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AT LAST MUSLIM somehow managed to send his two young children out of Kufa with his message to the Holy Imam, a counter to his previous communication to him, requesting Husain never to think of Kufa anymore. The two innocents of the House of the Holy ...

AT LAST MUSLIM somehow managed to send his two you...

THE KUFEES GAVE Muslim a very warm reception and thousands of them paid their 'Bait' to the Holy Imam on the hands of Muslim. Poor Muslim, impressed with and guided by the enthusiasm of the deceitful Kufees and not knowing what would befall him the v...

THE KUFEES GAVE Muslim a very warm reception and t...

THE HOLY IMAM commanded his cousin Muslim, son of Aqeel, to proceed to Kufa and to report from there, after studying the bona-fide of the call from the people of the place. On t4th Ramadhan 60 A.H. Muslim left Mecca with two guides of the route. Musl...

THE HOLY IMAM commanded his cousin Muslim, son of ...

PEOPLE OF MADINA were fully aware of the dreadful consequences that would follow the blunt refusal of the Holy Imam to pay 'Baia!? to Yazid. They went to the Holy Imam in large numbers to know his final decision. Husain replied to them :- "Do you ima...

PEOPLE OF MADINA were fully aware of the dreadful ...

HUSAIN ARRIVED IN Mecca on 3rd Shahan 6o A.H. for the pilgrimage and thereafter to decide for his future step. He could not stay in Madina without paying 'Bait' to Yazid or getting killed in return for his refusal to pay the allegiance. Allegiance me...

HUSAIN ARRIVED IN Mecca on 3rd Shahan 6o A.H. for ...

HUSAIN DECIDED TO leave Madina. Learning about the decision of the Holy Imam, people in groups approached him asking the reason for his decision to leave the holy city. Husain said that his refusal to pay 'Bait' to Yazid, will certainly be defied and...

HUSAIN DECIDED TO leave Madina. Learning about the...

HUSAIN'S SECOND SON Ali (who after the tragedy of Karbala became known as Ali-e-Akbar) resembled the Holy Prophet Muhammad so much in all his physical features that people from distant places, desirous of having again a view of the departed Apostle o...

HUSAIN'S SECOND SON Ali (who after the tragedy of ...

BEFORE BREATHING HIS last, Hasan handed the charge of the Imamat to his brother Husain. Husain was now the Third Imam, the Vicegerent of God on earth, in the place of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The world was now without the Apostle of God. Fatema the...

BEFORE BREATHING HIS last, Hasan handed the charge...

IT IS REPORTED that once, in Kufa, Shimar was convicted and imprisoned during the rule of Ali. Through the window of the prison, Shimar saw Husain passing by, and cried aloud:- "0 Son of the Apostle of God; I intercede on my behalf to thy Father Ali ...

IT IS REPORTED that once, in Kufa, Shimar was conv...

The cultural and social revolution of Islam was born in Mecca and blossomed in Medina. As it progressed from adolescence to youth, selfish forces began to prey on Islam and perceived it as a medium to achieve their material and social motives. The so...

The cultural and social revolution of Islam was bo...

Imam Husain (A.S.) gathered his companions at night of Ashura. Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (A.S.) says that: I went closer to them so as to hear what they said, and at that time I was unwell. I heard Imam telling his companions that, "I glorify Allah wit...

Imam Husain (A.S.) gathered his companions at nigh...

Yazid, in order to assure his kingship, needed the submission of his political rivals. He ordered the governor of Medinah to take the allegiances of Imam Husayn (grandson of Prophet Muhammad and spiritual leader of the community) and Ibn az-Zubayr 1 ...

Yazid, in order to assure his kingship, needed the...

When Imam was departing from Madinah , Muhammad ibne Hanafiyah came to him and said, "O dear brother! You are most dear and beloved to me than anyone else. And I will not refuse to advise anyone except you, being most worthy of it, for you are from m...

When Imam was departing from Madinah , Muhammad ib...

It was the holy month of Zil-Hajj, in the year 60th A.H. when scores of people enter the blessed holy city of Makkah to perform the pilgrimage. The grandson of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.) along with his faithful companions were forced by Yazid’s agents...

It was the holy month of Zil-Hajj, in the year 60t...

The month was that of Rajab; exactly four months remained for Hajj. During the time of Hajj, people from every corner of the country would come for pilgrimage to Maccah. He could then easily convey his message to the people, Hussain (a.s.) knew that ...

The month was that of Rajab; exactly four months r...

The utterance of the word "Syria" reminds the believers of mournful words of Imam Sajjad (a.s.). Whenever he was asked about the place where his grief reached to its extreme, he replied "Syria! Syria! Syria!" It is recorded in the books of histories ...

The utterance of the word "Syria" reminds the beli...

About the Map of Imam Husayn's Journey to Karbala This map shows Imam Husayn's journey from Madinah to Karbala' in 60/680 CE, and the journey of his family from Karbala' to Damascus and back to Karbala'. The route of the Imam's journey was determined...

About the Map of Imam Husayn's Journey to Karbala ...

Unlike any other city, Karbala has its named engraved in the memory of generations, and in the expanse of the Muslim world... Believers remember that name with sorrow and distress, for they remember the history of the master of all martyrs, Imam Husa...

Unlike any other city, Karbala has its named engra...

After hatching the conspiracy and achieving ultimate martyrdom of Imam Hasan(A.S.), Moawiya started campaigning openly for the succession of his son Yazid to the office of Caliphate. Until that time he had always planned in secret about this intentio...

After hatching the conspiracy and achieving ultima...

The martyrs of the revolution of al-Husayn at Karbala' have a very strong presence in popular consciousness. Their hearts encompass the emotions of love, wonder and sanctity which arise out of their attitude and devotion at Karbala. 46 The scope for ...

The martyrs of the revolution of al-Husayn at Karb...

In the odes of the poets of lament for al-Husayn which they composed in praise of and in lament for the Holy Family, and in lament for al-Husayn, they have given expression to the ritual of the ziyaira since the first half of the fourth century. It i...

In the odes of the poets of lament for al-Husayn w...