It is narrated from Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) that she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I saw a disturbing dream last night. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is it?" She said: It is very terrible. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is it?" She said: I saw as though a piece of your blessed body was cut off and placed in my lap. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have seen something good. If Allah wills, Fatimah will give birth to a boy who will be in your lap." So Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was born to Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), and he came into my lap, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said. Then one day I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and placed Husayn in his lap (peace and blessings be upon him), and suddenly I saw that tears were flowing from the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, what is the matter with you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and informed me that my Ummah will martyr this son of mine." I asked: This one? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and Jibril also brought me some of the red soil of his place." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Qatadah that Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was born to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) one year and ten months after Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him). Thus his birth took place at 6 years, 5 months and 15 days of the Hijri calendar. Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred on Friday, 10 Muharram 61 AH, when he was 54 years old. I have mentioned these reports in detail in my book "Maqtal al-Husayn", and it is sufficient for whoever hears it and retains it.

It is narrated from Ya'la al-Amiri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to a meal to which they had been invited. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went on ahead of the people, while Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was playing with some boys. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to catch him, but the child would run this way one moment and that way the next. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began making him laugh until he caught him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed one of his hands under the back of his neck and the other under his chin, put his mouth on his mouth and kissed him, and then said: "Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn. May Allah love whoever loves Husayn. Husayn is a distinguished branch among the descendants." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) carrying Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: "Allahumma inni uhibbuhu fa-ahibbahu (O Allah, I love him, so love him too)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it. A similar narration has also been reported concerning Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), and both (narrations) are preserved (mahfuz).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Allah Almighty revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, I killed seventy thousand people in retribution for Yahya bin Zakariyya (peace be upon them both), and indeed I will kill seventy thousand and seventy thousand (that is, one hundred and forty thousand) people in retribution for your daughter's son (Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him)." These are the words of the narration of Abu Bakr al-Shafi'i, while in the narration of Qadi Abu Bakr bin Kamil the words are: "I killed in retribution for the blood of Yahya bin Zakariyya, and I will kill (as many) in retribution for the blood of your daughter's son." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): Whenever I see Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), tears begin to flow from my eyes. That is because one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out of his house, found me in the mosque, took my hand and leaned on me. I went along with him until he reached the market of Banu Qaynuqa'. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not speak to me; he walked around there and looked, then he returned and I returned with him. He sat in the mosque with his knees drawn up (ihtiba') and said to me: "Call the little one to me." So Husayn came running and fell into his lap (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he put his hand into the blessed beard of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began opening Husayn's mouth and putting his own saliva into his mouth, saying: "Allahumma inni uhibbuhu fa-ahibbahu (O Allah, I love him, so love him too)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, while Husayn was in his lap: "Indeed, Jibril (peace be upon him) has informed me that my Ummah will martyr Husayn." Ibn Abi Saminah has narrated this hadith in abridged form, while other narrators have transmitted it in full from Muhammad bin Mus'ab.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Sa'id; he said: We were with Ali bin al-Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin) when some people from Kufah came. Ali said: O people of Iraq, love us with the love of Islam. I heard my father say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people, do not raise me above my rank, for Allah Almighty made me His servant before He made me a Prophet." I mentioned this to Sa'id bin al-Musayyab, and he said: And after He made him a Prophet as well (he remained the servant of Allah). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.