Hadith No: 1
Al-Tabari - Dhakha'ir al-Uqba fi Manaqib Dhawi al-Qurba
Part One: Regarding What Was Narrated About Kinship in a General and Summary Manner
Mention of Miracles and Signs That Appeared for His Martyrdom (peace be upon him)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (144/145)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant portion is excerpted here]
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From a man of Kulaib who said: Al-Husayn ibn Ali shouted, "Give us water to drink!" Then a man threw a spear, and it struck his jaw. He said, "May God not let you drink!" The man remained thirsty until he threw himself into the Euphrates and drank until he died. This was reported by al-Mulla.
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And from al-Abbas ibn Hisham ibn Muhammad al-Kufi, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: There was a man named Zar'a who witnessed the killing of al-Husayn. He threw a spear at al-Husayn and struck his jaw. This happened because al-Husayn had asked for water to drink, and he was struck, which prevented him from reaching the water. He said, "O Allah, make him thirsty!" Then, those who witnessed his death narrated to me that he was shouting from the heat in his belly and from the cold on his back, with snow and fans before him, and a small stove behind him, and he was saying, "Give me drink! I am perishing from thirst!" He would be brought a large container with it, containing flour and both water and milk. If five people drank it, it would be enough for them, and he would drink it, then return to say, "Give me drink! I am perishing from thirst." Then, his belly would shrink as the belly of a camel shrinks." This was reported by Ibn Abi al-Dunya.
- And from Alqamah ibn Wa'il or Wa'il ibn Alqamah: that he witnessed what happened here and said: A man stood up and said, "Is Al-Husayn among you?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "Rejoice in the fire!" He said, "Rejoice in a Lord who is Merciful and an Intercessor who is obeyed. Who are you?" He said, "I am Jarirah." He said, "O Allah, drive him to the fire!" Then, an animal became frightened and he clung to the wreck, and by Allah, nothing remained on it except his leg." This was reported by Ibn Bint Mani'.
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And from Abi Mahrar, from some of his elders: that the killer of Al-Husayn, when he came to Ibn Ziyad and narrated to him how he had killed him and what Al-Husayn had said to him, his face turned black. This was reported by Ibn Bint Mani' as well.
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And from Sufyan, who said: My grandmother told me that she saw two men among those who witnessed the killing of Al-Husayn. She said: As for one of them, he was so distressed that he would pace back and forth. As for the other, he would face the container and drink it to the last drop, yet never be satisfied. This was narrated by al-Mulla.
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And from Sufyan again: that a man who witnessed the killing of Al-Husayn was carrying a horse, and his horse turned to ash. This was narrated by al-Mulla in his biography.
- And Mansur ibn Ammar reported a more complete account than this
from Abi Muhammad al-Hilali, who said: Two men shared in the blood of Al-Husayn ibn Ali (peace be upon him), and one of them was afflicted with thirst, so if he drank from a container, he would not be satisfied. The other was afflicted with prolonged distress and would, when he mounted, twist it around his neck like a rope.-
And from Abi Rujaiya, who would say: "Do not curse Ali or the people of this house! A neighbor of ours from the Banu al-Hujaym, who came from Kufa, said: 'Did you not see this transgressor, the son of a transgressor? Allah has killed him,' meaning Al-Husayn (peace be upon him). So Allah struck him with two stars in his eyes and blinded him." This was reported by Ahmad in al-Manaqib.
- And from al-Suddi, who said: "I came to Karbala to buy dates, and an old man from the people of Tay cooked food for us, and we had dinner with him. We mentioned the killing of Al-Husayn, and I said,
'No one who participated in the killing of Al-Husayn shares in it except that they die the worst of deaths.' He said, 'And signs appeared for his martyrdom.' He said, 'How false you are, O people of Iraq! I am one who shared in that.' He did not remain until he approached the lamp, which was filled with oil, and began to adjust the wick with his finger. Fire caught in it, and he tried to extinguish it with his spit, but fire caught in his beard. Then he went and threw himself into the water, and I saw him as if he were a skull.' This was reported by Ibn al-Jarrah.
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And from Ibn Luheiya, from Abi Qubail, who said: When Al-Husayn ibn Ali was killed, his head was sent to Yazid, and they stopped at the first station. They began to drink and rejoice with the head. While they were like this, a hand with an iron pen appeared to them from the wall, and it wrote a line in blood:
"Does a nation that killed Husayn *expect the intercession of his grandfather on the Day of Judgment?"
So they fled and left the head." This was reported by Ibn Mansur ibn Ammar.
- Abu Na'im al-Hafez mentioned in his book Dalail al-Nubuwwa
from Nadrah al-Azdiya, who said: "When Al-Husayn ibn Ali was killed, the heavens rained blood, and we awoke with our cloaks and jars filled with blood."-
And from Marwan, a freedman of Hind, daughter of al-Muhallab, who said: Abd Allah ibn Ziyad's doorkeeper told me that when the head of Al-Husayn was brought before him, I saw the walls of the governor's house dripping with blood. This was narrated by Ibn Bint Mani'.
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And from Ja'far ibn Sulayman, who said: My aunt, Umm Salim, told me: "When Al-Husayn was killed, we were rained upon with rain like blood on the houses and tents." She said, "And I heard that it happened in Khorasan, Sham, and Kufah." This was reported by Ibn Bint Mani'.
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And Um Salama said: "When Al-Husayn was killed, we were rained upon with blood."-
And from Ibn Shahab, who said: "When Al-Husayn (peace be upon him) was killed, no stone was lifted or moved in Sham except that it was upon blood." Both of these were narrated by Ibn al-Suray.