Bits of History

Once Allahs Prophet (SAW) was passing by and Husein was crying, he said "Don't let him cry, his crying harms me."

The Kharijites planned to kill
Muawiya (RA)
Amr ibn Al-Aas (RA)
Ali (RA)

In Huseins (radi allahu anhu), days, Muawiya had passed on and the new king was Yazid. Husein (radi allahu anhu), left Al-Medinah and stayed in Makkah for four months.The people in Al-Kufa were sending messages and writing letters to Husein telling him "to come to Kufa- we will be your supporters. In the meantime, Husein (radi allahu anhu), had sent Muslim ibn Aqueel (radi allahu anhu) , who is his cousin, to Kufa to try to understand if there is going to be possible to have a base for political and military opposition in that part of the Muslim territory. When Muslim ibn Aqueel arrived in Kufa, there were 12,000 people who were demonstrating their support for Husein.This grows to 18,000 to 30,000 supporters. So, Husein left Makkah on the 8th of Dhil Hijjah, two days before Eid, when the Hajj was climaxing. Ubaidullah ibn Ziyaad the governor of Kufa arrested Muslim ibn Aqueel and beheaded him on the day after Husein left Makkah, it was on the 9th of Dhil Hijjah.