Abu al-Tufayl Amir ibn Wathila al-Kinani ( –732) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet

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He was also a poet. Abu al-Tufayl went to

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during the reign of

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and then to

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. For many years, he was a companion of

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. Abu al-Tufayl also studied scientific matters from Ali bin Abi Talib. After the death of Ali, he returned to

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and stayed there to the end of his life, around 102/732.

Life

Abū Ṭufayl, ʿĀmir b. Wāthila b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmayr (or ʿAmr) b. Jābir b. Ḥamīs (Jakhsh) b. Judayy (Jurayy) b. Saʿd b. Layth al-Kinānī He was born in the year that coincided with the

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, which is why he was present in the last eight years of Muhammad's life. He was a narrator of hadiths, a limited number from

and a large number from his important companions, including

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and

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. Among the

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s, he narrated hadiths from

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, and Zayn al-Abidin. It is stated in sufficient principles that he narrated hadith from

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and also according to the causes of Shari'ah from

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. It is clear that the narrations of Abu l-Tufayl from Jafar Sadiq were before Jafar Sadiq reached the Imamate and during the life of Muhammad al-Baqir. When

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asked for allegiance from

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, who refused, Ibn al-Zubayr imprisoned him along with some of his companions, including Abu al-Tufayl, in the branches of Bani Hashim. Abu al-Tufayl was in prison until the uprising of

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. He was the standard-bearer of the army in Mukhtar's uprising to avenge the blood of

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. In response to

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's question regarding his presence in the murder of

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Abu al-Tufayl answered in the murder of Uthman Abu al-Tufayl answered in the assembly of Mu'awiya I that he was present at the scene of Uthman's murder but he did not participate in it. He emphasized his strong friendship with Ali to Mu'awiya. He and his son, whose name was al-Tufayl, participated in the uprising that

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started against Hajjaj. In the war that took place in Muharram 82, his son al-Tufayl was killed, and Abu al-Tufayl wrote a poem in grief over his death. The last of Muhammad's companions to die was Abu al-Tufayl, in 732.

References

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