Jaun came to the battlefield...

Jaun came to the battlefield, started fighting and recited the following "rajaz" (epic verses): "O you damned ones! Did you see the fight of the African slave? See how he fights in support of the Progeny of the Holy Prophet!" After the recital of the "rajaz" Jaun made a violent attack upon the enemy, fought continuously till he killed twenty five enemies and attained martyrdom. (Muntahul Amal).

Muhammad bin Abi Talib Makki has written that when Jaun was martyred Imam Husayn came to his dead body, placed his head in his lap and prayed to Allah, "O Allah! Brighten the face of Jaun, make his sweat fragrant and give him a place with the virtuous ones in .Heaven, so that he may stay with Muhammad and his Progeny (Ahlul Bayt)".

Scholars quote Imam Muhammad Baqir who quotes his father Imam Zaynul Abidin as saying that a few days after Bani Asad had buried the dead bodies of the martyrs and gone away, they found the dead body of Jaun whose face was bright and whose dead body gave out the sweet fragrance of musk[^2]. In short, this faithful slave of Abu Dharr laid down his life for his master, Imam Husayn, fighting against Yazid bin Mu'awiyah, the Umayyad tyrant, with courage, boldness and bravery and attained martyrdom.

It is an established fact that immediately after the demise of the Holy Prophet, all his teachings and admonitions was disregarded by the hypocrites, whose only aim was to secure worldly gains and set the Prophet's teachings at naught. Some of the companions of the Holy Prophet who were staunch believers in Islam, and were imbued with his and his Ahlul Bayt's love, rose up to fight, tooth and nail, against these evil forces.

They were the true followers of and his Ahlul Bayt and took guidance from what they had said and done. There were other companions also who assumed power and authority in the name of Islam. But instead of serving the cause of Islam, they misused Islam's name and wealth for their personal and family aggrandizement. They squandered away the wealth of the nation as if it was their own property.

Among the companions there was one who went so far as to say: "By Allah, until I have exterminated the name of from the face of the earth I shall have no peace"[^3]. This resulted in the coming into being of a new trend i.e. kingship, which brought about horrors in the years to come. Such a deviation from Islam was intolerable for the true companions who could not refrain from uttering the truth even at the cost of their life.