the Banu Umayyah]?

the Banu Umayyah]?! They will only treat you the way you wish and nothing detestful will touch you from them!” Al-Husayn (as) said: “You are the brother of your brother [i.e. Muhammad bin al-Ash’ath]. Do you want the Banu Hashim to seek [retribution] from you for more than the blood of Muslim bin ‘Aqil?! Nay by Allah, I will not give them my hand like one who has been humiliated, nor will I submit [to their demands] like the submission ( iqrar ) of the slaves![^16] O servants of Allah!

‘I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me.’[^17] ‘Indeed I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord from every…