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Verily, I prefer to be killed on a mound with red dust than being killed in the Haram.”’ [16] Abu Ja’far (Imam Baqir -asws ) said: ‘(Imam) Hussain -asws left Makkah one day. ‘Abdullah Ibn Zubayr accompanied him -asws and said, “O Abi ‘Abd Allah -asws ! The season of Hajj has come and you are leaving Makkah to go to Iraq?” (Imam) Hussain -asws replied, “O son of Zubayr!

Verily, I -asws prefer to be buried by the shore of the Euphrates (River) than to be buried inside the Ka’bah.”’ [17] The Words of Abu Dharr Ghafari on the Shahadat of Imam Hussain -asws : The narrator of the Hadith says: On the day when ‘Uthman expelled Abu Dhar to Rabadhah, people said to him, “O Aba Dhar! Rejoice, for verily this (suffering) is little in the way of Allah -zawj , the Exalted.” Abu Dharra replied: How insignificant this (suffering) is (in the way of Allah -zawj )!

But how will you feel when Hussain -asws Ibn ‘Ali -asws is slaughtered – in such a terrible way?! I swear to Allah -zawj that no killing will be greater than the killing of Hussain -asws in (the history of) Islam. Verily, Allah -zawj will Unsheathe His -zawj sword against this nation and Allah -zawj will never sheathe it again. Verily, Allah -zawj will Send an avenger from the progeny of Hussain -asws who will seek revenge against the people.

I swear to Allah -zawj that If you knew about (the grief) which will overcome the inhabitants of the seas, the mountains, the hills, the trees, and the heavens as a result of the killing of Hussain -asws you would cry so (intensely) that your soul would leave (your bodies). Seventy thousand angels will be alarmed in every sky through which the soul of Hussain -asws will pass (after he -asws will be martyred).

They will all stand up (for him -asws ) while their joints will be shaking (in awe of Hussain -asws ) until the Day of Judgement. Every cloud that passes, each (roar of) thunder, and every (strike of) lightning curses the killers of Hussain -asws . Every day the soul of Hussain -asws is presented to the Messenger of Allah -saww and they meet one another.

[18] Imam Ali -asws Named of the Killers of Hussain -asws Before Time: The narrator of the Hadith says: (One day) while Amir-ul-Momineen -asws was delivering a sermon to the people he said, “Ask me before you lose me! I swear to Allah -zawj that I will answer (your questions about) anything you might ask that has happened in the past or will happen in the future.