٤ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رحمه الله) وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الصُّهْبَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ الرَّسَّانِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَقِيصَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ (ع) وَ خَلَا بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَ نَاجَاهُ طَوِيلًا قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ الْحُسَيْنُ (ع) بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا يَقُولُ لِي كُنْ حَمَاماً مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ وَ لَأَنْ أُقْتَلَ [وَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ الْحَرَمِ بَاعٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُقْتَلَ وَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ شِبْرٌ وَ لَأَنْ أُقْتَلَ بِالطَّفِّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُقْتَلَ بِالْحَرَمِ
4. My father and ‘Ali ibn Ĥusain both narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muĥammad ibn Abil Šahbān, from ‘Abdil Raĥmān ibn Abǐ Najrān, from ‘Āašim ibn Ĥumayd, from Fuďayl Al-Rassān, from Abǐ Sa’ǐd ‘Aqǐšā, who said: (One day) ‘Abdullāh ibn Zubayr met with Ĥusain ibn ‘Ali  alone and spoke with him privately for a long time. Thereafter, Ĥusain  came out to the people and said: He (‘Abdullāh ibn Zubayr) is telling me to be like one of the pigeons of the Ĥaram (Masjidul Ĥarām). Verily I would love more to be killed while I am as far as the span of two outstretched arms from the Ĥaram than to be killed while I am as close as the span of an outstretched palm from the Ĥaram. Verily I would love to be killed in Ťaf more than to be killed in the Ĥaram.