Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar ( Arabic: محمد بن عبدالله بن جعفر) was Zaynab's son. Together with his brother Awn, Muhammad accompanied

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 ...

and they were martyrs of

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 ...

Biography

His father was Abd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and his mother was Zaynab, the daughter of

Ali ibn Abi Talib ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

and

Fatima Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...

. His ancestor was Ja'far al-Tayyar, whom Muhammad (the prophet) had appointed as the head of the emigrants to Abyssinia.

Accompanying Husayn ibn Ali

When Husayn ibn Ali moved from Mecca to Medina, Abd Allah ibn Ja'far wrote a letter to the Husayn and tried to change his mind. He sent the letter through his sons Muhammad and Awn, but when Abd Allah ibn Ja'far realized that the Imam is determined to go, he advised Muhammad and Awn to accompany Husayn ibn Ali.

On the day of Ashura

Muhammad fought bravely and killed 10 warriors of enemy's army, but at the end was killed by Amir ibn Nahshal al-Tamimi.

References

{{Reflist People killed at the Battle of Karbala Husayn ibn Ali Hussainiya 680 deaths fa:محمد بن عبدالله بن جعفر