I saw him pale and in profound grief.

I saw him pale and in profound grief." So I asked: "How come I see you in this state of grief, O messenger of Allah!" He said: "I have been digging the graves of al-Husayn and his companions tonight." The Jinns and Al-Husayn He said: Abu Hafs Umar ibn Muhammad reported to me from ‘Ali ibn al-Abbas, who reported from Abdul Karim ibn Muhammad, who reported from Sulaiman ibn Muqbil al-Harith, who reported from Mahfooz ibn al-Munzar, who reported from an elder of Banu Tameem, who lived at al-Rabiya.

He said: I heard my father say that they did not know of al-Husayn's martyrdom till evening of Ashura. He said: I was sitting at al-Rabiya with some people from that district, and we heard a voice saying: "By Allah, I have not come to you till I had seen at Kerbala, the head cut off, with two dusty cheeks! And around him, young men whose throats spurt out blood, and like lamps spreading light in the darkness.

I prodded my camel (to run) so that I could meet them before the reticent ones go to meet the Houris. But the destiny prevented me, and Allah would fulfil it, And the command of Allah was a determined fate. Al-Husayn was a lamp from which light was obtained. Allah knows that I have never lied, May Allah bless the body, which has been contained by al-Husayn's grave, as a good companion.

In the neighbourhood of the Prophet in the chambers, and of ‘Ali and al-Tayyar, pleased and satisfied." So we said: "May Allah bless you with mercy, who are you?" He said: "My father and I are Jinn of Nasibayn. We intended to help al-Husayn, peace be upon him, and assist him with our lives. So we proceeded from Haj, but reached him when they had been killed.

Zainab bint ‘Ali's address at Kufa He said: Abu Ubaidullah Muhammad ibn Imran al-Marzbani reported from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Jawhari, who reported from Muhammad ibn Mahran, who reported from Musa ibn Abdul Rehman al-Masrooq, from Umar ibn Abdul Wahid, from Ismail ibn Rashid who reported from Hazlam ibn Sateer, who said : I arrived at Kufa in Muharram of 61 Hijrah as ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn was departing with the ladies from Kerbala, surrounded by the troops. People gathered to have a sight of them.

When he approached with the ladies sitting on unsaddled camels, the women of Kufa began weeping and wailing. I heard ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn say with a feeble voice as he was exhausted by ailment, and around his neck was a neckband, and his hands were tied to the neck.