Prophecy of Imam Ali (a.s.) about the Incident of Karbala
Hasan bin Mehboob narrates from Thabit e Thumali who narrates from Suwaid bin Ghafala: One day, Amir al-Momineen (a.s.) was delivering a sermon and a man stood up near the pulpit and said: “O Amir al-Momineen! I was passing by the valley of al-Qara when I got to know that Khalid bin Arfata has died. Please pray for his forgiveness.”
Imam Ali (a.s.) said: “By God, he did not die and will not be dead until he leads a misguided army and the flag bearer for him will be Habib bin Himar.” [1]
Meanwhile, another man stood up from near the pulpit and said: “O Amir al-Momineen! I am Habib bin Himar and I am your Shia and your follower.”
Ali (a.s.) asked: You are Habib bin Himar?
He said: Yes.
Imam (a.s.) asked again: Swear in the name of God, are you Habib bin Himar?
He replied: By God, yes!
Imam (a.s.) said: I swear to the Almighty, you will bear that flag on your shoulder and will enter this mosque with that flag from that gate; and he indicated towards ‘Baab ul-Feel’.
Thabit says: I did not die until the day when I saw Ibn e Ziyad provoking Umar bin Sa’ad for fighting against Imam Hussain (a.s.); he placed Khalid bin Artafa on the front row of his army, and Habib bin Himar was his flag-bearer who entered with that flag inside the mosque from ‘Baab ul-Feel’.[2]
[1] Although, the name of his father is written in the same manner even in the print of Tehran, but apparently, his correct name is ‘Jamaz’ which is mentioned in the book ‘Ikhtesaas’ of Sheikh Mufeed and ‘Basaer ud-Darjaat’ of Saffar. See: Biharul Anwar: 41/289
[2] Jalwa e Tareekh dar Sharh e Nehjul Balagha: 1/397
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