Was bibi sharbano (4th Imam's mother) present in karbala?
Was bibi sharbano (4th Imam's mother) present in karbala? Others say that She couldn't have been there,because her son was Imam-e-zaman just after the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s) A. She died within ten days of the birth of Imam Zainul-'Abidin (a.s).This is an historical fact. But the reason alluded to in your question is absurd. Imam Hassan Askari (a.s)'s mother survived him, and was one of the special representative of our 12th Imam (a.s). Q25.
We were able to know from your article in the light that Fatimah Kubra was the daughter of Umm-e-Is-haq (Father: Imam Husain) The marriage of Fatimah Kubra and Hasan Muthana(son of Imam Hassan) was done as per your article. But it is a famous "Riwayat"that Fatima Kubra was married to Janab Qasim s/o Imam Hassan. We want to know the fact of Islamic History regarding this matter A. What was written in the Light is an historical fact.
The myth of marriage of Hazrat Qasim on Ashura day was started by one Hussain Waez Kashefi a scholar of 9th century of Hijra, more than 800 years after the Karbala events. He wrote in his book of Majlis, "Rawdatush- Shuhada" that the Imam (a.s.) married Qasim with one of his daughters. You will note that he did not write the name of the supposed daughter.
Then this myth spread, and every generation added some more details in it, till gradually Zakirs who were ignorant of history attributed this story to Fatimah Kubra, not realizing that she had already been married, and that by mentioning her sacred name in that connection they were insulting her in the worst possible way. May Allah forgive us and them all. Amen Then came the poets who used the word "the bride of one night" meaning Fatimah Kubra.
If the marriage was performed on Ashura day as written in "Rawdatush-Shuhada," then from where comes the "night"? Some story-tellers built another story on that "foundation" and said that Fatimah Kubra became pregnant and later gave birth to a son who was, called Qasim, the second. So, you see, how one small invented story grew and grew and grew till now people are surprised when they are told the truth.
I should end this letter with the remarks of the famous Muhaddith Shaikh 'Abbas Qummi in the first volume of his famous book "Muntahal-'Amal":- "It should be known that the story of the marriage of Hadrat Qasim in Karbala and his marrying Fatimah the daughter of Imam Husain is not true because it had not been seen in reliable books.