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==Suggestion of Attack on Hurr's Army== | ==Suggestion of Attack on Hurr's Army== | ||
On second of [[Muharram]], 61/October 2, 680, Imam Hussain's caravan arrived in Ninawa. At the same time, a messenger from [[Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]] delivered a letter for Hurr in which | On second of [[Muharram]], 61/October 2, 680, Imam Hussain's caravan arrived in Ninawa. At the same time, a messenger from [[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad|Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]] delivered a letter for Hurr in which Ibn Ziyad ordered him to remain strict on Hussain and force him to dwell in a desert with no water. Hurr informed the Imam of the letter. Imam Hussain asked Hurr to let him dwell in Nineveh, Ghadiriyya or Shufayh. But Hurr replied that this was not possible since Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad had spies there. | ||
Zuhayr suggested to Imam Hussain to attack Hurr's army, since it is easier to fight with them than with the group that was about to arrive. But Imam Hussain replied that "I will not start the war". | Zuhayr suggested to Imam Hussain to attack Hurr's army, since it is easier to fight with them than with the group that was about to arrive. But Imam Hussain replied that "I will not start the war". | ||
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==Zuhayr's Fame Among People of Kufa== | ==Zuhayr's Fame Among People of Kufa== | ||
Zuhayr was known as a brave, distinguished and prominent figure of Kufa. Thus he was challenged to individual battles by Salim and Yasar—servants of Ziyad b. Abih and Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad—who were chanting paeans. When 'Abd Allah b. Umayr al-Kalbi went to fight with them, they told him: "we do not know you. Let Zuhayr b. al-Qayn or Habib b. Muzahir come and fight with us".<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 327; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 101.</ref> Zuhayr raised to smash them, but Imam al-Hussain did not let him go, and sent 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr to fight them. | Zuhayr was known as a brave, distinguished and prominent figure of Kufa. Thus he was challenged to individual battles by Salim and Yasar—servants of Ziyad b. Abih and Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad—who were chanting paeans. When [[ʿAbd Allah b. ʿUmayr al-Kalbi|'Abd Allah b. Umayr al-Kalbi]] went to fight with them, they told him: "we do not know you. Let Zuhayr b. al-Qayn or Habib b. Muzahir come and fight with us".<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 327; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 101.</ref> Zuhayr raised to smash them, but Imam al-Hussain did not let him go, and sent 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr to fight them. | ||
==Preventing the Attack on Imam's Camps== | ==Preventing the Attack on Imam's Camps== | ||