It is narrated from Hazrat Wa'il bin Alqamah that he was present with Hazrat Hussain in Karbala. He said that a man came and said, "Is Hussain among you?" Hazrat Hussain asked, "Who are you?" He said, "Take the glad tidings of fire." Hazrat Hussain replied, "Rather, my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful, and Obedient to be worshipped." Hazrat Hussain asked, "So who are you?" He said, "I am Ibn Huwaiyza." Hazrat Hussain said, "O Allah, gather him towards the fire." The narrator said that the man went away, and his horse ran with him, dragging him by his shins, and nothing remained of his body except his feet which were in the stirrups.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Hakim that she said: When Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, I was a girl at that time, having reached the age of womanhood or, she said, was close to reaching it. For several days after his martyrdom, the sky appeared like pieces of congealed blood.

It is narrated from Hazrat Tariq bin Shihab that he said: When the news of the martyrdom of Hazrat Uthman came and I recognized youth and strength in myself, if I fought, I went out and was present with the people. When we reached the place of Rabdhah, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was present there. He led the people in prayer. When he finished the prayer with salam, he turned his face towards the people and sat leaning in his place of prayer. Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) stood and began to speak to him while weeping. He (Ali) said: Speak, and do not weep like a girl. Hazrat Hasan said: I had told you, when the people besieged that man, that you should go to Makkah and reside there, but you did not accept my advice. Then, when they martyred him, I told you to stay in your house until the wisdom of the Arabs returns. Even if you were in the hole of a lizard, they would strike the sides of the camel until they brought you out of that hole. You did not accept my advice, and I beseech you by Allah that you do not go to Iraq, lest you be killed in a state of heedlessness. The narrator said: Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As for your statement that I should have gone to Makkah, I did not go to that man who made Makkah lawful for fighting for me. And as for your statement that the people martyred Uthman, what is my sin if the people killed him? And as for your statement that I should not go to Iraq (and should stay in Madinah), then I would be like that lizard which, while staying in its hole, hears the sound.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sha’bi that he said: When there was reconciliation between Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Muawiyah, Hazrat Hasan intended to go towards Madinah. Mujahid narrated from Sha’bi, Sha’bi said: I heard him on the pulpit that he praised Allah and glorified Him, then said: Surely the wisest thing is taqwa (piety), and the most helpless thing is sin and immorality. And this matter (caliphate) in which there was disagreement between me and Muawiyah, this was my right, I have given it up for Muawiyah, or he said: this was my right, for which Muawiyah is more deserving than me, and I have done this for the protection of your lives, and I do not know, perhaps it is a trial for you and a benefit for a fixed period. Then he descended.

It is narrated from Hazrat Usama bin Sharik that he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever creates division in my Ummah while they are united, strike his neck, whoever he may be.

Hazrat Faseelah narrates from her father that he said: I heard my father say that I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "O Messenger of Allah, is it chauvinism (asabiyyah) that a person loves his own people?" He, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, "No, but chauvinism is that a person supports his people in wrongdoing."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Waqid Al-Laithi that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Hunain, he passed by a tree near which the polytheists used to hang their weapons, which was called Dhat Anwat (Anwat is the plural of Naut, which means something that is hung for a need; this was the tree on which the polytheists used to hang their weapons and stay around it). The noble companions said, "Make for us a Dhat Anwat." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "This is just like when the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said to Musa (peace be upon him), 'Make for us a god just as they have gods.' Surely, you will follow the ways of those before you."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You will surely follow the ways of those before you, handspan by handspan, arm's length by arm's length, and even if they entered a lizard's hole, you would enter it too. The companions asked: The Jews and the Christians? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr that he said: Surely, you will follow the sweet and bitter ways of those before you.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah that he said: "You are very similar to the Children of Israel in manner and conduct. You will surely follow their ways just as one feather of an arrow matches the other, and one shoe matches the other shoe." Hazrat Abdullah said: "Some statements are like magic."