Shawdhab
Shawdhab Mawla Shakir شَوذَب مَولیٰ شاکِر | |
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| Died | 10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD |
| Cause of death | Killed in the Battle of Karbala |
| Resting place | Karbala, Iraq |
| Religion | Islam |
| Known for | Being a companion of Husayn ibn Ali |
Shawdhab Mawla Shakir (Arabic: شَوذَب مَولیٰ شاکِر) was among Husayn ibn Ali's companion who was martyred at the Battle of Karbala.
Biography[edit]
Shawdhab mentioned as the servant of Shakir ibn Abd Allah al-Hamdani al-Shakiri in some resource[1] and others mentioned him as the servant of Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri.[2]
He was a memorizer of hadiths and transmitted hadiths from Ali ibn Abi Talib.[3]
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Companion of Husayn ibn Ali[edit]
He and Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri delivered the letter of Muslim ibn Aqil from Kufa to Husayn in Mecca and accompanied him from Mecca to Karbala.[4]
On the Day of Ashura[edit]
Abis ibn Abi Shabib al-Shakiri came to Shawdhab, who was his relative, and said, “What is your heart’s desire”? He replied, “What do I desire? I desire to fight alongside you, while defending the grandson of the Prophet of Allah, until I am martyred.” Abis replied, "and nothing else was expected from you. If I had anyone dearer than you today, I would send him to the battlefield before I would go."[5]
He was martyred in the afternoon of Ashura after Hanzala ibn As'ad al-Shibami.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Shams al-Dīn, Muḥammad Mahdī. Anṣār al-Ḥusayn, dirāsah ‘an shuhadā’ thawrat al-Ḥusayn, al-rijāl wa-al-dalālāt. p. 79.
- ^ Mulla Husayn Wa'iz Kashifi. Rawḍat al-Shuhadā. p. 306.
- ^ Samāwī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir (1922). Ibṣār al-ʻayn fī inṣār al-Ḥusayn. Najaf, Iraq: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Ḥaydarīyah. p. 129.
- ^ Samāwī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir (1922). Ibṣār al-ʻayn fī inṣār al-Ḥusayn. Najaf, Iraq: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Ḥaydarīyah. p. 151.
- ^ Muhammad Ibn Jarir Tabari (2013). Sahih Tarikh al-Tabari. Vol. 5. دار ابن كثير. pp. 443–444. ISBN 6144151117.
- ^ al-Shaykh al-Mufid (1993). Al-Irshad fi ma'rifat hujaj Allah 'ala l-'ibad. Vol. 2. Beirut: Dar al-Mufid. p. 105.