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

15. My father رحمه الله and all of my teachers narrated to me from Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ali b. Isma'il b. ‘Isa and from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abil Khattab from Muhammad b. Amru b. Sa'eed al-Zayyat from Abdillah b. Bukayr from Zurarah from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام who said: Husayn b. Ali عليه السلام wrote a letter in Makkah to Muhammad b. Ali (i.e., al-Hanafiyyah) which read: "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, from al-Husayn b. Ali to Muhammad b. Ali and to those with him from among the Bani Hashim: Verily those who join me will be martyred and those who stay behind will not achieve victory - wasalam (and peace)."