Along the way...

Along the way, he stopped and recited the Qur’anic verse, ﴿ إنّا للهِ وَإِنّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ ﴾ ‘We are from Allah and to Him is our return.’ [^7] And his eyes filled with tears. I asked him, ‘Why are you shedding tears?’ He answered, ‘The Archangel Gabriel was here.

He was informing me about a place called Karbala near the river Euphrates where my child al-Husayn ibn Fatimah will be martyred.’ It was asked, ‘Who will martyr him?’ He (S) answered, ‘A man by the name of Yazid, may Allah withdraw all blessings from him, and it seems as though I see his burial place in Karbala although they take his head as a gift to someone.’ The Prophet cut his journey short and returned in a state of sorrow. He got on the pulpit and gave a sermon.

He advised the people to fear Allah. Then he said, ‘O Lord! I have been informed by the Archangel Gabriel that my child will be made abject and killed…’”[^8] 3. The Holy Prophet (S) recited elegies in the form of prose for Imam al-Husayn (as) in the house of Umm Salamah On his authentic chain of transmission,…