Editing Nafi b. Hilal b. Jamil (section)

==Bringing water==
[[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad]] ordered [[Omar Ibn Sa’d]] to block Hussain ibn Ali and his companions from accessing [[water]] in a letter. On the 7th of [[Muharram]] of the year 61 AH, Omar ibn Sa'd commissioned Amro ibn al-Hajjaj al-Zubaydi and 500 cavalry soldiers to guard the Alghameh river—a branch of the Euphrates—to prevent Imam Hussain's army from accessing the water. Then, Imam Hussain called on [[Abbas B. Ali B. Abu Taleb|Abbas b. Ali]] to bring water for the camp. Abbas b. Ali along with 30 cavalries and 20 infantries, including Nafi' b. Hilal—went to [[Euphrates]] overnight in order to bring water.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 181; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 412-413; Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 117; Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 1, p. 346-347.</ref> However, when Abbas and his companions, with Nafi' in their forefront, arrived at the river, [[Amr b. al-Hajjaj al-Zubaydi|Amr b. Hajjaj al-Zubaydi]], the commander of the group of soldiers who protected Euphrates, shouted: "Who are you?". 

Nafi said: "We came here to drink from the water you have forbidden us", 

Amr replied: "You are very welcome to drink! But you cannot take any water to al-Hussain", 

Nafi replied: "No, I swear to God, I will not drink from this water, while Hussain and his households and companions are all thirsty". <ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 181; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 412-413; Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī, ''Maqātil al-ṭālibīyyīn'', p. 117; Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 1, p. 346-347.</ref>

When Imam Hussain's companions arrived there, Nafi' shouted: "fill your water-skins with water!"

Amr b. Hajjaj and his soldiers tried to prevent the companions of Abbas b. Ali and Nafi' b. Hilal from taking water to Imam Hussain's camp and a deadly combat started. Some companions of Imam managed to fill their water-skins with water and take them to the camps. In this event, some soldiers of the enemy were killed and injured.