When Abu `Abdullah al-Hussain (a.s), was killed, people fell upon his luggage and belongings looting everything they could find in his tents2, then they set the tents ablaze. People raced to rob the ladies of the Messenger of Allah (.). The daughters of Fat.ima al-Zahra (s.a) tearfully ran away, their hair uncovered3. Scarves were snatched, rings were pulled out of fingers, ear-rings were taken out, and so were ankle-rings4. A man took both ear-rings belonging to Umm Kulthãm, riddling her ears in the process5. Another approached Fat.ima daughter of al-Hussain (a.s) and took her ankle-rings out. He was crying. "What is the matter with you?" she asked him.
"How can I help crying," he answered, "since I am looting the daughter of the Messenger of Allah?" She asked him to leave her alone. He said, "I am afraid if I do not take it, someone else will."6
Another man was seen driving the women with the butt of his spear, after having robbed them of their coverings and jewelry as they sought refuge with one another. He was seen by the same Fat.ima. Having realized that she had seen him, he went towards her, and she fled away. He threw his spear at her. She fell headlong and fainted. When she recovered, she saw her aunt Umm Kulthãm, sitting at her head crying.
A woman from the clan of Bakr ibn Wail, who was accompanied by her husband, saw the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (.) in such a condition, so she cried out, "O offspring of Bakr ibn Wail! Do you permit the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (.) to be thus robbed? There is no judgment except Allah's! O how the Messenger of Allah (.) should be avenged!" Her husband brought her back to his conveyance2.
The rogues reached Ali son of al-Hussain (a.s) who was sick on his bed unable to stand up3. Some were saying, "Do not let any of them, young or old, remain alive." Others were saying, "Do not be rash in your judgment till we consult the governor `Amr ibn Sa`d."4 Shimr unsheathed his sword with the intention to kill
Ali. Ham§d ibn Muslim said to him, "Glory to Allah! Do you really kill children?! He is only a sick lad!"5 He said, "Ibn Ziyad ordered all al-Hussain's sons killed." Ibn Sa`d went to extremes to stop him6 especially after having heard the wise lady Zainab daughter of the Commander of the Faithful (.) saying, "You will not kill him before killing me first;" so, they left him alone Ibn Sa`d himself came to the ladies who burst in tears upon seeing him. He ordered the men to stay away from them. Those men had already taken all the ornaments those ladies had had and never returned any of them back1. He assigned to a group of men the task of protecting them, then he returned to his tent.
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