Ibn al-Jawzi further adds...

Ibn al-Jawzi further adds: “[After trampling the body,] they found a black spot on his back. So they inquired about it and were told: “He used to carry food on his back at night to the needy people of Madinah.” [^7]: Al-Tabari (5:455): “Hisham reports: ‘My father has related to me from Nawwar, daughter of Malik bin ‘Aqrab -who was a Hadhrami, and the wife of Khauliyy, that she said: ‘Khauliyy came with the head of al-Husayn (as) and put it under a [large] vessel in the house.

He then entered the room and went to sleep. I asked him: ‘What are the news? What have you brought?’ He replied: ‘I…