Hamid bin Muslim who is called a narrator in terminology was present
in Kerbala as a reporter. He did not participate in the battle but he has
narrated a number of incidents. He says that a person was standing near
him. Whenever His Eminence, Ali Akbar used to attack, people ran away
from him. Seeing this, that person got angry because he was a brave man.
He told the reporter, “By God! If he passes by me I would surely injure
the heart of his father gravely,” Hamid asked him, “What enmity have you
got with this youth? After all, those people are going to martyr him.” He
said, “No” As soon as His Eminence. Ali Akbar passed by his side, the
man attacked him with a spear so hard that he could not control himself
and hung himself onto the neck of the horse and shouted for help, “O
father! Grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) has come to take me
along.”5
Writers of Kerbala tragedy have mentioned a strange statement at this
point:
“The horse took him through the army of the enemies and they hit
him with the swords cutting his delicate body into pieces.”
Biharul Anwar, Vol. 45, Pg. 44; Mausuat-e-Kalimat al-Imam al-Husain, Pg. 462;
Maqtal-e-Husain, Muqarram, Pg. 259.