Ibn al-Sikkit: Difference between revisions

It is reported that he was martyred in [[Rajab 5th]], [[224]]/May 27, 839, at the age of 58. There are different reports about how he was martyred. Some say that he was martyred because he was a Shi'a and they narrate that al-Mutawakkil, the Abbasid [[Caliph]], asked him to compare al-Mutawakkil's sons (al-Mu'taz and al-Mu'ayad) with Imam Ali's sons, Imam al-Hasan (a) and Imam al-Husayn (a). He said, "By God, Qanbar, the servant of [[Ali b. Abi Talib]] is superior to your sons and their father"; therefore, he was killed by al-Mutawakkil's order. It is also reported that al-Mutawwakil's servants threw him on ground and trampled on him, then they took him to his home where he passed away.