Anas b. Harith al-Kahili, a Companion of Imam al-Husayn

Anas b. Harith al-Kahili was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad; much later he joined the camp of Imam al-Husayn. As a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, he used to hear from the Prophet that Imam al-Husayn would be martyred in Iraq and everybody had to help him. Based on this Prophetic assertion, he joined Imam al-Husayn and remained loyal to him snd was finally martyred. He fought the enemy forces, killed 14 or 16 of them, and finally attained eternal felicity, martyrdom. His body was buried in the collective grave of the Ashura martyrs, just near the feet of Imam al-Husayn in Karbala.