MIRACLE 58 – KILLERS OF IMAM HUSAIN (AS)

It is narrated from Suwaid bin Gafala,

‘‘While I was in the presence of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), a man came to him and said, ‘O Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)! I have come to you from Qurra valley, and Khalid Bin Arfatah has died’.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) said: ‘he has not died’. The man repeated what he said, and Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) again denied that he did not die and this repeated for a third time.

The man then said, ‘I am informing you that he has died, and you are saying he did not die?’

Imam Ali (a.s.) replied, ‘He did not die. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he will not be dying until he guides an army of stray ones, and its flag will be carried by Habeeb Bin Jammaz’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘That was heard by Habeeb, so he came to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and said, ‘I beseech you regarding me, and I am from your Shias and you have mentioned me with the strayed ones! I do not recognise this from myself’.

Imam Ali (a.s.) replied, ‘If you were Habeeb Bin Jammaz, you will be carrying it (the flag of the army).

Abu Hamza said, ‘By Allah! he did not die until Umar Bin Sa’ad sent an army against Imam Husain ibn Ali (a.s.), made Khalid Bin Arfatah in charge of its front men, and Habeeb was the bearer of the flag’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 114, Trad 12 ↩