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the believers are the men who are true to what they
covenanted with Allah, of them is he who fulfilled his
vow and of them is he who awaits (its fulfillment), and
they have changed not in the least" [62]
Then Habib bin Mazahir came to him and said, "It is
very unpleasant for me to see you smeared in mud and
blood O Muslim! May you receive the glad tidings of
Paradise." Then Muslim replied in a soft voice, "May your
Allah give you glad tidings of fairness too." Habib said, "If
I had not known that I too would have to follow your
path (of Martyrdom) and reach you, it would have been
my pleasure to ask you to will to me regarding your
heart's desire, until I fulfill the rights of your relatives
and your co-religionists." Muslim replied, "I recommend
this Master for you", he said pointing towards Imam Husain
(A.S.), "then you should ransom your life over him."
Habib replied, "By the Lord of Ka'bah! I shall surely do
that." It was not late when he died in their hands. (May Allah's
Mercy and Blessings be upon him). And one of his slave girls
was heard calling out, "O son of Awsaja! O master!"
The companions of Umro bin Hajjaj applauded, "We
have killed Muslim bin Awsaja." Then Shabas turned
towards his associates and said, "May your mothers mourn
over you! You kill yourselves with your own hands and
are seperating from your ownselves for the sake of
others. Then you are rejoicing because you have killed
Muslim bin Awsaja? By Him in whom I believe! I have
seen him (Muslim) in the battlefield with honour for the
Muslims. I have seen him in the battle in the plain of
Azarbayjan at the time when no Muslim had moved
from the places, he had already killed six polytheists.
And when such a man dies, you rejoice over it"? The
murderors of Muslim bin Awsaja were Muslim bin Abdullah
Zababi and Abdul Rahman bin Abi Khashkar Bajali.
Then Shimr attacked the left wing of the Imam's army.
They stood in front of him and his army and pushed them
back with their lances. Then Imam and his companions were
attacked from all sides and Abdullah bin Umayr Kalbi, who
had previously killed two men, was martyred. Hani bin Sabat
Hazrami and Bukayr bin Hayy Tamimi killed him (May Allah's
Mercy and Blessings be upon him) and he was the second
Martyr among the companions of Imam. Then the
companions of Imam fought valiantly with the Kufan army.
Their horsemen, being thirty-two, attacked the Kufan army
from all sides and split all of them.
It is as if Abu Tufayl says regarding them: "What an
army is this, similar to the waves, similar to the
powerful beasts like Leopards and Lions, there are the
old, the youth and the chiefs, who are mounted upon the
Horses, escaping from whose midst is very hard, when
the rays of the sun sets below their standard, it's powers
dims the eyes, their slogan is similar to that of the
Prophet, while their standards by which Allah, the
Beneficent avenges the schemers."
It is as if it is said