Words of the Commander of the Believers and Imam Ĥusain عليه السلام about His Martyrdom

12. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdil Jabbār, from ‘Abdil Raḥmān ibn Abī Najrān, from Ja’far ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥukaym, from ‘Abd Al-Samīn, who narrated that: (One day) while the Commander of the Believers عليه السلام was delivering a sermon to the people he said, “Ask me before you lose me! I swear to Allāh that I will answer (your questions about) anything you might ask that has happened in the past or will happen in the future.” So Sa’d ibn Abī Waqqās got up and asked, “O Commander of the Believers! Tell me about the number of hairs that I have on my head and in my beard?” The Commander of the Believers عليه السلام replied, “I swear to Allāh that my love, the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, informed me that you would be asking me this question. There is a Shayťān rooted in every strand of hair on your head and in your beard and there is a baby sheep in your house who will kill my son, Ḥusain عليه السلام.” (‘Abd Al-Samīn/Asbagh added), “’Umar ibn Sa’d (the killer of Imam Ḥusain عليه السلام) was a child then and he was playing in front of his father (Sa’d ibn Abī Waqqās).”