Al-Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi: Difference between revisions

There was not a long time between Hurr's repentance and his martyrdom. According to one report, Hurr requested Imam to give him permission to be the first warrior and martyr, as he'd been the first to stand against him.

Shortly after joining Imam's camp, Hurr went to the battlefield and after his word with 'Umar b. Sa'd and his army, attacked them while reciting [[Rajaz]], after several rounds of combat, he was martyred. He fought bravely and even though his horse was injured and was bleeding from forehead and ears, he kept reciting Rajaz and attacking the enemy on the same horse. He killed more than forty members of Umar's army. Then the infantry part of the army rushed to him at once and martyred him. It's been reported that two individuals killed him, Ayyub b. Musarrah and a horseman from Kufa.

However, some other reports indicate that shortly before the noon and after the martyrdom of [[Habib b. Muzahir]], Hurr together with [[Zuhayr b. Qayn]] went to the battlefield and attacked the enemy. They supported each other in the fight and whenever one of them was surrounded by the enemy, the other would help him out. They were continuously fighting until Hurr was martyred and Zuhayr came back. Other companions brought the body of Hurr, Imam al-Husayn (a) sat beside his body, wiped off the blood on his face and said: "you are [truly] Hurr (a freeman), like the way your mother has named you, you are a freeman both in this world and in the hereafter."

Imam al-Husayn (a) fastened a piece of cloth over Hurr's head.