Ibn Ziyād poking at the severed head of al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī after the Karbalāʾ massacre
The ˹severed˺ head of al-Ḥusayn was brought to ʿUbaydullāh b. Ziyād and was put in a tray, and then Ibn Ziyād started playing with a stick at the nose and mouth of al-Ḥusayn’s head and saying something about his handsome features. Anas then said ˹to him˺, "al-Ḥusayn resembled the Prophet ﷺ more than the others did." Anas added, "His hair was dyed with wasmah (a type of plant dye).
أُتِيَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ بِرَأْسِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَجُعِلَ فِي طَسْتٍ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ وَقَالَ فِي حُسْنِهِ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ:كَانَ أَشْبَهَهُمْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ مَخْضُوبًا بِالْوَسْمَةِ