Abu Khalid al-Kabuli

Abu Khalid al-Kabuli
أبو خالد الكابلي
Personal life
Born
Kabul, present-day Afghanistan
RegionMedina
Main interestḤadīth
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationShia
Muslim leader
TeacherʿAli Zayn al-ʿAbidīn, Muhammad al-Baqir

Abu Khalid al-Kabuli (Arabic: أبو خالد الكابلي) known as Kankar,[1] was a Shia companion of Zayn al-ʿAbidīn and Muhammad al-Baqir,[2] and an eminent scholar in the 1st/7th century.[3][4] He was from Kabul then traveled to the Hijaz and was considered a supporter of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, but with the guidance of Yahya ibn Umm Tawil, he went to Zayn al-Abidin, was attracted to him, and acknowledged his Imamate.[5]

Life

He was born in Kabul in present-day Afghanistan, though the date of his birth is not known. Initially, he was one of the companions of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, whose followers were known as Kaysanites, but like many Kaysanites later became a follower and companion of Ali al-Sajjad.[6] Ismailis believe that Ibn Hanafiyah was appointed by Husayn as a "temporary imam" as a cover to protect the real imam, Zayn al-ʿAbidīn.[7] While accompanying and serving Muhammad ibn Hanafiyya, he met Zayn al-Abidin due to the guidance and insistence of Yahya ibn Umm Tawil, and because of the great respect that Muhammad ibn al-Hanifiyya had for Zayn al-Abidin. According to a tradition, when Zain al-Abidin called him by his childhood name, Kankar, he became sure of his Imamate.[8] His mother gave him the nickname Kankar, but was not known by this nickname among the people of that time.[9]

According to the prominent 10th century Shia theologian Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, during the lifetime of Zayn al-Abidin, few people knew his Imamate and followed him, except for five: Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Said ibn al-Musayyib, Jubayr ibn Muṭʽim, Yahya ibn Umm al-Tawil, and Abu Khaled al-Kabuli.[10] Abu Khaled Kabuli spent most of his life in Medina from 61 to 114.[11]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Negahban, Farzin. "Abū Khālid al-Kābulī". Brill.
  2. ↑ Lalani, Arzina R. Early Shi'i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir. I. B. Tauris. p. 110. ISBN 978-1860644344.
  3. ↑ sadeghi, maryam. "Abu Khalid al-Kabuli". The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia.
  4. ↑ Negahban, Farzin. "Abū Khālid al-Kābulī". Brill.
  5. ↑ sadeghi, maryam. "abu khalid al-kabuli". The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia.
  6. ↑ Kohlberg, E (2012). "Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn". Encyclopaedia of Islam. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144.
  7. ↑ Kohlberg, E (2012). "Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn". Encyclopaedia of Islam. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8144.
  8. ↑ sadeghi, maryam. "abu khalid al-kabuli". The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia.
  9. ↑ Negahban, Farzin. "Abū Khālid al-Kābulī". Brill.
  10. ↑ Sharif al-Qarashi, Bāqir. The life of ImāmZayn al 'Abidin. p. 91.
  11. ↑ sadeghi, maryam. "abu khalid al-kabuli". The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia.
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