Translations:On Dokuzuncu Mektup/128/en
“Woe unto the people for what shall befall them at your hands, and woe unto you for what shall befall you at their hands,”(*[1])
predicting that ‘Abdullah would lead the Muslims with extraordinary bravery, would face terrible attacks, and that because of him fearsome events would befall people. What he foretold came about exactly: during Umayyad rule, ‘Abdullah b. Zubayr declared his caliphate in Mecca, heroically fought in many battles, until finally Hajjaj the Tyrant attacked him with a large force, and following a fierce battle the illustrious hero was martyred.
- ↑ *al-‘Asqalani, al-Matalib al-‘Aliya, iv, 21; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, no: 2708; al-Hakim, al- Mustadrak, iii, 554.