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[quote][quote]Who Killed Al-Hussain? .............
[blue][b]The People of Kufaa invite al-Hussain[/b][/blue][/quote][blue][b]Yaz&#238;d replaces the Governor of Kufah with Ubaydull&#226;h ibn Ziy&#226;d[/b]

Rumours of what was happening in K&#251;fah soon reached Yaz&#238;d in Damascus. He immediately replaced Nu‘m&#226; n ibn Bash&#238;r, the governor of K&#251;fah, with the ruthless ‘Ubaydull&#226;h ibn Ziy&#226;d with orders to find Muslim ibn ‘Aq&#238;l and kill him. Ibn Ziy&#226;d entered K&#251;fah early in Dhul Hijjah, accompanied by seventeen men on horseback. With the end of his turban drawn over his face he was unrecognizable, and the people of K&#251;fah, who were expecting Sayyidun&#226; Hussain, mistook him for Hussain. &quot; Peace upon you, o son of Ras&#251;lull&#226;h,&quot; they hailed him. Thus it was that Ibn Ziy&#226;d learnt the truth of the rumors. It was only when one of his mounted men shouted at them, &quot; Stand back! This is the governor ‘Ubaydull&#226;h ibn Ziy&#226;d!&quot; that the K&#251;fans realized the seriousness of their blunder.

Soon after reaching the governor's residence ‘ Ubaydull&#226;h sent a servant of his own with a bag containing 3000 dirhams to pose as a newcomer from the Syrian town of Hims eager to join the imminent revolution, and thereby discover the whereabouts of Muslim ibn ‘Aq&#238;l. He located Muslim in the house of H&#226;n&#238; ibn ‘Urwah, and took the pledge of allegiance at his hands. The money he handed over to Ab&#251; Thum&#226;mah al-‘آmir&#238; who was acting as Muslim' s treasurer. After staying with them for a few days, during which he learnt most of what there was to know about their intrigue, he returned to Ibn Ziy&#226;d and informed him. H&#226;n&#238; ibn ‘Urwah was arrested. At first he denied all knowledge of Muslim' s whereabouts, but when the &quot; newcomer from Hims&quot; was brought before him he confessed. But he still refused to reveal where Muslim ibn ‘Aq&#238;l was.

In the meantime Muslim came to hear about the arrest of H&#226;n&#238; ibn ‘Urwah. Realizing that the hour for a decisive encounter had arrived, he raised his battle cry &quot; Y&#226; Mans&#251;r&quot; , at which 4000 of the men who had given him their oath of allegiance and loyalty to Hussain gathered around him and proceeded towards the governor' s fort. When he saw Muslim ibn ‘Aq&#238;l with the K&#251;fans at his gate, ‘Ubaydull&#226;h sent some of the tribal leaders of K&#251;fah to speak with their people and draw them away from Muslim and warn them of the wrath that would descend upon them when the armies from Damascus arrived.

Soon Muslim's army was called upon by mothers telling their sons, &quot;Come home , there are enough other people here,&quot; and fathers ominously warning their sons, &quot;What will happen tomorrow when the Syrian armies start arriving from Damascus? What will you do?&quot;

The resolve of the men who had taken a sacred oath to support and defend the cause of Hussain and the Ahl al-Bayt against Yaz&#238;d and his Syrian armies could not hold in the face of such threats and discouragement, even though Hussain was on that very moment making his way to K&#251;fah with his nearest and dearest relying upon the promises of the Kufans.[/blue]
[right]To be continued...[/right][/quote]

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