'Umar replied...

'Umar replied: whoever dies and has no leader, dies a death of Jāhiliyyah ; and I am afraid I may die overnight without having a leader! Hajjāj heedlessly stretched his leg and said 'kiss my leg instead of my hand'!”[^2]234 'Abd Allāh b. 'Abbās. 'Abd Allāh b. 'Abbās was the Holy Prophet's (s) cousin who was born in Shi'b of Abū Tālib three years before hijrah and died in Tā'if in the year 80 A.H.

(689 C.E.) at the age of 69 while having lost his eye sight and was buried in that place.[^3]235 Amr b. Khazrajī The reasons for his not participating in the battle of Harrah can be numerous, for it is reported that he became blind and was sick toward the end of his life and since Tā'if had a pleasant climate, he went there for rest and remedy. After the martyrdom of Imam Husayn b.

'Alī ('a), Ibn 'Abbās sent a letter of condemnation to Yazīd, part of which is as follows: “… Do not suppose that I will forget your killing of Imam Husayn ('a) and the youth of the Banī 'Abd al-Muttalib who were beacons of guidance and guiding stars. Your troops left their pure bodies soiled with dust and exposed to the wind.” Yet, he wrote in another part of his letter: “You killed Husayn and his companions. Nothing is stranger to me than your seeking my companionship!

You have killed the sons of my father, and it is my blood that is dripping from your sword.”[^4] This shows that the withdrawal of 'Abd Allāh b. 'Abbās from the uprising of Medina has not been because of avoiding opposition to Umayyid rule, but it has mainly been due to his illness. Jābir b. 'Abd Allāh Ansārī . Jābir b. 'Abd Allāh b. 'Amr b. Khazrajī Ansārī Sulamī Sahābī[^5] died in Medina in 78 A.H. (687 C.E.) at the age of 74 while blinded.

Some have reported that he was the last of the Prophet's (s) companions.[^6]238 Ibn Qutayba Dīnawarī writes: “Jābir was blind during the Harrah battle. He would walk in some alleys of Medina and say: Woe to the one who frightens God and the Messenger! A man asked 'who has frightened God and the Messenger?! Jābir answered: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: Whoever frightens the people of Medina is as if frightening what is with me. The Syrian man attacked Jābir with his sword to kill him.

Marwān drove that man away and ordered to send Jābir back to his house and lock the door behind him.”[^7] Muhammad b. Hanafiyya. Muhammad b. 'Alī b. Abī Tālib b. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Hāshim b. 'Abd Manāf b. Qusayy, whose mother was Khawla daughter of Ja'far b. Qays b.