Al-Hajjaj ibn Masruq al-Madhhiji al-Juʿfi (Arabic: الحَجّاج بن مَسروق المذحجی الجُعفی) was a devotee Shi'a and companion of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Husayn ibn Ali. He was eventually martyred at the Battle of Karbala.

Al-Hajjaj ibn Masruq al-Madhhiji al-Juʿfi
الحَجّاج بن مَسروق المذحجی الجُعفی
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 Ali ibn Abi Talib and Husayn ibn Ali

Companion of Husayn ibn Ali

When al-Hajjaj learned about Husayn ibn Ali's departure to Mecca, he moved from Kufa to Mecca and later, accompanied Husayn's caravan to Kufa.[1]

In the Dhu Husam station, where the caravan of Husayn encountered the army of Kufa under the leadership of Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi, Husayn ordered al-Hajjaj ibn Masruq to recite adhan (call for prayers) at noon.[2]

When the caravan arrived in the Qasr ibn Bani Muqatil station, Husayn saw a tent. He asked about the owner of the tent, and he was told that it belonged to Ubayd Allah ibn al-Hurr al-Ju'fi. Husayn ibn Ali sent al-Hajjaj ibn Masruq to him to call him to help him, but he rejected the call.[1][3]

On the day of Ashura

al-Hajjaj went to the battlefield. After a while he returned to the Husayn ibn Ali with a bloodstained body, and recited the following poem:

"may my life be sacrificed for you—the guiding and the guided. I will meet your grandfather, the Prophet, today. And then I will meet your father, Ali; the great man who I know as the successor of the Prophet."

Husayn told him: "Yes. And I will meet them after you."

Al-Hajjaj returned to the battlefield then, and fought until he was martyred.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Muhammad b. Tahir al-Samawi al-Najafi (1923). Ibsar al-ayn fi ansar al-Husayn. Najaf, Iraq: Haydariyya Printing House. p. 151.
  2. ↑ Ṭabarī. Tarikh Tabari. Vol. 5. p. 401.
  3. ↑ Shīrāzī, Abd al-Majīd ibn Muḥammad. Dhakhīrat al-Dārayn fīmā yata‘allaq bi-maṣā’ib al-Ḥusayn wa-aṣḥābih. p. 407.
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