Survived the battle and retold its events, preserving its memory.
A small band of roughly 70–145 family members and supporters of Husayn ibn Ali (grandson of the Prophet Muhammad) were pitted against a massive Umayyad army of several thousand. battle of kerbala
Husayn refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid I , the second Umayyad caliph, whom he viewed as an unjust and morally corrupt ruler. Survived the battle and retold its events, preserving