Mukhtar majid biography of christopher

Chapter 6:Kumayl MeetsYazeed

1- Kumayl enters the Syrian border and proceeds directly to Damascus city, and rents a room belonging to a shopkeeper.

2- In view of the political climate at the time, no Shia would show himself up, soKumayl had to tread carefully about the purpose of his visit.

3- He goes pastYazeed's palace daily in the hope of somehow getting in, but is refused entry by the guards; this goes on for eighteen days; he goes daily to the local mosque for prayers, and asks of his fellowNamazee to pray to Allah for the granting of his wish without specifying any details.

4- On the eighteenth day, the local mosque prayer leader, Imam-ul-jamaat, (other sources say it was the shopkeeper from whom he had a rented a room) asksKumayl the purpose of his visit as for the last eighteen days he has been trying to get intoYazeed's palace.

5- Kumayl is very apprehensive and only after establishing that the person was sympathetic to the Shias, does he say that he has a person