Later, a messenger from Ibn Ziad came to Hur and with out greeting Husayn, gave a letter to Hur through which Ibn Ziad had ordered him to not to cease in a spot where Husayn can have easy accessibility to water. With this letter, Obaidullah needed to force Husayn to struggle. Zuhair ibn Qayn steered to Husayn to attack the small military of Hur and seize the fortified village of Akr. However Husayn did not accept; As a result of he didn’t need to start out a warfare. On 2 October 680 (2 Muharram 61 AH), Husayn arrived at Karbala,