The young companions

ˈAbbas ibn Ê¿AlÄ« (pbuh): [He was] a young very courageous flag- bearer and pioneer of ImÄm Huá¹£ayne (pbuh). He was 34 at the martyr time, according to “Ibn Fanduq†’s text.

Ê¿AlÄ« ibn al- Huá¹£ayne (pbuh); famous as Ê¿AlÄ« Akbar: [He was born, early in ‘Uthman’s caliphate.] He was the most similar person to The Messenger of Allah [Muḥammad (pbuh&h)]. On ʻĀshÅ«rÄ day, he was given the permission to went to battleground by his father… A group of historians referred to his blessed age at the time of martyrdom as 18, and others as 29.

QÄsim ibn al- Haá¹£an (pbuh): [He was] 16 years old at the time of martyrdom, according to ibn Fanduq’s text.

IbrÄhÄ«m ibn Ê¿AlÄ«: He was one of the martyrs of KarbalÄ. In “LubÄb al-AnsÄb”, it has been written that IbrÄhÄ«m was 20 when he becamebecame martyr.

JaÊ¿far ibn Ê¿AlÄ«: He was one of FÄá¹­imah Umm ul-Banin’s children; “JaÊ¿far was 19 years old when he became martyr.” as quoted by Abu al-Faraj al-IsfahÄnÄ«.

UthmÄn ibn Ê¿AlÄ«: [He] was again one of Imam Ê¿AlÄ« (pbuh)’s children; he was also 21 years old, when he became martyred.

Abdullah: [He was] Muslim ibn AqÄ«l’s son. On ʻĀshÅ«rÄ day, he caused a lot of damage to the rotten foundation of Banu Umayya1. His blessed age was 26, and Abdullah ibn AqÄ«l was 33, when they became martyr.

[Also] Abdullah ibn Muḥsin was 35, Jaʿfar ibn Aqīl was 32, Abū Bakr ibn ʿAlī was 25, and Abī Saʿīd’s son, Muḥammad was 27 years old when they became martyr.

After thebecame martyrdom of Ê¿Amr ibn JunÄda at age of 11, his father also became martyr; serving ImÄm Huá¹£ayne (pbuh)’s worship [fighting for the sake of God].

Muḥammad: He was Muslim ibn AqÄ«l’s other son, who went to the battleground with the BanÅ« HÄshim and AbÄ« ṬÄlib’s children, on ʻĀshÅ«rÄ day. And he attained martyrdom at agekk of 27.

There is a ḤadÄ«th which reads, “The companions and helpers of Imam MahdÄ« (mgehr) are of young people. And there is no one or few old ones among them. like kohl for eyes or like salt in food…!”

Yes … young people are at the frontline of the Emergence.

 

 

1-     The Banu Umayya, also known as the Umayyads, were a clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Umayya ibn Abd Shams. The clan staunchly opposed the Islamic prophet Muḥammad, but eventually embraced Islam before the latter’s death in 632.

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