So Sa’d ibn Abi waqqas'” got up and asked, “O Amir-ul-Momineen -asws !

So Sa’d ibn Abi waqqas'” got up and asked, “O Amir-ul-Momineen -asws ! Tell me about the number of hairs that I have on my head and in my beard?” Amir-ul-Momineen -asws replied, “I say it by Allah -zawj that my -asws dear, the Rasool Allah -saww , informed me -asws that you would be asking me this question.

There is a Shaytan rooted in every strand of hair on your head and in your beard and there is a baby sheep in your house who will kill my son, Hussain -asws .” (‘Abd Al-Samin/Asbagh added), ”’Umar ibn Sa’d (the killer of Imam Hussain -asws ) was a child then and he was playing in front of his father (Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas).

[19] The narrator of the Hadith says: Hussain -asws Ibn Ali -asws said: I -asws say it by the One -zawj who has the life of Hussain -asws in His -zawj Hand, that the Bani Umayyah will kill me and they will not be satisfied with their government until they kill me -asws .

Verily, if they kill me -asws , the people will never be able to pray in congregation nor will they ever be able to spend ZAKAT (charity) in the way of Allah again.” Verily, my -asws family and I -asws are the first ones killed by this nation. I say by the One who has the life of Hussain -asws in His -zawj Hand that the Day of Judgement will not come as long as there is even one man from the Bani Hashim who is enjoying his Iife.

[20] , [21] The Shirt of Imam Hussain when He was Martyred: Imam Abu Jafar -asws (our 5 th Imam -asws ) has said that when Al-Hussain was martyred, he wore a dark coloured Jubbah (long shirt). They found thirty-three torn spots in it because of being hit with sword, spears or shooting arrows.

[22] The Letters of Imam Hussain: The narrator of the Hadith says: Abu Ja’far (Imam Baqir -asws ) said: Hussain Ibn ‘Ali -asws wrote a letter in Makkah to Muhammad read: In the name of Allah -zawj , Most Gracious, Most Merciful From Hussain ibn ‘Ali -asws to Mubammad ibn ‘Ali -asws and to those with him from among the Bani Hashim: Verily those who join me will be martyred and those who stay behind will not achieve victory. Wassalam.

[23] The narrator of the Hadith says: Abu Ja’far (Imam Baqir -asws ) said: Imam Hussain -asws Ibn ‘Ali -asws wrote a letter from Karbala to Mubammad Ibn ‘Ali -asws which read: In the name of Allah -zawj , Most Gracious, Most Merciful From Hussain -asws Ibn ‘Ali -asws to Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali -asws and to those with him from among the Bani Hashim: It is as if this life never existed and the Hereafter has always existed. Wassalam.