Al-Ash'ari Family: Difference between revisions

* Based on some narrations, because al-Ash'ari family supported [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] and [[al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi]], they were prosecuted and treated harshly by [[Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf al-Thaqafi]], the representative of caliph in [[Iraq]]. Hajjaj exiled Muhammad b. Sa'ib to [[Azerbaijan]], but he hid in [[Kufa]]. When Hajjaj found him he slayed him. It is said in sources after the death of Muhammad b. Sa'ib, al-Ash'ari family migrated to Qom.

Some sources mentioned that they supported [['Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Ash'ath]] in his rise against [[Umayyad]]. Then after they were defeated by Hajjaj b. Yusuf, al-Ash'ari family were put under huge pressure and prosecutions. They were given only three days to leave [[Kufa]], or every member of them will be killed.

In another report, it is said Ahwas al-Ash'ari treated Iranian villagers who were working for him harshly. Then Hajjaj imprisoned Ahwas in 93 A.H. but after requests of his brother for forgiveness, he was released. 'Abd Allah was afraid that Hajjaj would become livid at his brother, then they decided to leave Kufa and migrate to Qom.

Anyhow, children of Sa'ib b. Malik migrated to from [[Kufa]] and later children of Sa'd b. Malik joined them and they settled in [[Qom]] as well. As a result all of the children of Malik b. 'Amir travelled to Iran. They were led by the sons of [[Sa'd al-Ash'ari]], 'Abd Allah and Ahwas.