Their souls are to the battlefield accustomed Just as their...

Their souls are to the battlefield accustomed Just as their feet are to the pulpits used.[^5] Muslim Ibn ‘Awsajah said, “Are we the type of people that would abandon you?! And what excuse shall we produce before Allah for not having carried out our responsibilities towards you?! By Allah! I shall never part with you till I stab their chests with my lance and strike them with my sword so long as my hand can hold it.

And even if I have no weapon to fight them, I shall hurl stones at them till I die with you.” Sa’id Ibn ‘Abdullah al-Hanafi said, “By Allah! We shall never abandon you till Allah ascertains that we safeguarded our word to His Messenger in his absence with regard to you. By Allah!

Had I come to know that I shall be killed, then I die, then I shall be burnt alive, then my ashes will be strewn, and this will be done to me seventy times, I shall still refuse to part with you till I meet my death defending you. And why should I not do so since it is only one time's killing followed by eternal bliss?!” Zuhayr Ibn al-Qayn said, “By Allah!

I wish I will be killed, then brought back to life, then killed again, and so on for thousands of times, and that Allah, the most Exalted, the Great, will let such fighting keep you and these youths from among your (‘a) alive.” The rest of the companions made similar statements, so al-Husayn (‘a) invoked Allah to reward them well.[^6] Meanwhile, someone said to Muhammad Ibn Bashir al-Hadrami, “Your son has been captured in the outskirts of Rey.” He said, “I do not like him to be arrested while I survive him.” Al-Husayn (‘a) said to him, “You are relieved from your oath of allegiance to me; so, go and secure the release of your son.” “No, by Allah,” said he, “I shall never do so; may the wild beasts devour me should I ever part with you!” The Imam (‘a) said to him, “Then give your [other] son these five outfits so that he would utilize them in securing his brother's release,” and their value was estimated at one thousand dinars.[^7] A band raced to defend him, one that Inherited glories, young and aged.

Whoever solicits them for what he dislikes Will find them lions enraged. They rushed when a war caller called Trampling in Karbala’ the plains. Lions whose ornaments are the swords Whose clothes are the shields. They took water-bags as their eyes' decoration, They dyed their hands with ponds, Leaning as though the deer sang for them And as though they served them their cups.