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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Husain ('a) Migration From Kufa After the people took steps to kill the beloved grandson of Allah’s Messenger (s), some righteous persons and pious men did not like to continue staying in Kufa. Of them was Abdur Rahman Quzai who left Kufa and settled down in Basra.

He said: “I shall not stay in the city where the son of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (s) was killed.” The carnage of Kerbala created a roaring wave of anxiety and frenzy in all the gatherings of Kufa and the people realized the immensity of the crime that had been committed. [1] Here comes to an end our discussion regarding the arrival of the prisoners from Ahle Bayt to Kufa and the events of that period.

Prisoners from the Family of the Prophet in Damascus Ladies of the Prophet’s family and the honorable women of the revelation recipients bore hardships and calamities during the dark days they spent in Kufa; because they had to taste the bitterness of their imprisonment, taunts of enemies and the humiliation of being held hostages in a town that was the native place of their Shias and the center of their mission. They because so much aggrieved that its intensity burns the hearts...

Let us now study the sad events that occurred during their dispatch to Damascus and the hardships that they had to experience en route. Departure of the Heads Ibn Marjana ordered that the heads of the Purified Progeny be dispatched to Damascus that they may be displayed to the people of Syria like they had been exhibited to the people of Kufa so that the hearts of people become full of the fear of Bani Umayyah and may serve as a lesson to anyone contemplating to undertake an uprising.

The heads were sent with Zajar bin Qais Jofi, Abu Burdah bin Auf Azadi and Tariq bin Zibyan Azadi. Departure of the Prophet’s Family The family of the Progeny of Prophet (s) was sent under the charge of Mahfar bin Thalaba a relative of Quraish and Shimr bin Zil Jaushan in such a way that the prisoners were tied with ropes and mounted on humps of camel as a result of which their bodies were trembling.

Abdul Basit Fakhuri says: “Then Ubaidullah readied to send the head, Ali bin al-Husain (‘a) and the family with him, in such a way that its memory makes them shiver at its cruelty.” [2] [1] Al-Ma’rif, Pg. 426 (Old Edition) [2] Tohfatul Imam Fee Mukhtasar Tarikhul Islam, Pg.