Abu l-Hutuf b. al-Harth al-Ansari: Difference between revisions

He is also known as Abu l-Hutuf Salama b. Harth al-Ansari al-'Ajlani. According to later sources, his name was Abu l-Hutuf, and his father's name was Harth b. Salama al-Ansari al-'Ajlani. He was from [[Kufa]], from the [[Banu 'Ajlan]] clan, one of the [[Khawarij]] in Kufa, and from the [[Khazraj]] tribe in [[Medina]] who were from [[Ansar]].

Abu l-Hutuf and his brother, [[Sa'd b. al-Harith]] (Harth) allegedly accompanied [['Umar b. Sa'd]] to fight Imam al-Husayn (a). On the [[Day of 'Ashura]] when all of the Imam's (a) companions were [[martyr]]ed except [[Suwayd b. 'Amr b. Abi Muta']] and [[Bashir b. 'Amr al-Hadrami]], the Imam (a) asked for help, and women and children in his camps began to cry. When Abu l-Hutuf and his brother, Sa'd, heard the Imam's (a) call and the cry of women and children from the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)|Prophet Muhammad's (s)]] household, they said: "There is no verdict except by God and we do not obey the one who committed sins; this is Husayn (a), the son of the daughter of our Prophet Muhammad (s). How can we fight him while he has no soldiers, while we hope for his grandfather's [[intercession]] on Dooms Day?" They then drew their swords and fought for Imam al-Husayn (a). After killing three people and injuring a number of others, they were both martyred in one place. In his ''Ibsar al-'ayn'', al-Samawi holds that Abu l-Hutuf and his brother, Sa'd, were martyred after Imam al-Husayn's (a) martyrdom.

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