THE STORY OF KARBALA - PART 2/02

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MUSLIM BIN AQEEL AND HURR

This is very significant. There were three groups of people in that community of Banu Israel who had broken the covenant of al-Sabt. One party were the actual transgressors, they were intent on breaking the law. The others were trying to stop them and they were fewer in numbers. The third party was the largest in number but they tried to remain neutral saying that they did not want to become controversial. If we look at Koofa, Makkah and Madinah, we will find those three parties among them. There were the Banu Umayya who were intent on harming Husayn and his family. There were those who were going to help Husayn, and they did. But they were only 72 in number. Then, in the middle, there was the large majority who did not want to become part of a controversy. At the head of this third group was Abdullah bin Umar and the rest of the people of Makkah and Madinah.

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