Ja'far ibn Aqil (, ) was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib,Ashuraa and men of valor islamicbooks.info Retrieved 19 April 2018Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib findagrave.com Retrieved 19 April 2018 and his mother was Umm al-Thaghr bint Amir who was from Banu Kilab.Tarikh 2 (History 2) lib.eshia.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 169 Meanwhile, he was the son-in-law of Ali.Jafar ibn Aqeel hadith.net Retrieved 19 April 2018
Ja'far is considered as one of Husayn's companions; he entered the battlefield after Abd Allah ibn Muslim,Encyclopedia of Imam Hussain (a.s.) (quoted from Mohammadi ReiShahri), P. 167 and he killed 2 (or 15) fighters of the army of Umar ibn Sa'd.Ibn Shahr Ashub, Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, P. 105 He was killed by Bishr ibn Sawt al-HamdaniIbn Tawus, Ali ibn Musa, al-Eghbal bel 'Amal al-Hasanah, Vol. 3, P. 76 or Khalid ibn Asad al-Johani in (the battle of) KarbalaNames of Martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Karbala for the sake of the lofty principles of Islam as mentioned in "Ziyarah al-Nahiyyah" al-islam.org 19 April 2018 on the day of Ashura when he was with Husayn ibn Ali.Ja'far ibn Aqeel ibn Abi Talib ashoora.ir Retrieved 19 April 2018Avalam --Imam Hussain--, P. 276
Ja'far ibn Aqil was reciting the following epic verses in the battlefield:
"I am an Abtahi (Makki) young and I am Abu Talib's descendant, (I am) from the descendant of Hashim and Ghalib; and without doubt we are the master of grandee, this is Husayn the master of cleaners"Maghtal al-Hussain(s) lel-Kharazmi, Vol. 2, P. 26Seyyed Morteza Askari, 2 schools of Islam, Compilation the movement of Husseini(a.s.) in the revival of the Prophet's tradition, Vol. 3 ghadeer.org Retrieved 19 April 2018
Additionally, the name of Ja'far ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib has been mentioned in Ziyarah al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa and also Ziyarah al-Rajabiyyah.Mohammad Rei Shahri, Danneshname (Encyclopedia) of Imam Hussain (a.s.), P. 166-167
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