Khabbāb complained to the Noble Prophet about this kind of torture.

Khabbāb complained to the Noble Prophet about this kind of torture. Allah’s Prophet (S) made a supplication in favor of Khabbāb. After this supplication, that woman became afflicted with a severe headache. The headache was so intense that the woman started wailing in a manner similar to that of dogs. They told her that in order for her to get relieved of this headache; someone had to hit her hard on the head with a very hot iron!

The woman ordered Khabbāb to heat a piece of iron and hit her hard on the head. Khabbāb was sick when ‘Alī ( ‘a ) went to fight the war of Siffīn. This was why he did not participate in that war and why ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib ( ‘a ) was not present in Kūfah when Khabbāb died.

When Imām ‘Alī ( ‘a ) returned from the battle of Siffīn and learnt that Khabbāb had died, he said, “May Allah reward Khabbāb ibn Aratt graciously because he accepted the divine call of Islam of his own inclination, and then obediently migrated. May Allah reward Khabbāb graciously because he was thankful with only what was enough for sustenance.” According to popular narratives, Khabbāb died in 37 AH and, according to his stated will and wish, he was buried outside the city of Kūfah.

It is said that he was the first person to be buried outside the city, because before then, every one of the Muslims who died used to be buried either in their houses or on the street next to their houses. After the death of Khabbāb, the other Muslims imitated his way and started burying their dead outside the city.[^1] [^1]: Al-Isābah, vol. 1, p. 416; Hilyah al-Awliyā’, vol. 1, p. 143; Sifat al-Safwah, vol. 1, p. 168; Zarkulī, Al-A‘lām, vol. 2, p. 301; Al-Isābah, vol. 1, p.

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