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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Husain ('a) Immortal Tragedy No community from the communities has faced a more painful calamity and more grievous tragedy than the tragedy of Kerbala.

Because there was no difficulty from the problems of the day or a tragedy from the tragedies of the world that did not pass upon the grandson of the Prophet and his beloved one…the calamities of His Eminence have saddened the emotions and injured the feelings to such an extent that even those who are less emotional or even the hard hearted people among them were moved by the terrible events.

So much so that even Umar bin Saad, that decadent oppressor was also affected and he also wept upon the horrifying troubles and terrible circumstances of His Eminence. In the tragedy of Kerbala the respect of the Holy Prophet (s) was defiled due to their behavior towards his Purified Progeny.

Imam Reza (‘a) has said, “The day Husain was martyred our eyes were injured and our relatives were dishonored…” Here we shall present the portions of that immortal tragedy in the world of sorrows and painful tragedies and the events contemporary to that time.

Beginning of Hostilities The oppressive powers marched forward to begin the battle, with their hearts filled with mischief, malice and enmity towards the Purified Progeny, who were restorers of the rights of the persecuted and oppressed people and those who always strived to establish truth.

Vanguard of Ibn Saad’s troops marched forward on Thursday at the time of late afternoon on 9 th Mohurrum to fight the Holy Imam because strict orders had arrived from Ibn Ziyad for the Commander-in-Chief to make haste in the battle so that the views of soldiers may not change and there may not appear some groups in their ranks. When that army began to move forward, His Eminence was seated outside his tent with his sword placed on his knees. He had dozed off.

His sister heard the clamor from the enemy’s ranks. She came to him and said, “My brother, don’t you hear the sounds which are getting nearer?” “I have just seen the Apostle of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in my sleep,” said al-Husain, peace be on him, as he raised his head. “He said to me: ‘You are coming to us.’” His sister struck at her face and cried out in grief. [1] “You have no (reason) to lament, sister,” al-Husain, peace be on him, told her.