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Hussein ibn Ali told Yazid's army to offer him single

battle, and they gave him his request. He killed
everybody that fought him in single battles. He
frequently forced his enemy into retreat, killing a great
number of opponents. Hussein and earlier his son Ali
al-Akbar ibn Hussein were the two warriors who
penetrated and dispersed the core of ibn Sa'ad's army, a
sign of extreme chaos in traditional warfare.
By the afternoon of the tenth day, Hussein was left
alone surrounded by the enemy. There was hesitation
among the individuals over accepting the responsibility
of Husayn's death. According to Lohuf, Hussein
advanced very deep in the back ranks of the Syrian
army shouted:
Woe betide you oh followers of Abu Sufyan ibn
Harb's dynasty! If no religion has ever been accepted
by you and you have not been fearing the resurrection
day then be noble in your world, that's if you were
Arabs as you claim.
They continuously attacked each other, until his
numerous injuries caused him to stay a moment. At this
time, he was hit on his forehead with a stone. He was
cleaning blood from his face while he was hit on the
heart with an arrow and he said: "In the name of Allah,
and by Allah, and on the religion of the messenger of
Allah." Then he raised his head up and said: "Oh my
God! You know that they are killing a man that there is
son of daughter of a prophet on the earth except him."
He then grasped and pulled the arrow out of his chest,
which caused heavy bleeding.