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BEFORE KARBALA' YAZID DEMANDS ALLEGIANCE Yazid, in order to assure his kingship, needed the submission of his political rivals. He ordered the governor of Medinah to...

THE JOURNEY OF MUSLIM IBN 'AQIL The Imam sent three people with Muslim: Qays Ibn Mash'ar al-Saydawi, 'Imarah Ibn 'Abdullah al-Saluli and 'Abdul Rahman Ibn 'Abdullah al-Azdi. The Imam...

MUSLIM MEETS IBN ZIYAD They brought him to Ibn Ziyad and when Muslim saw water he asked for some. Bahili said to him, "You are not going to taste this water until you taste the fire...

THE IMAM'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA While in Mecca, Imam Husayn received the news that Yazid had sent 'Umar Ibn Sa'd Ibn al-As as delegate of the caliph to the Hajj pilgrims and that among...

THA'LABIYYAH Here, someone came and asked Imam Husayn, "What is the Verse of Qur'an 'The day when we shall call all people by their leader.' about?" The Imam replied, "A leader who calls to guidance...

AT KARBALA' ARRIVAL IN KARBALA' At Karbala', Hurr and his army blocked the caravan of Imam Husayn from going any farther. Hurr said, "This is near the river and you cannot...

THE IMAM'S CAMP ON THE NINTH The Imam gathered all of his followers and gave a sermon. He praised God and then said, "I praise God that He has given us the Prophet and He has taught...

THE FIRST ATTACK 'Umar Ibn Said came forward, shot one arrow at the camp of the Imam, and said, "Bear witness with the governor that I was the first to shoot an arrow!" ( 83 ) The...

THE REMAINING COMPANIONS Yazid Ibn Ma'qil, from the army, called Burayr and said, "O, Burayr! How do you find what God did to you?" Burayr said, "God chose what is best for me...

AFTER KARBALA' THE NIGHT OF THE TENTH One of them asked, "What kind of revenge do you think God will take?" The Imam said, "Some of you will kill others and the punishment...

THE JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS Ibn Ziyad sent a messenger to Yazid telling him of the events and waiting for his orders. Then he wrote a letter, tied it to a rock, and threw it into the place...

KARBALA & ASHURA PUBLISHER'S WORD 9 PREFACE 11 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 11 IMAM HUSAYN 13 THE TEXT 15 BEFORE...