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Munjih ibn Sahm (or Munhij) (Arabic: مُنْجِح أو منحج بن سهم) was among the deceased of the Battle of Karbala.

lineage

Hussain ibn Ali bought the mother of Munjih as a slave from Nufil ibn Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib. She married another slave named Sahm who was Munjih's father. Munhij himself became a servant to al-Sajjad.

When Hussain left Medina to Mecca with his family, Munjih also left Medina with his mother.

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On the day of Ashura

During the first wave of attack by the enemies of Hussain ibn Ali, ten slaves of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Hussain were martyred according to Ibn Shahr Ashub. The name of Munjih's murderer was Hassan ibn Bakr al-Hanzali. The name of Munjih is specifically stated in Ziyara al-Shuhada as a martyr in the Battle of Karbala.

References

1. ^ Haeri Al-Shīrāzī, Abdul Majid. Dhakhīra al-dārayn (ذَخیرةُ الدّارین فیما یَتَعَلّقُ بمَصائبِ الحُسَیْن علیه‌السلام و أصْحابه). p. 327.
2. Ibn Shar Ashub. Manaqib Ale Abi Talib. Vol. 4. Dhawī al-Qurbá. p. 113. ISBN 9646307299.
3. Al-Fudayl b. al-Zubayr b. 'Amr al-Kufi al-Asadi (1986). Tasmiya man qutil ma'a l-Husayn. Al al-Bayt. p. 152.
4. Muhammad b. Ja'far al-Mashhadi. Al-Mazar al-kabir. مؤسسة النشر الإسلامي التابعة لجماعة المدرسين. p. 491.

• Husayn ibn Ali
• 680 deaths
• People killed at the Battle of Karbala