Bibi Zainab put her arms around Bibi Fatimah Soghra and...

Bibi Zainab put her arms around Bibi Fatimah Soghra and brought her inside the tent. Soghra looked around searching every corner.”Where is my sister Sakina?” she cried, “Sakina come over, let your older sister embrace you and give you condolences!” At this there was renewed weeping and wailing. Who could possible have the courage to tell Soghra where Bibi Sakina was? Oh God! Soghra now looked at the lap of Bibi Rubaab, She did not find there whom she was looking for!

Then she looked at the lap of each of the other ladies. She could not see what she was looking for. Then she looked outside lest the young child she was looking for had crawled out! Frightened of what Soghra might ask, Bibi Zainab asked for Imam Zain ul 'Abideen to come over. Our fourth Imam came. He put his arms around Soghra. In between sobs he said, “Soghra, Oh my dear sister, have patience!

Asghar is lying in a grave in Karbala’.” Bibi Fatimah Soghra stared at her elder brother in absolute disbelief! And then she screamed and fell unconscious! Previous…