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| name = Maqtal al-Husayn (a) | | name = Maqtal al-Husayn (a) | ||
| image = مقتل خوارزمی.jpg | | image = مقتل خوارزمی.jpg | ||
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| author = Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarazmi | | author = Muwaffaq b. Ahmad al-Khwarazmi | ||
| title_orig = | | title_orig = {{iarabic|مقتل الخوارزمي}} | ||
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==Author== | ==Author== | ||
Al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Maliki al-Khwarazmi, known as Akhtab | Al-Muwaffaq b. Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Maliki al-Khwarazmi, known as Akhtab Khwarazm (484-567 AH/ 1091-1172), was a scholar of [[fiqh]] and [[hadith]], an orator, a man of literature, a poet, and an expert of history and biography. He wrote works such as ''Manaqib al-Imam Abi Hanifa'', ''Radd al-shams li Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Qadaya Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal Amir al-Mu'minin'', ''Maqtal al-Imam al-Sibt al-Shahid'', ''al-Masanid 'Ali al-Najjari'', collection of poems, and ''Fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin'' known as ''Manaqib''. | ||
==Method of Writing== | ==Method of Writing== | ||
The book is based on citing hadiths. He also mentions chains of narrations of these hadiths. Some hadiths are short and some are long. The major part of his account of Imam Husayn (a)'s travel to [[Karbala]] is cited from [[Ibn A'tham]], but the events of the day of [[Ashura]] are cited from [[ | The book is based on citing hadiths. He also mentions chains of narrations of these hadiths. Some hadiths are short and some are long. The major part of his account of Imam al-Husayn (a)'s travel to [[Karbala]] is cited from [[Ibn A'tham]], but the events of the day of [[Ashura]] are cited from [[Abi Mikhnaf]] and other historians. | ||
Khwarazmi's citations from | Khwarazmi's citations from Ibn A'tham are not accurate. He does not quote Ibn A'tham's exact words. He changed the words, although the meaning is preserved. | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
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* The virtues of [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]] | * The virtues of [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]] | ||
* The virtues of [[Imam Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam Husayn (a)]] | * The virtues of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] | ||
* [[Hadiths]] from the Prophet (s) concerning Imam Husayn (a)'s [[martyrdom]] | * [[Hadiths]] from the Prophet (s) concerning Imam al-Husayn (a)'s [[martyrdom]] | ||
* [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]]'s death and the rejection of pledging allegiance to him by the Imam (a) | * [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]]'s death and the rejection of pledging allegiance to him by the Imam (a) | ||
* Imam Husayn (a) in [[Mecca]] | * Imam al-Husayn (a) in [[Mecca]] | ||
* Imam Husayn (a)'s leaving Mecca until his martyrdom | * Imam al-Husayn (a)'s leaving Mecca until his martyrdom | ||
* The fate of Imam Husayn (a)'s killers | * The fate of Imam al-Husayn (a)'s killers | ||
* Poems and elegies | * Poems and elegies | ||
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Maqtal al-Khwarazmi is significant in different respects: | Maqtal al-Khwarazmi is significant in different respects: | ||
* It is old: it is even a century prior to books such as [[Luhuf]]. | * It is old: it is even a century prior to books such as ''[[Luhuf]]''. | ||
* It cites old sources, such as ''al-Futuh''. | * It cites old sources, such as ''al-Futuh''. | ||