The Captivity Journey

The Head of Imam Hussain (Q) and the Head of the Martyrs

Indeed, the incident of carrying the head of the Prophet’s grandson (P) and the rest of the pure heads is another crime of the many horrible crimes that Karbala had witnessed. This crime had uncovered another veil off the malicious intention of the Umayyad regime.

Thus Omar Bin Saad had sent off on that day, the Day of Ashura, the head of Imam Hussain (Q) with Khewalli Bin Yazeed Al-Assbahi to Obayd Allah Bin Ziad. Then he ordered the same for the rest of the martyrs’ heads, except for the head of Al-Hurr Al Riyahi, due to his tribe objecting the cutoff of his head, and he ordered Shamer Bin Zi Al-Jawshan to take it along with Qeiss Bin Al-Ashaath and Amro Bin Al-Hajjaj.

So they kept going until they reached Bin Ziad.

Thus tribes like Kinda, Hawzan, Banu Tameem, and Banu Asad all competed to carry the martyrs’ heads.