5. He said: Abu Ubaidullah Muhammad ibn Imran al-Marzbani reported to me from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, who reported from al-Hasan ibn Ulail al-Anzi, who reported from Abdul Karim Ibn Muhammad, who reported from ‘Ali ibn Salemah, from Abu Aslam Muhammad ibn Fakhar, from Abu Hayyaj Abdullah ibn Amir, who said:

When the sad news of al-Husayn’s, peace be upon him, martyrdom reached Madinah, Asma bint Aqil ibn Abi Talib came out with a group of her ladies and came to the grave of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and clinging to it, sobbed bitterly. Then, addressing the Muhajireen and the Ansar, she said: "What will you say when the Prophet says to you on the Day of Judgement, and the truth will indeed be heard. ’You deserted my family members, or were you absent,’ and the truth will be brought together before the master. ’You had forsaken them at the hands of the oppressors, so you have no one to intercede on your behalf before Allah.’ There was no one (of you) at Kerbala on the day When death crept to them, and none was there to defend them!" He said: "We never saw as many wailing men and women on any other day."