Hadith 371

Nasr said, ‘And it is narrated to us by Mansour Bin Sallam, from Hayyan Al Tameemi, from Abi Ubeyda, from Harsamah Bin Suleym who said, ‘We battled alongside Ali-asws at Siffeen. When he-asws descended at Karbala, he-asws prayed (leading) us. When he-asws performed Salaat, he-asws lifted its soil to him-asws and smelt it, then said; ‘‘Wa Haa (alas) for you, O soul! A group would be resurrected with you, entering the Paradise without any reckoning’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When Harsama (the narrator) returned from his battle to his wife Jarda’a Bint Shumeyr, and she was from the Shias of Ali-asws, Harsama narrated to her regarding what had occurred. He said to her, ‘Are you not wondering from your friend Abu Hassan-asws? When we descended at Karbala, and he-asws had taken a handful of its soil, he-asws smelt it and said: ‘Wa Haa (alas) for you, O you soul! A group would be resurrected with you, entering the Paradise without any reckoning’. And he-asws has no knowledge of the unseen’. The wife said to him, ‘Leave us from you, O you man, for Amir Al-Momineen-asws does not say except (what is) true’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When Ubeydullah Bin Ziyad sent the battalion which he sent to Al-Husayn-asws, I was among the cavalry which he had send to them. When I ended up to Al-Husayn-asws and his-asws companions, I recognised the descent (point) in which I had descended along with Ali-asws, and the spot which he-asws had lifted from its soil, and the words which he-asws had said it, so I disliked my journey. I turned upon my horse until I paused at Al-Husayn-asws. I greeted unto him-asws and narrated to him-asws of that which I had heard from his-asws father-asws in this place. Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘Are you with us or against us? ’ I said, ‘O Son-asws of Rasool-Allah-azwj! Neither with you-asws nor against you-asws! I have left my children and my dependants, and I fear upon them from Ibn Ziyad’. He-asws said: ‘Go, until you do not see our battle, for by the One-azwj in Whose Hand is the soul of Husayn-asws, no one shall see our killing today, then he does not assist us-asws, except he would enter the Fire’. He said, ‘I came to the ground fled furiously until their-asws killing was hidden unto me’’. [55]