Early and classical Sunni sources preserve a report about a man returning from Kufa after the killing of Husayn ibn Ali may Allah be pleased with him who spoke mockingly or abusively about Husayn. The report says that two star-like or luminous objects struck his eyes and destroyed his sight. Ibn Sa'd preserves an early route through Qurra ibn Khalid from Abu Raja al-Ataridi, while Ahmad, al-Tabarani, and al-Lalaka'i preserve close parallels. A variant explicitly has Abu Raja say that he personally saw the blinded man, and classical graders describe the route's transmitters positively.
According to the report, two objects described as being like stars or as luminous struck the man's eyes. His sight was then destroyed. The imagery is part of the transmitted story and should be preserved as such: the sources describe two star-like objects, but they do not provide an astronomical, optical, or medical mechanism for what happened.
Ibn Sa'd preserves an early form of the account through Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ansari and Abu Amir al-Aqadi from Qurra ibn Khalid from Abu Raja al-Ataridi. The same core event appears in Ahmad's Fada'il al-Sahaba and in al-Tabarani's al-Mu'jam al-Kabir through parallel routes that converge on Qurra ibn Khalid and Abu Raja. Al-Lalaka'i also includes the story in his section on the karamat of Husayn ibn Ali.
A particularly important variant strengthens the historical texture of the report. Abu Raja al-Ataridi is explicitly quoted as saying that he himself saw the man after he had been blinded. Classical grading material also treats the route favorably: one assessment describes its men as trustworthy, while another notes that the men of an al-Tabarani route are transmitters of the Sahih collections.
These several source placements should not be mistaken for completely independent miracle events. They substantially share the Qurra ibn Khalid to Abu Raja core. Their value lies instead in the early preservation, the multiple classical placements, the direct-observation wording attributed to Abu Raja, and the positive assessment of the transmitters.
The strongest evidence-based conclusion is therefore direct but still source-aware: early and classical Sunni reports describe a man who insulted or mocked Husayn after his killing, followed by two star-like objects striking his eyes and the loss of his sight. The event was later received as a karamah associated with Husayn, and the checked transmission evidence gives it strong support within its report family. The source wording should be preserved without inventing a physical explanation for the extraordinary moment.
Conclusion
Early and classical Sunni sources strongly preserve the report that a man who mocked or abused Husayn ibn Ali after his killing was struck in the eyes by two star-like objects and lost his sight. The early route, parallel classical preservation, Abu Raja's direct-observation wording, and positive narrator grading support high-confidence inclusion while keeping the exact extraordinary mechanism undefined.