Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said, “He was one of those who had written to al-Ḥusayn inviting him to come so that they might pledge allegiance to him. When he proved unable to render al-Ḥusayn any help, he repented and went out to fight.”

I add: He was a scrupulous, devout man who joined an army that repented to Allah for having failed al-Ḥusayn the martyr, and they marched out to avenge his blood. They came to be called the Army of the Penitents (tawwabūn).

It was he who, on the day of Ṣiffīn, stepped forward to single combat against Hawshab Dhū Zulaym and killed him.

Sulaymān urged the people to perform jihad and set out with thousands to fight ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyād, announcing, “If I am killed, your leader will be al-Musayyab ibn Najaba.”

The two armies met. ʿUbayd Allah’s forces were vast, and the battle raged for three days, with heavy casualties on both sides.

The slaughter struck the Penitents—the supporters of al-Ḥusayn—especially hard. Their four commanders were killed: Sulaymān, al-Musayyab, ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿd, and ʿAbd Allah ibn Wāli. This took place at ʿAyn al-Warda, also known as Raʾs al-ʿAyn (1), in the year 65 AH. Rifāʿa ibn Shaddād withdrew the remaining fighters to Kūfa.

62 – Anas ibn Mālik ibn al-Naḍr ibn Ḍamḍam al-Anṣārī * (ʿ)
son of Zayd ibn Ḥarām ibn Jundub ibn ʿĀmir ibn Ghanm ibn ʿAdī ibn al-Najjār.

(1) Yaqut writes: “ʿAyn al-Warda, literally ‘the spring-head’, was a large and famous town in the Jazira region, lying between Harran, Nisibin and Dinisir. It contains many remarkable, crystal-clear springs that flow together in one place to form the Khabur River.” (*) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 7, p. 17; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, nos. 575, 1455; Ibn Habib, al-Muhabbar, pp. 301, 344, 379; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-kabir, vol. 2, p. 27; idem, al-Tarikh al-saghir, vol. 1, p. 209; Ibn Qutayba, al-Maʿarif, p. 308; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-taʿdil, vol. 2, p. 286; Ibn Hibban, Mashahir ʿulamaʾ al-amsar, no. 215; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 3, p. 573; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, p. 108.
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ البَرِّ: كَانَ مِمَّنْ كَاتَبَ الحُسَيْنَ لِيُبَايِعَهُ، فَلَمَّا عَجِزَ عَنْ نَصْرِهِ نَدِمَ، وَحَارَبَ. قُلْتُ: كَانَ دَيِّناً، عَابِداً، خَرَجَ فِي جَيشٍ تَابُوا إِلَى اللهِ مِنْ خِذْلاَنِهِمُ الحُسَيْنَ الشَّهِيْدَ، وَسَارُوا لِلطَّلبِ بِدَمِهِ، وَسُمُّوا جَيْشَ التَّوَّابِينَ. وَكَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي بَارَزَ يَوْمَ صِفِّيْنَ حَوْشَباً ذَا ظُلَيْمٍ، فَقَتَلَهُ. حَضَّ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَى الجِهَادِ؛ وَسَارَ فِي أُلُوفٍ لِحَرْبِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بنِ زِيَادٍ، وَقَالَ: إِنْ قُتِلْتُ، فَأَمِيْرُكُمُ المُسَيَّبُ بنُ نَجَبَةَ. وَالْتَقَى الجَمْعَانِ، وَكَانَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ فِي جَيشٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَالْتَحَمَ القِتَالُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَقُتِلَ خَلْقٌ مِنَ الفَرِيْقَيْنِ. وَاسْتَحَرَّ القَتْلُ بِالتَّوَّابِينَ شِيْعَةِ الحُسَيْنِ، وَقُتِلَ أُمَرَاؤُهُم الأَرْبَعَةُ؛ سُلَيْمَانُ، وَالمُسَيَّبُ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ سَعْدٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ وَالِي، وَذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِ الوَرْدَةِ، الَّتِي تُدْعَى رَأْسَ العَيْنِ (١) ، سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّيْنَ، وَتَحَيَّزَ بِمَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْهُم رِفَاعَةُ بنُ شَدَّادٍ إِلَى الكُوْفَةِ. ٦٢ - أَنَسُ بنُ مَالِكِ بنِ النَّضْرِ بنِ ضَمْضَمٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ * (ع) ابْنِ زَيْدِ بنِ حَرَامِ بنِ جُنْدُبِ بنِ عَامِرِ بنِ غَنْمِ بنِ عَدِيِّ بنِ النَّجَّارِ.
(١) قال ياقوت: " عين الوردة ": هي رأس العين، وهي مدينة كبيرة مشهورة من مدن الجزيرة بين حران ونصيبين ودنيسر..وفيها عيون كثيرة عجيبة صافية، تجتمع كلها في موضع، فتصير نهر الخابور. (*) طبقات ابن سعد ٧ / ١٧، طبقات خليفة: ت ٥٧٥، ١٤٥٥، المحبر: ٣٠١، ٣٤٤، ٣٧٩، التاريخ الكبير ٢ / ٢٧، التاريخ الصغير ١ / ٢٠٩، المعارف: ٣٠٨، الجرح والتعديل ٢ / ٢٨٦، مشاهير علماء الأمصار: ت ٢١٥، المستدرك ٣ / ٥٧٣، الاستيعاب: ١٠٨، طبقات =

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