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Part 12 - The Campaign of the Abi Talibs
After Ali ul-Akbar, Abdullah bin Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib whose mother was
Ruqaiyyah al-Kubra, daughter of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali, was next to go to
war. In three attacks, he killed a bunch of enemy soldiers. Yazid bin ar-Raqqad al-Juhni
shot him with an arrow from which he protected his head with his arm. The arrow pierced
his arm and lodged into his forehead sewing the two together. Failing to dislodge his arm
from his forehead, he sent an outcry saying, "0 Lord! They trampled on and humiliated
us. So, God kill them as they killed us." As he was in that state, a man thrust his
spear into his heart causing his death. Yazid bin Ar-Raqqad approached the dead body and
plucked his arrow from his forehead causing the arrow to come off leaving the arrowhead
buried into the forehead.
Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Akbar (Senior) son of Imam Ali son of Ramla, who was a slave-girl,
fought bravely until he was killed.
After Abu Bakr al-Qassim, the turn was for his brother al-Qassim who was just a boy.
When Hussain looked at him he embraced him and wept. He gave him permission to fight. His
face exuding with light, sword in hand, wearing a shirt and a loin-cloth, and a pair of
sandals. As he was engaged in combat his sandals snapped. Paying scant regard to the enemy
soldiers, he stopped to tie it up for he did not want to be seen bare-footed by the enemy.
As he was thus Amr bin Sa'ad bin Nufail al-Azdi assaulted him. Hamid bin Muslim said to
him, "What do you want of this boy? Is it not enough that all these troops have cut
him off!" Amr replied, "By God! I have to harass him." He did not turn away
before he dealt him a blow on the head causing him to fall face down. He called on his
uncle, "0 Uncle!" Hussain hurried to him as if he were a furious lion and struck
Sa'ad with his sword; he lift his arm to protect his head, only to be severed from the
elbow. He sent out a loud cry. When the troops heard it, the horsemen launched an attack
to evacuate him; he was knocked down and trampled on by the horses and was killed.
When the dust settled, Imam Hussain was seen standing near the boy's head; the boy was
kicking. Hussain was saying, "Lo! to those who killed you. Their adversary
on the Day of Judgement shall be your grandfather".
"It is with regret that your uncle has been helpless, when you called on me I
could not respond to your call, and when I responded there was nothing I could do. By God!
It is a cry met with abundance of harm than help", he added. He carried him to the
make-shift mortuary, where the bodies of Ali ul-Akbar and members of the Apostle's
household lay. He lift his head towards the sky and invoked God, "0 Lord! Do not lose
count of them, and do not forgive them ever! 0 Cousins! forbear in adversity; you shall
never see disgrace after today".
