This is the grave of al-Hussayn, the one whom they killed, thirsty and stranger.

In the history books, it is stated that men of Bani Asad tribe came to bury the holy bodies in Karbala, but they did not identify to whom belong each body.

Suddenly, they saw a man on a horse coming their direction weeping and said: O Bani Asad, I will guide you to identify them, he came down from his horse, and walked between the corpses and stopped at the body of his father al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) and hugged him, and started smelling and kissing him, crying out loudly, saying: "O dear father! After you, our distress is long. O dear father! After you, our sorrow is long.." Then he came to the gravesite and lifted a handful of its soil. A grave already dug appeared, and so did a pre-constructed shrine... He placed his hands under the Imam's back and said, “In the Name of Allah, and according to the creed of the Messenger of Allah, Allah has said the truth, and so has His Messenger (Allah's prayers be upon him and his holy Household). The will of Allah be done; there is no power nor might except in Allah, the Great.”

Then he took it and went down without being assisted by anyone from among the Banu Asad to whom he said, “I have with me who will assist me.”

Once he laid it down in the grave, he put his cheek on his father's sacred neck and said, “Congratulations to the land that contains your holy body, for the world after you is dark whereas the hereafter in your light shall shine. As to the night, it is the harbinger of sleep, while grief remains forever, for Allah shall choose for your Ahl al-Bayt (Allah's prayers be upon them)) your abode wherein you shall abide. Peace from me to you, O son of the Messenger of Allah, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.”

On the grave he wrote: “This is the grave of al-Hussayn son of ‘Ali son of Abu Taleb, the one whom they killed, thirsty and stranger.”