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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Kafi (volume 4)(part 3) Chapter 116 : the Birth of Al-husayn Ibn Ali (a.s.) Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) was born in the third year AH. He left this word in the month of Muharram in the year sixty one AH. He lived for fifty seven years and few months. 'Ubaydulla ibn Ziyad murdered him (may Allah condemn him) during the Caliphate of Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (may Allah's condemnation be up on him. He was the governor of Kufa.

The horse men who murdered him were lead by 'Umar ibn Sa'd (may condemn him) in the plain of Karbala. It took place on Monday the tenth of the month of Muharram. His mother was Fatima, daughter of the Messenger of Allah . H 1252, Ch. 116, h 1 Sa'd and Ahmad ibn Muhammad together have narrated from Ibrahim ibn mahziyar from his brother, Ali ibn Mahziyar from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from abu Basir from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.

"Al-Husayn (a. s.) passed away on the day of 'Ashura' and he was fifty seven years old." H 1253, Ch. 116, h 2 A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Arzami from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "The time between the birth of al-Hassan and the conception for al-Husayn was like one menstuaral cycle and the time between the birth of the two was six months and tendays." H 1254, Ch.

116, h 3 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha' and al- Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha' from Ahmad ibn 'A'idh from abu Khadija from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "When Fatima (a.s.) conceived al-Husayn (a.s.) Jibril came to the Messenger of Allah and said, "Fatima will soon give birth to a son.

Your 'Umma (followers) will kill him after you will die." When Fatima had conceived al-Husayn she was unhappy and when she gave birth she was unhappy. Then The Imam (a.s.) said, "No mother has ever been seen in the word to bear a child that she would not like. However, she was unhappy because she knew that he will be killed." The Imam (a.s.) has said, "It is this case for which the following verse of the Holy Quran came.

"We have advised the human being to be kind to his parents; his mother bore him with hardship and delivered him while suffering a great deal of pain. The period in which his mother bore and weaned him lasted for thirty months. . . ." (46:15)." H 1255, Ch.