Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.

It is narrated from Nafi‘ that when some people withdrew from the allegiance to Yazid, Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called his sons and family members, bore witness to the Oneness of Allah and the Messengership, and then said: We have pledged allegiance to this Yazid for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and I have heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: On the Day of Resurrection, a flag will be set up for the treacherous deceiver, and it will be said: This is the sign of so-and-so’s deception. The greatest deception and betrayal is not only associating partners with Allah, but also that a person pledges allegiance to someone for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and then breaks it. None of you should abandon Yazid’s side, nor look towards anyone else in the matter of caliphate and leadership, otherwise there will be a sword between him and me (meaning I will deal with him harshly).

Abdullah bin Naji narrates from his father that he was walking with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), carrying a vessel of water for purification. When they reached the place of Nainawa on their way to Siffin, Sayyiduna Ali called out: "Abu Abdullah! Stop, stop by the bank of the Euphrates River." I asked: "What is here?" He replied: "One day I went to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and his eyes were filled with tears. I asked: 'O Messenger of Allah! Has someone angered you? Why are your eyes shedding tears?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Before you arrived, Jibreel Amin had just left me. He informed me that Husayn will be killed by the bank of the Euphrates River.' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'He (Jibreel) asked: Shall I let you smell the fragrance of its soil?' I said: 'Yes.' So he stretched out his hand, took a handful of soil, and gave it to me. I could not control myself and began to weep."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the angel of rain sought permission from Allah Almighty to come to the presence of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah granted him permission. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Stay near the door and do not let anyone come to us." Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) came and was about to enter. Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) stopped him, but he jumped inside and began to sit on the blessed back and shoulder of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The angel said: "Do you love him?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Yes." The angel said: "Your Ummah will kill him. If you wish, I can show you the place where he will be killed." The angel struck his hand and brought red soil. Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) took that soil and placed it in her scarf. Thabit says: "We have received the news that the place of his killing is the land of Karbala."

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) or Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to her: An angel came to me in the house, who had never come to me before, and he informed me that this son of yours, Husayn, will be killed. If you wish, I can show you the soil of the land where he will be killed. Then he showed red soil.

It is narrated from Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the head of Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was brought to Ubaydullah bin Ziyad, and it was placed in a tray. He began striking it with his stick and uttered some inappropriate words about his beauty. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He most closely resembled the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) among all people, and his hair was dyed with wasmah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream at midday, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing, and his hair was disheveled and covered with dust, and in his hand was a bottle in which there was blood. I said: O Messenger of Allah! May my parents be sacrificed for you, what is this? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is the blood of Husayn and his companions, which I have been collecting today. We calculated that day, and it was the very day on which Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred.

Shahr bin Hawshab says that when the news of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Husayn ibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, I heard Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) curse the people of Iraq and say: They have killed Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), may Allah kill those people, may Allah curse them, they deceived him and were disloyal to him. I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) came early in the morning carrying a small pot in which she had prepared food, and she had placed it in a tray. She placed it before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Where is your cousin? She said: He is at home. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Call him and both the children as well. She went and brought both her children, holding each by the hand, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was following behind them. They reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seated the children in his lap, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sat on his right side, and Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) sat on his left side. Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pulled the Khaibari cloak from beneath me, which was our bedding in Madinah. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) covered all of them with that cloak and, holding both sides of the cloak with his left hand, raised his right hand towards Allah and said: O Allah, these are my family members, so remove impurity from them and purify them thoroughly. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made this supplication three times. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Am I not among your family? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, you too come under the cloak. When I entered under the cloak, at that time the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had already finished supplicating for his cousin Sayyiduna Ali, his daughter Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her), and her sons.

Shu’bah says: I think that some (Iraqi man) asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) this question: If a man in the state of Ihram kills a fly, what is its expiation? He replied: The people of Iraq ask about killing a fly, while they have killed the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These two—Hasan and Husayn—are my two flowers in this world.

It is narrated from Nafi' bin 'Umar Jumahi, he says: I saw 'Ata bin Abi Malikah and 'Ikrimah bin Khalid, they stoned the Jamrah (threw pebbles) before Fajr on the Day of Nahr, that is, the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah. My father asked them: O Abu Sulaiman! In which year did you hear this hadith from Nafi' bin 'Umar? They said: In the year of Husayn's martyrdom, 169 Hijri.