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==Muslim's Arrest and Martyrdom== | ==Muslim's Arrest and Martyrdom== | ||
When Muslim was left alone and without shelter, he took refuge in the house of a woman called Taw'a. However, in the morning, Taw'a's son informed governmental agents about Muslim's hideout. Ibn Ziyad sent Muhammad b. Ash'ath with seventy other people to arrest Muslim and take him to the palace. | When Muslim was left alone and without shelter, he took refuge in the house of a woman called [[Taw'a]]. However, in the morning, Taw'a's son informed governmental agents about Muslim's hideout. Ibn Ziyad sent [[Muhammad b. Ash'ath]] with seventy other people to arrest Muslim and take him to the palace.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 81, Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 350.</ref> | ||
After skirmishes between Muslim and governmental forces, Muhammad b. Ash'ath told Muslim that he would be safe if he surrenders himself. Thus, Muslim surrendered himself and was taken to the palace. However, Ibn Ziyad rejected Ibn Ash'ath's safe conduct, and after arguments between him and Muslim, he commanded Bukayr b. Hamran (who was injured in a skirmish with Muslim) to take Muslim to the roof of the palace and then decapitate him. When Muslim was beheaded, his torso was thrown down of the palace. | After skirmishes between Muslim and governmental forces, Muhammad b. Ash'ath told Muslim that he would be safe if he surrenders himself. Thus, Muslim surrendered himself and was taken to the palace.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 5, p. 350 and 374.</ref> However, Ibn Ziyad rejected Ibn Ash'ath's safe conduct, and after arguments between him and Muslim, he commanded [[Bukayr b. Hamran]]<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 83; Ibn Athīr, ''al-Kāmil'', vol. 4, p. 35.</ref> (who was injured in a skirmish with Muslim) to take Muslim to the roof of the palace and then decapitate him.<ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', p. 53-63.</ref> When Muslim was beheaded, his torso was thrown down of the palace.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Murūj al-dhahab'', vol. 3, p. 65; Kamaraʾī, ''ʿUnṣur-i shujāʿat'', vol. 4, p. 773.</ref> | ||
According to historical accounts, Muslim was worried about Imam al-Husayn. Thus, he asked 'Umar b. Sa'd, who was from the Quraysh, to hear and enforce his will. His first will was that someone be sent to the Imam to dissuade him from going to Kufa. The second will was that his corpse be shrouded and then buried, and the third was that his debts be paid by selling his sword and other items at his disposal. | According to historical accounts, Muslim was worried about Imam al-Husayn. Thus, he asked [['Umar b. Sa'd]], who was from the Quraysh, to hear and enforce his will. His first will was that someone be sent to the Imam to dissuade him from going to Kufa. The second will was that his corpse be shrouded and then buried, and the third was that his debts be paid by selling his sword and other items at his disposal.<ref>Qummī, ''Nafas al-mahmūm fī muṣībat sayyidinā al-Ḥusayn al-mazlūm'', p. 106; Jaʿfarīyān, ''Taʾammulī dar nahḍat-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 168.</ref> | ||
After Muslim's martyrdom, Ibn Ziyad commanded the murder of Hani b. 'Urwa as well and then sent their heads to al-Sham to Yazid b. Mu'awiya. | After Muslim's martyrdom, Ibn Ziyad commanded the murder of [[Hani b. 'Urwa]] as well and then sent their heads to al-Sham to [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]].<ref>Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 5, p. 62.</ref> | ||
==The Reason for the Failure of the Uprising of Kufa and Muslim's Mission== | ==The Reason for the Failure of the Uprising of Kufa and Muslim's Mission== | ||