Yet, others contend that the incident of buying henna was on...

Yet, others contend that the incident of buying henna was on an earlier and entirely different occasion and the conversation was between Habib, Maytham and Kumail. According to the first version, on seeing the letter, Habib returned the henna to the shopkeeper saying, “ Henna is of no use to me now.

My white beard will become red with my own blood .” According to the second version, on reading the letter, Habib got up from the dinner and told his wife, “ I bequeath you all that I posses and I hereby divorce you .” His wife sorrowfully asked about the cause for this. Habib informed her that he was leaving in response to Imam Husayn’s call to join him as he was surrounded by Yazid’s forces. He…