Sayyidna Ibn Abbas رضیﷲ عنه had a dream on the 10th moharram, in the middle of the day, and said after waking up:
I saw the Prophet ﷺ in a dream during the day, he was holding a cup of containing blood, I said: Ya Rasool Allah ﷺ, What is this? He replied: The blood of Hussain عليه السلام and his companions.
He later received the news that Saydna Hussain عليه السلام had been martyred on that very day.
[Fadail Sahaba #1380, Mustadrak ala Sahihayn 3/157 Shaikh Wasiullah Abbas said sanad is sahih]
Umme Salmah رضیﷲ عنہا reported:
كان جبريل عليه السلام عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم والحسين معي فبكى، فتركته فدنا من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال جبريل §أتحبه يا محمد؟ فقال: «نعم» فقال: إن أمتك ستقتله، وإن شئت أريتك من تربة الأرض التي يقتل بها، فأراه إياه فإذا الأرض يقال لها كربلاء.
Angel Jibreel عليه السلام was with the Prophet ﷺ and Hussain عليه السلام was with me crying and when I left him, he went to Prophet ﷺ,
Saynda Jibreel asked Prophet ﷺ, Do you love him? He ﷺ replied, Yes! I do love him.
Then Jibreel عليه السلام said: Your Ummah will kill him and if you want, I can show you the soil of that place where Hussain will gonna get martyred, hence Jibreel عليه السلام showed him ﷺ the place where Hussain عليه السلام got martyred and that place was Karbala.
[Mo'ajjam al Kabir Tabarani 3/114-115 Shaikh Wasiullah Abbas said sanad is Hasan]
Hussain عليه السلام was martyred on the 10 of Moharram in 61 Hijri [ref Tarikh Damishq ibn Asaqir 14/237, majority of the historian said the same] and it was Saturday ref [Tarikh ibn Zuraa al Damishqi with sahih sanad] and some said it was Monday ref [Tarikh Damishq 236/14] By Imam Zubair Ali Zai.
Imam Baqir عليه السلام said: Age of Hussain عليه السلام was 58 when he was martyred.
[Al Mo'ajjam al Kabir Tabarani 2804]
How and who killed Hussain عليه السلام?
Saad bin Ubaydah (trustworthy tabai) said:
I saw Hussain عليه السلام and he was wearing a cloak, a man named Amr bin Khalid al Tahwi shot an arrow (which hit between the shoulders of Hussain) and stuck in the cloak hanging.
[Tarikh Damish la ibn Asakir 214/14 sanad Sahih by Imam Zubair Ali Zai]
Hajjaj bin Yusuf asked Sinan bin Anas, How you killed Hussain عليه السلام, He replied to Hajjaj:
دسرته والله بالرمح دسرا وهبرته بالسيف هبرا وما أشركت معي في قتله أحدا
I shoved my spear in his body, and mutilated his body with spear and sword (might be he meant cutting off Hussain's head) and I didn't involve anyone in the killing of Hussain.
[Al Mo'ajjam al Kabeer lil Tabarani 3/111 #2828, Tarikh ibn Ma'een riwayah ad Dauri 3/498 #2435 sanad Hasan]
Imam Ad Daraqutni رحمہ اللہ said:
سنان بن أنس -النخعي-، الملعون، قاتل الحسين بن علي، عليه السلام، ولعن الله سناناً.
The cursed Sinan bin Anas An Nakhi, the killer of Hussain عليه السلام, May curse of Allah be upon him.
[Al Mutalif al Mukhtalif lil Daraqutni 3/1204]
Imam Abu bakr bin Abi Shaybah رحمہ اللہ said:
وقُتل الحسين بن علي سنة إحدى وستين في يوم عاشوراء، وقتله سِنان بن أنس النخعي الوَهْبيلي لعنه الله، وجاء برأسه خَولي بن يزيد الأصبحي إلى عبيد بن زياد.
Saydna Hussain عليه السلام was martyred in 61 Hijri on the day of Ashura 10th of Moharram, May Allah's curse be upon the killers of him, the Sinan bin Anas Nakhi, wa haybali who killed Hussain and Khwali bin Yazeed presented the severed head of Hussain to Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad.
[Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah 18/358 #34636]
Shahr bin Haushab narrated that he said: I was with the wife of Prophet ﷺ Sayyidah Umme Salmah رضیﷲ عنہا, and when I informed her about the martyrdom of Hussain عليه السلام after getting the news that Hussain got murdered. She said: What they have done! May Allah fill their homes or graves with fire and after saying this she got fainted because of intimate sadness which struck due to the death of Hussain عليه السلام.
[Tarikh Damishq 14/229]
Sayyidah Umme Salmah رضیﷲ عنہا said:
سمعت الجن يبكين على حسين.
I heard the Jinns crying over the death of Hussain عليه السلام.
[Mo'ajjam al kabir lil Tabarani 121/3, Fazail Sahaba by Imam Ahmad #1373 Sanad Hasan by Shaikh Wasiullah Abbas]
Tabai Sagheer, Ibrahim bin Yazeed al Nakhii رحمہ اللہ used to say:
If I were among the people who killed Hussain عليه السلام and I would have been forgiven for it and I had granted jannah by Allah and when Prophet ﷺ passes besides me then I would have been ashamed to face prophet Mohammed ﷺ that he sees me۔
[Mo'ajjam al kabir Tabarani 3/112 #2829 Sanad hasan by Imam Zubair Ali Zai]
Imam Hasan Al Basri رحمہ اللہ said: Sixteen men were killed with the Hussain عليه السلام from his family, By Allah, there was no family who faced oppression (Zulm) similar to the family of Hussain عليه السلام at that time. Sufyan Bin Uyayna said: and who doubt this?.
قتل مع الحسين بن علي رضي الله عنه ستة عشر رجلا من أهل بيته، والله ما على ظهر الأرض يومئذ أهل بيت يشبهون.قال سفيان: ومن يشك في هذا؟
[Al Mo'ajjam al Kabir Tabarani 3/188 #2854, Tarikh Khulafa bin Khayyat pg. 235, Mo'ajjam As Sahaba lil Baghawi 2/15, #406]
The severed head of Hussain عليه السلام and Ibn Ziyad.
Anas bin Malik رضیﷲ عنه said, "The head of Imam Hussain was brought to 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and was put in a tray, and then Ibn Ziyad started striking with a stick at the nose and mouth of Al-Husain's head and saying something about his handsome features." Anas then said (to him), "Al-Husain resembled the Prophet more than the others did." Anas added, "His (i.e. Al-Husain's) hair was dyed with Wasma (i.e. a kind of plant used as a dye).
[Sahih al Bukhari 3748]
Abu Qabeel رحمہ اللہ said,
لَمَّا قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ كَسْفَةً حَتَّى بَدَتِ الْكَوَاكِبُ نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ، حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا هِيَ۔
There was a sun eclipse when Hussain عليه السلام was martyred even the stars appeared in the broad day light and we thought it is a night time..
[Al Mo'ajjam al kabir lil Tabarani 3/114 #2838, Majma'a Al Zawaid 9/197 #15163]
Allama Haythami رحمہ اللہ said it was narrated by Tabarani and the sanad of it is Hasan.
Abu al Wasi رحمہ اللہ said:
نحرت الإبل التي حمل عليها رأس الحسين وأصحابه، فلم يستطيعوا أكلها، كانت لحومها أمر من الصبر
The flesh of the camels which were used to carry the heads of Companions of Hussain عليه السلام and the head of Saydna Hussain عليه السلام were slaughtered to be consumed but they were non consumable because of their bitter taste.
[Tarikh Damishq ibn Asakir 16/231, Tahzeeb al Kamal 6/435, Mo'ajjam al Kabir al Tabarani 3/121, Majma'a al Zawaid 9/196]
Imam Haythami رحمہ اللہ said it has been narrated by Tabarani and all the narrators are trustworthy in Majma'a al Zawaid.
Allah's anger on the killers and haters of Saydna Imam Hussain عليه السلام.
Imam A'mash رحمہ اللہ said:
خَرِئَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ عَلَى قَبْرِ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ . قَالَ: فَأَصَابَ أَهْلَ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ خَبْلٌ وجُنُونٌ وَجُذَامٌ وَمَرَضٌ وفَقْرٌ
A man from Banu Asad (a tribe of koofa) threw garbage on the grave of Saydna Imam Hussain عليه السلام then the whole family every one of them were punished by the mental illness, diseases, leprosy and poverty.
[Al Moajjam Al Kabir Tabrani 3/120]
Imam Ibn al Jawzi رحمہ اللہ said about it's sanad.
ورجاله رجال الصحيح
The narrators of this narration is from Sahihayn.
[Al Wasim wa al Qawasim fi Zib an Sunnah abi al-Qasim 8/28]
Allama Haythami said the same رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ.
[Majma'a al-Zawaid wa Munabba'a al Fawaid 9/197]
A trustworthy Tabai Abu Raj'a al Utarudi رحمہ اللہ said:
Do not say ill things about Ali and Ahle bayt, a man from our neighborhood said ill things about Hussain
[Mo'ajjam al Kabir Tabarani 3/112 #2830 sanad sahih by Imam Zubair Ali Zai]
Killing of Imam Hussain رضیﷲ عنه and the wrath of Allah.
Saydna ibn Abbas رضیﷲ عنه said:
أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَى نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَنِّي قَتَلْتُ بِيَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَاً ، وَإِنِّي قَاتِلٌ بِابْنِ ابْنَتِكَ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَاً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَاً
Allah Azzawajal revealed to Mohammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم that: Indeed I have destroyed seventy thousand people due to the killing of Yahya bin Zakariyya عليه السلام and without any doubt I will destroy seventy thousand people from my wrath for the killing of Hussain رضیﷲ عنه the son of your beloved daughter Fatima رضیﷲ عنها.
[Al mustadrak ala Sahihayn 3/4822, Tareekh Baghdad 1/142-1/472, Tareekh Damishq 14/225]
Imam Hakim رحمہ اللہ said
هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
This Hadith is Sahih but shaikhain haven't did takhreej.
[Al mustadrak ala Sahihayn 3/4822]
Imam Dahabi رحمہ اللہ said:
على شرط مسلم
I state that this hadith is sahih on the condition of Muslim.
[Mukhtasar Talkhees al Dahabi la ibn al malqan 4/615]
