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Ja'far ibn Aqil

Ja'far ibn Aqil

Son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib

Ja'far ibn Aqil (Arabic: جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَقِيل, Jaʿfar ibn ʿAqīl) 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]

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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]

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    Ashuraa and men of valor islamicbooks.info Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib findagrave.com Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Tarikh 2 (History 2) lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 169
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    Jafar ibn Aqeel hadith.net Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (quoted from Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 167
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    Ibn Shahr Ashub, Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, P. 105
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    Ibn Tawus, Ali ibn Musa, al-Eghbal bel 'Amal al-Hasanah, Vol. 3, P. 76
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    Names of Martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Karbala for the sake of the lofty principles of Islam as mentioned in "Ziyarah al-Nahiyyah" al-islam.org 19 April 2018
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    Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib ashoora.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Avalam --Imam Hussain--, P. 276
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    Maghtal al-Hussain(s) lel-Kharazmi, Vol. 2, P. 26
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    Seyyed Morteza Askari, 2 schools of Islam, Compilation the movement of Husseini(a.s.) in the revival of the Prophet's tradition, Vol. 3 ghadeer.org Retrieved 19 April 2018
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    Mohammad Rei Shahri, Danneshname (Encyclopedia) of Imam Hussain (a.s.), P. 166-167
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