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

  | Well known relatives = [[Sa'd b. al-Harth al-Ansari]] (brother)

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.<ref>Mamaqānī, ''Tanqīḥ al-maqāl'', vol. 2, p. 12.</ref> 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.<ref>Samāwī, ''Ṭāhir al-. Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', vol. 1, p. 222.</ref>