He said to him, “Take your wooden stick away, I swear upon Allah!

He said to him, “Take your wooden stick away, I swear upon Allah! I have countless times seen the Prophet of Allah kiss those two lips.” Then, Zayd ibn Arqam started crying.[^7] Umm Salamah cried for Imam al-Husayn (as) When Umm Salamah was told that Imam al-Husayn (as) had been killed, she said, “Have they really done this?

May Allah fill their graves with fire!” Then, she broke down and cried so much that she passed out.[^8] Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan Basri cried for al-Husayn (as) Zuhri says, “When al-Hasan Basri was informed that Imam al-Husayn (as) had been killed, he cried so much that his cheeks got wet with tears.

Then, he said, ‘May the people who have killed the son of their own Prophet’s daughter be abased…’”[^9] Rabi‘ ibn Khuthaym cried for Imam al-Husayn (as) One of the people among the tabi‘in who mourned for Imam al-Husayn’s (as) suffering was Rabi‘ ibn Khuthaym.

Sibt ibn Jawzi narrates, “When Rabi‘ was informed that Imam al-Husayn (as) had been killed, he cried and said, ‘They have killed youths whom the Prophet loved to look at, used to feed with his own hands, and sat on his knees’.”[^10] The people of Kufah cried for Imam al-Husayn (as) When the caravan of captives reached Kufah, all the people came to see the womenfolk of the Prophet’s Household. Sounds of crying and wailing rose high.

The women and men of Kufah, while yelling and rending their collars, cried for the captives.[^11] The generation that came after the Prophet’s companions cried for Imam al-Husayn (as) ‘A’ishah bint al-Shati says, “The year 65 AH had not yet arrived when the loud cries of the tawwabin were heard, ‘O blood of al-Husayn!’ [ ya al-tharat al-Husayn! ] These cries sent a quake under the feet of Bani Umayyah.

The people had never before been seen to cry as much as they did on that day. They stayed there for twenty four hours…”[^13] [^1]: Tarikh Ibn Kathir, vol. 11, pp. 29-30; Tadhkirah al-Huffaz, vol. 2, p. 164; Ibn Athir, Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 364; Al-Hakim al-Neyshaburi, Al-Mustadrak ‘ala al-Sahihayn, vol. 3, p.