As for I...

As for I, I have been asking Allah -azwj , my Lord -azwj to Grace me the martyrdom before your -la father have even given birth to you -la , and I asked Allah -azwj to Make that to be upon the hands of the most accursed of His -azwj creatures and their most hateful to Him -azwj !

When my vision was withheld, I despaired from the martyrdom, and now the Praise is for Allah -azwj Who has Graced it to me after the despair from it and has Made me recognise the Answering from Him -azwj regarding my ancient supplication’.

فَقَالَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ اضْرِبُوا عُنُقَهُ فَضُرِبَتْ عُنُقُهُ وَ صُلِبَ فِي السَّبَخَةِ Ibn Ziyad -la said, ‘Strike off his neck and crucify in the marshland!’ وَ قَالَ الْمُفِيدُ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتْهُ الْجَلَاوِزَةُ نَادَى شِعَارَ الْأَزْدِ فَاجْتَمَعَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعُمِائَةٍ فَانْتَزَعُوهُ مِنَ الْجَلَاوِزَةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ مَنْ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ وَ صَلَبَهُ فِي السَّبَخَةِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ‏ And Al-Mufeed said, ‘When the soldiers had seized him, the slogan of (the clan of) Al-Azd was raised, and seven hundred from them gathered and rescued him from the soldiers.

When it was the night, Ibn Ziyad -la sent to him ones who brought him out from his house. He -la struck off his neck and crucified him in the marshland. May Allah -azwj have Mercy on him’.

وَ قَالَ ابْنُ نَمَا ثُمَّ دَعَا جُنْدَبَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَزْدِيَّ وَ كَانَ شَيْخاً فَقَالَ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ أَ لَسْتَ صَاحِبَ أَبِي تُرَابٍ قَالَ بَلَى لَا أَعْتَذِرُ مِنْهُ قَالَ مَا أَرَانِي إِلَّا مُتَقَرِّباً إِلَى اللَّهِ بِدَمِكَ قَالَ إِذَنْ لَا يُقَرِّبُكَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بَلْ يُبَاعِدُكَ قَالَ شَيْخٌ قَدْ ذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ وَ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ And Ibn Nama said, ‘Then he -la called Jundab Bin Abdullah Al-Azdy, and he was an old man. He said, ‘O enemy of Allah -azwj !

Weren’t you a companion of Abu Turab (Ali -asws )?’ He said, ‘Yes, I will not apologise from it’. He -la said, ‘I -la do not see except that I -la should draw closer to Allah -azwj by (shedding) your blood’. He said, ‘Then, Allah -azwj will not Draw you closer to Him -azwj , but He -azwj would Distance you -la ’. He -la said, ‘An old man. His mind has gone!’ And he -la freed his way’.

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