Martyred with
‘Abá-Baṣír.
Shoghi Effendi, in his work
God Passes By, p. 199, describes it as follows:
“‘Abá-Baṣír and Siyyid A
shraf, whose fathers had been slain in the struggle of
Zanján, were decapitated on the same day in that city, the former going so far as to instruct, while kneeling in prayer, his executioner as to how best to deal his blow, while the latter, after having been so brutally beaten that blood flowed from under his nails, was beheaded, as he held in his arms the body of his martyred companion. It was the mother of this same A
shraf who, when sent to the prison in the hope that she would persuade her only son to recant, had warned him that she would disown him were he to denounce his faith, had bidden him follow the example of Abá-Baṣír, and had even watched him expire with eyes undimmed with tears.”