Fie upon them for what they shall see tomorrow in Qiyamah...
Fie upon them for what they shall see tomorrow in Qiyamah, and shall groan and wail in (the fire of) hell.” Then Imam Husayn (a.s.) gathered his sons, brothers, relatives around him and wept for some time and said, “O Allah! We are the progeny of Your Prophet. These people have dragged us out of our houses and have driven us and have constrained us from the place of our Grandfather (Madina). The Bani Umayyah have oppressed us. O Allah!
Take away our rights from them and help us over these tyrants.” Then he proceeded from there and on Wednesday or Thursday entered Karbala on the second of Muharram 61 A.H. Then he turned towards his companions and said, “People are the slaves of this world and Religion is only a lip-service for them, and they will take care of it until it is pleasurable, and when the crucible of trials approaches, only a few religious ones remain.” Then he asked, “Is this place Karbala”?