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Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī ( Arabic: حبيب بن مظاهر الأسدي, romanized : Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī) was of the Banu Asad clan, and one of the companions of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. He was one of the people of Kufa who sent letters to Husayn ibn Ali (grandson of Muhammad) and invited him to Kufa.
- Name, Kuniya, and Lineage
- Merits
- During Prophet Muhammad's Life
- During Imam Ali's Life
- During Imam al-Husayn's Life
- Martyrdom
- Scripture of Ziyara
Habib b. Muzahhar (or Muzahir) b. Ri'ab b. Ashtar b. Hajwan b. Faq'as b. Tarif b. Amr b. Qays b. Harith b. Tha'laba b. Dudan b. Asad al-Asadi al-Kindi al-Faq'asi. His father's name appears in the early sources in different ways. It is sometimes Muzahir, sometimes Muzahhar and sometimes, Mutahhar. Based on what is common between people and in some Z...
Habib was a devout and pious man. He practiced virtues and observed the divine rules. He had the Qur'an in memory completely and spent every night worshiping and supplicating to God. According to Imam al-Husayn (a) he recited the whole Qur'an every night. He lived a simple and clean life. He was so uninterested in the material world and so pious th...
It is not clear whether Habib was one of the Prophet's (s) companions or Tabi'un (those who saw the companions, but not the Prophet (s)). Some, like Ibn al-Kalbi and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalanistated that he had been in the presence of the Prophet (s). Al-Shaykh al-Tusi has listed him among the companions of Imam Ali (a), Imam al-Hasan (a) and Imam al-Hu...
Habib went to Kufa with Imam Ali (a) and fought alongside him in all of his combats. He was considered one of Imam's special companions and bearer of his knowledge. Imam Ali (a) bestowed upon him 'Ilm al-Balaya wa al-Manaya (the knowledge of calamities and [time of] deaths). His conversation with Maytham al-Tammar, years before Ashura', about how t...
In Kufa
After the death of Mu'awiya (60/680), Habib and some of the heads of Shi'a communities in Kufa, like Sulayman b. Surad, Musayyib b. Najaba and Rifa'a b. Shaddad al-Bajali, refused to swear allegiance to Yazid, and send letters to Imam al-Husayn (a) inviting him to lead Kufa in her uprising against Umayyad Dynasty. When Muslim b. Aqil came to Kufa as the Imam's representative, they rushed to support him. People of Kufa secretly pledged allegiance to Habib and Muslim b. Awsajaas the representat...
In Karbala
Upon reaching Karbala, Habib repeats his expression of loyalty to Imam al-Husayn (a). As soon as he observed the great number of Imam's enemies and the small number of his companions, Habib asked Imam al-Husayn (a) to go to a nearby tribe of Banu Asad and to ask them to join Imam (a). With the permission of the Imam, Habib hurried to the tribe and started preaching to them and encouraging them to join the Imam. However, 'Umar b. Sa'dstopped the tribe from joining Imam (a) by sending an army t...
Despite being very old, Habib fought like a hero and killed 62 people of the enemy. Just then, Budayl b. Maryam 'Aqfani attacked him and hit him on the head with his sword. Another enemy hit him with a spear, causing him to fall off the horse and down to the ground. Then, Budayl b. Maryam beheaded him. Habib had an underage son named Qasim, who kil...
Habib's name is mentioned in the scripture of ziyara of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the middle of Sha'banand other scriptures of ziyara of Imam al-Husayn (a).
Habib b. Muzahir. Habib b. Muzahir al-Asadi was one of Imam Ali 's special companions who was martyred at the age of 75 at the Battle of Karbala while fighting in Imam Hussain 's army. Contents. 1 Biography. 2 During Prophet Muhammad's Life. 3 During Imam Ali's Life. 4 During Imam al-Hussain's Life. 5 In The Battle of Karbala.
Biography of the devoted friend of Imam Husayn (a).
That very same day Imam Husayn (as) wrote a letter to Habib Ibne Mazahir, his childhood friend, telling him how Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah's vultures were gathering to kill him. The letter was carried by a messenger who entered Kufa in the dark by climbing over the city walls.
That night, Imam Husayn wrote a letter to his childhood friend, Habib Ibn Mazaahir, who was in Kufa. Kufa was blocked off and nobody was allowed to leave. Habib Ibn Mazaahir did not know the whereabouts of Imam Husayn until the letter from Husayn arrived at his house.
The Martyrdom of Habib bin Muzahir 1. [Incensed at Habib’s comments,] Husayn bin Tamim [al-Tamimi] mounted an attack against them. Habib bin MuZahir [al-Asadi] went out to meet him. He struck the face of his horse with [his] sword. The horse reared up and [Husayn] fell from it. His companions carried him away and rescued him.
