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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Portraits of Youths in Quran and the History of Islam Youths of Kerbala Who Became Famed In The History Of Mankind The confrontation of Imam Husain (a.s) with the forces of Yazid in Kerbala is the unique episode in the history of mankind, which will remain outstanding till the Day of Judgment. Yes, why we cannot call it the greatest episode of history?

Has anyone ever come across a battle where a band of seventy-two faced a huge army minimally estimated to be comprised of 30,000 well-trained and well-equipped fighters? In addition to this, the band of seventy-two was initially invited as guests. Then the same people who had invited them took up weapons against them, obstructed their way and forced them to camp in the arid desert and burning sands.

Then they stopped food and water supply to this small battalion, while it comprised of people who were absolutely harmless and innocent. It is worth contemplation… Who were these personages? Were they descendants of the Prophet or not? Which Prophet? That same Prophet whom these 30,000 strong army followed. By whose name they received their livelihood and passed their days.

Those people who were unprepared for battle and unwilling for martial confrontation, because they had not come with the aim of fighting. Also, the most remarkable fact about this group was that its majority consisted of women and children in whose veins flowed the blood of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and each of them was a gem of the treasure of Prophethood.

The tragedy of Imam Husain (a.s), the terrible incident of Ashura (10 th of Mohurrum) and the horrible scenes of carnage occurred in the 61 st year of Hijrah when seventy-two purified youths and loyal personages were martyred. This episode blackened the face of history and the head of mankind bowed down in shame.

The people of Kufa had invited the grandson of the Prophet, Imam Husain (a.s) to Kufa so that he could lead them in revolt against Yazid; the deboucherous son of Muawiyah like Imam Ali (a.s) had confronted Muawiyah. After that these disloyal and materialist Kufaites martyred the honorable son of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), along with his companions, brothers and sons in such a cruel way that to describe these atrocities burns the tongue of the narrator and the pen breaks due to shame.

Among these martyrs were eighteen youths of Bani Hashim from the family of Abu Talib.