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Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts" by: "‘Ali Asghar Ridwani"

Adapted from: "The Uprising of Ashura and Response...

Historians record that a Syrian looked at Fatima daughter of ‘Ali (‘a)38 then asked Yazid to give her to him to serve him. This daughter of the Commander of the...

Historians record that a Syrian looked at Fatima d...

Yazid ordered al-Husayn's head to be brought to him. He put it in a gold washbowl.23 The women were behind him. Sukayna and Fatima stood and tried anxiously to steal...

Yazid ordered al-Husayn's head to be brought to hi...

Yazid turned to al-Sajjad (‘a) and asked him, “How did you, ‘Ali, see what Allah did to your father, al-Husayn?” “I saw,” answered al-Sajjad (‘a), “what Allah, the One and...

Yazid turned to al-Sajjad (‘a) and asked him, “How...

Ibn Ziyad sent a messenger to Yazid to inform him that al-Husayn (‘a) and those in his company were killed, that his children were in Kufa, and that he was...

Ibn Ziyad sent a messenger to Yazid to inform him ...

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] narrates the following: Ibn Ziyad wanted to send ‘Abd al-Malik Ibn al-Harith al-Salami to Medina in order to inform ‘Amr Ibn Sa’id al-Ashdaq48 of the killing...

Ibn Jarir [al-Tabari] narrates the following: Ibn...

My heart goes for your head atop a spear Outfitted with its own lights with an attire, Reciting the Book from the top of the spear, Through him did they...

My heart goes for your head atop a spear Outfitted...

Hammad said to the Imam (‘a), “I have personally witnessed some of what you have just described.” The Imam (‘a), then said, “Praise to Allah Who has made some people...

Hammad said to the Imam (‘a), “I have personally w...

Imam Zayn al-’Abidin (‘a) walked to his father's body, hugged it and wept loudly. Then he came to the gravesite and lifted a handful of its soil. A grave already...

Imam Zayn al-’Abidin (‘a) walked to his father's b...