Mina at midday.
They said: Ḥusayn then circumambulated the Kaʿbah, performed saʿy between Ṣafā and Marwah, clipped some of his hair, and came out of his ʿumrah. He next set out for Kūfah, while we, along with the people, proceeded to Mina ⦗1⦘.
Abū Mikhnaf said:
Al-Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb al-Wālibī narrated to me from ʿUqbah ibn Simʿān, who said:
When Ḥusayn left Mecca he was intercepted by the envoys of ʿAmr ibn Saʿīd—the deputy governor of Mecca—led by his brother Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd. They said to him, “Turn back! Where are you going?” He refused and went on, and the two parties shoved one another and struck each other with whips and sticks. Ḥusayn and his companions defended themselves resolutely, and Ḥusayn continued on his way.
They called after him, “O Ḥusayn, do you not fear Allah? Will you break away from the community and divide the Ummah after it has been united?” Ḥusayn replied with Allah’s words ⦗2⦘: “My deeds are mine and yours are yours; you are innocent of what I do and I am innocent of what you do” (Yūnus 10:41).
He said: Ḥusayn then passed by al-Tanʿīm ⦗3⦘, where he encountered a caravan that Baḥīr ibn Raysān ⦗4⦘ al-Ḥimyarī, the governor of Yemen, had dispatched to Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah. It was laden with yellow dye and many fine garments; Ḥusayn took the goods, set off with them, hired the camel drivers ⦗5⦘ to carry them to Kūfah, and paid them their wages.
Abū Mikhnaf, through his earlier chain, also relates that al-Farazdaq ⦗6⦘ met Ḥusayn on the road. He greeted him, saying, “May Allah grant you what you ask for and fulfil for you what you love.” Ḥusayn asked him about the state of the people ⦗7⦘ behind him. He answered, “People’s hearts are with you, but their swords are with the Umayyads. Destiny descends from heaven, and Allah does whatever He wills.”
Ḥusayn said, “You have spoken the truth. The affair belongs to Allah before and after; He does whatever He wills, and every day our Lord is engaged in a matter. If the decree comes down with what we love, we praise Allah for His favours, and He is the One from whom we seek help to render thanks. But if the decree should oppose our hopes, no blame falls upon one whose intention is truth and whose inner state is piety ⦗8⦘.”
Ḥusayn then nudged his mount and said, “Peace be upon you.” They thereupon parted ways ⦗9⦘.