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Prophecy of Imam Ali (a.s.) regarding the

Martyrdom of Rushaid e Hajari and its opposition

The author of ‘Al Gharaat’ writes: Ziyad bin Nazar e Harithi says, “I was with Ziyad bin Obaih when Rushaid e Hajari, one of the dear companions of Imam Ali (a.s.), was brought to him.

Ziyad asked him: What has your friend (Imam Ali) said about our behaviour with you?

Rushaid said: My leader said that you will cut my hands and legs and hang me over the gallows.

Ziyad said: By God, I will prove his word wrong. Release him!

When Rushaid wished to leave, Ziyad said: Bring him back.

Then he faced Rushaid and said: I don’t find anything that will be more appropriate for you than what your friend had said, because if you remain alive, you will continuously harm us and act against us. Then he commanded to cut both the hands and legs of Rushaid.

Rushaid, in this condition, was cursing the Umayyad dynasty and Ziyad. Ziyad commanded his men to hang him on the gallows. When he was being hanged on the gallows, Rushaid said: Another act has been left for me which I feel that you will not perform.

Ziyad said: Cut his tongue, and when the executioners pulled his tongue for cutting it, he said: Let me speak one more word. He was given the permission. Rushaid said, “By God, this is the confirmation of the word of Amir al-Momineen (a.s.) who informed me that my tongue will be cut”.Then his tongue was cut.[1]