Al-'Abbas (a): Difference between revisions

:: "when al-'Abbas b. 'Ali (a), may God's blessings be upon him, saw that many of his relatives were martyred, told his brothers [['Abd Allah b. 'Ali|'Abd Allah]], [[Ja'far b. 'Ali|Ja'far]], and [['Uthman b. 'Ali|'Uthman]], 'O sons of my mother! You go ahead so that I see you have purified your goal for God and the Prophet (s), since you do not have any children.' Then 'Abd Allah went to battle and fought severely. Then he and Hani b. Thubayt al-Hadrami exchanged two hits of sword and Hani killed him. Then Ja'far b. 'Ali (a), may God's blessings be upon him, went ahead and Hani killed him too. When 'Uthman b. 'Ali filled the empty place of his brothers, [[Khawli b. Yazid]] shot an arrow toward him and dropped him down. Then, a man from Banu Darim attacked him and beheaded him.

:: The army of 'Umar b. Sa'd stopped them. Among them, there was a man from Banu Darim tribe who told the army, "Woe be to you! Stop him from reaching the Euphrates and do not let him reach the water. Imam al-Husayn (a) said, "O God! Let him die thirsty!" That man became angry and shot an arrow towards Imam (a) which hit Imam (a) under his chin. Imam (a) took the arrow out and put his hand on the wound. When his hand became full of blood, let them spill and said, "O God! I complain to you about what they do about the son of the Prophet's (s) daughter." He (a) then came back while he (a) was very thirsty. The army besieged al-'Abbas and separated him from Imam al-Husayn (a). He (a) fought them until he was martyred. [[Zayd b. Warqa' al-Hanafi]] and [[Hakim b. Tufayl al-Sunbusi]] killed al-'Abbas after he (a) could not move due to severity of his wounds.<ref>al-Shaykh al-Mufid, ''al-Irshad'',  p. 411-412; al-Shaykh al-Mufid, ''Tarjumi Irshad'', p. 109-110</ref>

About his martyrdom, [[Ibn Shahrashub]] wrote, "al-'Abbas was the water-bearer, Qamar Bani Hashim and the standard-bearer of Imam al-Husayn (a) who was elder than his brothers. He (a) went out of the camp to bring water. The enemy attacked him and he (a) fought them and dispersed them. Then Zayd b. Warqa' al-Juhani who had ambushed behind a palm tree was helped by Hakim b. Tufayl al-Sunbusi to hit the right hand of al-'Abbas and cut him. al-'Abbas took the sword with his left hand and attacked them, but he (a) was weakened. Then Hakam b. Tufayl al-Ta'i who had ambushed behind a palm tree, hit him on his left hand. Then al-'Abbas shouted,

At the beginning of the [[Ziyarah text of al-'Abbas b. 'Ali (a)]], [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] said, "Peace be with you, O righteous and obedient servant of God and His Prophet (s), and obedient to the [[Commander of the Believers (a)]] and [[al-Hasan (a)]] and [[al-Husayn (a)]]."<ref>Ibn Qulawayh, ''Kamil al-ziyarat'', p. 786</ref>

[[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] is narrated as, "May God have mercy upon my uncle al-'Abbas. He surely made sacrifice and did a great fight until his hands were cut and he sacrificed himself for his brother. God gave him two wings like his uncle [[Ja'far al-Tayyar]] to fly in the paradise together with angels. Indeed, al-'Abbas has a position before the Almighty God that all the martyrs would wish to reach on the Day of Judgment."<ref>al-Shaykh al-Saudq, ''al-Khisal'', vol. 1, p. 68</ref>

Imam al-Sadiq (a), in some of his phrases, had described al-'Abbas as, "[He (a) had] a impressive insight, great intelligence, deep and full faith, [he (a) made] [[jihad]] in the company of Imam al-Husayn (a), sacrifice, martyrdom in the way of his Imam (a), submission before the successor of the Prophet (s), approving the Imam (a) of his time, loyalty, striving until the last resorts, …"<ref>al-Amin, ''A'yan al-Shi'a'', vol. 7, p. 430</ref>