One of the enemies raised his voice, saying: "Hussein, you are going to Hell."

The Imam retorted: "You are the one who deserves it. What is your name?"

The man replied: "I am Ibn Houza." (Houza means possession.)

The Imam said: "God, possess him by the fire."

Ibn Houza charged towards the Imam, but his horse jumped, and he fell down, but his leg remained fixed by the stirrup of the horse. The horse went around hitting his body by the ground and throwing him on stones until his leg was severed; then he died.

Messrouk Ibn Wa-il was with the enemies, looking for some material gain. When he witnessed this event, he said:

"I have seen from the people of the House of Mohammad a miracle. I shall never fight them."

Unique Prayer

In the middle of the heated battle, Abu Tamamah Al-Sa-idi turned his face to the Imam saying: "Son of the Messenger of God, the time of prayer has come. I want to pray with you before I die."

The Imam said: "You remembered the prayer. May God write you among the praying and remembering people."

Then he asked Sa-eed Hanafi to shield him against the darts while praying. Sa-eed stood intercepting the arrows by his own body until he fell down saying: "God, bear witness for what I suffered of pains, while protecting the member of the House of Thy Prophet."

Habeeb

Ibn Nameer shouted: "Hussein pray. Your prayer will not be accepted."

Habeeb Ibn Muthahir, the chief of the companions of the lmam, answered him: "You alleged that the prayer is not acceptable from the members of the House of the 

Messenger of God, and it would be accepted from an animal such as you?"

Ibn Nameer charged against Habeeb, and Habeeb hit the face of his horse with his sword. The horse jumped and Ibn Nameer fell down but his men rescued him. Habeeb fought very bravely despite his old age. Finally, they overwhelmed him and killed him.

Hurr and Zuhair went on fighting together. They prevailed over many of their enemies. Finally, they, as the rest of the Imam’s companions, were overwhelmed and died. Now the turn of the eighteen members of the house of the Imam had come.

All Son of the Imam

The first one of them was Ali, the first son of the Emam. Ali stood up in front of his father unable to ask his permission for entering the battle. He knew how hard it was for his father to see him die. The great father looked at his son saying:

"God, be witness against them. Here is a young man who resembles Thy Prophet in appearance, manner and speech. He is entering the battle. Our Lord, count them totally, and destroy them individually. They have invited us, promising their support and now they are marching to destroy us."

Ali understood from these words the permission of his father. He entered the battle and showed tremendous courage and strength. He prevailed over many of his opponents. He came back to his father complaining of his thirst.

"My father, thirst is killing me: and the weight of the armor is weakening me. Is there any way to have a drink of water?"

The Imam wept and said:

"Son, go back to the battlefield. I hope that before