Ibn Ziyad dealt with him hastily and killed him.

Ibn Ziyad dealt with him hastily and killed him. May Allah kill him!” Yahya bin al-Hakam said: “You will be distanced from Muhammad on the Day of Resurrection. I shall never work together with you again.” Then he stood up and went away.[^11] [Before] Yazid bin Mu’awiyah took his place, he summoned the noblemen of Sham and seated them around him. Then he called in ‘Ali bin al-Husayn and the children and womenfolk of al-Husayn (as). They were brought in, while the people were looking [at them].

They were seated in front of [Yazid]. When he saw their disheveled state, he said: “May Allah disgrace Ibn Marjanah! If there was any relation or kinship between you and him, he would not have done this to you, nor would he have sent you in this condition!” Yazid then said to ‘Ali [bin al-Husayn (as)]: “O ‘Ali! Your father cut the bond of kinship with me and showed ignorance of my rights and contested my leadership.

So Allah treated him in the way you have seen.” ‘Ali (as) replied: “No affliction visits the earth or yourselves but it is in a book before We bring it about.”[^12] So Yazid said to him: “Whatever affliction that may visit you is because of what your hands have earned, though He excuses many [an offense].”[^13],[^14] Fatimah, daughter of ‘Ali[^15] (as) says: “When we were seated before Yazid bin Mu’awiyah, a man with a red face from the people of Sham stood up and said: “O commander of the faithful!

Give me this one as a gift”, and he meant me. I shuddered and became afraid, thinking that it is allowed for them to do that. So I caught hold of the garment of my sister, Zainab. She was [then] older and more matured than I was, and she knew that that would not happen. She said to [the man]: “You are a liar –by Allah- and have showed your lowliness! Such a thing is neither for you [to decide] nor for him.” Yazid was enraged and said [to Zainab]: “By Allah, you are a liar!

That is for me [to decide]. If I wish to do that, I can do it!” She said: “No by Allah! Allah has not given you that [right], unless if you were to leave our faith and profess belief in another religion.” [Hearing this] Yazid became distraught with anger and was agitated. He said: “Are you saying this in front of me?