Words of the Commander of the Believers and Imam Ĥusain about His Martyrdom — Hadith 6

6. My father and Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd) both narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (Al-Ash’ari), from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from his father, from Abil Jārūd, who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a. s. )) said: Ḥusain (a. s. ) left Makkah one day before the day of Tarwiyah (Eighth of Dhil Ḥijjah). As he was leaving, ‘Abdullāh ibn Zubayr accompanied him and said, “O Abā ‘Abdillāh! The season of Hajj has come and you are leaving Makkah to go to Iraq? ! ” Ḥusain (a. s. ) replied, “O son of Zubayr! Verily I prefer to be buried by the shore of the Euphrates (River) than to be buried inside the Ka’bah. ”