ভূমিকা

Particularly curse the first tyrant, a curse from me, and begin the first curse with him and then send the curse on the second and the third and then the forth (tyrant). O’ Allah curse Yazid, the fifth (tyrant) and curse ‘Ubaydullah b. Ziyad and Ibne Marjanah and ‘‘Umar b.

Sa’d and Shimr and the Family of Sufyan and the family of Ziyad and the family of Marwan until the day of Judgement.” As we draw a close to this Ziyarat, we once again bring to memory those specific tyrants who began the movement against the family of the Prophet and ask Allah to remove His mercy from them. The individuals mentioned here number 11 - who are these people and what did they do – we explain this in detail so as to better understand why we curse all of them.

One point should be mentioned that although some people were not present in the event of Karbala’ however if they are ‘gathered’ in this group, then this is due to the fact that they were pleased with what occurred – even though they may not have had a direct hand in the killing. Also, it should be noted that ‘Ubaydullah b.

Ziyad and Ibne Marjanah are one person however he has been mentioned twice since his mother and father were both adulterers and thus, there is no clear record of whose child he was. This shows the despicability of the act of adultery that a child is sometimes left with no lineage and mentioning him twice would also remove the doubt from the people’s minds that ‘Ubaydullah b. Ziyad as being another person who was not guilty of the crimes in Karbala’.

The first tyrant – The First Caliph who ruled for 2 years and 3 months: a. Stealing the Caliphate from the Commander of the Faithful ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him). b. Ordering the Imam (peace be upon him) to be tied and bound and dragged through the streets of Madina to give the Bay’at. c.