Tradition has it:
Negotiations continued,
Hussain proposed to Umar Ibne S'ad three options:
- Let him go to Yazid,
- Or return to Mecca
- Or to fight nonbelievers ie the Turks.
In Kufa, Ibne Ziad was inclined to agree but Shimr advised against that. He also mentioned that there has been a long conference between Hussain and Umar ibn S'ad.
Ibne Ziad sent Shimr to Karbala with orders to Umar Ibne S'ad to ask Hussain for unconditional surrender. Apparently Shimr had the orders to take over if Umar Ibne S'ad does not carry out the orders.
Shimr arrived with a big army to fight an army of less than 80.
اکبر سے مڑ کہ کہنے لگے سرورِ زماں
باندھے ہے سرکشی پہ کمر ، لشکرِ گراں
تم جا کہ کہہ دو خیمے میں یہ اے پدر کی جاں
بچوں کو لے کے صحن سے ہٹ جائیں بیبیاں
غفلت میں تیر سے کوئی بچہ تلف نہ ہو
ڈر ہے مجھے کہ گردنِ اصغر ہدف نہ ہو
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