Al-Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi: Difference between revisions

In his book, ''Usd al-ghaba'', [[Ibn Athir]] has an invected approach to al-Mukhtar and rejects his narrations.<ref>Ibn al-Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 4, p. 347.</ref> Even narrations have been forged against him claiming to be from the [[Prophet (s)]], such as, "A liar and criminal shall come from [[Thaqif]]."<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 140.</ref> The narrator of this Hadith is [[Asma' bt. Abu Bakr]], [['Abd Allah b. Zubayr]]'s mother.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 909; Ibn al-Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 141.</ref> According to Asma', liar refers to al-Mukhtar,<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 8, p. 200.</ref> but it seems that [[Hajjaj b. Yusuf]] was the first person who used this word for al-Mukhtar, when he ordered the people to curse [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and al-Mukhtar.<ref>Basawī, ''al-Maʿrifa wa al-tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 618.</ref>.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 6, p. 168.</ref>

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