The Captivity Journey

How the Rest of the Progeny were Driven to Yazeed

When the letter of Yazeed Bin Muawiya reached Bin Ziad, in which he ordered him to send him the head of Imam Hussain (Q) and the heads of those who were killed with him, along with his women, children and belongings.

And when the people were done roving with the Holy Head, Bin Ziad gave it to Zuhr Bin Qaeis and the heads of his companions as well, and he sent him off to Yazeed Bin Muawiya. He also sent with him Aba Baradah Bin Awf Al-Azdi and Tareq Bin Abi Thubian with a group from the people of Kufa till they reached Yazeed in Damascus.

It was narrated that Jaafar Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq (Q) had said: My father, Muhammad Bin Ali told me: "I asked my father, Ali Bin Al-Hussain about the way Yazeed took him, so he said: I was put on a camel’s back with no saddle, while the head of Al-Hussain (Q) was raised on a flag! Our women were behind me on mules… if one of us would have a tear in his eyes, they would hit his head with a spear! When we entered Damascus a person yelled: O people of Sham (old name for Damascus), these are the captives of the cursed family!"

Consequently, the duration that the Hussain convoy stayed in Kufa was twelve days.10