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The Great Struggle of
Muslim Ibn Aqeel
By:
Ali Hussain Jalali, Chicago, USA
The Imam sent three people with Muslim: Qays Ibn Mash'ar al-Saydawi, 'Imarah
Ibn 'Abdullah al-Saluli and 'Abdul Rahman Ibn 'Abdullah al-Azdi. The
Imam said to Muslim, "Fear God, and check to see if whatever the people
of Kufah are saying in their letters is true. If that is the case, write
me a letter immediately about the situation."
Muslim left Mecca on the 15th of Ramadan traveling by way of Medinah. He
went to Masjid al-Nabi and prayed there. Then he bade farewell to his
relatives and asked two people to help lead the way for him to Kufah. On
the way, they were lost and decided to stop, but Muslim kept going. He
did not stop until he reached a place called Batn al-Khabt where he
found some water and stayed.
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The Destiny of Muslim
ibne Aqil (A.S.)
By T.
Zayn al-'Abidin
Introduction
The caravan of al-Imam al-Husayn ('alayhi salam) was travelling toward
the city of Kufa in Iraq, during the month of Zhul Hijjah 60AH when a
messenger came from the direction of Kufa and said:
“I only left Kufa after Muslim b. ‘Aqil and Hani’ b. ‘Urwa had been
killed. I saw them being dragged by their legs into the market-place.” –
Bakr al Asadi of Kufa.
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The
Betrayal in Kufa
An excerpt from Tears and Tributes
by Zakir
Source: Posting from ABDG
Pin-drop silence prevailed in the mosque at Kufa where a large
congregation had gathered to offer evening prayers. Outside the mosque
the town-crier was reading out the proclamation. Every one of the
congregation was straining his ears to listen to every word with rapt
attention.
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Muslim
Ibn Aqeel (AS)
Al-Husayn,
peace be upon him, summoned Muslim bin Aqil and dispatched him to Kufa.
Muslim, the mercy of God be on him, departed until he came to Medina.
There he prayed in the mosque of the Apostle of God, may God bless him
and his family, and said farewell to the dearest members of his family.
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About
Muslim B. Aqeel
Imam Hussain (a.s.)'s caravan left
Madina on 28th of Rajab, 60 A.H. and reached Makkah on the 4th of
Shabaan. Imam(a.s.) had not yet made up his mind on where to go. For the
time being he decided to stay in Meakkah at least until the month of Zil-Hajj
and perform the pilgrimage.
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Hazrat Muslim bin Aqeel
(as): Emissary of Imam Hussain (as)
By: Jan Mohamed
Hazrat Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib
(as) was martyred on Zilhajj 9 in the year 60 AH in the city of Kufa
where he was sent by Chief of Martyrs, Grandson of Holy Prophet Hazrat
Muhammad (saw), Hazrat Imam Hussain (as) as his envoy to look closely
the situation before Imam’s arrival there.
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Martyrdom of Muslim Ibn
Aqil in Kufah
Muslim Ibn Aqil in Kufah
Imam al-Husayn chose Muslim ibn 'Aqil, son of his uncle and the husband
of his sister Ruqayyah, to take back the reply to the letters of the
people of Kufah.
Muslim ibn 'Aqil together with his companions set off for Kufah and
arrived there on the 5th Shawwal, 60 A.H. Muslim ibn 'Aqil stayed at the
house of Mukhtar ibn Abi 'Ubaydah Thaqafi, better known as the house of
Salim ibn Musayyib. In another account given by Tabari, he stayed at the
house of Muslim ibn 'Awsajah. A large number of the Shi'ah gathered at
the house and Muslim ibn 'Aqil read to them the letter of the Imam.
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Hazrat Muslim Bin Aqeel (AS)
By:
Ali Jafri
Ali Jafri attends Belmont Hill
School. He is in tenth grade and is fourteen years old. He
currently resides in Dover
When thinking about
Karbala, many people think about the virtues of Imam Husayn (AS), the
bravery of Hazrat Abbas (AS), the courage of Hazrat Zainab (AS) and
others. We barely think about the important deeds of Hazrat Muslim
bin Aqeel (AS). We know that he was sent to Koofa, as an envoy for the
Imam (AS), but our knowledge after that is limited. We know about the
courage of his two sons, and we know the fact that he was the Imam’s
son, because Hazrat Aqeel (AS) and Imam Ali (AS) were brothers.
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