Zuhayr b. al-Qayn: Difference between revisions

Zuhayr was known by people of [[Kufa]] as a brave, distinguished and famous figure. Thus he was challenged to individual battles by Salim and Yasar—servants of [[Ziyad b. Abih]] and [['Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]]—who were chanting paeans. When [['Abd Allah b. 'Umayr al-Kalbi]] went to fight with them, they told him: "we do not know you. Let Zuhayr b. Qayn or Habib b. Mazahir come and fight with us". Zuhayr raised to smash them, but Imam al-Husayn (a) did not let him go, and sent 'Abd Allah b. 'Umayr to fight them.

When the war began, [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] and a number of his soldiers approached Imam al-Husayn's (a) camps from the back. Shimr hit the Imam's camp with a spear and cried: "bring a fire so that I burn the place with its residents". Imam al-Husayn (a) replied: "O' the son of Dhi l-Jawshan! You need fire to burn the camp and my household? May God burn you with fire!" At this time, Zuhayr and ten people from his companions attacked Shimr and his soldiers and forced them out of the location. Zuhayr killed Abu 'Izza al-Dababi—a friend and a relative of Shimr.