The Captivity Journey

The Attempted Murder of Imam Zien El-Abedeen (Q)

Imam Zein El-Abedeen and Sayyed Al-Sajjadeen Ali bin Al-Hussain (Q) was present in Karbala with his father, but he was sick, and it was not documented in the historical references how long did his sickness last, but it was understood from some of the historical indications that he (Q) was still very sick and weak even when they reached Damascus.

Yet, Shamer Bin Zi Al-Jawshan entered the tent where Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q) was, while he was resting down on a mattress and said: "Kill this one!" A man among his soldiers said to him: "Praised Be Allah! Do you want to kill such a young and sick man who did not fight you?"

Just then Sayyeda Zeinab (O) came to him and said: "By Allah, he shall not be killed unless I am killed first! So stay away from him".

Here, it is important to point that his sickness (Q) even though it was a helping factor in driving the enemies away from killing him, since they thought he is very close to being dead due to his sever sickness, but it was not the main reason that had stopped them. Indeed, it was the great heroic stand of his aunt, Sayyeda Zeinab (O) when she held him and said to Shamer: "You had enough of our blood! By Allah, I shall never separate from him, if you want to kill him you shall kill me as well!" She (O) had repeated this great heroic act in many occasions.