شخصيت‌شناسي حبيب بن مظاهر

The Character of Habib b. Muzahir

حبيب بن مظاهر در شمار اصحاب پيامبر اكرم(ص)، امام علي، امام حسن و امام حسين(ع) بود. بعد از به حكومت رسيدن يزيد (حك. 60-64)، حبيب به همراه ديگر رهبران شيعي كوفه از امام حسين(ع) دعوت كردند تا به كوفه بيايد. وي جزو اولين افرادي بود كه با مسلم بن عقيل بيعت كرد و ديگران را نيز به بيعت با مسلم فراخواند. وقتي امام(ع) به كربلا رسيد، حبيب به سبب اقدامات ابن زياد، حاكم كوفه، مخفي شد و شبانه خود را از كوفه به كربلا رساند. حبيب بن مظاهر در دهم محرم سال 61 هجري در واقعه عاشورا به شهادت رسيد.

Habib b. Muzahir was a staunch companion of the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ali, Imam al-Hasan, and Imam al-Husayn. When Yazid got to power, Habib b. Muzahir and many Shii noblemen of Kufah wrote letters of invitation to Imam al-Husayn, requesting him to rush to Kufah as their leader. He was one of earliest people who paid an oath of allegiance to Muslim b. Aqil as the delegate of Imam al-Husayn to Kufah. He also encouraged many people to join Muslim b. Aqil so as to strengthen the camp of Imam al-Husayn. As soon as Imam al-Husayn reached Karbala, he hid himself from the spies of Ibn Ziyad for security reasons and left Kufah at night time and joined him there. He was finally martyred on Ashura.