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===After Martyrdom of Imam Ali===
===After Martyrdom of Imam Ali===
According to a report from [[Ibn Sa'd]] and [[al-Mas'udi]], [[Ibn Muljam al-Muradi|Ibn Muljam]] -the murderer of [[Imam Ali (a)]]- was avenged by 'Abd Allah. This report, however, is contradicted with another account from al-Mas'udi and what has been commonly narrated that he was avenged by [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]].
According to a report from [[Ibn Sa'd]] and [[al-Mas'udi]], [[Ibn Muljam al-Muradi|Ibn Muljam]] -the murderer of [[Imam Ali (a)]]- was avenged by 'Abd Allah.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 39-40; Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 2, p. 414, 416.</ref> This report, however, is contradicted with another account from al-Mas'udi and what has been commonly narrated that he was avenged by [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]].<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 2, p. 426.</ref>
'Abd Allah accompanied Imam al-Hasan (a) until the [[Peace Treaty of Imam al-Hasan (a)|peace treaty]] between Imam al-Hasan (a) and [[Mu'awiya]].
'Abd Allah accompanied Imam al-Hasan (a) until the [[Peace Treaty of Imam al-Hasan (a)|peace treaty]] between Imam al-Hasan (a) and [[Mu'awiya]].<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh Ṭabarī'', vol. 5, p. 165.</ref>


===During Mu'awiya's Reign===
===During Mu'awiya's Reign===
When Mu'awiya came to power, 'Abd Allah contacted Mu'awiya's court in [[Damascus]]. Accompanied by a group of people from [[Quraysh]], he went to Damascus. Mu'awiya paid him an annuity of 1,000,000(one million) [[dirham]]. Although [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya|Yazid]] doubled the amount of his annuity, he did not only had finished them by the end of the year but he was always under debts due to his extraordinary generosity.
When Mu'awiya came to power, 'Abd Allah contacted Mu'awiya's court in [[Damascus]].<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kabīr'', vol. 6, p. 467.</ref> Accompanied by a group of people from [[Quraysh]], he went to Damascus. Mu'awiya paid him an annuity of 1,000,000(one million) [[dirham]].<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 4, p. 101, 320.</ref> Although [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya|Yazid]] doubled the amount of his annuity, he did not only had finished them by the end of the year but he was always under debts due to his extraordinary generosity.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 45.</ref>


Mu'awiya gave him the title "Sayyid Banu Hashim" (the master of [[Banu Hashim]]) but 'Abd Allah believed that only [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] deserve this title. Mu'awiya tried to attract the attention of the leaders and heads of the tribes; so that they grant him with their support and perhaps to lessen the high status of Imam Ali's (a) descendants.
Mu'awiya gave him the title "Sayyid Banu Hashim" (the master of [[Banu Hashim]]) but 'Abd Allah believed that only [[al-Hasanayn (a)]] deserve this title.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 6, p. 297.</ref> Mu'awiya tried to attract the attention of the leaders and heads of the tribes; so that they grant him with their support and perhaps to lessen the high status of Imam Ali's (a) descendants.<ref>Mahdawīyān, ''ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar b. Abī Ṭālib'', p. 36.</ref>


Many times, 'Abd Allah vied in glory with [['Amr b. al-'As]] and Yazid in Mu'awiya's presence. In one session, where Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn (a) were present, after arguing with Mu'awiya, 'Abd Allah started talking about the virtues of Imam Ali (a) and his progeny.
Many times, 'Abd Allah vied in glory with [['Amr b. al-'As]] and Yazid in Mu'awiya's presence.<ref>Ibn ʿAsākir, ''Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq'', vol. 27, p. 265-266, 268; Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 6, p. 295-297; vol. 15, p. 229.</ref> In one session, where Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn (a) were present, after arguing with Mu'awiya, 'Abd Allah started talking about the virtues of Imam Ali (a) and his progeny.<ref>Nuʿmānī, ''al-Ghayba'', 96-97; Ṭūsī, ''al-Ghayba'', p. 137-138.</ref>


According to [[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]], in Imam al-Hasan's funeral when [[Marwan b. al-Hakam|Marwan]] did not let them to bury Imam's body next to the [[Prophet]]'s grave, 'Abd Allah made Imam al-Husayn (a) swear not to argue with Marwan.
According to [[Ibn Abi l-Hadid]], in Imam al-Hasan's funeral when [[Marwan b. al-Hakam|Marwan]] did not let them to bury Imam's body next to the [[Prophet]]'s grave, 'Abd Allah made Imam al-Husayn (a) swear not to argue with Marwan.<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 16, p. 50.</ref>


===During Imam al-Husayn's Uprising===
===During Imam al-Husayn's Uprising===
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