Why do you not have some mercy on us?

Why do you not have some mercy on us?” He said, “I have no mercy for you in my heart.” They asked if they could pray for a few minutes. He laughed and said, “Go pray as much as you like! Prayer will not help you!” They prayed four units, then raised their faces towards heaven, and said, “O, God! The best Judge! Judge between us and this man by truth.” When they were done, he chopped off the head of the older one first. The younger one hugged his dead brother’s body.

The man said, “Do not cry, I am going to let you join him soon,” and then killed him. He dropped the bodies in the river and took the heads to Ibn Ziyad. Ibn Ziyad was sitting on his throne.

When he recognized the heads, he asked, “How did you get them?” After the man explained the whole story, Ibn Ziyad said, “So, they were your guests and you did not respect the rights of guests in your own home?” Then Ibn Ziyad said, “God is indeed the best judge, and you deserve to be killed in the same spot where you killed them. Why did you not bring them to me?” He ordered someone to take him to the same spot and kill him.

While the guards took him down the streets of Kufah, children followed behind him, yelling at him and telling everyone that he is the killer of the People of the House of the Prophet. According to Mazarat Ahl ul‑Bayt, page 93, “Their grave site is near al-Musayyab, on the way to Baghdad. Their names are Muhammad and Ibrahim.

Apparently, their bodies were taken out of the river and buried immediately by some kind Muslims.” [^1]: Prophet Mohammad honored Ja’far Ibn Abi Talib with the title of Dhu’l-Janahayn (the one with two wings) after he had been martyred in the battle of Mu’ta and lost his two hands there. Hence, as Prophet Mohammad foretold, God will give Ja’far two wings instead of his two cut off hands in Paradise. With these two wings, Ja’far will fly in Paradise anywhere he likes. Previous…