He came to Mecca and here he received the deputation from...

He came to Mecca and here he received the deputation from Kufa with the persistent implorations to go and guide them on the right path of the faith against the straying away from the faith forced on them with the infidelity and aodlessncss spread all over the country. Husain could neither blindly accept the call from Kufa, for the Kufees who were known for their unstable character and unsettled conduct, if later turn treacherous, the world would question .

Husain's ready response to their call without the necessary caution. Therefore Husain decided to send a deputy of his to Kufa to write to him after studying the sincerity in the invitation. Muslim the Holy Imam's Deputy to Kufa THE HOLY IMAM commanded his cousin Muslim, son of Aqeel, to proceed to Kufa and to report from there, after studying the honafide of thc call from the people of the place On 14th Ramadhan 6o A.H. Muslim left Mecca with two guides of the route.

Muslim took two young sons of his, along with him. The party lost their way and both the guides perished in the desert. Muslim taking the death of the guides as an inauspicious omen and reaching a halting place called 'Muzeeq min Batne Jannat' wrote to the Holy Imam informing him of the fate of the guides and requesting him to spare him and depute someone in his stead.

The Holy Imam wrote back to Muslim saying:- " This is from Husain son of Ameerul Momineen Ali ibne Abi Taleb, to cousin Muslim son of Aqeel. Verily I have heard my Grandfather, the Holy Prophet, saying that we Ahlul- Bait take not omens from events extraordinary. The moment thou receivest this letter, proceed thou as I have commanded thee. Peace and the blessings of God be with thee." Muslim receiving the reply continued his journey and somehow reached Kufa.

Muslim in Kufa THE KUFEES GAVE Muslim a very warm reception and thousands of them paid their 'Bait' to the Holy Imam on the hands of Muslim. Poor Muslim, impressed with and guided by the enthusiasm of the deceitful Kufees and not knowing what would befall him the very next day, wrote a letter to Husain to go over to Kufa.

When the letter inviting the Holy Imam had gone with a favourable report about the situation at Kufa, Muslim learnt of the treachery, i.e., the turn of the tide of the situation. Yazid, having learnt of Muslim's arrival at Kufa as the Deputy of the Holy Imam and the Kufees having paid their homage to the Holy Imam, as their religious head, sent Ibne Zaid to handle the situation in his favour.