We shall support and help you, be sincere to you and pay allegiance to you.

We shall support and help you, be sincere to you and pay allegiance to you.” Al-Husayn (as) replied him: “Indeed, my father informed me that: ‘A ram ( kabsh ) in Makkah shall violate the sanctity of [the haram ].’ So I do not like to be that ram!”[^11],[^12] So Ibn al-Zubair said to him: “Get closer to me O son of Fatimah, so al-Husayn (as) lent his ear to him and he whispered something to him.

[‘Abdullah and Mudhri say that] al-Husayn (as) then turned to us and said: “Do you know what Ibn al-Zubair is saying?” “We do not know, may Allah make us your ransom”, we said. [Al-Husayn (as)] said: “He told me: ‘Stay in this mosque and I will gather the people around you.’” Then al-Husayn (as) said: “By Allah, it is more lovable for me to be killed a span away from the [ haram ] than to be killed inside it by just a span!

I swear by Allah, even if I were to be in the hole of an insect, [these people] will pull me out [of it] in order to get what they want from me. By Allah, I shall be wronged [and the law of Allah be violated in my regard] as the Jews had violated the [sanctity of the] Sabbath.”[^13],[^14] The Stand of ‘Amru bin Sa’id al-Ashdaq When al-Husayn (as) was departing from Makkah, the messengers of ‘Amru bin Sa’id bin al-Ass[^15] led by Yahya bin Sa’id[^16] sought to block his way. They…