Zuhayr b. al-Qayn: Difference between revisions

On the day of [[Tasu'a]] afternoon, when [['Umar b. Sa'd]]'s army attacked Imam Husayn (a)'s camps in order to start the battle, the Imam (a) asked his brother, [['Abbas b. 'Ali (a)]] to go to them to see what they had in mind. 'Abbas and twenty of Imam Husayn (a)'s companions, including Zuhayr b. Qayn and [[Habib b. Mazahir]], went to the enemy's army and asked them what they wanted and what they had in mind.  

They said: "we are ordered to fight you if you do not abide with Ibn Ziyad's orders". 'Abbas (a) told them to wait until he gives the message to Imam Husayn (a). They agreed and waited for the reply. In the meanwhile, Habib b. Mazahir and Zuhayr b. Qayn seized the opportunity to preach 'Umar b. Sa'd's army.

'Uzra b. Qays told Zuhayr said: "O' Zuhayr! You were not a Shiite (follower) of this household and were an advocate of 'Uthman!" Zuhayr replied:

: Does not my being here mean that I am with them now? I swear to God that I never wrote a letter to [[Husayn b. 'Ali (a)]] and never sent a messenger to him and never promised to help him, but our paths met and when I met him and remembered [[the Prophet (s)]] and Husayn (a)'s place for him and learned that he was going to his enemy and your party, then I decided to help him and be in his group and sacrifice my life for the right of God and the Prophet (s) ignored by you.