Re: Hazrat Abul Fazl Al Abbas (A.S.)
Good question
I think the nature of the fight in karbala was that more single combats occured than in other battles.
so while a couple of warriors would fight it out in the middle, armies from both sides observed their actions and in case one of them fell another one went to challange his opponent.
The general combat the kind we see in Hunain and Uhad did not occur in karbala apart from one assault on the tents which was repulsed.
as the custom in arabs in those times the fighters would challange each other and talk about their lineage and bravery,these were narrated later on.
Many times the narrators are from the Ummayyad army others are the female companions of the camp of the Imam.
however I cant say anything about the instances relating to water and the dialogue between the fighters and the ladies of the camp