Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qittan narrated to us. He said: al-Hasan b. `Ali al Sikri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya narrated to us. He said: Qays b. Hafs al-Darimi narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn al-Ashqar (the blond) narrated to me. He said: Mansur b. Abu ‘l Aswad narrated to us from Abu Hassan al Taymi from Nashit b. `Ubayd from a man from among them from Jarda’ bint Simin from her husband Hirthima b. Abu Muslim. He said: We went fighting with `Ali b. Abu Talib in Siffin. When we departed, he descended on Karbala’ and offered his morning prayer on it. Then, he raised its dust towards himself and sniffed at it. Then, he said:

Glad-tidings be to you, O dust, for there will nations gathered from you who will enter Paradise without accounting. Hirthima returned to his wife, who was a Shi`a of `Ali . He said: Should I narrate to you about your master, Abu’l Hasan? He descended on Karbala’ and prayed. Then, he raised its dust towards himself and he said: Glad-tidings be to you, O dust, for there will nations gathered from you who will enter Paradise without accounting. She said: O man! Surely, Amir al-Mu’minin says nothing but the truth. When al-Husayn advanced, Hirthima said: I was in the expedition of those whom `Ubaydullah b. Ziyad had sent. When I saw the destination and the trees, I remembered the hadith and I sat on my camel. Then I came towards al-Husayn and saluted him and informed him about that which I had heard from his father regarding that destination which al-Husayn had descended on. He said: Are you with us or against us? He said: I am neither with you nor against you. I have left behind sons against whom I fear `Ubaydullah b. Ziyad. He said: Then go away where you will not be able to see our murder nor hear our voice, for, by the One in Whose hand is the soul of al-Husayn, none shall consciously hear us that day and not come to our aid but that Allah will throw him headlong into Hell.