الكوفة ستين سنة هجرية
Kufah, 60 AH
Umar ibn Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas was conflicted.
On the one hand, his uncles, cousins, and siblings all advised him to not march against Husayn ibn Ali.
“It is better you abandon the entire world and all its wealth and all the earthly authority it contains than meet Allah with Husayn’s blood on your hands,” his uncle had told him.