Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15169

Al-Layth bin Sa'd said: Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away when four nights of Rajab had passed, and in the year 60 AH Yazid became caliph. In the year 61 AH Imam Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) and his companions were martyred. This was after ten days of Muharram had passed, on the day of Ashura. Sayyiduna Abbas bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) was martyred; his mother is Sayyidah Umm al-Banin, of Banu Amir (may Allah be pleased with her). Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) was martyred, as were Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Uthman bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him); his mother is Sayyidah Layla bint Mas'ud of Banu Nahshal (may Allah be pleased with her). Ali al-Akbar, the son of Imam Husayn bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), was martyred; his mother is Layla of Thaqif. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred; his mother is al-Rabab, the daughter of Imru' al-Qays, of Banu Kalb. Abu Bakr bin Husayn, the son of an umm walad (slave-mother), was martyred. Qasim bin Husayn, the son of an umm walad, was martyred. Awn bin Abdullah bin Ja'far bin Abi Talib was martyred. Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Talib was martyred. Ja'far bin Aqil bin Abi Talib was martyred. Muslim bin Aqil bin Abi Talib was martyred. Sulayman, the freed slave of Imam Husayn, was martyred. When Imam Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, he was fifty-eight years old.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrators of this report up to those who said it are the narrators of the Sahih.