Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ بن علي (عَلَيْه٠) فِي سَنَةِ ثَلاثٍ وَقُبِضَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ سَنَةِ إِحْدَى وَسِتِّينَ ٠ِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ وَلَهُ سَبْعٌ وَخَ٠ْسُونَ سَنَةً وَأَشْهُرٌ قَتَلَهُ عُبَيْدُ الله بْنُ زِيَادٍ لَعَنَهُ الله فِي خِلافَةِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ لَعَنَهُ الله وَهُوَ عَلَى الْكُوفَةِ وَكَانَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي حَارَبَتْهُ وَقَتَلَتْهُ عُ٠َرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ لَعَنَهُ الله بِكَرْبَلاءَ يَوْ٠َ الاثْنَيْنِ لِعَشْرٍ خَلَوْنَ ٠َةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه ) Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) was born in the third year AH.

He left this word in the month of Muharram in the year sixty one AH. He lived for fifty seven years and few months. ‘Ubaydulla ibn Ziyad murdered him (may Allah condemn him) during the Caliphate of Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya (may Allah’s condemnation be up on him. He was the governor of Kufa. The horse men who murdered him were lead by ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d (may condemn him) in the plain of Karbala. It took place on Monday the tenth of the month of Muharram.

His mother was Fatima, daughter of the Messenger of Allah.