Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani
Jabala b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī (Arabic: جَبَلَة بن عَلي الشَیباني) was a martyr of Karbala. He was in the army of Imam Ali (a) in the Battle of Siffin and was also present in the uprising of Muslim b. 'Aqil in Kufa.
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| Full Name | Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani |
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| Companion of | Imam Ali (a) • Imam al-Husayn (a) |
| Religious Affiliation | Shi'a |
| Lineage | Banu Shayban tribe |
| Place(s) of Residence | Kufa |
| Death/Martyrdom | 61/680 |
| Cause ofDeath/Martyrdom | Martyred in the Battle of Karbala |
| Burial Place | The Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a) |
Before the Event of Karbala
Jabala b. 'Ali was from the Banu Shayban tribe (a branch of Bakr b. Wa'il).[1] He was deemed as a brave man from Kufa.[2] According to some sources, he was in Imam 'Ali's (a) army in the Battle of Siffin.[3] He accompanied Muslim b. 'Aqil in his uprising in Kufa.[4]
In the Event of Karbala
Before Muslim b. 'Aqil's martyrdom, Jabala went to his own tribe and hid there. When Imam al-Husayn (a) went to Karbala, he joined the Imam (a).[5] He was martyred in the first attack on the Day of Ashura.[6]
He is mentioned in the Ziyarat al-Shuhada: "peace be upon Jabala b. 'Ali al-Shaybani" (السَّلَامُ عَلَی جَبَلَةَ بْنِ عَلِی الشَّیبَانِی).
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References
- Balādhurī, Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-. Ansāb al-ashrāf. Edited by Muḥammadī. 1st edition. Beirut: Muʾassisa Aʿlami, 1394 AH.
- Ḥāʾirī Shīrāzī, Sayyid ʿAbd al-Majīd. Dhakhīrat al-dārayn fīmā yataʿalaq bi maṣā'ib al-Ḥusayn (a) wa asḥābih. Edited by Muḥammad Bāqir Duryāb. Qom: Zamzam-i Hidāyat, [n.d].
- Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. 2nd edition. Beirut: Dār al-Aḍwāʾ, 1412 AH.
- Muhaddithī, Javād. Farhang-i Āshūrā. 5th edition. Qom: Nashr-i Maʿrūf, 1380 Sh.
- Samāwī, Muḥammad b. Ṭāhir al-. Ibṣār al-ʿayn fī anṣār al-Ḥusayn (a). Qom: Zamzam-i Hidāyat, 1384 Sh.