Ibn Ziyad ascended the pulpit and said...

Ibn Ziyad ascended the pulpit and said: “Praise be to Allah Who has revealed the truth and the followers [of the truth], and has given victory to the commander of the faithful, Yazid bin Mu’awiyah, and his party, and has killed the liar son of the liar: al-Husayn bin ‘Ali, and his followers.” Ibn Ziyad had not yet finished his speech when ‘Abdullah bin ‘Afif al-Azdi al-Ghamidi -who was among the Shi‘ah of ‘Ali -[lit.] may Allah honour his face, and who would hardly leave the great mosque as he used to [be busy] praying in it the whole day[^20]- sprung up as he heard [these words from] Ibn Ziyad.

He said: “The liar, son of the liar, is you and your father, and the one who appointed you as the governer [i.e. Yazid] and his father. O son of Marjanah![^21] You kill the sons of…