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Whenever the Prophet’s (S.A.W.W.) sorrow was hard on him, he would take Husain in his lap and bring him along to the mosque, to the gathering of Sahaba while crying. His tears falling, he would display to them the infant Husain with the sand of Karbala in his hand and say:

“My nation (Ummah) will kill him, and this is the dirt of Karbala.”

Or he would take the dirt smell it and cry, with the mention of his murder and death, saying:

“The smell of Karb wa Balaa (sorrow and trial).”

Or would say:

“By The One who owns my soul, it saddens me: Who is this who kills Husain after me?”

Or would say:

“Karbala: the land of Karb (deep sorrow) and Balaa (painful trial).”

Or put Husain on his lap, with his red dirt in his hand, while crying and say:

“I wish I could express my self! Who kills you after me?”

Sources:

• Musnad Ahmad Ibne Hanbal, Imam Ahmad bine Hanbal
• Musnad Abu-Ya’la, Abu-Ya’la Al-Mousulli
• Musannaf Ibn Abi Sheiba
• Al-Khasaes, al-Nisaai
• Saheeh Al-Tirmizi
• Mushkil Al-Athar, Al-Tahawi
• Al-’Ilal, Al-Darqutni
• Huliat Al-Abrar, Abu-Naeem
• Al-Dalael, Al-Bayhaqi
• and many others via Ayesha, daughter of Abu Bakar

Ahmed and Ibn al-Dhahhak narrated from Ali (A.S.) that: I entered on the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) and his eyes were flooded. I said:

“Oh Prophet of Allah! Has anyone made you angry? Why are your eyes flooded?”

He said:

“Jibraeel (Gabriel) just left me telling me that Hussain will be killed by the river Euphrates. He asked me whether I want him to let me smell the sand from his grave. I said yes. He reached with his hand, grabbed a handful of sand and gave it to me. So I could not help it and my eyes were flooded.”

Source:

• Thakhaer al-Uqba, Tabari, pg 148.

Narration by Ya’la bin ‘Ubaid, Musa al-Jahani, Salih bin Arbad al-Nakhei, Ummu Salamah said:

Husain entered on the Prophet (S.A.W.W.), while I was sitting at the door. I saw in the hand of the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) something he turned over while (Husain was) sleeping on his stomach. I said:

“Oh messenger of Allah, I looked and saw you turning something over in your hand when the child was sleeping on your stomach and your tears were pouring.”

He said:

“Jibraeel (Gabriel) came to me with the sand upon which he will be killed. And he informed me that my nation (Ummah) will kill him.”

Source:

• Al-Musannaf, by Al-Hafidh Abu Bakr Bin Abi Shaibah, vol 12

Narrated Ali bin Mohammad, Uthman bin Muqsim, al-Muqbari, from ‘Aesha:

While the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.W.) was lying down, Husain (A.S.) came crawling towards him so I moved him away from the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) and I got up to do something. But Husain (A.S.) got close to the Prophet (S.A.W.W.) and he woke up crying. So I said:

“What makes you cry?”

He said:

“Jibraeel showed me the sand on which Husain will be killed. The anger of Allah is great on whomever sheds his blood.”

He opened his hands, in which was a grab of sand. He said:

“Oh, Ayesha, by the One who has my soul is in His hands, it saddens me! Who is this from my nation (Ummah) who kills Husain after I am gone?”

Source:

• Al-Taba’qat al-Kubra, Ibne Saad (Tabaqat Ibne Saad)

When Ali (A.S.) passed by Karbala in his march to Siffin and lined up with Nainawa, a village on the Euphrates, he stopped and called one of the men:

“Tell Aba-Abdillah (Husain ) what this land is called.”

He said:

“Karbala.”

Then Ali (A.S.) cried until the earth was wet from his tears. He then narrated:

I entered on the messenger of Allah (S.A.W.W.) and he was crying. So I asked what made him cry? He said:

“Gabriel was with me, just now, and informed me: that my son Husain will be killed at the banks of Furaat (River Euphrates) at a place called Karbala. Then Gabriel grabbed a handful of dirt and let me smell it. So I could not help it, my eyes overflowed.”

Sources:

• Tabaqaat Ibne Saad
• Masnad Ahmed Ibne Hanbal
• Al-Musannaf, Ibne Abi Shaibeh, vol 12
• Al-Moejam Al-Kabeer, Al-Tabarani, vol 1
• Tareekh Al-Shamm, Ibn Asakir

Aisha narrated:

The Prophet (PBUH&HF) said: “Gabriel informed me that my grandson Husain (A.S.) will be killed after me in the land of al-Taff and brought me this Turbah (mudd/soil) and informed me that this is the soil of the place he will be martyred.”

Sources:

• Tabaqat, by Ibn Sa’d,
• Al-Tabarani
• Al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p292

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