Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali

Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali (Arabic: شَبیب بن عَبدِ الله النَّهشَلی) was killed in the Battle of Karbala.

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Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali
شَبیب بن عَبدِ الله النَّهشَلی
Personal
Died10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
Cause of deathKilled in the Battle of Karbala
Resting placeKarbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
Known forBeing a companion of Husayn ibn Ali

Lineage

Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali al-Basri was born into a family from Banu Nahshal tribe, a branch of Banu Taym. He has been mentioned in some Persian sources as the slave of Harith ibn Sari' al-Hamadani who went to Karbala together with Sayf ibn al-Harith al-Hamdani and Malik ibn Abd Allah ibn Sari'.[1] But, this is incompatible with the reports which suggest that he was with Husayn ibn Ali from Medina. However, Mamaqani believed that he was someone other than Shabib ibn Abd Allah Harith ibn Sari' al-Kufi.[2]

Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din has mentioned that Habib ibn Abd Allah was one of the Martyrs of Karbala[3] and also mentioned this probability that Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali would be the one who has also been referred to as Habib ibn Abd Allah[4] or Abu Amr al-Nahshali.[5]

Biography

Shabib was among the Followers of the Prophet and the companions of Ali ibn Abi Talib and participated in the battles of Jamal, Siffin and Nahrawan. After Ali was martyred, he was among the companions of al-Hasan and stayed with him.[2] At the time of al-Husayn, he was among his companions.[6]

In the Battle of Karbala

Shabib was with Husayn on the way from Medina to Mecca and then toward Karbala. On the Day of Ashura, Shabib was martyred in the first attack of the enemy while fighting with them.[2]

In the Ziyara al-Shuhada, he has been mentioned as, "Peace be upon Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali."[7]

References
  1. Zargarī Nijād, Qulam Husayn. Nahḍat-i Imām Ḥusayn (a) wa qiyām-i Karbalā. p. 335.
  2. Mamaqani, Abd Allah. Tanqih al-maqal fi 'ilm al-rijal. Vol. 2. Qom, Iran: Al al-Bayt li Ihya' al-Turath. p. 81.
  3. Shams al-Dīn, Muḥammad Mahdī. Anṣār al-Ḥusayn, dirāsah ‘an shuhadā’ thawrat al-Ḥusayn, al-rijāl wa-al-dalālāt. p. 78.
  4. Ali b. Musa b. Ja'far b. Tawus. Iqbal al-a'mal. Vol. 3. p. 346.
  5. Ja'far b. Muhammad b. Nama al-Hilli. Muthir al-ahzan wa munir subul al-ashjan. Vol. 1. Najaf, Iraq: Al-Matba'at al-Haydariyya. p. 42.
  6. al-Shaykh al-Tusi (2006). Al-Rijal. Vol. 1. Qom, Iran: Mu'assisa al-Nashr al-Islami. p. 101.
  7. Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī Majlisī. Biḥār al-anwār. Vol. 45. Dār al-Fiqh lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr. p. 71. ISBN 978-9646909069.
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