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On the evening of [[Tasu'a]], [[Shimr]] went near the tents of the caravan of Imam al-Husayn (a), and offered | On the evening of [[Tasu'a]], [[Shimr]] went near the tents of the caravan of Imam al-Husayn (a), and offered clemency for the sons of [[Umm al-Banin]], including al-'Abbas,<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 183</ref> but al-'Abbas ignored him, until [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] asked him to reply to Shimr. Al-'Abbas told Shimr, "May your hands be cut and curse [of God] be upon your clemency. O the enemy of God! You suggest us to abandon our brother and master al-Husayn (a), son of [[Fatima (a)]], and join the accursed, sons of the accursed?! You give us clemency while the son of [[the Prophet (s)]] [Husayn b. Ali (a)] is not safe?!"<ref>Ibn Aʿtham, ''al-Futūḥ'', vol. 5, p. 94; Māzandarānī, ''Maʿālī l-sibtayn'', vol. 1, p. 433; Abū Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-ṭaff'', p. 219-220 </ref> | ||
Shimr called al-Abbas his nephew because Shimr and al-'Abbas' mother, Umm al-Banin, were from the same tribe i.e., Banu Kilab. | Shimr called al-Abbas his nephew because Shimr and al-'Abbas' mother, Umm al-Banin, were from the same tribe i.e., Banu Kilab. | ||