In his book al-Fusul al-Muhimmah Ibn al-Sabbagh al-Maliki, quotes Anas ibn Malik who said, “I was with al-Husayn alayhis-salam when a servant entered and in her hand a bouquet of basil.
Hicho kitabu kiitwacho Isti'ab kimeandika hivi: "Mukhtar alidai kwamba katika kuilipizia kisasi damu ya Husayn (a.s.) alikuwa yu mjumbe wa Muhammad ibn Hanafiyyah.