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=== Bringing Water === | === Bringing Water === | ||
On the 7th of Muharram, when [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]] ordered [['Umar b. Sa'd]] to subdue Husayn (a) and his companions and prevent their access to the water of the [[Euphrates]], Imam (a) called al-'Abbas and sent 30 horsemen with 20 foot soldiers with him to fill leather bottles with water and return to the camp. | On the 7th of Muharram, when [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]] ordered [['Umar b. Sa'd]] to subdue Husayn (a) and his companions and prevent their access to the water of the [[Euphrates]], Imam (a) called al-'Abbas and sent 30 horsemen with 20 foot soldiers with him to fill leather bottles with water and return to the camp.<ref>al- Tabari, ''Tarikh Tabari (Trikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk)'', vol. 5, p. 412; Sibt b. Jawzi, ''adhkirat al-khawas'', p. 152; al-Amin, ''A'yan al-Shi'a'', vol. 7, p. 430; Isfahani, ''Maqatil al-talibiyyin'', p. 78; Ibn A'tham, ''al-Futuh'', vol. 5, . 92</ref> | ||
On the day of 'Ashura', he (a) went again to Euphrates to bring water by the order of Imam (a), but when he filled a leather bottle, on the way back to the tents, they shot his leather bottle and martyred him. | On the day of 'Ashura', he (a) went again to Euphrates to bring water by the order of Imam (a), but when he filled a leather bottle, on the way back to the tents, they shot his leather bottle and martyred him. | ||