Mukhtar is advised not to venture out himself for he will be...

Mukhtar is advised not to venture out himself for he will be immediately recognised; one Bashir volunteers to go to Sakariya; he goes out in tattered clothes and at the Sakariya checkpoint, he is stopped and questioned as to how come he is out during the curfew; he explains that he is a visitor from outside Kufa and is coming to meet his relative in Sakariya; but on the way, he was robbed by Mukhtar's men who stole his luggage, and curses Mukhtar and his men; this cursing finds favour with the guards and they let Bashir through.

Once in Sakariya, Bashir informs the district leader of the change of date due to the events; least it be a trap, the leader questions Bashir in detail to prove his identity and asks for a password, the answers to which only a man in Mukhtar's inner group could have given; once convinced, the Sakariyans come out and battle at the checkpoints, on their way to the agreed meeting point; some people venture into other districts to spread the news of the change of plan.

Ibrahim goes to the various checkpoints in turn, which are manned by prominent Kerbala killers, and eliminates the main guards who are either killed or run away; for example, at a first checkpoint, Umar Hajjaj is with about five hundred soldiers; Ibrahim kills Umar Hajjaj and some of his men, but most manage to escape; at a second checkpoint, Ibrahim kills Zahr Qays.

Ibrahim proceeds from district to district, but his force of initially five hundred men is decreasing due to the battles fought, but the opposite side's force was being increasingly reinforced.

Meanwhile, the word has spread among Mukhtar's supporters of the change of plan, and they all come out to meet at the governor's palace; Ibrahim is busy mobilising, and in some cases, he encounters units carrying the banner "Ya ala siratil Husein", who tell Ibrahim that they know of the change of date because the people from Sakariya came to their districts to inform them. Previous…