Abu Makhanf’s Motives for Writing the Murder of Imam Al-Hussein (peace be upon him)

Abstract

The title of the article is “Abu Makhanf’s Motives for Writing the Murder of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).” This title expresses Abu Makhnaf’s approach.Which includes three things, first: The person of Abu Mukhnaf. Secondly, the contents of his novels. Third: its sources, and we are satisfied with the first matter; Which includes the study of his personal, ideological, doctrinal and political motives, which constitute an important part of his approach to writing.The motive for choosing this topic: is to reveal the depth of Abu Mukhnaf's personality and its role in history.The problem in this research is the breadth, accuracy and sensitivity of the topic.The importance of the topic is also reflected in the greatest incident in the history of Islam, which is the Karbala case.- The most important goal of the research is to extrapolate the personality of Abu Makhanf, who was adopted by Muslims in all their sects as the most important historical source that conveyed to us the incidents of al-Tuff, and al-Tabari relied on him more than others in his history.- The most prominent hypotheses of the research were in the statement of the personal, doctrinal and political motives of Abu Makhanf in his book Al-Muqatil Al-Husseini.- The reality and society of the research is the Karbala incident, in which the meanings of heroism were embodied in Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and his companions, in contrast to the Umayyad line represented by Yazid and his aides. - We relied on a large number of sources, in addition to research and questions from history professors in the Hawza and our professors from previous studies on this subject.The most important results are the expansion of studies that are concerned with identifying the sources and chains of transmission of Abu Mukhnaf, as well as the contents of the narrations of Karbala.- I recommend studying history in depth, especially with regard to the battle of Karbala; Because it still contains many secrets that need investigation.