]], was preventing people from supporting [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]; [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] with Hujr b. 'Adi and [['Ammar b. Yasir]], went to the [[Mosque of Kufa]], and forced Abu Musa al-Ash'ari out of the mosque and encouraged people to support Imam 'Ali (a). Imam 'Ali (a) assigned Hujr as the commander of [[Kinda]], [[Hadramut]], [[Quda'a]], and [[Mahra]] tribes in the battle.<ref>Tabari, ''Tarikh'', vol.4 p.485; Dinawari, ''Akhbar al-tiwal'', p.145-146; Mufid, ''Al-Jamal wa al-nusra'', p.255-256,320</ref>

: '''Battle of Siffin'''

In the [[Battle of Siffin]] ([[37]]/657) was one of the commanders of the army of [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and the head of the combatants of Kinda tribe.<ref>Ibn 'Asakir, ''Tarikh madina Dimashq'', vol.12 p.210; Ibn Muzahim, ''Waq'a siffin'', p.103-104, 195, 205, 243</ref>