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===Helping Imam Hussain=== | ===Helping Imam Hussain=== | ||
The turning point of Sa'd's story occurred in the afternoon of [[Ashura]]. When all companions of Imam were martyred and the army of Kufa had besieged Imam, Hussain called "O, Isn't there any helper to help us? O Isn't there any defender to defend the family of the [[Prophet Muhammad|Prophet]]?" Women and children of the tents of Imam Hussain heard the call of Imam and began crying. | The turning point of Sa'd's story occurred in the afternoon of [[Ashura]]. When all companions of Imam were martyred and the army of Kufa had besieged Imam, Hussain called: "O, Isn't there any helper to help us? O Isn't there any defender to defend the family of the [[Prophet Muhammad|Prophet]]?" Women and children of the tents of Imam Hussain heard the call of Imam and began crying. | ||
Hearing cries over the tents of women and children, Sa'd and his brother, Abu l-Hutuf, shouted the slogan of Khawarij: "No rule, but God's and no obedience to the one who has disobeyed Him" and then declared that "Hussain was son of the daughter of the Prophet, the intercession of whom for ourselves we wish on the Day of Judgment; so, how can we fight him while he is in such a state and has no helper and alone in the desert of Karbala, he asks for help?" | Hearing cries over the tents of women and children, Sa'd and his brother, Abu l-Hutuf, shouted the slogan of Khawarij: "No rule, but God's and no obedience to the one who has disobeyed Him" and then declared that "Hussain was son of the daughter of the Prophet, the intercession of whom for ourselves we wish on the Day of Judgment; so, how can we fight him while he is in such a state and has no helper and alone in the desert of Karbala, he asks for help?" | ||
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Turning against the Army of Kufa, they unsheathed their swords and attacked the army of [[Umayyad|Umayyads]] and killed many of them until they were martyred in the same place. | Turning against the Army of Kufa, they unsheathed their swords and attacked the army of [[Umayyad|Umayyads]] and killed many of them until they were martyred in the same place. | ||
However, another source narrates the story in a slightly different manner. It is said that after the | However, another source narrates the story in a slightly different manner. It is said that after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and when they heard cries of women, they attacked the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd and were martyred. | ||
==Debates Over the Authenticity of the Report== | ==Debates Over the Authenticity of the Report== | ||