We cannot bear your separation!
We cannot bear your separation!” But he did not pay them any attention because he could easily see how his enemies were to the end determined to spill his pure blood. He sought his father's permission then came out riding a horse belonging to al-Husayn (‘a) named Lahiq.[^7] From the camp of Layla, mother of ‘Ali al-Akbar and daughter of Maymuna daughter of Abu Sufyan,[^8] a man shouted, “O ‘Ali !
You have kinship with the commander of the faithful Yazid, and we wish to safeguard it; so, if you wish, we can grant you security.” He (‘a), said, “The kinship I have with the Messenger of Allah, peace of Allah and His blessings be upon him and his progeny, is now more worthy of being safeguarded,”[^9] then he recited these rajaz verses, identifying his holy self and his sublime objective: I am ‘Ali son of al-Husayn son of ‘Ali We, by the House's Lord, are more worthy of the Nabi. By Allah!
We shall never be ruled by the da’i With the sword shall I defend my family And strike like a young Hashemi, Qarashi![^10] Al-Husayn (‘a) could not help flooding his eyes with tears[^11] and shouted at ‘Umar Ibn Sa’d: “What is the matter with you?!
May Allah cut off your lineage just as you have cut off mine and just as you have not respected my kinship to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny, and may He send upon you someone to slay you on your own bed!”[^12] Then he uncovered his hair and raised his hands to the heavens supplicating thus: “ O Allah!
Bear witness against these folks that a man who looks most like Your Messenger Muhammad in his physique, manners, and eloquence [^13] has come out to fight them! Whenever we missed seeing Your Prophet, we would look at him. O Allah! Deprive them of the blessings of the earth, create dissension among them, and make them into many parties, and do not let their rulers ever be pleased with them, for they invited us to support us, then they transgressed on us and fought us!
” Then he recited the Qur’anic verse saying, “Allah surely chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over all people, offspring of one another, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing (Qur’an, 3:34).” [^14] He kept charging at their right and left wings, diving in their midst.