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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Captivity Journey The Burial of Imam Hussain (Q) and the Rest of the Martyrs Indeed the burial of Imam Hussain (Q) along with his family members and his companions, who died as martyrs while defending him may Allah’s peace be upon them all, in the way and allocation known from their graves, negates that the people of Asad (who are from Al-Gadereyya), being among the village people who did not witness the battle, were able to achieve that without a guide who knows these martyrs very well, especially that the honorable heads were removed.

Thus, there must have been a knowing guide who is able to identify each and every body; otherwise we would not have had this planned allocation of the graves. Since "only an Imam can take care of the burial procedure of a similar Imam", the body of Imam Hussain (Q) must have been buried by an Imam, and the Imamate after him was handed to his son Zein El-Abedeen (Q), so he should have been the guide that helped the people of Asad to bury the martyrs.

However, how did that happen while Imam Zein Al-Abedeen was a prisoner in Kufa? The travelling of Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q) from his jail was done by a miracle that enabled him to reach Karbala and bury his father’s body while "the authority" did not know about it. But his leave was not in the eleventh day for sure, since he did not go to prison till the twelfth day.

As Omar Bin Saad did not enter Kufa along with the captives till the morning of the twelfth day, and since we know that for whoever is left from Ahlu El-Bayt (R) most of the twelfth day had passed while they had to be present before the people and Bin Ziad, this shows us that Bin Ziad had ordered them to jail in the afternoon or at the end of the twelfth day.

Then, he sent after them to later send them back to jail; and that would have been their first night in jail where they stayed till the day Bin Ziad sent them to Yazeed. Moreover, if he had to leave the prison without them noticing, we conclude that his leave from jail was done at a time when the tyrant was done with the inquisition so he would not ask for them again.

This means it should be at a time when Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q) was assured that if he is to leave, he would not be missed by the authority for the whole period he needs to bury his father (Q) and all his supporters, may Allah be pleased with them all.