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A Glance at the Life of Al-Farazdaq - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief A Glance at the Life of Al-Farazdaq 2023-01-01 875 Views Hammām ibn Ghālib , al-Farazdaq Hammām bin Ghālib known as al-Farazdaq was among the famous Arab poets in the first and second centuries (AH) (7th & 8th AD). The ode he composed spontaneously in front of Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik in praise of Imam al-Sajjad (a.s) is famous.

Contents Lineage, Title, and Kunya Literary Position Religion Relation with the Ahlul-Bayt (a) Imam ‘Ali (a) Imam al-Husayn (a) Imam al-Sajjad (a) Relation with al-Kumayt Relation with Umayyad Rulers Transmission of Hadiths Demise Al-Farazdaq respected the members of the pure Prophet’s household (Ahlul-Bayt), but he also composed poems in praise of Umayyad caliphs and thus he cannot be placed in the same rank as al-Kumayt and Di’bil who greatly loved the Ahlul-Bayt (a).

Lineage, Title, and Kunya Hammam b. Ghalib b. Sa’sa’a b. ‘Iqal was considered among the great personalities of Banu Tamim. His father, Ghalib was a generous and honourable person and was among the chiefs of his people. His mother Layla bt. Habis was the sister of Aqra’ b. Habis al-Tamimi, who was a companion of the Prophet (s).

In historical sources, there is no mention of the exact year of his birth and with regards to the disagreement existing about the year of his death, his birth can be guessed between 19/640 to 23/643-44. His teknonym (kunya) was Abu Firas and his title was al-Farazdaq. He had five children named Labta, Sabta, Khabta, Rakda, and Zam’a; the latter was a poet. Literary Position Al-Farazdaq was among the greatest poets of his time (Umayyad period).

Factors such as Bedouin, attendance in the most eloquent Arab tribes, and his cleverness in answering made an appropriate ground for his poetic talent to be flourished. They said that without al-Farazdaq, one-third of the Arabic lexicon and a half of hadiths and reports would be lost. Al-Farazdaq’s poetic talent mostly matched satire and most of his poems were either in the form of satire or tribal pride. Religion In Sunni sources, al-Farazdaq is considered Shi’a.