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===After 'Ashura=== | ===After 'Ashura=== | ||
On Muharram | On [[Muharram 11]], 61/680, 'Umar b. Sa'd commanded his soldiers to cut off the heads of the 72 martyrs of Karbala, and take them, under the supervision of Shimr and some other commanders, to 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad in Kufa. | ||
Ibn Ziyad, in turn, commissioned Shimr to take the heads and the captives to [[Yazid]] in Damascus. At the court of Yazid, Shimr gave an insulting speech about Imam Husayn (a) and his companions. | Ibn Ziyad, in turn, commissioned Shimr to take the heads and the captives to [[Yazid]] in Damascus. At the court of Yazid, Shimr gave an insulting speech about Imam Husayn (a) and his companions. | ||
= | After the return of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] to [[Medina]], Shimr went back to Kufa. It is said that in this period he would pray and ask God for forgiveness, but still he would justify his crime by calling it obedience to rulers. | ||
During [[Mukhtar | |||
==End of Life== | |||
During [[Mukhtar's uprising]] in 66/685, Shimr took part in the war against him. But Mukhtar was able to defeat his opponents, and thus Shimr ran away from Kufa. Mukhtar sent a group to chase him; they found and killed Shimr, sent his head to Mukhtar, and threw his body to be eaten by dogs. | |||
= | ==Status in the Eyes of Sunnis== | ||
Shimr has narrated from his father, and Abu Ishaq al-Subay'i has narrated from Shimr. However, Sunni sources mention Shimr disparagingly, regarding him unqualified for narrating hadith because of his participation in the murder of Imam Husayn (a). | Shimr has narrated from his father, and Abu Ishaq al-Subay'i has narrated from Shimr. However, Sunni sources mention Shimr disparagingly, regarding him unqualified for narrating hadith because of his participation in the murder of Imam Husayn (a). | ||