HUSAYN AT THE PLAIN OF KARBALA

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While Husayn was on his way from Makkah to Koofa, he was met by Hurr and his cavalry brigade of 1000 at a place called ZU HASM. There was an exchange between Hurr and Husayn. Hurr had said that he was not out looking for violence, his orders were to stop Husayn from entering Koofa. So, Hurr and his cavalry brigade followed Husayn keeping a reasonable distance.

When Husayn arrived at Karbala and camped at a subsidiary canal of the river Eupherates called ALQAMA, Hurr and his troops also camped nearby, but not so close to Husayn's camp.

The next day (3rd of Muharram) Umar bin Sa'd arrived from Koofa with 4000 troops with orders from Ibn Ziyad either to exact Husayn's B'ayat or fight and have him killed.

During the reign of the second Khaleefa Umar, an army led by S.ad Ibn Abi Waqqas, a senior Companion of the Prophet, conquered Iran. This army was ordered to stay close to Iran for security reasons. The Arab troops moved back to the town of Basra, but its damp climate did not suite the Arabs. Eventually, a new garri-son town was established further north, which came to be known as Koofa. As was normal according to the tribal custom, the command of this army passed to the son Umar Ibn S.ad Ibn Abi Waqqas, after the father. Although, the actual contingent of this army had gone through a number of major changes during Ali's reign.

It was this same army, with some minor changes, that was sent to Karbala by Ibn Ziyad. Umar arrived with at least 4,000 troops at Karbala, on the 3rd day of Muhar-ram.

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Allah Maha Pengampun

Hadith :
Dari Abu Ayyub al-Ansori r.a, dari rasulullah s.a.w sabdanya:”Seandainya kamu sekelian tidak mempunyai dosa sedikit jua pun yang patut diampuni Allah, nescaya Allah akan mendatangkan suatu kaum yang penuh dosa untuk diberikan-Nya ampunan bagi mereka.”

(Muslim)

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