Day 7

The lesson

1. On the afternoon of 9 Muharram he asked for one more night, to spend it in prayer and supplication. That night he told his companions he released them from their pledge and they could leave under cover of darkness; his family and then each companion refused and swore to die with him (al-Irshad; Tarikh al-Tabari).
2. On the morning of Ashura, 10 Muharram 61 AH, he drew up 32 horsemen and 40 foot (Tarikh al-Tabari; Ansab al-Ashraf). Al-Hurr left Umar ibn Sa'd's army and joined him (al-Irshad). His companions fell first; then the men of Banu Hashim, the first of them his son Ali al-Akbar (Maqatil al-Talibiyyin; Tarikh al-Tabari), and al-Abbas, his standard-bearer. His infant son Abd Allah, whom the Shia call Ali al-Asghar, was killed in the battle (Tarikh al-Tabari).
3. He was martyred in the afternoon of Ashura. His killer, who beheaded him, was Shimr ibn Dhi l-Jawshan (al-Irshad; Maqtal al-Husayn of al-Khwarazmi), or in another report Sinan ibn Anas (Maqatil al-Talibiyyin; al-Tabaqat al-Kubra; Tarikh al-Tabari); the head was sent to Ibn Ziyad the same day. On Ibn Ziyad's order Umar ibn Sa'd had horsemen trample his body (al-Irshad; Ansab al-Ashraf; Tarikh al-Tabari).

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