I went to Zayd b. `Ali (as) on the morning that he set out to Kufa, and I heard him say: Who of you will help me fight the Nabateans of the people of the Levant? For, by the One who sent Muhammad in truth as a bringer of good tidings, there will be no one from you who will help me fight them except that I will take his hand on the Day of Resurrection and take him to Paradise by the permission of Allah. So, when he was killed, I fled to the direction of Medina. I went to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as), and I said to myself: I will not inform him about the killing of Zayd b. `Ali, for he will become distressed by it. So, when I visited him, he said to me: O Fudayl! What did my uncle Zayd do? The matter choked me, so he said to me: Did they kill him? I said: Yes, by Allah, they killed him. He said: Did they crucify him? I said: Yes, by Allah, they crucified him. So, he began to weep, and his tears covered his cheeks. Then, he said: O Fudayl! Did you join my uncle in fighting the people of the Levant? I said: Yes. He said: How many of them did you kill? I said: Six. He said: Are you in doubt with regards to their blood? I said: Were I in doubt, I would not have killed them. So, I heard him say: May Allah make me a partner in this blood. By Allah, my uncle Zayd and his companions have passed away as martyrs, just like `Ali b. Abi Talib [a] and his companions.