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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Maqtal al-Husayn In Syria When they were near Damascus, Umm Kulthum sent a message to al-Shimr asking him to let them enter the city from the least crowded highway, and to take the heads out so that people might be diverted by looking at them rather than looking at the women. He escorted them as they were in a condition from which skins would shiver and senses quiver.

Al-Shimr instead ordered his men to take the captives for display before onlookers and to place the severed heads in their midst.[^1] On the first day of Safar, they entered Damascus[^2] and were stopped at the Clocks Gate.[^3] People came out carrying drums and trumpets in excitement and jubilation.

A man came close to Sukayna and asked her, “What captives are you all from?” She said, “We are captives belonging to the family of Muhammad (S).”[^4] Yazid was sitting at a surveillance outpost overlooking the mountain of Jayrun.

When he saw the captives with the heads planted atop the spears as their throng came close, a crow croaked, whereupon he composed these verses: When those conveyances drew nigh And the heads on the edge of Jayrun, The crow croaked so said I: Say whatever you wish to say Or say nothing at all, The Messenger this very day What he owed me he did repay.[^5] It is due to these verses that Ibn al-Jawzi and Abu Ya’li, the judge, as well as al-Taftazani and Jalal al-Suyuti permitted cursing Yazid and labelling him as kafir .[^6] Sahl Ibn Sa’d al-Sa’idi came close to Sukayna daughter of al-Husayn (‘a) and asked her, “Is there anything I can do for you?” She asked him to pay the man who was carrying the head some money and to ask him in return to stay away from the women so that people would be distracted by looking at the head instead of looking at the women.

Sahl did so.[^7] An elderly man came near al-Sajjad and said, “Praise be to Allah Who annihilated you and Who granted the governor the upper hand over you!” At such a juncture, the Imam poured of his own kindness over that poor [ignorant] man who was brainwashed by falsehood in order to bring him closer to the truth and to show him the path of guidance.

Such are the (‘a): their light shines over those whom they know to be pure of heart and pure of essence and, as such, who are ready to receive guidance. He (‘a), asked the man, “Have you read the Qur’an, O shaikh ?” The man answered al-Sajjad in the affirmative.