Hadith No: 1
Ibn Kathir - al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya - Then the year 51 AH entered
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (233 > 235)
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- .... And Muhammad ibn Sa'd mentioned: They entered upon him, but he then sent them away, and they were killed in Adhraa. Mu'awiya had consulted the people about them until he brought them to the tower of Adhraa, with some advising to kill them and others advising to disperse them throughout the lands. Mu'awiya wrote another letter to Ziyad regarding them, and Ziyad advised him to kill them if he had a need for them in ruling over Iraq. It was then that he ordered their execution, and the governors sought to bequeath the matter to him one after another until they begged for six from him, and he killed six of them, the first of whom was Hajr ibn Adi....
- .... These are the names of those killed in Adhraa: Hajr ibn Adi, Sharik ibn Shaddad, Sayfi ibn Fusayl, Qabisa ibn Dhubay'a, Muhariz ibn Shahab al-Minqari, Kadham ibn Hayyan, and some people claim that they are buried in the Mosque of al-Qasab in Arafat, but the truth is in Adhraa. It is said that when Hajr was about to be killed, he said: "Let me go and perform ablution." They said: "Perform ablution." He said: "Let me pray two units (rak'ahs)." So he prayed them, and he was brief in them, then said: "If it were not for the fact that they might say I am afraid of death, I would prolong them." Then he added: "Many prayers have already been made in advance for them." Then they brought him forward for execution, and their graves had been dug, and their shrouds spread. When the executioner approached him, his limbs trembled. It was said to him: "You said you are not afraid." He replied: "What do I have to fear? I see a grave dug, a shroud spread, and a sword drawn." He then sent it as a metaphor and stepped forward to the executioner, who was Abu Sharif al-Badawi. It is said that a one-eyed man approached him and said: "Extend your neck." He replied: "I will not help in the killing of myself." So he struck him and killed him. He had asked to be buried in his restraints, and it was done for him, though some said they washed him and prayed over him.

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 2
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya - Then the year 51 AH entered
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (236)
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- .... And we narrated: That when Muawiya entered upon the Mother of the Believers, Aisha, and greeted her from behind the veil - and this was after the killing of Hujr and his companions - she said to him: "Where has your patience gone, O Muawiya, when you killed Hujr and his companions?" He replied to her: "I lost it when one of my people, like you, O mother, became absent from me." Then he said to her: "And how will it be with me regarding you, O mother?" She answered: "You will be considerate of me." He said: "This is enough for me before Allah, and tomorrow there will be for me and Hujr a standing before Allah, the Almighty."
- .... And in another narration, it is said that he replied: "Only those who witnessed him were the ones who killed him."
- .... And Ibn Jarir narrated: That Muawiya began to gargle with death while saying: "My day with you, O Hujr ibn Adi, will be a long one." He said it three times. So Allah knows best.

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 3
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya - Then the year 51 AH entered
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (239)
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- .... When Muawiya performed Hajj, Aisha said to him: "Where did your forbearance go when you killed Hajr?" He replied, "When someone like you from my people became absent from my sight."
- .... And it is narrated that Abd al-Rahman bin al-Harith said to Muawiya: "Did you kill Hajr bin al-Adbar?" Muawiya replied, "His death was dearer to me than killing one hundred thousand with him."

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 4
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya - Then the year 51 entered
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (241)
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- .... Ya'qub ibn Suwayyan said: Ibn Bakkar narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'a narrated to us, and he told me from al-Harith ibn Yazid, from Abdullah ibn Zurayr al-Ghafiqi, who said: I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib say: "O people of Iraq, seven men will be killed from among you in Adhraa, their situation will be like that of the Companions of the Trench." And Hujr ibn Adi and his companions were killed. Ya'qub ibn Suwayyan said: Abu Na'im mentioned Ziyad ibn Sumayya speaking about Ali ibn Abi Talib on the pulpit, and Hujr clenched stones in his hand and then threw them, and he stoned Ziyad and those around him. He wrote to Mu'awiya, saying: "Hujr threw stones at me while I was on the pulpit," and Mu'awiya wrote back to him to take Hujr prisoner. When he was brought near Damascus, he sent someone to meet them, and they encountered them in Adhraa, and he killed them.
- .... It is stated that Mu'awiya entered upon A'isha, and she said: "What led you to kill the people of Adhraa, Hujr and his companions?" He replied: "O Mother of the Believers, I saw their killing as a means to restore order to the ummah, and their survival as a source of corruption." She said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say: 'People will be killed in Adhraa for whom Allah will take revenge, as will the inhabitants of Heaven.'"

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 5
Ibn Kathir - Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya - Year Sixty of the Prophetic Hijra
Translation of Muawiya (may Allah be pleased with him) and a mention of some of his days and his kingdom - Translation of Muawiya (may Allah be pleased with him)
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (428)
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- .... It was narrated from Al-Hasan al-Basri that he held four things against Muawiya: his fighting against Ali, his killing of Hajr ibn Adi, his claiming of Ziyad ibn Abi's legitimacy, and his pledge of allegiance to his son Yazid.

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Reference: Al-Bidaayah wa al-Nihaayah Book 11

Hadith No: 6
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubalā' - On the Lesser Companions - Hajr ibn Adi
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (466)
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- .... Ibn 'Aun narrated from Nafi', saying: Ibn 'Umar was in the market when he received the news of Hajr's death. He released his child from his lap and stood up, overwhelmed by grief, as Hisham ibn Hasan reported from Muhammad that when Mu'awiya was brought Hajr, he said: "Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful." Hajr replied: "Or Commander of the Faithful am I? Strike off his neck!" He then prayed two rak'ahs and said to his family: "Do not release from me any chains nor wash away any blood, for I will meet Mu'awiya on the road."
- .... It was said that a messenger from Mu'awiya offered them the opportunity to denounce a man and repent, but ten refused this, and ten expressed disavowal. When the killing reached Hajr, he began to tremble, and it was said that when Mu'awiya performed Hajj, he sought permission to enter upon A'isha. She said: "Did you kill Hajr?" He replied: "I found that his death would bring about the people's well-being, and I feared for their corruptness." The killings occurred in the year fifty-one." Their actions were evident in a place called 'Azra', which is visited, and Hajr left behind two sons: Ubaydullah and Abdur-Rahman, who were killed by Mus'ab ibn az-Zubayr, the governor, and they were both sympathetic to Shi'a beliefs.

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 3

Hadith No: 7
Al-San'ani - al-Musannaf - Book of Funerals - Chapter on Prayer for the Martyr and Washing Him
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (542)
6639 - Abd al-Razzaq from Ma'mar from Ayub from Ibn Sirin, who said: Muawiya ordered the killing of Hajr ibn Adi al-Kindi. Hajr said: "Do not remove from me a binding, or he said, a fetter, and bury me in my clothes and my blood."

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Reference: Al-Musannaf Book 3

Hadith No: 8
Ibn Abi Shaybah - Al-Kitab al-Musannaf fi al-Ahadith wal-Athar
Book of Funerals - Regarding a man who is killed or martyred being buried as he is or washed
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (457)
10994 - Abu Usamah narrated to us from Hisham from Ibn Sirin, who said: When asked about the washing of a martyr, he would narrate the hadith of Hajar ibn Adi. Hajar ibn Adi said to those present from his family, "Do not wash away any blood from me nor remove any iron from me, and bury me in my clothes, for I foresee that I will meet معاوية (Muawiyah) on the straight path tomorrow."

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Reference: Al-Musannaf Book 2

Hadith No: 9
Ibn Abi Shaybah - Al-Kitab al-Musannaf fi al-Ahadith wa al-Athar
Book of Sirah - What they said about a man who is martyred: should he be washed or not?
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (446)
32805 - Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, from Isa ibn Yunus, from al-Awza'i, from Hisham ibn Hassan, who said: Muhammad, when asked about whether a martyr should be washed, would narrate from Hajar ibn Adi regarding his death at the hands of Muawiyah. Hajar said: "Do not release iron from me and wash away blood from me. Bury me in my bindings, and the blood I shed will be cast aside by Muawiyah on the road tomorrow."

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Reference: Al-Musannaf Book 6

Hadith No: 10
Al-Tabarani - Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir - Chapter on the letter Ha - Hajr ibn Adi al-Kindi
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (34)
3569 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hadrami narrated to us, saying: Abdullah ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Ziyad al-Qatwani narrated to us, saying: Mu'awiya ibn Hisham narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated from Abu Ishaq, who said: "I saw Hajr ibn Adi when Mu'awiya seized him," and he was saying: "This is my pledge of allegiance; I will neither retract it nor be dismissed from it, in the hearing of God and the people."

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Reference: al-Mo'jam al-Kabeer Book 4

Hadith No: 11
Ibn Sa'd - al-Tabaqat al-Kubra - Classes of the Kufans
First Class: Among the people of Kufa after the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
and among this class was someone who narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) - 2212: Hajar ibn Adi
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (243)
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- .... So they witnessed, and Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan said: "Take them out to Adhru' and kill them there." He said that they were carried to it, and Hajar said: "What is this village?" They replied: "Adhru'." He said: "Praise be to Allah! By Allah, I am indeed the first Muslim whose dogs barked at in the path of Allah." Then he was brought to it today, shackled. Each man among them was handed over to a man from the people of Sham to kill him, and Hajar was handed to a man from Hamir, who was brought forward to kill him. He said: "O you people, let me pray two rak'ahs." So they left him, and he performed ablution and prayed two rak'ahs, prolonging them. It was said to him: "You have prolonged it; are you in distress?" He finished and said: "I have never performed ablution except to pray, and I have never prayed a prayer lighter than this one. And if I am in distress, I have seen a sword drawn, a shroud spread, and a grave dug." Their tribes had come with shrouds and dug graves for them. It is said that it was Muawiya who had dug the graves for them and sent to them with the shrouds. And Hajar said: "O Allah, we seek Your refuge regarding our ummah, for the people of Iraq have borne witness against us, and the people of Sham have killed us." Then Hajar was told: "Stretch out your neck." He replied: "That is for blood I would not lower my eyes to." So he was brought forward and his neck was struck off, and Muawiya had sent a man from Bani Salaman ibn Sa'd, named Hudba ibn Fayyad, who killed them. He was also cross-eyed....

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Reference: Al-Tabaqaat al-Kubra Book 6

Hadith No: 12
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi - Kanz al-'Ummal fi Sunan al-Aqwal wal-Af'al
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (353)
31724 - From Hajar ibn Adi al-Kindi, that when he was taken away to be killed, he said to them: "Leave me to pray two Rak'ahs," so he prayed two Rak'ahs and then said: "Do not remove any iron from me, nor wash any blood from me, and bury me in my clothes for I will soon meet Mu'awiyah on the road, and I am going to dispute with him."

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Reference: Kanz al-Ummaal fi Sunan al-Aqwaal wa al-Af'aal Book 11

Hadith No: 13
Al-Munawi - Fayd al-Qadeer Sharh al-Jami' al-Saghir
Letter S (Seen) - Section on those who are honored with the definite article "Al" from this letter, namely, the letter S (Seen)
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (126)
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4765 - "He will be killed in Adhra': a village in the suburbs of Damascus. There will be people for whom Allah will be angry and the inhabitants of heaven": They are Hajar ibn Uday al-Adhbar and his companions. He was part of a delegation that came to the Chosen One (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and witnessed the battle of Siffin with Ali as an officer, and he was killed in Adhra', one of the villages of Damascus, and his grave is there.
- Ibn Asakir said in his history from Abu Ma'shar and others: Hajar was a devout worshiper and never performed an act without first making ablution, nor would he make ablution without praying. Ziyad prolonged his sermon, so Hajar said to him: 'Prayer!' Ziyad continued with the sermon, striking his hand towards the pebbles and said: 'Prayer!' The people struck their hands together, so he descended and prayed. He wrote to Muawiya, who summoned him, and he came to him and said: 'Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful.' He replied: 'Or Commander of the Faithful, am I?' Then he ordered his execution, and he was killed, as well as others of his companions who did not denounce Ali, while those who denounced him were spared.
- Ibn Asakir also reported: from Sufyan al-Thawri, who said: Muawiya: 'I did not kill anyone except that I knew the reason for their killing, except for Hajar, for I do not know the reason for his death.'
- In the biography of Hajar, Ibn Asakir mentioned in his history in the account of Hajar from the narration of Ibn Luheiya from Abu al-Aswad from Aisha, who said: Muawiya entered upon Aisha, and she said: 'What drove you to do what you did in killing the people of Adhra', Hajar and his companions?' He said: 'I saw that their death would be a means of reform for the Ummah, and their survival would lead to corruption.' She replied: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) say...' and she mentioned it.

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Reference: Faiz al-Qadeer Sharh Jaame' al-Sagheer Book 4

Hadith No: 14
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah - Mention of the Remains under the Letter Ha
Completion of the First Section - Ha followed by Jeem - 1634: Hajar ibn Adi
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (32)
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- .... Ibn Sa'd and Mus'ab al-Zubayri mentioned in what al-Hakim narrated from him that he and his brother Hani ibn Adi came to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) as emissaries, and that Hajar ibn Adi witnessed the Battle of Qadisiya, and he also witnessed the Battle of Jamal and Siffin afterwards, accompanying Ali and becoming one of his supporters. He was killed at Marj Adhraa by the order of Muawiyah, and Hajar was the one who first attacked it, so it was determined that he would be killed there.

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Reference: Al-Isaabah Fi Tamyeez al-Sahaabah Book 2

Hadith No: 15
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter H
1221 - Hajar ibn Adi al-Adbar ibn Jubayla ibn Adi ...
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (210)
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- .... In the fourth generation of the Companions: Hajar al-Khayr ibn Adi al-Adbar He was only struck while retreating, which is why he was called al-Adbar, son of Jubayla ibn Adi ibn Rabiah ibn Muawiya al-Akramin, son of al-Harith ibn Muawiya, son of al-Harith ibn Muawiya, son of Thur ibn Marti ibn Kindi. He was of pre-Islamic and Islamic origin, having come to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and witnessed the Battle of Qadisiyyah. He was the one who opened Marj Adhar and witnessed the Battles of Jamal and Siffin with Ali ibn Abi Talib, and they numbered two thousand five hundred from the stipend and he was killed by Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan and his companions at Marj Adhraa. His sons, Ubaydullah and Abdur-Rahman, the sons of Hajar ibn Adi, were also killed by Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr in cold blood, and they were both leaning towards Shi'ism. Hajar was a trustworthy and well-known figure, and he did not narrate anything from anyone other than Ali. Thus, it was said. We have already mentioned his narration from Ammar and Sharakhbil ibn Murra.

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 12

Hadith No: 16
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter Ha
1221 - Hajar ibn Adi al-Adbar ibn Jubala ibn Adi ...
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (211)
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- .... Among them was Hajar ibn Adi ibn al-Adbar, a jahili (pre-Islamic) Muslim. Some mention that he came to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) with his brother, and most hadith scholars do not consider any of his narrations to be authentic. He witnessed the Battle of Qadisiyyah, inaugurated Marj Adhraa, and participated in the battles of Jamal and Siffin with Ali (peace be upon him), then Muawiyah killed him afterward, and he was with Ali (peace be upon him) at Siffin. Hajar al-Khayr (Hajar the Good) and Hajar al-Sharr (Hajar the Evil). As for Hajar al-Khayr, this is him, and as for Hajar al-Sharr, he is Hajar ibn Yazid ibn Salamah ibn Murrah.

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 12

Hadith No: 17
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq - Letter Ha
1221 - Hajar ibn Adi al-Adbar ibn Jubala ibn Adi ...
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (225/226)
- .... He said: And Abdullah ibn Mutia narrated to us, saying: Hisham narrated to us, from al-Awam from Salma ibn Kuhayl, who said: Hajar said when Muawiya ordered his neck to be struck: "O Allah, I remain firm in my pledge to You; I will neither retreat from it nor seek to be released from it." Ended.
- .... Abu Ahmad al-Hajjaj narrated to us at that time, saying: Abu Abdullah al-Khallal narrated to us, saying: Abu Tahir ibn Mahmood narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn al-Muqri narrated to us, saying: Abu Arubah narrated to us, saying: Mukhlid ibn Malik narrated to us, saying: Isa ibn Yunus narrated to us from Hisham ibn Hasan, who said: Muhammad ibn Sirin used to say when asked whether a martyr should be washed, narrating from Hajar ibn Adi when he was killed by Muawiya: "Hajar said, 'Do not throw iron from me, nor wash away blood from me, and bury me in my clothes until I meet Muawiya on the road tomorrow.'" Ended.

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Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 12