He launched into attack like a raging lion and struck Umar b.

He launched into attack like a raging lion and struck Umar b. Sad b. Nufayl with his sword. That man tried to fend off the blow with his arm but his arm was cut off from the elbow, and he gave a great shriek (of pain) which was (even) heard by the people in the camp. As al-Husayn, peace be on him, turned away from him, the cavalry of Kufa attacked in order to save him but they (only succeeded) in trampling him to death beneath the horses' hooves, and the dust rose.

I saw al-Husayn, peace be on him, standing by the head of the young lad, looking at his feet and al-Husayn, peace be on him was saying: May the people who have caused your death perish. For the one who will oppose them on the Day of Resurrection on your behalf will be your grandfather (Ali, or great grandfather, i.e. the Prophet). Then he continued: By God, it is hard on your uncle that you called him and he did not answer you, or rather he answered but your cry was (too late) to help you.

For by God, those who kill his relatives are many but those who help him are few. Then he carried him in his arms. It is just as if (even now) I am looking at the two legs of the boy making marks (as they trail) on the ground. He took him and put him with his son, 'Ali b. al-Husayn, peace be on them both, and the other members of the household who had been slain. I asked about the boy and was told that he was al-Qasim b. al-Hasan b. Ali b. Abl Talib, peace be on them.

Then al-Husayn, peace be on him, sat in front of the tent. He brought his son, 'Abd Allah b. al-Husayn, peace be on him, who was (just) a baby and sat him on his knee. But one of the Banu Asad shot an arrow which slaughtered the child. Al-Husayn, peace be on him, caught the child's blood in the palm of his hand.

When his palm was full, he poured (the blood) on to the ground and said: O Lord, if it be so that You have kept the help of Heaven from us, then let it be because (Your purpose) is better than (immediate help). Take vengeance on these people who are (such) oppressors. Then he carried the child and laid him with the (other) members of his household who had been slain. (Just then) Abd Allah b. Uqba al-Ghanawi shot an arrow at Abu Bakr b. al-Hasan b. Ali, peace be on them, and killed him.

When al-Abbas b. Ali saw the number of his family who had been killed, he said to his brothers on his mother's side, Abd Allah, Ja'far and Uthman: My brothers through my mother, go forward so that I may see that you have remained true to God and His Apostle.