Ibn Sa’d himself came to the ladies who burst in tears upon seeing him.

Ibn Sa’d himself came to the ladies who burst in tears upon seeing him. He ordered the men to stay away from them. Those men had already taken all the ornaments those ladies had had and never returned any of them back.[^15] He assigned to a group of men the task of protecting them, then he returned to his tent. Perplexed the ladies were From their sleep deprived, Startled when their chambers were assaulted. In pavilions they lived and thrived.

They camped in honour, from hardship exempt, From awe almost none comes near them except The angels that were there to serve, Now people's hands from mischief do not swerve, Now the people's hands are free to steal, to plunder For none is there to stop them, none to hinder. Yes, she bent her body to chide Her people, and fire filled her inside.

She rebuked them for fighting over what she had to wear, For what the foe's snatched, but who will hear or care?[^16] [^1]: Excerpted from a poem by the ‘Allama the authority Shaikh Abd al-Mun’im al-Fartusi. [^2]: Ibn al-Athir, Al-Kamil, Vol. 4, p. 32. [^3]: al-Tabari, Tarikh, Vol. 6, p. 260. [^4]: Ibn Nama, Muthir al-Ahzan, p. 40. [^5]: Muhammad Jawad Shubbar, Al-Dam’a al-Sakiba, p. 348. [^6]: as-Saduq, Amali, p. 99, majlis 31. al-Thahabi, Siyar A’lam al-Nubala', Vol. 3, p. 204.

[^7]: Riyad al-Masa'ib, p. 341. al-Qazwini, Tazallum al-Zahra’, p. 130. [^8]: Excerpted from a poem by the authority critic Shaikh ‘Abd al-Husayn al-Hilli, may Allah have mercy on his soul, from a poem on the birth anniversary of al-Husayn (‘a). [^9]: Ibn Tawus, Al-Luhuf, p. 74. Ibn Nama, Muthir al-Ahzan, p. 41. [^10]: Reference to the sickness of al-Sajjad (‘a) is documented by al-Tabari on p. 260, Vol. 6, of his Tarikh. It is also mentioned by Ibn al-Athir on p. 33, Vol.

4, of his book Al-Kamil, by Ibn Kathir on p. 188, Vol. 8, of his book Al-Bidaya, by al-Yafi’i on p. 133, Vol. 1, of his book Mir'at al-Jinan, by Shaikh al-Mufid in his book Al-Irshad, by Ibn Shahr Ashub on p. 225, Vol. 2, of his book Manaqib, by al-Tabarsi on p. 148 of his book I’lam al-Wara, by Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn ‘Ali al-Naishapuri on p. 162 of his book Rawdat al-Wa’izin, and by al-Mas’udi on p. 140 of his book Ithbat al-Wasiyya. [^11]: al-Qazwini, Tazallum al-Zahra’, p. 132.

[^12]: al-Tabari, Tarikh, Vol. 6, p. 260. [^13]: Shaikh ‘Abbas al-Qummi, Nafs al-Mahmum. [^14]: al-Qarmani, Tarikh, p. 108. [^15]: Ibn al-Athir, Al-Kamil, Vol. 4, p. 32. Mis’ab al-Zubayri says something quite strange: On p.