Editing Muslim b. Awsaja al-Asadi (section)

==Martyrdom==
Muslim fought valiantly in the battle of Karbala, while reciting the following Rajaz: “If you inquire about me, (know that) I am a male Lion, (I am) from the chiefs and notables of the branch of Bani Asad, thus the one who oppresses us has deviated from the Right Path and from the Religion of the Self Sufficient, Omnipotent (Lord).”
Muslim b. Awsaja had numerous injuries and he was bleeding heavily, then he fell on the ground. Imam Hussain and [[Habib b. Muzahir]] came by his side. Imam said: "May God have mercy on your soul". 

Then he recited the verse: "some have completed their vow to (the extreme) and some still wait, but they have never changed (their determination) in the past."<ref>''Qurʾan 33:23.''</ref>

Then Habib b. Muzahir said to him: "your loss is hardly tolerable to me, but I give glad tidings to you on Paradise". 

Muslim b. Awsaja replied with difficulties: "May God send his blessing on you." 

Habib replied: "I wish I could carry out what you desire as your will." 

Muslim replied: "I advise you to defend him (Imam Hussain ) to your last breath and never give up trying". 

And Habib replied: "I accomplish what you desire and I will make you delighted."<ref>Sayyid b. Ṭāwūs, ''al-Luhūf fī qatlā l-ṭufūf'', p. 133.</ref>

According to [[Ziarat al-Shuhada]], Muslim b. Awsaja was the first one who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala.<ref>Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 225.</ref> And Imam Hussain   promised him salvation by the name of Allah. While those who participated in the martyrdom of Muslim b. Awsaja are cursed by Imam Hussain .<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl'', p. 50.</ref>

The murderers of Muslim bin Awsaja were [[Muslim bin Abdullah Zababi]] and [[Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara al-Bajali]].