Zuhayr ibn al-Qayn
{{short description|Member of the Bajila tribe in Iraq}}
{{notability|Biographies|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Zuhayr ibn Al-Qayn Al-Bajali
{{lang|ar|زُهَيْر ٱبْن ٱلْقَيْن الهیچکی ٱلْبَجَلِيّ}}
| birth_place = Iraq
| death_place = Karbala, Iraq
| death_cause = Martyred in the Battle of Karbala
| death_date = 10th of Muharram, 61st Islamic year
(October 10, 680 CE)
| known_for = Participation in the Battle of Karbala against Yazid I's armed forces
| opponents = Umayyad Caliph Yazid I & his armed forces
| family = Bajila (tribe)
}}
Zuhayr ibn Al-Qayn Al-Bajalī ({{langx|ar|زُهَيْر ٱبْن ٱلْقَيْن ٱلْبَجَلِيّ}}, {{langx|fa|زهیر بن قین بجلی}}), was a member of the Bajila tribe in Iraq and a companion of Husayn ibn Ali, Muhammad's grandson and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was martyred during the battle of Karbala
Battle of Karbala
Zuhayr ibn al-Qayn is best known for his participation in the Battle of Karbala. Despite the fact that he did not want to even speak to Husayn, he eventually spoke to him when his tribe met his companions and his wife influenced him into speaking with Husayn.{{cite book|author=L. Clarke|title=Shi'ite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUp098iHgNwC&pg=PA58|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Global Academic Publishing|isbn=978-1-58684-066-2|pages=58}} After meeting Husayn, Zuhayr divorced his wife (so that she could remarry after his martyrdom) and volunteered to join his army against the forces of Yazid I.{{cite book|author=Mahmoud M. Ayoub|author-link=Mahmoud M. Ayoub| title=Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of Ashura in Twelver Shi'ism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpaPWv5Iyd8C&pg=PA108|date=1 January 1978|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-080331-0|pages=108–}}{{cite book|author=I. K. A. Howard|title=The History of al-Tabari Vol. 19: The Caliphate of Yazid b. Mu'awiyah A.D. 680-683/A.H. 60-64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH_7E8NcXbgC&pg=PA86|year=1990|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-0040-1|pages=80–86}}
In the morning of Ashura, he suggested to Husayn ibn Ali that: "fighting these people, now, will be easier for us than fighting those who will come against us after them." Husayn replied: "I will not begin to fight against them."{{cite book|author=Bashir A. Datoo|title=Perspectives on Islamic Faith and History: A Collection of Analytical Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXGsv6DidDEC&pg=PA103|year=2006|publisher=TTQ, INC.|isbn=978-1-879402-17-1|page=103}} In the battle, the right side of Husayn ibn Ali's army was commanded by Zuhayr ibn al-Qayn.{{cite book|author=Farhad Daftary|title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQGlyZAy134C&pg=PA50|date=24 April 1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-42974-0|pages=50}}
When Zuhayr was called back from fighting to pray, Husayn ibn Ali asked him and a few other men to hold a shield and protect the women and men who are praying. Zuhayr stood in front of the Imam and blocked every arrow shot at him. Zuhayr found 2 arrows on his chest and his arm.{{cite web|url=https://www.al-islam.org/karbala-and-ashura-ali-husayn-jalali/at-karbala|title=At Karbala’|work=Al-Islam.org|access-date=3 May 2019}}
Death
Zuhayr was killed in the occasion of Karbala when two men under Shimr's command speared him from the back and the front side. It is said that (before he was martyred) he managed to defeat 100 men single-handedly.{{Cite book|last=Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī|title=Ansāb al-ashrāf|publisher=Yuṭlabu min F. Shatāynir|year=1978|isbn=3515028501|pages=vol. 3, p. 196}}{{Cite web |last=PlaceKarbala |first=Zuhayr b al-QaynFull NameZuhayr b al-Qayn al-BajaliCompanion ofImam al-HusaynLineageAl-Bajila tribePlaceof ResidenceKufaDeath/Martyrdom61/680Cause ofDeath/MartyrdomMartyred in the Event of 'AshuraBurial |title=Zuhayr b. al-Qayn - wikishia |url=https://en.wikishia.net/view/Zuhayr_b._al-Qayn |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=en.wikishia.net |language=en}}