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Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Jundu'i

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Abd Allah ibn Aqil
عَمرو بن عبداللّه الجُنْدُعی
Personal
Died10th of Muharram, 61 A.H. / 10 October, 680 AD (aged 75)
Cause of deathKilled in the Battle of Karbala
Resting placeKarbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
Known forBeing a companion of Hussain ibn Ali

Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Junduʿi (Arabic:عَمرو بن عبداللّه الجُنْدُعی ) was among companion of Hussain ibn Ali who was martyred on the day of Ashura in the Battle of Karbala.

Biography

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Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Junduʿi was from Hamdan tribe[1] and joined the army of Hussain ibn Ali.

On the day of Ashura

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According to some sources, Amr was martyred in the first attack of the army of Umar ibn Sa'd to the companions of Hussain before the day of Ashura[2] but In other sources, it is mentioned that Amr fell unconscious due to many wounds he received and a strike at his head and his family took him out of the battlefield, and he died one year later.[3] In Ziyara of al-Shuhada, we read, "Peace and greetings be upon the wounded who passed away out of the battlefield."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Qurayshī. al-Bālighūn al-fatḥ. p. 405.
  2. ^ Ibn SharAshub. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. Vol. 4. p. 113. ISBN 9646307299.
  3. ^ Samāwī. Ibṣār al-ʿayn. p. 136.
  4. ^ Majlisī. Biḥār al-anwār. Vol. 98. p. 273.