The beginning of his affair (Peace be Upon Him) was that Kha lid ibn
\u02bfAbdulla h al-Qasr\u012b claimed a sum of money against Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b , Muhammad ibn \u02bfUmar ibn \u02bfAl\u012b ibn Ab\u012b T a lib, Da wu d ibn \u02bfAl\u012b ibn \u02bfAbdulla
h ibn al-\u02bfAbba s, Sa\u02bfd ibn Ibra h\u012b m ibn \u02bfAbd al-Rah ma n ibn \u02bfAwf, and
Ayyu b ibn Salamah ibn \u02bfAbdulla h ibn al-Wal\u012b d ibn al-Mugh\u012b rah al-
Makhzu m\u012b . So Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar ibn Muh ammad ibn al-H akam\u2014the
governor of Hisha m over Iraq\u2014wrote concerning them to Hisha m.
Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b and Muh ammad ibn \u02bfUmar were at that time at al-Rus a
fah. When the letters of Yu suf reached Hisha m, he summoned them
and mentioned to them what Yu suf had written; they denied it. Hisha
m said to them: \u201cWe shall send you to him so that he may bring you
together with him.\u201d Zayd said: \u201cI adjure you by Allah and by kinship
not to send us to Yu suf.\u201d Hisha m said to him: \u201cWhat is it that you fear
from Yu suf?\u201d He said: \u201cI fear that he will transgress against us.\u201d So
Hisha m summoned his scribe and wrote to Yu suf: \u201cTo proceed: When
Zayd and so-and-so and so-and-so arrive to you, then bring them
together with him. If they acknowledge what he has claimed against
them, then send them back to me. And if they deny it, then ask him for
proof; if he does not establish it, then administer to them an oath after
the afternoon prayer, by Allah\u2014there is no god but He\u2014that they
were not entrusted with a deposit, nor does he have any claim against
them; then release them.\u201d They said to Hisha m: \u201cWe fear that he will
overstep your letter.\u201d He said: \u201cNo; I shall send with you a man from
the guards to hold him to that until he finishes and hastens.\u201d They said:
\u201cMay Allah reward you well on behalf of kinship.\u201d So he sent them on
to Yu suf, who was at that time in al-H \u012b rah. They avoided Ayyu b ibn
Salamah due to his kinship with Hisha m, and he was not seized in
anything of that matter. When they arrived before Yu suf, they entered
upon him and greeted him. He seated Zayd near himself and dealt
gently with him in questioning. Then he asked them about the money,
and they denied it. So Yu suf brought the claimant out to them and
said: \u201cThis is Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b and Muh ammad ibn \u02bfUmar ibn \u02bfAl\u012b against
whom you claimed what you claimed.\u201d He said: \u201cI have against them
neither little nor much.\u201d Yu suf said to him: \u201cBy my father, were you
mocking me and the Commander of the Faithful?\u201d Then he punished
him with a punishment such that it was thought he had killed him.
Then, after the afternoon prayer, Yu suf brought Zayd and his
companions out to the mosque and administered the oath to them. Yu
suf wrote to Hisha m informing him of that, and Hisha m wrote back to
him: \u201cRelease them.\u201d So Yu suf released them. After his departure from
Yu suf, Zayd remained in Ku fah for some days. Yu suf began urging
him to leave, and he would excuse himself with
preoccupation and with things he was purchasing. He pressed him
until he left and went to al-Qa disiyyah.
Then the Sh\u012b \u02bfa met him and said: \u201cWhere are you departing from us\u2014
may Allah have mercy on you\u2014while with you are one hundred
thousand swords from the people of Ku fah, Bas rah, and Khura sa n,
with which they would strike the Banu Umayyah on your behalf, and
there is before us from the people of al-Sha m only a small number?\u201d
He refused them. They continued imploring him until he returned,
after they gave him pledges and covenants. Muh ammad ibn \u02bfUmar ibn
\u02bfAl\u012b said to him: \u201cI remind you by Allah, O Abu al-H usayn, when you
joined your family and did not accept the word of any of those who call
you\u2014for they will not be faithful to you. Are they not the companions
of your grandfather al-H usayn ibn \u02bfAl\u012b (Peace be Upon Him)?\u201d He said:
\u201cYes.\u201d Yet he refused to turn back. The Sh\u012b \u02bfa and others then came to
him in succession, pledging allegiance to him, until his register
counted fifteen thousand men from the people of Ku fah alone\u2014
excluding the people of al-Mada \u02bein, Bas rah, Wa sit , al-Maws il, Khura
sa n, al-Rayy, and Jurja n. He remained in Ku fah for several months. He
sent his callers to the regions and districts, calling the people to his
pledge of allegiance. He sent al-Fud ayl ibn al-Zubayr to Abu H an\u012b fah.
Al-Fud ayl said: I came to him and conveyed to him the message of
Zayd. He fell silent, not knowing what to reply to me; then he said:
\u201cWoe to you\u2014what do you say?\u201d I said: \u201cIf he is supported, then
striving with him is right.\u201d He said: \u201cAnd who comes to him in this
matter from the jurists of the people?\u201d I said: \u201cSalamah ibn Kuhayl,
Yaz\u012b d ibn Ab\u012b Ziya d, Ha ru n ibn Sa\u02bfd, Abu Ha shim al-Rumma n\u012b , H
ajja j ibn D\u012b na r, and others.\u201d He recognized them and said to me: \u201cGotoday, and when tomorrow comes, then come to me; do not speak to
me a word\u2014only come and sit in a corner, for I shall rise with you; and
when I rise, then stand behind me.\u201d So, I came to him the next day.
When he saw me, he stood and I followed him. He said: \u201cConvey to him
my greeting, and say to him: As for going out with you, I am not able to
do so\u201d\u2014and he mentioned an illness he had\u2014\u201cbut you have with me
assistance and strength for striving against your enemy, so seek aid
with it\u2014you and your companions\u2014in mounts and weapons.\u201d He sent
it to Zayd, and with it he strengthened his companions. It is said that it
was thirty thousand dirhams, and it is said: dinars.
Al-Sayyid Abu al-\u02bfAbba s\u2014may Allah have mercy upon him\u2014said: Ibn
Shubrumah pledged allegiance to him, as did Mis\u02bfarah ibn Kida m, al-
A\u02bfmash, al-H asan ibn \u02bfUma rah, Abu H us ayn, and Qays ibn al-Rab\u012b \u02bf.
Those from his family who were present with him at the encounter
were: Muh ammad ibn \u02bfAbdulla h ibn al-H asan al-H asan (al-Nafs al-
Zakiyyah), \u02bfAbdulla h ibn \u02bfAl\u012b ibn al-H usayn (Peace be Upon Him), his
son Yah ya ibn Zayd, and al-\u02bfAbba s ibn Rab\u012b \u02bfah from Banu \u02bfAbd al-Mut
t alib. When the time of the uprising of Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b (Peace be Upon
Them Both) drew near, he ordered his companions to prepare and
make themselves ready. Those who wished to be faithful began
preparing, and this became widely known. Then Sura qah al-Ba riq\u012b
went to Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar and informed him of the affair of Zayd (Peace
be Upon Him). Yu suf sent for
Zayd by night, but he was not found at the house of the two men whom
the informant had claimed he was with. So Yu suf brought the two
men, and when he questioned them, the matter of Zayd and his
companions became clear to him. Yu suf ordered concerning them, and
their necks were struck. The news reached Zayd and his companions,
so he feared that the road would be seized against him. He therefore
hastened the uprising before the appointed time that had been set
between him and the people of the regions. Zayd\u2019s emergence thus
became settled. He had promised his companions the night of
Wednesday, the first night of S afar, in the year one hundred andtwenty-two. Yet he went out before the appointed time. This reached
Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar, so he sent al-H akam ibn al-S alt, ordering him to
gather the people of Kufa into the Grand Mosque and confine them
there. Al-H akam sent to the tribal chiefs, the police, the guards, and
the fighters, and they brought them into the mosque. Then his herald
proclaimed: \u201cAny man of the Arabs or the clients whom we find on a
journey this night\u2014protection is disavowed from him. Come to the
Grand Mosque.\u201d The people came to the mosque on Tuesday, before
the emergence of Zayd. They searched for Zayd in the house of Mu\u02bfa
wiyah ibn Ish a q, but he went out by night\u2014on the night of
Wednesday, with seven nights remaining of Muh arram\u2014on a night of
intense cold, from the house of Mu\u02bfa wiyah ibn Ish a q. They raised
fires in the harad\u012b, and they called out with their slogan, the slogan of
the Messenger (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them
peace): \u201cYa Mansur, amit.\u201d They continued thus until morning. When
morning came, Zayd sent al-Qa sim ibn so-and-so al-Tubba\u02bf\u012b and
another man to proclaim their slogan. Yah ya ibn S a lih ibn Yah ya ibn
\u02bfAz\u012b z ibn \u02bfUmar ibn Ma lik ibn Khuzaymah al-Tubba\u02bf\u012b named the other
man and mentioned that he was S adda m. Sa\u02bf\u012b d said: He also met me,
and I was a loud-voiced man calling out their slogan. Ibn al-Ja ru d\u2014
Ziya d ibn al-Mundhir al-Hamda n\u012b \u2014raised a harad\u012b from their
minaret and proclaimed the slogan of Zayd. When they were in the
open lands of \u02bfAbd al-Qays, Ja\u02bffar ibn al-\u02bfAbba s al-Kind\u012b encountered
them and attacked him and his companions. He killed the man who
was with al-Qa sim, and al-Qa sim was gravely wounded. He was
brought to al-H akam ibn al-S alt, who spoke to him but he did not
reply. His neck was struck at the gate of the palace, and he was the first
of them to be killed. His daughter mourned him, saying:
O eye, pour forth for Qasim ibn Kath\u012br
Torrents of abundant tears.
The swords of ignoble men overtook him,
From the people of idolatry, ruin, and destruction.
I shall weep for you as long as the dove sings
Upon a fresh and verdant branch.
Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar, while in al-Hira, said: \u201cWho will go to Kufa, draw near
to these people, and bring us their news?\u201d \u02bfAbdulla h ibn \u02bfAyya sh al-
Mantu f al-Hamda n\u012b said: \u201cI will bring you their
news.\u201d He rode out with fifty horsemen, went until he reached the
cemetery of Sa lim, gathered information, then returned to Yu suf and
informed him. When morning came, Yu suf went out to a hill near al-H
\u012b rah, and Quraysh and the notables of the people descended with him.
The commander of his police that day was al-\u02bfAbba s ibn Sa\u02bfd al-
Muzan\u012b .
He said: I sent al-Rayya n ibn Salamah al-Balaw\u012b with about two
thousand horsemen and three hundred foot soldiers from the Qayqa
niyyah, armed and ready. Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b and all who joined him that
night numbered two hundred and eighteen foot soldiers. Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b
said: \u201cSubh a n Alla h! Where are the people?\u201d It was said: \u201cThey are
confined in the mosque.\u201d He said: \u201cNo\u2014by Allah\u2014this is no excuse for
those who pledged allegiance to us.\u201d
He said: Nas r ibn Khuzaymah came forward to Zayd, but \u02bfUmar ibn
\u02bfAbd al-Rah ma n\u2014the chief of police of al-H akam ibn al-S alt\u2014met
him with horsemen from Juhaynah near the house of al-Zubayr ibn Ab\u012b
H ak\u012b mah, on the road leading to the Mosque of Banu \u02bfAd\u012b . Nas r
called out: \u201cYa Mans u r, amit,\u201d but \u02bfUmar did not reply. Nas r attacked
him and his companions, killed him, and those with him fled. Zayd
advanced until he reached the cemetery of al-S a \u02bfidiyy\u012b n, where there
were five hundred men from the people of al-Sha m. Zayd charged
them with his companions and routed them. He then advanced until
he reached al-Kana sah and attacked a group of the people of al-Sha m,
defeating them. He then drove them back until he emerged at the
cemetery, while Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar was upon the hill watching Zayd and
his companions as they scattered the people. Had Zayd wished to killYu suf, he could have done so. Then Zayd turned to the right toward
the prayer-place of Kha lid ibn \u02bfAbdulla h until he entered Kufa.
Some of his companions said to others: \u201cShall we not go toward the
cemetery of Kindah?\u201d No sooner had the man spoken than the people
of al-Sha m appeared before them. When they saw them, they entered
a narrow alley and passed through it. One man from among them
lagged behind and entered the mosque, prayed two rak\u02bfahs, then came
out to them and struck them with his sword. They struck him with
their swords. Then one of them\u2014a horseman, masked in armor\u2014
called out: \u201cRemove the helmet from his head and strike his head with
a pole.\u201d They did so and killed the man. His companions charged them,
drove them away from him, and the people of al-Sha m seized one man
from among them. That man went until he entered upon \u02bfAbdulla h ibn
\u02bfAwf ibn al-Ah mar; they captured him and took him to Yu suf ibn
\u02bfUmar, who killed him. Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b turned to Nas r and said: \u201cO Nas r
ibn Khuzaymah, do you fear for the people of Kufa that they will act in
a H usayn\u012b manner?\u201d He replied: \u201cMay Allah ransom me for you\u2014by
Allah, I shall strike with this sword of mine alongside you until I die.\u201d
Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b (Peace be Upon Him) then led them forward toward the
mosque. \u02bfUbaydulla h ibn al-\u02bfAbba s al-Kind\u012b came out to him with the
people of al-Sha m, and they met at the gate of \u02bfUmar ibn Sa\u02bfd.
\u02bfUbaydulla h ibn al-\u02bfAbba s and his companions fled until they reached
the Gate of the Elephant. The companions of Zayd began raising their
banners over the gates,
saying: \u201cO people of the mosque, come out!\u201d Nas r ibn Khuzaymah was
calling out to them: \u201cO people of Kufa, come out from humiliation to
honor, and to religion and the world.\u201d The people of al-Sha m were
throwing stones at them from atop the mosque. That day there was
skirmishing in Kufa and its surroundings, and it was also said: in the
cemetery of Sa lim.
And Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar sent al-Rayya n ibn Salamah with cavalry to Da r
al-Rizq. They fought Zayd (Peace be Upon Him) with fierce fighting,and many of the people of al-Sha m were wounded. The companions of
Zayd drove them back from Da r al-Rizq until they reached the Grand
Mosque. The people of al-Sha m withdrew on the evening of
Wednesday in the worst state of morale.
When it was the morning of Thursday, Yu suf ibn \u02bfUmar summoned al-
Rayya n ibn Salamah and rebuked him, saying to him: \u201cFie upon you as
a commander of cavalry!\u201d He then summoned al-\u02bfAbba s ibn Sa\u02bfd al-
Muzan\u012b , the commander of his police, and sent him to the people of al-
Sha m. He marched with them until they reached Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b (Peace
be Upon Him) at Da r al-Rizq. Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b came out to meet him, with
Nas r ibn Khuzaymah and Mu\u02bfa wiyah ibn Ish a q on his right flank.
When al-\u02bfAbba s saw them, he called out: \u201cO people of al-Sha m\u2014
dismount!\u201d Many of them dismounted, and fierce fighting ensued in
the battlefield. Among the people of al-Sha m was a man from Banu
\u02bfAbs called Na \u02beil ibn Farwah. He said to Yu suf: \u201cBy Allah, if I can set my
eyes upon Nas r ibn Khuzaymah, I will surely kill him\u2014or he will kill
me.\u201d Yu suf said to him: \u201cTake this sword,\u201d and he handed him a sword
that would cut through anything it passed. When the companions of
al-\u02bfAbba s ibn Sa\u02bfd met the companions of Zayd, Na \u02beil caught sight of
Nas r ibn Khuzaymah and struck him, severing his thigh. Nas r struck
him in return and killed him; and Nas r\u2014may Allah have mercy upon
him\u2014died.
Then Zayd (Peace be Upon Him) routed them, and they withdrew that
day in the worst condition. When it was the late afternoon, Yu suf
reassembled them and then dispatched them again toward Zayd. They
advanced until they met, and Zayd (Peace be Upon Him) charged them,
scattering them, then pursued them until he drove them out to the salt
flats. He pressed them again until he drove them out from among Banu
Sulaym. Then they took the route of al-Masanna t. Zayd (Peace be
Upon Him) appeared among them between Ba riq and Banu Rawa s
and fought them with intense fighting. The bearer of his banner was a
man from Banu Sa\u02bfd ibn Bakr called \u02bfAbd al-S amad.
Sa\u02bf\u012b d ibn Khuthaym said: We were with Zayd ibn \u02bfAl\u012b (Peace be Upon
Him) numbering five hundred, while the people of al-Sha m were
twelve thousand. Yet more than twelve thousand had pledged
allegiance to Zayd (Peace be Upon Him), but they betrayed him\u2014when
a man from the people of al-Sha m, from Kalb, rode out on a splendid
horse and did not refrain from reviling Fa t imah, the daughter of the
Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them
peace). Zayd (Peace be Upon Him) began to weep until his beard was
soaked, and he kept saying: \u201cIs there no one who will become angry
for Fa t imah, the daughter of the
Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them
peace)? Is there no one who will become angry for the Messenger of
Allah (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace)? Is
there no one who will become angry for Allah\u2014Exalted is He?\u201d mThe
man from al-Sha m then dismounted from his horse and mounted a
mule. The people were in two groups: onlookers and fighters. Sa\u02bf\u012b d
said: I went to a client of mine and took from him a cloak I had with
me, then concealed myself behind the onlookers. When I came up
behind him, I struck his neck while firmly gripping the cloak. His head
fell before the mule, then I threw his corpse from the saddle. His
companions charged at me until they nearly overwhelmed me, but the
companions of Zayd cried out \u201cAlla hu akbar\u201d and charged them,
rescuing me. I came to Zayd (Peace be Upon Him), and he began
kissing me between the eyes, saying: \u201cBy Allah, you have exacted our
vengeance. By Allah, you have attained the honor of this world and the
Hereafter and their treasure. Take the mule\u2014I grant it to you as
spoils.\u201d
He said: The cavalry of al-Sha m could not stand firm against the
cavalry of Zayd (Peace be Upon Him). Al-\u02bfAbba s ibn Sa\u02bfd sent to Yu suf
informing him of what he was facing from the Zayd\u012b s and asked him to
send archers. He sent to him Sulayma n ibn Kaysa n with the Qayqa
niyyah\u2014who were Bukha rans\u2014and they were archers. They began
shooting at the companions of Zayd. Mu\u02bfa wiyah ibn Ish a q al-Ans a r\u012bfought that day with fierce fighting and was killed in front of Zayd
(Peace be Upon Him). Zayd stood firm among his companions until,
when it was near the onset of night, Zayd was struck by an arrow that
hit his left forehead. The arrow penetrated into the brain. He
withdrew, and his companions withdrew with him. We do not think
the people of al-Sha m withdrew except because of the darkness of the
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