Ashura’ Encyclopedia

N - Nafi'i Ibn Hilal

He is Nafi'i Ibn Hilal Ibn Jamal Ibn Sa'ad and one of the martyrs in Kar- bala. He was a known figure in Kufa and an excellent reciter of Imam Ali's narrations. He had been with Imam Ali in all three of his battles: Siffeen, Nahrewan, and Al-Jamal. After Muslim was killed in Kufa, he quietly hid himself and later on joined Imam Husayn and came with him to Karbala. In Karbala, Nafi'i spoke with enthusiasm to ‘Umar Ibn Sa'ads army. They in return threw stones at him until they broke his arm and then they came and took him to Shimr who killed him. Some say his name was Hilal Ibn Nafi'i.