Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya
محمد بن الحنفية
Ali's son by a Hanifa woman — the dying caliph commended him to honour his brothers and charged them 'he is your sword and your father's son; honour him and know his right' 1.
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Overview
Son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) by a woman of the Banu Hanifa. When his father was dying, he charged him to honour his two brothers al-Hasan and al-Husayn, charged them with him, and said that he was their sword and the son of their father. 2
Ibn al-Zubayr
Al-Mas'udi relates that Ibn al-Zubayr spoke against Ali in his sermon, and Ibn al-Hanafiyya came and set a chair for him in front of the pulpit, and defended his father in the presence of Quraysh. 3
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 95
People and things also explored
Ritual purity· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Abdullah ibn Abbas· al-Miqdad ibn Amr· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Fatima bint Muhammad· Muhammad· Sulayman ibn Yasar
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 703
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.703
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.76-77
- الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002)
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