Habib ibn Muzahir
{{Short description|Companion of Ali}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Habib ībn Muzahir
{{lang|ar|حَبِيب ٱبْن مُظَاهِر}}
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| title = ál-Asadī ({{lang|ar|ٱلْأَسَدِيّ}})
| birth_date = 605 AD
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| known_for = Companion of Muhammad, Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali
| death_date = 10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD
| resting_place = Karbala, Iraq
| death_cause = Killed in the Battle of Karbala
| father = Muẓāhir
| Tribe = Banu Asad
| religion = Islam
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Habib ibn Muzahir ({{langx|ar|حبيب بن مظاهر الأسدي|translit=Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī}}) of the Banu Asad clan was a companion of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. He was among those in Kufa who sent letters to Husayn ibn Ali, inviting him to Kufa. However, upon learning that the people of Kufa had broken their allegiance to Husayn, he left Kufa and joined Husayn. He was killed at the age of 75 while fighting in Husayn's army in Karbala.{{cite book | url=https://www.noorlib.ir/View/fa/Book/BookView/Image/5734/ | title=A research about Persian Maqtal al-Husayn, پژوهشی در مقتل های فارسی | publisher=ZamZam Hidayat | year=2007 | location=Qom}}
Battle of Karbala
{{Main|Battle of Karbala|Ashura|Arba'een}}Despite his age, Habib was given command of the left flank of Husayn's army, which was divided into three sections: the left flank, the right flank, and the center.{{cite book|last1=Ibn El-Neil|title=The Truth About Islam|date=2008|publisher=Strategic Book Publishing|isbn=978-1606932599|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlUq-sMt5ccC&dq=habib&pg=PA208}} His tomb is located within the Imam Husayn Shrine in the southern porch.{{cite web|title=Imam Hussain (A.S.) At Karbala|url=http://www.almujtaba.com/en/index.php/left-menu-articles/41-imam-hussain/932-imam-hussain-as-at-karbala|publisher=Almujataba Islamic Network|access-date=2015-10-12|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174823/http://www.almujtaba.com/en/index.php/left-menu-articles/41-imam-hussain/932-imam-hussain-as-at-karbala|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last1=Qāʼidān|first1=Aṣghar|title=ʻAtabāt-i ʻālīyāt-i ʻIrāq|date=2004|publisher=Nashr-i Mashʻar|location=Tihrān|isbn=964-7635-53-2|page=122|edition=Chāp-i 1.}}{{Cite book|last=Kharazmi|title=Maqtal al-Ḥusayn|publisher=Anwar al-Huda|year=1997|pages=vol. 2, p. 7}}
According to history, Habib fought and killed 62 enemy soldiers before being attacked by Budayl b. Maryam 'Aqfani, who struck him on the head with a sword. Another enemy then hit him with a spear, causing him to fall from his horse, after which Budayl b. Maryam beheaded him.{{Cite book|last=Qummī|title=Nafas al-mahmum|publisher=Islamic Study Circle|year=1949|page=124}}
See also
References
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