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The commander would not be pleased to it's burial
and I desire that the commander reward me amply for
this." The child replied, "But Allah will give you a bad
punishment for what you did. For by Allah, you have
killed such a man who was better than you", saying this
the child started weeping. Days passed by and the boy grew up.
He had no other grief except to remain in pursuit of the
murderor of his father so as to get him unawares and revenge
the death of his father. At the time of Mus'ab bin Zubayr, in
the battle of Bajmira', this boy entered his army. He saw his
father's killer in a tent and followed him and waited in ambush
for him. He entered his tent, when he was taking a nap in the
afternoon, and striking him with his sword killed him.
Azdi says that when Habib bin Mazahir was killed, Imam
Husain (A.S.) was bent. Then he said, "I surrender myself
and my faithful companions to Allah's accountability." It
is stated in some books of Martyrdom (Maqatil) that the Imam
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