Abū Ḥajal Muslim ibn ʿAwsaja al-Asadī ( ar, أَبُو حَجَل مُسْلِم ٱبْن عَوْسَجَة ٱلْأَسَدِيّ) was a companion of Islamic Prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

. He assisted

Muslim ibn Aqil Muslim ibn Aqil al-Hashimi ( ar, مُسْلِم ٱبْن عَقِيل ٱلْهَاشِمِيّ ') was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and a member of the clan of Banu Hashim, thus, he is a cousin of Husayn ibn Ali. The people of Kufa called upon ...

Kufa Kufa ( ar, الْكُوفَة ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Currently, Kufa and Najaf ...

. Then he joined

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

army with his family. He was killed in

battle of Karbala The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ...

Name and lineage

He is Muslim son of Awsaja son of Sa'd son of Tha'laba son of Dudan son of Asad son of Khuzayma al-Asadi. His Kunya is Abu Hajal. He was a companion of

. Muslim ibn Awsaja and

Habib ibn Muzahir Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī ( ar, حبيب بن مظاهر الأسدي, translit=Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī) was of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah, Banu Asad clan, and one of the companions of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. He ...

both were from the tribe of

Banu Asad Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah ( ar, ابن أسد بن خزيمة ) is an Arab tribe. They are Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes. They are widely respected by many Arab tribes, respected by Shia Muslims because they have burie ...

In Kufa

Muslim ibn Awsaja supported

's ambassador,

, in

with weaponry and tried to take oath of allegiance for Husayn ibn Ali. The spy of

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād ( ar, عبيد الله بن زياد, ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād) was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, and the leading general of the Umayyad army unde ...

, Ma'qil, found the safe house of Muslim ibn Aqeel through Muslim ibn Awsaja. Consequently,

Hani ibn Urwa Hani ibn Urwa was a Kufan leader who hosted Muslim ibn Aqil and was killed by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, the governor of Kufa, due to ibn Ziyad enmity towards Ahl al-Bayt. Hani is buried behind the Great Mosque of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq, alongside Mukhtar ...

who sheltered Muslim ibn Aqil in his house was arrested. Then Muslim ibn Aqil to organizing an army chose Muslim ibn Awsaja as commander of

and

Madh'hij Madhḥij ( ar, مَذْحِج) is a large Qahtanite Arab tribal confederation. It is located in south and central Arabia. This confederation participated in the early Muslim conquests and was a major factor in the conquest of the Persian empire ...

and some other commanders. Soon after Hani ibn Urwa and Muslim ibn Aqil were killed by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, and Muslim ibn Awsaja hided in a safe house for a while. Afterward he joined Husayn ibn Ali army with his family in

Karbala Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...

In Karbala

The Night before Ashura

Tasu'a Tasu'a () is the ninth day of Muharram and the day before Ashura. Several events occurred on this day, including: Shemr's entrance to Karbala, the granting of safe conduct for the children of Umm ul-Banin, preparation for war; and Husayn ib ...

night, Husayn ibn Ali told his soldiers: Then, some companions proclaimed their allegiance and loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali over again. After the descendants of

Banu Hashim ) , type = Qurayshi Arab clan , image = , alt = , caption = , nisba = al-Hashimi , location = Mecca, Hejaz Middle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa , descended = Hashim ibn Abd Manaf , parent_tribe = Qu ...

, Mulim ibn Awsaja was the first one who said:

His motto in the battle of Karbala

He repeatedly expressed this motto in the

Asad Asad ( ar, أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib. People Among prominent people named ''Asad'', " ...

means lion.

Death

Muslim ibn Awsaja was the first one who was killed in the battle of Karbala before Amr ibn Qartah. He was about 70 years old.

References

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