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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 al-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. | 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 al-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]] (from 'Umar b. Sa'd]]'s army) said: "O' Zuhayr! You were not a [[Shiite]] (follower) of this household and were an advocate of 'Uthman!" Zuhayr replied: | [['Uzra b. Qays]] (from [['Umar b. Sa'd]]'s army) 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's (a) 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. | : 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's (a) 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. |