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HUSAYN AT THE PLAIN OF KARBALA

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The first thing Umar bin S'ad did was to start negotiations with Husayn for his surrender to Yazeed's will. Yazeed on the other hand, was getting impatient with this delay. He kept pressuring Ibn Ziyad, his governor in Koofa to bring the matter to a quick conclusion. Ibn Ziyad was so full of hatred against the family of the Prophet (pbh) that he did not really need any prodding to do the job.

He sent another commander named Shameer bin Zil-Jawshan with the orders that if Umar feels any res-traint in dealing with Husayn, Shameer should depose him and take charge to end the matter quickly and effectively. Umar got the message. He did not want to lose his command neither the accompanying awards.

Shameer joined Umar's 4000 well armed cavalrymen with his brigade of 4000-6000 infantry. In the next two days, several other commanders sent from Koofa by Ibn Ziyad as well as those sent directly by Yazeed from Syria, joined the Umayyad contingent at Karbala. Ibn Ziyad made a general announcement in Koofa that all able-bodied men should come out and join the army of the 'Khaleefa of Muslims', Yazeed, to fight the 'rebel', Husayn.

Anyone staying behind would be arrested and executed. Many of them were so poor that they did not have any arms of their own so they just collected rocks and carried bags full to Karbala with them to fight with. Among the famous names were: Qays Ibn Ash'ath with a brigade of fully armed cavalry (6000 riders), we have already mentioned Hurr Ibn Yazeed Riyahee with another cavalry brigade and Ibn Numayr with 2000 archers. From Syria the most famous fighter was Azraq Shami and his four sons.

The banks of the river Euphrates were guarded by a huge contingent under the command of Amr Ibn Hajjaj; in which there were hundreds of cavalrymen, archers, swordsmen and lancers. All of them were renowned soldiers. The total Umayyad presence at Karbala is reported to be at least 30,000 and may have been as much as 120,000.

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Solat Terbaik

Hadith :
Dari Jabir r.a katanya, Rasulullah s.a.w ditanya orang:”Solat malam yang bagaimanakah yang lebih baik? Jawab Rasulullah s.a.w,:” Yang lama berdirinya.”

(Muslim)

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