Kufian letter to Imam Hussain (peace be upon him).

“In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful, this letter was sent by Sulaiman bin Sard, and Musayib bin Najaba, and Rifa’a bin Shaddad Bijli, and Habib bin Mazhar, and other Shia Muslims who believe in Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him) who live in Kufa to Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him) they write: Peace be upon you. We speak with you in the praise of the God who has no god but Him, the praise of the true God who crushed your violent and spiteful enemy, the same one who conquered this nation and unjustly took the reins of its government, and the treasury of the nation. He usurped and ruled over them without the consent of the Muslims, then he killed the good men of the nation, and left the evildoers behind, and entrusted the wealth of God to the hands of the tyrants and the wealthy.

Now we Iraqi people don’t have a leader or an imam, so come to us, maybe God Almighty will provide us with the truth through you. We have nothing to do with Numan bin Bashir either on Friday or during the Eid prayer, and he is alone in the palace of Dar al-Amara, and if we find out that he has left for us, we will take him out and, God willing, we will chase him until the evening. »

They sent this letter through Abdullah bin Musamee Hamdani and Abdullah bin Wal and asked them to leave for Makkah in haste. And those two arrived in Makkah on the 10th of Ramadan in the year 60 and presented the letter to the Imam.

Also, two days later, the people of Kufa sent about 150 letters, each letter was from one, two, or four people, and most of the letters were sent by Qais bin Mashar Siddawi, Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah bin Shaddad Arahbi, and Amara bin Abdullah Saluli from Kufa. They brought it to Makkah, another two days passed and the Shiites of Kufa, along with Hani bin Hani Sabii and Saeed bin Abdullah Hanafi, presented a letter with this content to the presence of the Imam:

“Basmillah Rahman Rahman Raheem” ​​is a letter for Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him) one of the Shia Muslims who believe in him. Be quick and hurry because people are waiting for you and have no opinion except you, hurry hurry again hurry hurry peace be upon you. »

Then Shabth bin Rabi, Hajjar bin Abjar, Yazid bin Harith bin Ruaym, Urwa bin Qays, Umar, bin Hajjaj Zubaydi, Muhammad bin Umar and Taymi wrote a letter to this effect:

O son of the Prophet (peace be upon him)! The green garden and desert, dates and fruits have arrived, leave whenever you want because the Iraqi troops are ready to accept the lead, peace be upon you. »

The letters of the people of Kufa gathered before the Imam and Iraqi envoys were prepared in Mecca, the Imam answered the letters of the Kufas.

He wrote:

Imam’s (peace be upon him) answer to the Kufians.

” in the name of God. From Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him) to the believers and Muslims of Iraq, Hani and Saeed, your last messengers, delivered your letters, I read what you wrote and paid attention to it. May the Almighty God provide us with truth and guidance through you, now I am sending to you my brother and my cousin and the place of trust and confidence from my family, Muslim bin Aqeel, so that if he writes that your nobles, your wise men and your elders, on what you have sent You say and I have read in your letters that I will soon leave for you. I swear by my life that he is not an imam or leader unless he rules according to the Qur’an, upholds the measure of justice, practices the true religion, and devotes himself to the path of God, peace and blessings be upon him. »

The Imam sent this letter with Hani and Saeed and then told Muslim bin Aqeel to go to Iraq accompanied by Qais bin Mashar Siddawi, Amara bin Abdullah Saluli and Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah Arahbi, and told him to follow the path of piety and command He covers himself and does not lose his gentleness and tolerance, and if he sees the people in this uprising and movement of Hamadastan, he should immediately inform the Imam.

Muslim bin Aqeel (peace be upon him) went to Kufa via Madinah and entered the house of Mukhtar bin Abi Ubaid Thaqafi, and the Shiites, who thought that the work would be done so easily and without difficulty, Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him) attacked Yazid. He will win and justice and piety will take the place of his wickedness and sin, and the people will simply forget the forty-two years of Muawiya’s policies, they used to visit Muslim bin Aqeel (peace be upon him) and as the Imam’s letter to them It was recited that with a world of purity, they shed tears of joy and gave allegiance to the Imam’s special vicegerent, and according to Sheikh Mufid, may God have mercy on him, up to eighteen thousand people, and according to Tabari, twelve thousand people pledged allegiance to him.