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The Revolution of Imam Hussein

divided them amongst themselves. It has been reported

that on that day Imam Hussein (as) asked his relatives
and companions to bring him undesirable clothes to
wear under his main clothes, because he was going to
be killed and stripped of his clothes. According to the
records of the historians, after he was killed his turban
was taken by Jabir b.Yazid al-Azdi, his shirt by Ishaq b.
Haywat al-Hadrami, his garment by Qais b. al-Ash‘ath, his
trousers by Bahro b. Ka‘ab al-Tamimi, his bow by al-Rahil
b. Khaythama al-Joua‘fi, his shoes by al-Aswad al-Awsee,

and his sword by a man of Bani Nahshal (19).
It is worth mentioning that the ( Du‘a) supplication
of Imam Hussein (as) on the 10th of Muharram against
those who betrayed him and rallied people and fought
against him is very close in its meaning and style of
expression to that which was mentioned in the book of
Psalms. “Strike them with blindness. Make their backs

always weak. Pour out your anger on them; let your
indignation overtake them. May their camps be left
deserted; may no one be left alive in their tents. Keep a
record of all their sins; do not let them have any part in
your salvation. May their names be erased from the book
of the living; may they not be included in the list of your
people” (20).
Furthermore, when you look at the book of Isaiah, it
illustrates that people betray and abandon him, but he

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