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When [[Zuhayr b. al-Qayn al-Bajali|Zuhayr b. Qayn]] started his speech to advise the people of Kufa and invited them to support Imam al-Hussain, Shimr threw an arrow to him and insulted him. | When [[Zuhayr b. al-Qayn al-Bajali|Zuhayr b. Qayn]] started his speech to advise the people of Kufa and invited them to support Imam al-Hussain, Shimr threw an arrow to him and insulted him. | ||
When [[ | When [[Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi|'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi]] was martyred, Shimr ordered his slave to kill 'Abd Allah's wife who was sitting next to the body of her husband. | ||
When most of the Imam al-Hussain's companions were killed and he was in the middle of the battle, Kufans attacked the tents. Shimr put his spear in the tent of the Imam and called for fire to burn the tent. | When most of the Imam al-Hussain's companions were killed and he was in the middle of the battle, Kufans attacked the tents. Shimr put his spear in the tent of the Imam and called for fire to burn the tent. | ||
===Murdering Imam al-Hussain=== | ===Murdering Imam al-Hussain=== | ||
Shimr commanded his soldiers to shoot the Imam's body with their arrows, and then attack him. There are different reports as to who murdered the Imam and cut off his holy head. According to al-Waqidi, it was Shimr who did so and then stepped on the Imam's body with his horse. According to some reports he sat on the Imam's chest and cut his holy head from behind. | Shimr commanded his soldiers to shoot the Imam's body with their arrows, and then attack him. There are different reports as to who murdered the Imam and cut off his holy head. According to al-Waqidi, it was Shimr who did so and then stepped on the Imam's body with his [[DU’L-JANAH|horse]]. According to some reports he sat on the Imam's chest and cut his holy head from behind. | ||
After murdering Imam al-Hussain and attacking and burning his tents, Shimr intended to murder Imam al-Sajjad as well, but he was stopped from doing so. | After murdering Imam al-Hussain and attacking and burning his tents, Shimr intended to murder Imam al-Sajjad as well, but he was stopped from doing so. | ||