When Ubaydullāh received the letter of Yazid, he selected five hundred people from Basrā, which included Abdullāh bin Hāris bin Nawfal, Shareek bin A’awar, both of whom were Shi’āh, and accompanied by them and Muslim bin Umro Bāhili and his retinue and family, left...

Earlier, we have seen that when Ubyadullah bin Ziyād intended to go to Kufā from Basrā, Shareek bin A’awar was along with him. Shareek had a very strong inclination towards Shi’aism. He was along with Ammār bin Yasir (A) in the battle of Siffīn and his debate with...

Shaikh Mufeed and some others say, that Abdullāh bin Khazin says, that I was appointed by Muslim bin Aqeel (A) as a spy in the palace so as to inform him of the treatment being meted out to Hāni. When I saw that they had beaten Hāni and later imprisoned him, I mounted...

As regards Muslim bin Aqeel, Muhammad bin Ash’as took him to the palace of Ubaydullāh bin Ziyād. Muhammad entered therein alone and told him that he had arrested Muslim but had given him the promise of protection too. Ubaydullāh replied, “You do not have the right to...

Mas’oodi says that Bukayr bin Humrān Ahmari severed the head of Muslim and threw it down followed by his body. Then Ubaydullāh ordered that Hāni be taken to the market-place and beheaded with hands fastened together. Hāni was calling out to the people of Murād, whose...

During the period of the martyrdom of Muslim bin Aqeel (a.s.), the other significant events, which occurred, are the martyrdom of Meesam at Tammār and Rushayd al Hajari. Besides it is appropriate that we quote here the mar­tyrdom of Hujr bin Adi and Umro bin Humaq....

Nahjul Balagha - Commandment 31 From the father who is (shortly) to die, who acknowledges the hardships of times, who has turned away from life, who has submitted himself to the (calamities of) time, who realizes the evils of the world, who is living in the abodes of...

Imam Ali (A), (15 September 601 – 29 January 661) , the first Imam (AS), was the cousin and son-in-law of the Holy Prophet Muhammad of Islam. He was born on Friday, the 13th of Rajab in the Holy Ka’aba. He was brought up and mentored under the direct guardianship of...

Younus ibn Yaqub, one of the great followers of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq [a] quotes: That very year during the Hajj season we, the followers of the Imam [a] were in his presence as usual. Hamran ibn A'yan, Muhammad ibn No'man, Hesham ibn Salem, Hamzah ibn Taiyar,...