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===Connection with Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya=== | ===Connection with Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya=== | ||
A study on some reports suggests that al-Mukhtar invited people to the [[Imamate]] of Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya, calling him the Mahdi; but in his book, ''Kashf al-ghumma'', [[al-Irbili]] believes that this connection, and the leadership of the uprising by Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya, was a façade set up because of the aberrant condition Imam al-Sajjad (a) was in. | A study on some reports suggests that al-Mukhtar invited people to the [[Imamate]] of Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya, calling him the Mahdi; but in his book, ''Kashf al-ghumma'', [[al-Irbili]] believes that this connection, and the leadership of the uprising by Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya, was a façade set up because of the aberrant condition Imam al-Sajjad (a) was in.<ref>Irbilī, ''Kashf al-ghumma'', p. 254.</ref> | ||
[[Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Mazandarani al-Ha'iri]], author of ''[[Muntaha l-maqal]]'' believes that al-Mukhtar believed in the Imamate of Imam al-Sajjad (a), and rejects that al-Mukhtar believed in Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya. | [[Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Mazandarani al-Ha'iri]], author of ''[[Muntaha l-maqal]]'' believes that al-Mukhtar believed in the Imamate of Imam al-Sajjad (a), and rejects that al-Mukhtar believed in Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya.<ref>al-Ḥāʾirī, ''Muntahā al-maqāl''.</ref> | ||
====Rescuing Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya==== | ====Rescuing Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya==== | ||
When [['Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] was informed about al-Mukhtar's uprising, he pressurized Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya and his relatives to give him their allegiance, otherwise they would be burnt to death. Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya sent a letter to al-Mukhtar, seeking his help. In response, al-Mukhtar sent an army of 4000 men to march to [[Mecca]] and rescue Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya. | When [['Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] was informed about al-Mukhtar's uprising, he pressurized Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya and his relatives to give him their allegiance, otherwise they would be burnt to death. Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya sent a letter to al-Mukhtar, seeking his help.<ref>''Akhbār al-dawlat al-abbāsīya'', p. 100</ref> In response, al-Mukhtar sent an army of 4000 men to march to [[Mecca]] and rescue Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya.<ref>Muqaddisī, ''Āfarīnish wa tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 911.</ref> | ||
==Opinions about al-Mukhtar== | ==Opinions about al-Mukhtar== | ||