Hawzah News Agency – al-Sayyid Ibn al-Tawus reported in his al-Luhuf on the authority of a narrator of traditions:

ثُمَّ إنَّ الحُسَينَ عليه السلام دَعا الناسَ إلى البَرازِ، فَلَم يَزل يَقتُل كُلَّ مَن بَرَزَ إلَيهِ، حَتّى قَتَل مَقتَلةً عَظيمَةً، وَهُوَ في ذلك يَقولُ :القَتلُ أولى مِن رُكوبِ العارِوَالعارُ أولى مِن دُخولِ النارِ.
قال بَعضُ الرواةِ: وَاللَّهِ ما رَأيتُ مَكثوراً قَطُّ قَد قُتِلَ وُلدُهُ وَأهلُ بَيتِهِ وَأصحابُهُ أربَطُ جَأشاً مِنهُ، وَإنَّ الرجالَ كانَت لَتَشُدُّ عَلَيهِ فَيَشُدُّ عَلَيها بِسَيفِهِ، وَلَقَد كانَ يَحمِلُ فيهم، وَقَد تَكَمَّلوا ثَلاثينَ ألفاً، فَينهَزِمونَ بَينَ يَديهِ كَأنَّهُم الجَرادُ المُنتَشِرُ، ثُمَّ يَرجِعُ إلى مَركَزِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقولُ: «لا حَولَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلّا بِاللَّهِ العَليِّ العَظيمِ.»

'Then Husayn called the enemy to a duel, and he kept on killing whoever stepped up to challenge him, until he had killed a large number of the enemy, upon which he said: 'Death is better than embarking on (a life of) indignity;
And indignity is preferable over plunging into the Fire.'
A reporter has said, 'By Allah, I have never seen a defeated one, whose children, household and companions have all been killed, as calm as him. The men [enemies] were fighting harshly with him and he too was harsh with them with his sword. He attacked an army of thirty thousand, scattered them in front of him as if they were scattered locusts. He then returned to his base, saying, 'There is no power or strength save in Allah, the most High, the Most Supreme.'

Source: al-Luhuf, p. 170