فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي قَدْ خِفْتُ أَنْ يَغْتَالَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ...

فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي قَدْ خِفْتُ أَنْ يَغْتَالَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِالْحَرَمِ فَأَكُونَ الَّذِي يُسْتَبَاحُ بِهِ حُرْمَةُ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ He -asws said: ‘O my -asws brother! I -asws am fearing that Yazeed -la Bin Muawiya -la would have me -asws assassinated in the Sanctuary, so I -asws would become the one by whom the Sanctity of this House (Kabah) was legalised with’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فَإِنْ خِفْتَ ذَلِكَ فَصِرْ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ أَوْ بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْبَرِّ فَإِنَّكَ أَمْنَعُ النَّاسِ بِهِ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ أَنْظُرُ فِيمَا قُلْتَ Ibn Al-Hanafiya said to him -asws , ‘If you -asws fear that, then go to Al-Yemen, or one of the areas of the wilderness, for you -asws can prevent the people by it and no one will be able upon you -asws ’. He -asws said: ‘I -asws shall consider regarding what you have said’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ السَّحَرُ ارْتَحَلَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فَأَتَاهُ فَأَخَذَ بِزِمَامِ نَاقَتِهِ وَ قَدْ رَكِبَهَا فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي أَ لَمْ تَعِدْنِي النَّظَرَ فِيمَا سَأَلْتُكَ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَمَا حَدَاكَ عَلَى الْخُرُوجِ عَاجِلًا When it was the pre-dawn, Al-Hussain -asws departed. That reached Ibn Al-Hanafiya, so he came to him -asws . He grabbed a rein of the camel, and he -asws was riding it. He said, ‘O my brother -asws !

Did you -asws not reconsider regarding what I had asked you -asws ?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes (I -asws did)’. He said, ‘So what guided you -asws upon the going out so hastily?’ قَالَ أَتَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مَا فَارَقْتُكَ فَقَالَ يَا حُسَيْنُ اخْرُجْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَرَاكَ قَتِيلًا He -asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww came to me -asws after you had separated. He -saww said: ‘O Hussain -asws ! Go out, for Allah -azwj has Desired that He -azwj Sees you -asws killed’.

فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ‏ فَمَا مَعْنَى حَمْلِكَ هَؤُلَاءِ النِّسَاءَ مَعَكَ وَ أَنْتَ تَخْرُجُ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا الْحَالِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَرَاهُنَّ سَبَايَا فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَضَى‏. Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiya said, ‘We are for Allah -azwj and are returning to Him -azwj !