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Qays said: I will not tell you their names, but I will curse.<ref>Qummī, ''Damʿ al-sujūm, tarjuma-yi Nafas al-mahmūm'', p. 152.</ref> | Qays said: I will not tell you their names, but I will curse.<ref>Qummī, ''Damʿ al-sujūm, tarjuma-yi Nafas al-mahmūm'', p. 152.</ref> | ||
==Speaking the message of Imam al-Husayn== | ==Speaking the message of Imam al-Husayn (a)== | ||
By Ibn Ziyad's command, Qays went on minbar in order to curse [['Ali (a)]] and his two sons as they, [[al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a)]] and al-Husayn b. 'Ali (a). When he went on minbar, he first praised and thanked God. He then expressed his regards to the [[Prophet (s)]] and to 'Ali and his sons, al-Hasan and Husayn (a). And then he cursed 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad and [[Ziyad b. Abih|his father]] and the cruel rulers of [[Banu Umayya]], saying to people that: "I am al-Husayn's messenger to you; I last met him in such and such a place; please join him". | By Ibn Ziyad's command, Qays went on minbar in order to curse [['Ali (a)]] and his two sons as they, [[al-Hasan b. 'Ali (a)]] and al-Husayn b. 'Ali (a). When he went on minbar, he first praised and thanked God. He then expressed his regards to the [[Prophet (s)]] and to 'Ali and his sons, al-Hasan and Husayn (a). And then he cursed 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad and [[Ziyad b. Abih|his father]] and the cruel rulers of [[Banu Umayya]], saying to people that: "I am al-Husayn's messenger to you; I last met him in such and such a place; please join him".<ref>Qummī, ''Damʿ al-sujūm, tarjuma-yi Nafas al-mahmūm'', p. 152.</ref> | ||
According to [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]]'s account, he was thrown down with his hands tied up and his bones were broken. He was still alive, but a man called 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Umayr al-Lakhmi decapitated him. People criticized him, but he replied: "I just wanted to give him comfort." However, according to some other sources, this story happened to [['Abd Allah b. Yaqtar]]. | After Qays's brave remarks, [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]] threw him down from the roof of his palace and martyred him.<ref>Dīnawarī, ''al-Akhbār al-ṭiwāl'', p. 246; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 11, p. 164.</ref> | ||
He then ordered his men to mutilate Qays's corpse.<ref>Nuwayrī, ''Nihāyat al-ʾarab'', vol. 20, p. 413.</ref> | |||
According to [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]]'s account, he was thrown down with his hands tied up and his bones were broken. He was still alive, but a man called 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Umayr al-Lakhmi decapitated him. People criticized him, but he replied: "I just wanted to give him comfort."<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 8, p. 168; Qummī, ''Damʿ al-sujūm, tarjuma-yi Nafas al-mahmūm'', p. 152.</ref> However, according to some other sources, this story happened to [['Abd Allah b. Yaqtar]].<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 169.</ref> | |||
===Date of Martyrdom=== | ===Date of Martyrdom=== | ||
It is not known exactly when Qays was martyred. According to some accounts, [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] was informed about his martyrdom in [['Udhayb al-Hijanat]]; thus he was martyred before Imam al-Husayn (a) arrived in [[Karbala]]. | It is not known exactly when Qays was martyred. According to some accounts, [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] was informed about his martyrdom in [['Udhayb al-Hijanat]]; thus he was martyred before Imam al-Husayn (a) arrived in [[Karbala]].<ref>Muqarram, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', p. 192; Abī Mikhnaf, ''Waqʿat al-Ṭaff'', p. 174.</ref> | ||
However, according to an account according to which he was carrying Imam al-Husayn (a)'s letter from Karbala to [[Kufa]], he must have been martyred sometime between the [[Muharram 2|second]] and the [['Ashura|tenth of Muharram]], [[61]]/[[October 5]] to [[October 13]], 680. | However, according to an account according to which he was carrying Imam al-Husayn (a)'s letter from Karbala to [[Kufa]], he must have been martyred sometime between the [[Muharram 2|second]] and the [['Ashura|tenth of Muharram]], [[61]]/[[October 5]] to [[October 13]], 680. | ||
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He then said: "O' God! Please bless them and us in the Heaven and place them and us in your mercy and provide us with your hidden awards!" | He then said: "O' God! Please bless them and us in the Heaven and place them and us in your mercy and provide us with your hidden awards!"<ref>Qummī, ''Nafas al-mahmūm'', p. 586; Yūsufī Gharawī, ''Mawsūʿat al-tārīkh al-Islāmī'', vol. 6, p. 124.</ref> | ||
According to some other sources, it was [[Majma' b. 'Abd Allah al-'A'idi]] who gave the news of Qays's martyrdom to Imam al-Husayn (a). | According to some other sources, it was [[Majma' b. 'Abd Allah al-'A'idi]] who gave the news of Qays's martyrdom to Imam al-Husayn (a).<ref>Qummī, ''Dar Karbalā chi guzasht?'', p. 240.</ref> | ||
==In Ziyarat al-Shuhada'== | ==In Ziyarat al-Shuhada'== | ||