Ja'far ibn Aqil explained
Ja'far ibn Aqil (Arabic: جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَقِيل, ) was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib,[1] [2] and his mother was Umm al-Thaghr bint Amir who was from Bani Kilab.[3] [4] Meanwhile, he was the son-in-law of Ali.[5]
Ja'far is considered as one of Husayn's companions; he entered the battlefield after Abd Allah ibn Muslim,[6] and he killed 2 (or 15) fighters of the army of Umar ibn Sa'd.[7] He was killed by Bishr ibn Sawt al-Hamdani[8] or Khalid ibn Asad al-Johani in (the battle of) Karbala[9] on the day of Ashura when he was with Husayn ibn Ali.[10] [11]
Ja'far ibn Aqil was reciting the following epic verses in the battlefield:
- "I am an Abtahi (Makki) young and I am Abu Talib's descendant, (I am) from the descendant of Hashim and Ghalib;
- and without doubt we are the master of grandee, this is Husayn the master of cleaners"[12] [13]
Additionally, the name of Ja'far ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib has been mentioned in Ziyarah al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa and also Ziyarah al-Rajabiyyah.[14]
Notes and References
- http://islamicbooks.info/PowerPoint-Imams-Rest/Ashuraa%20and%20Men%20of%20Valor.pps Ashuraa and men of valor
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101171256/ja'far-ibn_aqeel_ibn-abi_talib Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib
- http://lib.eshia.ir/40132/1/97/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%BA%D8%B1 Tarikh 2 (History 2)
- Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 169
- http://hadith.net/post/43588/%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%84/ Jafar ibn Aqeel
- Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (quoted from Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 167
- Ibn Shahr Ashub, Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, P. 105
- Ibn Tawus, Ali ibn Musa, al-Eghbal bel 'Amal al-Hasanah, Vol. 3, P. 76
- https://www.al-islam.org/gallery/kids/Books/sorrows/sorrows17.htm Names of Martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Karbala for the sake of the lofty principles of Islam as mentioned in "Ziyarah al-Nahiyyah"
- http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7/article/1086.html Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib
- Avalam --Imam Hussain--, P. 276
- Maghtal al-Hussain(s) lel-Kharazmi, Vol. 2, P. 26
- http://www.ghadeer.org/Book/1444/228716 Seyyed Morteza Askari, 2 schools of Islam, Compilation the movement of Husseini(a.s.) in the revival of the Prophet's tradition, Vol. 3
- Mohammad Rei Shahri, Danneshname (Encyclopedia) of Imam Hussain (a.s.), P. 166-167
