Abu’l-Hakam asked about his father...

Abu’l-Hakam asked about his father, saying: “The people are talking about my father, but your view, whatever it is, is the criterion.” At that moment the Imam ( ‘a ) praised Mukhtar and prayed for God to have mercy on him, saying: “Glory be to Allah! My father said that the affection of my mother was from the property that Mukhtar sent to my father.” And the Imam ( ‘a ) said many times: “May God have mercy upon your father! He did not allow for our right to be trampled.

He killed our murderers and did not permit our blood to be disregarded.” Imam as-Sadiq ( ‘a ) also said: “In our family there was a woman who did not comb and apply henna to her hair until Mukhtar sent the heads of the murderers of al-Husayn (…