Abu Khalid al-Kabuli
Abu Khalid al-Kabuli was one of Muhammad al-Baqir's followers after Zain al-Abidin.{{cite book |last1=Lalani |first1=Arzina R |title=Early Shi'i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir. I. B. Tauris |isbn=978-1860644344 |page=110}} He was also known as Vardan and Kankar, because of Zain al-Abidin's address to Kankar, this nickname remained and his hadiths became famous with this nickname.{{cite journal |last1=Negahban |first1=Farzin |title=Abū Khālid al-Kābulī |journal=Brill |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abu-khalid-al-kabuli-SIM_0166 }} He was one of the most important followers of Zain al-Abidin.{{cite journal |last1=sadeghi |first1=maryam |title=abu khalid al-kabuli |journal=The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia}}
he was an eminent of the 1st/7th century{{cite journal |last1=sadeghi |first1=maryam |title=Abu Khalid al-Kabuli |journal=The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia |url=https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/article/226463/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C#c7d2dd6b4-40ce-45a5-82ee-af227178c6d4}}{{cite journal |last1=Negahban |first1=Farzin |title=Abū Khālid al-Kābulī |journal=Brill |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abu-khalid-al-kabuli-SIM_0166 }}
Life
Abu Khaled Al-Kabuli, He was one of the companions of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who later became one of the companions of Zayn al-Abidin.{{cite journal |last1=Kohlberg |first1=E |title=Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam |date=2012|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144 }}
While accompanying and serving Muhammad ibn Hanafiyah, he was able to meet Zayn al-Abidin with the guidance and insistence of Yahya ibn Umm Dawal, due to the references he made about the high status of Zayn al-Abidin and the great respect that Muhammad Hanifiyah had for him.When Zain al-Abidin called him by his childhood name, Kankar, he became sure of his Imamate{{cite journal |last1=sadeghi |first1=maryam |title=abu khalid al-kabuli |journal=The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia}}
His mother gave him the nickname Kankar but was not known by this nickname among the people of that time{{cite journal |last1=Negahban |first1=Farzin |title=Abū Khālid al-Kābulī |journal=Brill |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abu-khalid-al-kabuli-SIM_0166 }} The Ismailis believe that Ibn Hanafiyah was appointed by Husayn as a temporary imam as a cover to protect the real imam, Zayn al-Abidin.{{cite journal |last1=Kohlberg |first1=E |title=Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam |date=2012|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144 }} According to Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, during the lifetime of Ali ibn. Husayn, among the Imam's companions, no one knew the Imam and did not follow him completely, except for five people, which are:Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Said ibn al-Musayyib, Muhammad b. Jubeer b. Mutam, Yahya b. Umm al-Tawil and Abu Khaled al-Kabel.{{cite book |last1=Sharif al-Qarashi |first1=Bāqir |title=The life of ImāmZayn al 'Abidin |pages=91}} Abu Khaled Kabuli spent most of his life in Medina from 61 to 114.{{cite journal |last1=sadeghi |first1=maryam |title=abu khalid al-kabuli |journal=The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia}}
Further reading
- [https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/ksc/article/view/3629 Abu Khalid Al-Kabuli: Study in His Life and Narrations In Al-Hadith Sources of Imami Shiites (2022)]