The Martyrdom of Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali عليه السلام Revealed Through Jabra`ǐl

4. Muḥammad ibn Ja’far Al-Razzāz narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Sa’īd Al-Zayyāt, from one of our companions, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq عليه السلام) said: Jabra`īl came to the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and said, “O Muḥammad! Verily Allāh conveys His Salām to you and gives you glad tidings of a newborn son from Fāťimah who will be killed by your nation after you.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, “O Jabra`īl! Salām be upon my Lord! I do not need a newborn son from Fāťimah who will be killed by my nation after me.” Jabra`īl ascended to the heavens and then came back to him again, repeating what he had said. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, “O Jabra`īl! Salām be upon my Lord! I do not need a newborn son who will be killed by my nation after me.” Jabra`īl ascended to the heavens (yet) again and then came back to him for the third time and said, “O Muḥammad! Verily your Lord conveys His Salām to you and gives you glad tidings that He has placed the Imamate, the Wilāyah, and the succession in his progeny.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, “I have accepted.” Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم sent (this message) to Fāťimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, “Verily Allāh has given me glad tidings of a newborn son to whom you will give birth and who will be killed by my nation after me.” Fatima عليه السلام replied, “I do not need a newborn son to whom I will give birth and who will be killed by your nation after you.” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم sent (this message) to her, “Verily Allāh has placed the Imamate, the Wilāyah, and the succession in his progeny.” Fāťimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied, “I have accepted.” Then Imam Sadiq عليه السلام recited the following verse: His mother bears him with aversion, and with aversion she gives birth to him; and bearing him and weaning him takes thirty months. When he attains maturity, and reaches the age of forty, he says, ‘My Lord, arouse me that I may thank you for the bounties You have bestowed on me and my parents, and that I may do good which pleases You, and make (some of) my offspring righteous (as favour) for me’ (46:15). If he (Hussain عليه السلام) would have said, “make [all of] my offspring righteous” then all of his offspring would have become Imams. Then Imam عليه السلام continued: Ḥusain عليه السلام was not breastfed by Fāťimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم or any other woman. He used to be taken to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم would place his thumb in the mouth of Ḥusain عليه السلام; he would suck on the thumb of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم (long enough) to suffice him for two or three days. Therefore, the flesh of Ḥusain عليه السلام grew (and developed) from the flesh of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم and the blood of Ḥusain عليه السلام was made from the blood of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. No one has been born after a gestation period of only six months except for ‘Isā, son of Maryam عليه السلام, and Ḥusain, son of ‘Ali عليه السلام. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me trough the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from ‘Ali ibn Ismā’īl ibn ‘Isā, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Sa’īd Al-Zayyāt, from one of our companions, from Abī ‘Abdillāh عليه السلام.