When the horsemen came back to charge at them again...

When the horsemen came back to charge at them again, al-Husayn's men met them with their arrows, killing some of them and wounding others.[^13] ‘Amr Ibn al-Hajjaj kept saying the following to his men, “Fight those who abandoned their creed and who deserted the jama’a !” Hearing him say so, al-Husayn (‘a) said to him, “Woe unto you, O ‘Amr! Are you really instigating people to fight me?! Are we really the ones who abandoned their creed while you yourself uphold it?!

As soon as our souls part from our bodies, you will find out who is most worthy of entering the fire!”[^14] Muslim Ibn Awsajah ‘Amr Ibn…