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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Nafasul Mahmum, Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala' Relating to the Martyrdom of Our Master Abu Abdullah Husayn (a.s.), and furthermore the Martyrdom of a suckling child and Abdullah bin Hasan (a.s.) This is the section that causes the tears to flow, grills the heart, and scorches the liver of the believers! Complaint (against this tyranny) is to Allah and aid is requested from Him (alone)!

In some books of Martyrdom it is related that when Imam Husayn (a.s.) saw that seventy-two persons among his friends and relatives had fallen down, he turned toward the tents of his family and called out, “O Sakinah! O Fatemah! O Umm Kulthum! My salutations be upon you all!” Hearing this Sakinah said, “O dear father! Have you resolved to die?” Imam replied, “How could the one, who is bereaved by his friends and helpers, not resolve to die?” Sakinah said, “O dear father!

Then return us back to the sanctuary of our grandfather”. Imam replied, “Alas! If a sand-grouse (a type of a bird) is released at night, it will sleep in peace” . Hearing this, the women of his family started lamenting and Imam Husayn (a.s.) consoled them. It is related in the same book that Imam Husayn (a.s.) then turned towards Umm Kulthum (a.s.) and said, “I enjoin you towards goodness in matter of yourself. I am proceeding towards the battlefield in the midst of these enemies”.

Hearing this Sakinah started lamenting while Imam loved her extremely. He pressed her to his chest and wiped her tears and said, “Know O my dear Sakinah! Very soon you will have to weep after me when death will have surrounded me, then do not aggrieve me now with your tears until the spirit remains in my body.

Then when I am killed, you are more worthy of weeping upon me, O the best of women!” It is related from Imam Muhammad al Baqir (a.s.), that when Imam Husayn (a.s.) resolved to be martyred, he called for his eldest daughter Fatemah (a.s.). He then handed over to her a sealed envelope and an open testament. Imam Ali bin Husayn (Zainul Abedeen) (a.s.) was ill at that moment, Fatemah later handed over the letter to Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s.) and from him it came down to us.

It is related in Isbatul Wasiyyah of Mas’oodi, that Imam Husayn (a.s.) called for Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s.) in his state of illness, and then handed over to him ‘the Exalted Name’ (of Allah) and the legacy of the Prophets.