The Captivity Journey

Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi Learned about the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (Q)

Obayd Allah Bin Ziad could not kill Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi due to his kinship with Omar Bin Al-Khattab and Omar Bin Saad. Bin Ziad ordered Al-Mukhtar out of jail after having put him in it after the killing of Muslim and Hani. As after he got the letter of Yazeed in which he ordered him to kill and imprison people for any suspicion, he imprisoned a group from the Shia, and Al-Mukhtar was one of them. He stayed in jail till they brought the head of Imam Hussain (Q) and it was put between his hands, so he covered it with a veil. Then he took Al-Mukhtar out of the jail and when Al-Mukhtar saw the Noble Head, he shouted a loud cry. Thus, Al-Mukhtar was released afterwards, after Bin Ziad had injured his eye.