\n Hazrat Abbas Ibn Ali -asws ...

\n Hazrat Abbas Ibn Ali -asws , raised the call to the people of Medina saying; \n O\u2019People lower your eyes for the Household -asws of the Prophet -saww is leaving Medina \n Mola Abbas -asws \u00a0helped Syeda Zainab and Syeda umm-e-Kulthum -asws \u00a0into their litter.\u00a0They were followed by two young girls, Syeda Fatima Kubra Binte Hussain -asws and Syeda Sakina Binte Hussain -asws .

\n Imam Hussain -asws \u00a0reached Karbala on the second of Muharram.\u00a0Yazid (L.A) \u00a0appointed Ibn Ziyad (L.A) , governor of Kufa, to carry out orders to subvert their plans, and this they had achieved successfully.

\nThe tents were pitched and at night Imam Hussain -asws \u00a0sat cleaning his sword and reciting couplets forecasting his martyrdom.\u00a0 His son Imam Zainul Abideen -asws listened quietly but in sorrow.\u00a0 When Syeda Zainab -asws heard him she could not restrain her -asws \u00a0tears.