Ja'far ibn Aqil
Ja'far ibn Aqil was the son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib, and his mother was Umm al-Thaghr bint Amir who was from Banu Kilab. Meanwhile, he was the son-in-law of Ali.
Ja'far is considered as one of Husayn's companions; he entered the battlefield after Abd Allah ibn Muslim, and he killed 2 fighters of the army of Umar ibn Sa'd. He was killed by Bishr ibn Sawt al-Hamdani or Khalid ibn Asad al-Johani in Karbala on the day of Ashura when he was with Husayn ibn Ali.
Ja'far ibn Aqil was reciting the following epic verses in the battlefield:
- "I am an Abtahi young and I am Abu Talib's descendant, from the descendant of Hashim and Ghalib;
- and without doubt we are the master of grandee, this is Husayn the master of cleaners"