Editing Habib b. Muzahir (section)

==During Imam al-Hussain's Life==
After the death of [[Mu'awiya]], Habib and some of the heads of [[Shiʿa|Shi'a]] communities in [[Kufa]], like Sulayman b. Surad, Musayyib b. Najaba and Rifa'a b. Shaddad al-Bajali, refused to swear allegiance to [[Yazid]], and send letters to [[Imam Hussain]] inviting him to lead Kufa in her uprising against [[Umayyad]] Dynasty.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 378.</ref>

When [[Muslim b. Aqil b. Abi Talib|Muslim b. Aqil]] came to [[Kufa]] as the Imam's representative, they rushed to support him. People of Kufa secretly pledged allegiance to Habib and Muslim b. Awsaja as the representative of Muslim b. Aqil. <ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 4, p. 554.</ref>

When [[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad|Obayd Allah b. Ziad]] came to Kufa, he threatened people and launched a crackdown against allegiance to Muslim b. Aqil; so people abandoned their allegiance to Muslim b. Aqil and left him alone. The tribe of Banu Asad hid Habib and Muslim b. 'Awsaja to protect them against Ibn Ziyad's agents. Habib and Muslim b. 'Awsaja left Kufa to join Imam Hussain. They hid themselves from Obayd Allah b. Ziad's spies and agents, so they moved at nights and hid during days. Eventually, they joined Imam Hussain's camp in [[Karbala]] on [[Muharram]] 7th 61(October 7th 680).<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 128.</ref>