I do not like being alive after his arrest.

I do not like being alive after his arrest.” Imam Husayn (a.s.) heard his words and said, “May your Allah have mercy upon you!

I lift up the pledge of allegiance from you, you may go and attempt the release of your son.” He replied, “If I separate from you, I will fall prey to the beasts”, to which the Imam replied, “Then send these Yemeni garments with your other son, so that he may release him in lieu of these.” And he handed over five garments costing a thousand gold dinars (An Islamic gold currency varying in weight, equivalent to approximately 20 dollars) to Muhammad bin Bashar.

Husayn bin Hamadan Hazeeni has related through his chain of authorities from Abu Hamza Sumali, while Sayyid Bahrani has related without quoting his chain of authorities from him, that he says that I heard from Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s.) that he said: “On the night preceding his Martyrdom, my father gathered his family and companions and said, “O people of my family and my Shi’ah!

Consider this night, which has come to you as a mounting Camel and save yourselves, for these people do not desire anyone else except me. Then after having killed me, they shall not pursue you. May Allah have mercy upon you! Save yourselves. Verily I lift the responsibil­ity of the allegiance and pledge which you have taken at my hands.” Hearing this his brothers, relatives and companions unanimously said, “By Allah O our Master! O Aba Abdillah!

We shall never betray you, so that people may say that we had abandoned our Imam, our chief and master until he was mar­tyred. Then we would seek excuses between ourselves and Allah.

And we shall not leave you until we ransom ourselves upon you.” Imam said, “Verily I shall be killed tomorrow and everyone from among yourselves too shall be killed with me, and none among you shall be spared.” To which they replied, “Praise be to Allah, that He has bestowed grace upon us to assist you, and has offered distinction to us to get martyred along with you. Then do we not like that we should be along with you in your elevated station (in Paradise) O son of the Prophet of Allah”?

Imam replied, “May Allah reward you favorably” then he prayed for them. When it dawned all of them were martyred.” Then Qasim bin Hasan (a.s.) asked, “Am I too included in the list of the martyrs”? Hearing this Imam was moved and said, “O my dear son! How do you consider death (martyrdom in the way of Allah) to be near you”?