In the book of Thaqibul Manaqib, it is narrated from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a) that he said:
When Imam Husain (a) decided to leave Medina, Lady Umme Salma (r) sent him a message not to leave till she arrives there.
Lady Umme Salma (r) had in fact brought up Imam Husain (a) since his childhood and she was very much fond of him. She also had in her possession that dust of Kerbala which Jibraeel Amin had given to Messenger of Allah (s).
Anyway, Umme Salma (r) arrived in due course and she asked where he wanted to go.
“Mother dear, I am going to Iraq,” Imam Husain (a) told her.
She said, “I adjure you by God, don’t go to Iraq.”
Imam Husain (a) asked, “But why mother?”
Umme Salma (r) said, “I heard from Messenger of Allah (s): My son, Husain, would be slain in Iraq. I also have the dust of Kerbala, which Messenger of Allah (s) gave.”
Imam Husain (a) asked, “I have to attain martyrdom in any case. How can I escape the final destiny?”
“So are you migrating from here to be slain?” asked Umme Salma (r).
He replied: “Mother dear, if I don’t go today, I will have to go tomorrow; if not tomorrow then the day after. Mother, no one can escape death. I am also aware of the day of my slaying and I also know the place where I would be martyred. I know well the grave where I would be buried. I know all those things just like I know you all; and I can see those things like I am seeing you.”
Hazrat Umme Salma (r) asked, “You can see Kerbala?”
“If you like I can show to you as well the place of my slaughter and the place of the killings of my companions,” said Imam Husain (a).
“Then show me,” said Umme Salma (r).
Imam Husain (a) recited ‘In the name of Allah.’ According to another traditional report he recited: ‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful,’ and the land sunk below and he showed her the place of his and his companions’ martyrdom. Then he picked a handful of dust and gave it to her, saying, “Mix this with the sand you are having. I would be martyred on Ashura day.”
The day he was martyred Lady Umme Salma (r) saw Messenger of Allah (s) at night in her dream and he was disheveled and there was dust in his beard and head.
Umme Salma (r) says: I said, “O Messenger of Allah (s), why are you crying; and why is there dust on your hair and beard?”
Messenger of Allah (s) replied, “I am coming from Kerbala. My son, Husain and his companions have been martyred.”
Umme Salma (r) began to wail and lament, saying, “O my son. Ladies of Medina gathered around her asking why she was crying.”
“Husain is martyred,” she told them.
“How do you know that?” asked the ladies of Medina.
Umme Salma (r) replied, “I just saw Messenger of Allah (s) in dream. There was dust on his hair and beard and he was crying. When I asked he told me that his son, Husain and his companions were slain at Kerbala.”
The ladies said, “You don’t worry lady, you just had a nightmare.”
“Wait, I have in possession the dust from the place of martyrdom of Husain. Let me check it.”
Then she lifted the bottle in which she had stored the Kerbala dust and saw that it had changed into fresh blood.
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