Ja'far ibn Aqil

{{Short description|Son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib (died 680)}}

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| name = Ja'far ibn Aqil
{{lang|ar|جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَقِيل}}

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| known_for = Being a companion of Husayn ibn Ali

| death_date = 10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD

| resting_place = Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq

| death_cause = Killed in the Battle of Karbala

| spouse = Umm al-Hasan bint Ali ibn Abi Talib

| father = Aqil ibn Abi Talib

| mother = Umm al-Thaghr bint Amir

| religion = Islam

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Ja'far ibn Aqil ({{langx|ar|جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَقِيل}}, {{transliteration|ar|Jaʿfar ibn ʿAqīl}}) was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib,[http://islamicbooks.info/PowerPoint-Imams-Rest/Ashuraa%20and%20Men%20of%20Valor.pps Ashuraa and men of valor] islamicbooks.info Retrieved 19 April 2018[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101171256/ja'far-ibn_aqeel_ibn-abi_talib Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib] findagrave.com Retrieved 19 April 2018 and his mother was Umm al-Thaghr bint Amir who was from Banu Kilab.[http://lib.eshia.ir/40132/1/97/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%BA%D8%B1 Tarikh 2 (History 2)] lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 169 Meanwhile, he was the son-in-law of Ali.[http://hadith.net/post/43588/%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%84/ Jafar ibn Aqeel] hadith.net Retrieved 19 April 2018

Ja'far is considered as one of Husayn's companions; he entered the battlefield after Abd Allah ibn Muslim,Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (quoted from Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 167 and he killed 2 (or 15) fighters of the army of Umar ibn Sa'd.Ibn Shahr Ashub, Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, P. 105 He was killed by Bishr ibn Sawt al-HamdaniIbn Tawus, Ali ibn Musa, al-Eghbal bel 'Amal al-Hasanah, Vol. 3, P. 76 or Khalid ibn Asad al-Johani in (the battle of) Karbala[https://www.al-islam.org/gallery/kids/Books/sorrows/sorrows17.htm Names of Martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Karbala for the sake of the lofty principles of Islam as mentioned in "Ziyarah al-Nahiyyah"] al-islam.org 19 April 2018 on the day of Ashura when he was with Husayn ibn Ali.[http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7/article/1086.html Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib] ashoora.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018Avalam --Imam Hussain--, P. 276

Ja'far ibn Aqil was reciting the following epic verses in the battlefield:

• "I am an Abtahi (Makki) young and I am Abu Talib's descendant, (I am) from the descendant of Hashim and Ghalib;
• and without doubt we are the master of grandee, this is Husayn the master of cleaners"Maghtal al-Hussain(s) lel-Kharazmi, Vol. 2, P. 26[http://www.ghadeer.org/Book/1444/228716 Seyyed Morteza Askari, 2 schools of Islam, Compilation the movement of Husseini(a.s.) in the revival of the Prophet's tradition, Vol. 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127004835/http://www.ghadeer.org/Book/1444/228716 |date=2020-01-27 }} ghadeer.org Retrieved 19 April 2018

Additionally, the name of Ja'far ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib has been mentioned in Ziyarah al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa and also Ziyarah al-Rajabiyyah.Mohammad Rei Shahri, Danneshname (Encyclopedia) of Imam Hussain (a.s.), P. 166-167