Al-’Abbas carried out this mission so perfectly and appreciatively.

Al-’Abbas carried out this mission so perfectly and appreciatively. He fetched water to the camp of Imam al-Husayn three times. The first time was on the seventh of Muharram, as we have already mentioned. The second time was on the ninth of Muharram.[^3] It was not a long distance between the camp of Imam al- Husayn and the River Euphrates when Shemr ibn Thi’l-Jawshan shouted at the camp of Imam al-Husayn: “You can see this water flow like reptiles.

We will never let you have a single drop from it until you join hell.” Just then al-’Abbas turned his face towards his brother and asked, “We are the right party, are we not?” “Yes, by God, we are,” answered Imam al-Husayn (a). From this answer al-’Abbas understood that his brother would permit…