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They said: "we are ordered to fight you if you do not abide with Ibn Ziyad's orders". Abbas told them to wait until he delivers the message to Imam Hussain. They agreed and waited for the reply. In the meanwhile, Habib b. Muzahir and Zuhayr b. al-Qayn seized the opportunity to preach Umar b. Sa'd's army. | They said: "we are ordered to fight you if you do not abide with Ibn Ziyad's orders". Abbas told them to wait until he delivers the message to Imam Hussain. They agreed and waited for the reply. In the meanwhile, Habib b. Muzahir and Zuhayr b. al-Qayn seized the opportunity to preach Umar b. Sa'd's army. | ||
Uzra b. Qays (from Umar b. Sa'd's army) said | Uzra b. Qays (from Umar b. Sa'd's army) said: | ||
Does not my being here mean that I am with them now? I swear to God that I never wrote a letter to al-Hussain b. Ali and never sent a messenger to him and never promised to help him, but our paths met and when I met him and remembered the Prophet and al-Hussain's place for him and learned that he was going to his enemy and your party, then I decided to help him and be in his group and sacrifice my life for the right of God and the Prophet that ignored by you. | "O' Zuhayr! You were not a Shiite (follower) of this household and were an advocate of Uthman!" | ||
Zuhayr replied: | |||
"Does not my being here mean that I am with them now? I swear to God that I never wrote a letter to al-Hussain b. Ali and never sent a messenger to him and never promised to help him, but our paths met and when I met him and remembered the Prophet and al-Hussain's place for him and learned that he was going to his enemy and your party, then I decided to help him and be in his group and sacrifice my life for the right of God and the Prophet that ignored by you." | |||
==The Night Before Ashura== | ==The Night Before Ashura== | ||
The night before Ashura, Imam Hussain gave his companions and household the permission to leave him and save their lives. However,all companions declared their allegiance and faithfulness to him. After members of Imam Hussain's household expressed their allegiances, [[Muslim b. Awsaja al-Asadi]] declared his faithfulness. Then Zuhayr b. al-Qayn stood up and said: | The night before Ashura, Imam Hussain gave his companions and household the permission to leave him and save their lives. However,all companions declared their allegiance and faithfulness to him. After members of Imam Hussain's household expressed their allegiances, [[Muslim b. Awsaja al-Asadi]] declared his faithfulness. Then Zuhayr b. al-Qayn stood up and said: | ||
"I swear to God that I want to be killed, then be alive again, and then be killed again for a thousand times so that God protects you and your household from being killed".<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 318; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 92.</ref> | "I swear to God that I want to be killed, then be alive again, and then be killed again for a thousand times so that God protects you and your household from being killed".<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 318; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 92.</ref> | ||
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On the day of Ashura, Imam Hussain and some of his companions were saying noon prayers while Zuhayr b. al-Qayn and [[Sa'id b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi]] protected them against the attacks of the enemy. They shielded themselves against the arrows until the prayer was finished.<ref>Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 2, p. 20.</ref> | On the day of Ashura, Imam Hussain and some of his companions were saying noon prayers while Zuhayr b. al-Qayn and [[Sa'id b. 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi]] protected them against the attacks of the enemy. They shielded themselves against the arrows until the prayer was finished.<ref>Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 2, p. 20.</ref> | ||
==Martyrdom== | ==Martyrdom== | ||
Zuhayr went to the battlefield with Imam's permission. It is said that he killed about 120 people from the enemy's army, and was eventually | Zuhayr went to the battlefield with Imam's permission. It is said that he killed about 120 people from the enemy's army, and was eventually martyred by Kathir b. 'Abd Allah al-Sha'bi and Muhajir b. Aws al-Tamimi.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 196; Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 336.</ref> | ||
==Imam al-Hussain's Pray for Zuhayr== | ==Imam al-Hussain's Pray for Zuhayr== | ||
When Zuhayr was martyred, Imam Hussain prayed for him thus: "O, Zuhayr! May God bless you with His mercy and curse your killers with an eternal curse, like that of Israelites who were transshaped by God."<ref>Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 2, p. 20.</ref> | When Zuhayr was martyred, Imam Hussain prayed for him thus: "O, Zuhayr! May God bless you with His mercy and curse your killers with an eternal curse, like that of Israelites who were transshaped by God."<ref>Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 2, p. 20.</ref> | ||
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Zuhayr b. al-Qayn is mentioned in [[Ziyara al-Shuhada']] as follows: | Zuhayr b. al-Qayn is mentioned in [[Ziyara al-Shuhada']] as follows: | ||
"Peace be upon Zuhayr the son of al-Qayn al-Bajali; when the son of the Prophet gave him the permission to leave, he replied: 'I swear to God that I will never abandon the son of the Prophet —may peace be upon him and his progeny. Do I leave the son of the Prophet while he is surrounded by the enemies and save my life? May such a day never come! | "Peace be upon Zuhayr the son of al-Qayn al-Bajali; when the son of the Prophet gave him the permission to leave, he replied: 'I swear to God that I will never abandon the son of the Prophet —may peace be upon him and his progeny. Do I leave the son of the Prophet while he is surrounded by the enemies and save my life? May such a day never come!"<ref>Ibn Ṭāwūs, ''Iqbāl al-aʿmāl'', vol. 3, p. 77-78.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||