
Translator: Zahra. Kalaa
Source: Rasekhoon.net
Source: Rasekhoon.net
'' Stop fighting with me and let me come back Medina along with my wives and the children of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) or give some water for the burnt liver and the thirsty lips or fight with me in a duel war in the battlefield''.
Cursed Umar Bin Sad said ''
'' We will not meet your first and second needs, but I will accept your third need and I am not afraid of it. That vicious man swore allegiance with Imam Hussein that he would accept his third need.
Deceased Alame Majlesi stated in the book '' Bahar''
''Then the king without any troops summoned the homeless persons to fight''.
Then Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) stood across from the troop of Kufa and Sham as he took out his sword and was disappointed of living in this world and was about to die and called the mean tribe.
Afterwards, he stated
''O' the unfaithful people of Kufa! Woe you! You are trying to disgrace me and making me cry. Be afraid of the torture of the doomsday. I have admonished whatever is necessary and you should not complain that I never admonished them later''.
Then Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) summoned him to fight. The writer of the book '' Rozeh Al-Shohada'' (deceased Mola Hussein Kashefi) has written
'' Tamim Bin Ghahtabe that was one of the commanders of Sham and a well-known man among his tribe came to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) from the line of the enemy and said
''O' the son of Torab! How long would you like to have animosity with us? Your children have been killed; your kin and servants have passed away, but you are fighting with twenty thousand persons still''.
Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) stated
''O' the people of Sham! Have I decided to fight with you or you have decided to fight with me? Have I stood against you or you have stood against me and have murdered my children. At the present time, only sword can be between you and me. Do not say more words, but act whatever you say. He roared from the bottom of his heart which made the troops of water shocked. Tamim shocked and his hand was able to do nothing. In this moment, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) cut his neck and his head fell ten steps forward. Then he invaded the troop and they scared from the way of fighting of Imam Hussein as much as they stopped fighting''.
Yazid Abtahi shouted at the troop '' O' timid persons! You have lost your spirit due to the death of a person. See how I will kill him''. Then he came to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) with his sword.
It has been written that he was famous in Sham and Iraq and his courage was well known in Egypt and Rome. The troop of Umar started roaring when they saw him against Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and the children and the wives of Ahle Beit sacred, but Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) shouted at Abtahi '' are you coming toward me boldly because you don't know me well?''
Abtahi did not answer it and threw an arrow toward Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). The hand of the child of Asad Allah Al-Ghaleb took out his sword and hit his back as severely as it was divided into halves. The troop surprised from the power of his hand and the courage of the master and said '' Al-Hazar'' and '' Al-Hazar''. Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) was prancing in the battlefield and requested to fight.
Deceased Seyyed has written in the book '' Lahuf''
Every one that came to fight with Imam Hussein was killed and he killed a lot of persons. In the time of the war, he invaded Meimane. In the day of Ashura, the son of cursed Sad Malun broke his allegiance and therefore, he broke his his betrayal. It was the first time that before the noon, the troop of the Islam and the troop of blasphemy had a duel war according to the contract between two sides. In other words, they came to the battle field one by one. They fought with each other in this way for a short time. The troop of blasphemy of Ibn Sad understood that the brave soldiers would not be killed if they did not kill a lot of persons. Among them, Umarv Bin Hojaj Zobeidi that seemed so furious and worried said loudly
'' O' foolish people! Do you know with whom you are fighting? You are fighting with the horse riders of Egypt and Hejaz and the tribe that wishes to die and imagine the battlefield as a celebration field and the day of their decease as the wedding night. However, you cannot kill such a tribe.
You should not go to the battlefield one by one and wait until one of the companions of Hussein comes to the battlefield and then all of you invade him. Therefore, they broke their allegiance''.
It was the second time that Umar Bin Sad Nabkar swore allegiance with Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). The troops went to fight with Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) one by one. After the famous and brave persons of the troop, such as Tamim Bin Ghahtabe and Yazid Abtahi, were killed by Imam Hussein surprisingly, Shemr that was a seditious and tyrant person went to Umar Bin Sad, admonished him and said to him '' why did you swear such an allegiance? If all of the combatants and the brave persons on the earth fight with Hussein Bin Ali (peace be upon him), he will kill all of them. Therefore, you should break your allegiance and order the whole troop to invade Hussein and kill him at once''.
The son of cursed Sad accepted the suggestion of Shemr and ordered the troop to invade the innocent Imam with lance, sword, dagger, arrows, stone, wood, clod, mace, carver and other military facilities. Finally, they invaded Imam Hussein from four ways and the military equipments were on the body of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), the dear child of Hazrat Fateme ( peace be upon him), like the rain in the spring.
Hamid Bin Moslem Kufi that was in the troop of Umar Bin Sad said
'' I swear God that there is no broken heart like the heart of Imam Hussein whose child and Ahle Beit had martyred in the world when he was permanent and brave''.
Deceased Seyed says in the book '' Lahuf''
'' A group with a lot of persons dispersed in the desert and emptied the battlefield. Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) stood in his place with the help of a lance and relaxed, but the troop like the waves of the sea invaded Imam again from four ways with the encouragement of Umar Bin Sad and the abuse of unbeliever Shemr and Imam Hussein said '' Allah Akbar'' and invaded Yemen and Yasar and bloods flew like the river. Although the troop had circled Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), no one could injury him from back and the persons of the enemy saw his face from all of the ways because he was too brave. Imam Muhammad Bagher (peace be upon him) said
''The wounds in the body of my grandfather were caused by the enemy in a face- to- face skirmish because the enemy was never behind Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). Hence, one poisoned arrow was thrown toward Imam on his heart, button or chest and it could be seen from the back of the body of Imam Hussein. However much he tried, he could not pull it out and finally he could pull it out from his back. He could kill a lot of the vicious forces of the enemy within several hours and even stupid and uneducated people could not believe that a person could kill such a lot persons within a short time. It could be understood from the valid books that Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) said goodbye to the people of the holy shrine two times although he went to the people of the holy shrine several times and then he went to the battle field. The second time was the last time that Imam Hussein talked to the people of the holy shrine and when he had been severely wounded in the battlefield and the pate of his head had been cut by the sword of Malek Bin Al-Nasir Al-Kandi.
Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) came toward the holy shrine with naked head. Then he covered the wound of his head with a handkerchief, wore turban and said as his face was covered with blood '' when the people of the holy shrine saw my face and beard covered with blood, they started crying because they had seen Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) sound and safe when they said goodbye to him, but they saw that his sacred head was broken; his sides, chest and heart were injured and his body was shivering and blood was flowing from the organs of his body.
The first person that came to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) was his sister, Hazrat Zeinab Kobra, sat beside the feet of his father and said
'' O' my brother! O' my best treasure! I am missing you today.
O' my brother! Today the prophet of God (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and Ali Morteza (peace be upon him) pass away and there will be no guardian for the Islam and the religion after you.
O' my brother! Who will bring up these children? Who will take care of these orphans? ''
Then Um Kolthum came, sat beside the feet of Imam and said as she was crying O' the shelter of homeless people! You have got mercy on us. At the present time, you like a pigeon have been hunted and you cannot support us anymore. They will dishonor us and we would not like to live without you and will die of crying''.
Then Sakine Khatun (peace be upon her) came grievously and sat beside the feet of his father and said as grievously as it cannot be described
'' O' my father! Now it is not time for me to become an orphan. You have left me alone so soon. These widowed women will have difficult situation among these enemies.
O' my dear father! When your affection and kindness were upon us, we had an enjoyable life, but now our day has darkened and we are at misery''.
Now other respectable persons of the holy shrine have circled Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) as five wandering stars have circled the moon in the fourteen night.
The women of Rome circled the king of the religion.
All of them were worried, anxious and shivering of what will happen to them since then. Their shelter was Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and when he was in the time of decease, among sixty four women, one of them sat beside of the feet of Imam, the other one walked around Imam and still another one was moaning. They were moaning as much as their voice reached the sky. Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) took a look at Yemin and Yasar over and over again and cried. When Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) saw his sisters and children crying, he cried and they understood the innocence of the king of the religion and cried for him. It was like the doomsday that only God was its witness; that is why, the last time that Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) said goodbye is considered as one of the most difficult plights.
However, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) could neither stay at the tents nor leave there because if he wanted to leave the tents, the women did not let her and if he wanted to stay at the tent, the troop did not let him and behaved in an ashamed way and they came even around the rope of the tents of the holy shrine and roared '' O' Hussein! How long are you going to stay at the tent? Why aren't you leaving there? We are burning in such hot weather.
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