His Eminence picked him and carried him to those people in...

His Eminence picked him and carried him to those people in order to arouse their sentiments. Perhaps they would allow some water for him. He brought him before them shading him from the sun with his cloak.

He asked them to give a little water to him but the hearts of those mutated people were not moved and the decadent oppressor, Hurmula bin Kahil aimed an arrow at him; the villain smiled and boasted to his colleagues and said: “Take this arrow and quench his thirst.” That arrow – O my God – split open the neck of the infant.

When he felt the pain of the arrow he took out his hands from his wrapping and began to thrash his limbs [1] Waseelatul Maal fee idda manaqibul Aal [2] Abul Fath bin Sadqa, Durarul Afkaar fee Wasaful Sifwatul Akhyaar , Pg. 38 [3] Majlisi, Biharul Anwar 45/46 on his father’s chest like a slaughtered bird.

That infant looked up to the sky and submitted his life on the hands of his father…it was a scene that bursts hearts and seals tongues by its fearsomeness…Imam (‘a) raised his hands full of that pure blood and threw it to the sky in such a way that according to Imam Baqir (‘a) not a drop fell to the ground. Then he spoke confidentially to the Lord and beseeched Him greatly, saying: “Whatever befalls me, makes it easier for me to be in Your presence. O Allah!

In Your view this child should not be less important than the She-Camel of Prophet Salih. My Lord! If it be so that You have kept the help of Heaven from us, then let it be because Your purpose is better than immediate help. Take vengeance on these people who are such oppressors. And make it a treasure for us in the Hereafter that which has befallen us in this world. O Allah!

You are the witness of the people who have killed the one most resembling Your Prophet, Muhammad (s).” Then Imam (‘a) dismounted and with the scabbard, dug a grave for his child and buried the body which was bathed with blood. And it is also said that he kept him alongside the other martyrs. [1] O Aba Abdillah! May Allah help to bear the hardships that none of the prophets had to bear and those calamities that no reformer had to suffer.

Steadfastness of the Holy Imam (‘a) Imam (‘a) stood alone in the field facing his enemies while those terrible tragedies had increased the faith and certainty of His Eminence. With a fresh face and satisfied with the position of perpetual Garden to which he will soon depart.