Tomb of Rushayd al-Hajari(A.R )

Rushayd al-Hajari was one of the elite companions of Hazrat Imam 'Ali (as) and Hazrat Imam al-Hasan (as).

He was companion of four Imam , which were Hazrat Imam 'Ali (a s), Hazrat  Imam al-Hasan (as), Hazrat Imam al-Hussain (a s) and  Hazrat Imam al-Sajjad ul Abedein (a s)

He was one of the closest people to Imam 'Ali (a) and received 'Ilm al-Balaya wa l-Manaya (the knowledge of calamities and time of deaths) from him. Hazrat Imam 'Ali (as) had foretold the way he would be martyred. 

One day Hazrat Imam Ali (as) asked him “what will you do if Bani Ummayah asks you to leave me?”Rushayd al-Hajari

in return asked Imam “that if I do not leave you what will be my fate?” The Imam, replied “in that case you will be with me in Jannat”, to which Rashid Al Hijri replied, so I will not leave you.

Hajari" means a person from Bahrain or a city in Yemen or a village near Medina.  Hazrat Imam 'Ali (a) named him "Rushayd al-Balaya" (Rushayd of the calamities).

Hazrat Imam 'Ali (a s) had foretold the way he would be martyred. Imam al-Kazim (as) said: "O, Ishaq! indeed Rushayd knew the[time of calamities and events, and the time of lives and deaths

He was martyred by 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (or his father) as Imam 'Ali (a) had foretold.'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad ordered to cut his hands, legs and tongue and then hang him. 

 It is said that he had a daughter named Qinwa, who has narrated the story of his father martyrdom.

His tomb is located in Kifl, Iraq. It is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah.

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