Abdulla Omar writes to Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree in Kufa...

Abdulla Omar writes to Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree in Kufa explaining of his relationship to Mukhtar and demanding his immediate release; Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree gets the letter and is aware of Abdulla Omar's influence; Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree reasons that the imprisonment of Mukhtar was not a decree from his master Abdulla Zobayr in Mecca, but was due to intense local pressure; so releasing Mukhtar was not a violation of any decree from Abdulla Zobayr.

The local perpetrators of Kerbala are against Mukhtar's release for fear of their own lives; Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree is torn between the order from Abdulla Omar and the protests of these locals; he finally decides to release Mukhtar with some conditions for his freedom.

Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree sends for Mukhtar and makes him promise that he will not try stirring up any opposition against himself (Abdulla Yazeed Ansaree), or the penalty will be the sacrifice of a thousand livestock and the freeing of all Mukhtar's slaves.

Mukhtar promises in front of witnesses to agree to the conditions and he is released; on giving the promise in order to be released, Mukhtar was confident that the sacrifice of a thousand livestock and the freeing of his salves was of little material significance to him compared to the pursuit of the Kerbala perpetrators. One source says that Mukhtar was imprisoned again for the third time and manages to obtain his freedom once more. Previous…