It is narrated from Hazrat Umair bin Ishaq that he said: I and another man went to visit Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to that man, "Ask me before you are unable to ask me." That person said, "I do not want to ask you anything. May Allah grant you well-being." The narrator said: Hazrat Hasan stood up and entered the toilet, then came back to us and said, "I did not come out to you until I had thrown out a piece of my liver, which I was turning over with this stick. I have been given poison many times, but nothing was as severe as this time." Hazrat Umair said: The next day we went to him in the morning, and he was in the throes of death. The narrator Umair said: Hazrat Husain came and sat by his head and said, "O brother, who gave you the poison?" He replied, "Do you want to kill him?" He said, "Yes." Hazrat Hasan said, "If it is the one whom I suspect, then Allah will punish him severely, and if he is innocent, then I do not like that an innocent person should be killed."

It is narrated from Hazrat Bishr bin Ghalib that Abdullah bin Zubair met Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in Makkah Mukarramah. Hazrat Abdullah asked, "O Abu Abdullah, I have heard that you intend to go to Iraq." He replied, "Yes." Hazrat Abdullah said, "Do not do so, for indeed they are the killers of your father and the ones who struck your brother's abdomen with a spear. If you go to them, they will kill you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Jabla bint Musfah that she said: Hazrat Malik bin Zumrah advised the Mujahideen regarding their weapons, "Beware, fighting will be done with those who create discord." The narrator, Muhammad bin Musa, said: His brother said near his head, "O brother, are you saying this at the time of death?" He replied, "It is so." His brother asked, "If your children are in need and wish to sell it, will it be permissible for us?" He replied, "Yes." They took the weapons, and nothing remained except a spear. The narrator says: From the army that went against Hazr Tahseen, a man came. Malik bin Zumrah's brother said, "O son of Malik, O Musa, lend me your father's spear so I may strike with it." The narrator says: The son of Malik said, "O girl, give him the spear." One of the women from their household said, "O Musa, do you not remember your father's advice?" And that man took your father's spear after asking for it. So they went after him, took the spear from him, and broke it.

It is narrated from Hasan that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lifted Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) onto the pulpit with him and said: "My son is a leader and a chief. Allah, the Exalted, will bring reconciliation between two groups of Muslims through him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Muhammad bin Hanafiyyah that he said: Whoever comes face to face with tribulation is uprooted from the roots.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas that he said: Hazrat Hussain came to me for consultation regarding going towards Iraq. I said to him, if they would not find fault with you and me, I would firmly hold you back, asking where are you going—to those people who martyred your father and struck your brother with spears? Regarding the generosity he showed me in this matter, he said: If this Haram (sacred sanctuary) is made lawful for fighting for any man, then I would prefer to be killed in such-and-such land, even though it is far, rather than be like the man for whom fighting in the Haram is considered lawful.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Surely, Hussain will be killed, and indeed I recognize the soil of the land where he will be martyred; he will be martyred between two rivers.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah that she said: Hazrat Husain came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I was sitting by the door. I observed and saw that there was something in the palm of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) which he was turning over, and Hazrat Husain was lying asleep on his stomach. I said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I observed and saw that you are turning something over in your palm and the child is sleeping on your stomach, and your tears are flowing." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Indeed, Jibreel came to me with the soil from the place where he will be martyred. He informed me that my Ummah will kill him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Naji Hazrami that he said he traveled with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He began to arrange for ablution and other needs for Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) until they reached near the city of Nineveh. Their intention was to go towards Siffin. Then Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) called out, "Wait, Abu Abdullah, wait, Abu Abdullah." I said, "What has happened to Abu Abdullah?" He (Hazrat Ali) said, "I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in such a state that tears were flowing from his eyes." Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) explained, "I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), your eyes are flowing, has someone angered you?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, 'Jibreel was standing with me. He informed me that Husayn will be martyred on the banks of the Euphrates. Thus, I could not control my eyes and they overflowed.'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah that his goat dropped droppings. He said to his maidservant, "O one with little hair, these droppings reminded me of a hadith which I heard from the Commander of the Faithful (Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him) when I was with him at the place of Karbala. He passed by a tree under which there were deer droppings. He took a handful of soil from that land and smelled it, then said: 'From the back of this land, seventy thousand will be gathered who will enter Paradise without reckoning.'"