If I -asws leave him -asws now...

If I -asws leave him -asws now, how shall I -asws be able to face my mother -asws , who at the time of he -asws r death had willed, ‘Zainab, after me -asws you are both mother -asws and sister -asws forHussain (asws )” Hazrat Abdullah -asws himself had wanted to accompany the Imam -asws , but since he had been weakened by illness, he gave her -asws permission to go on this destined journey.

With her -asws he sent his two son Hazrat Aun -asws and Hazrat Muhammad -asws to be sacrificed for Imam Hussain -asws . Syeda Zainab -asws prepared all her -asws life for what was written for her -asws and her brother -asws . She -asws preferred to face the trials of Karbala than to ever be separated from him -asws . Having decided to leave, Imam Hussain -asws ordered that litters be prepared for the ladies -asws of his family -asws .

Hazrat Abbas Ibn Ali -asws , raised the call to the people of Medina saying; O’People lower your eyes for the Household -asws of the Prophet -saww is leaving Medina Mola Abbas -asws helped Syeda Zainab and Syeda umm-e-Kulthum -asws into their litter. They were followed by two young girls, Syeda Fatima Kubra Binte Hussain -asws and Syeda Sakina Binte Hussain -asws . Imam Hussain -asws reached Karbala on the second of Muharram.

Yazid (L.A) appointed Ibn Ziyad (L.A) , governor of Kufa, to carry out orders to subvert their plans, and this they had achieved successfully. The tents were pitched and at night Imam Hussain -asws sat cleaning his sword and reciting couplets forecasting his martyrdom. His son Imam Zainul Abideen -asws listened quietly but in sorrow. When Syeda Zainab -asws heard him she could not restrain her -asws tears.

On the eve of the tenth day of Muharran, Imam Hussain -asws addressed his -asws followers, the Ansar and the Bani Hashem -asws . It had become clear that this was to be a battle unto martyrdom. He -asws therefore released them from any obligation to remain by his side, When Syeda Zainab -asws heard the battle – cries of their approaching troops she -asws ran to her brother’s -asws tent and found that he had fallen asleep while cleaning his sword. She stood there quietly for a moment.

He -asws woke up, and seeing her -asws said that he had just had a dream in which he saw his grandfather -asws , the Holy Prophet -saww , his father Mola Ali -asws , his mother Syeda Fatima -asws , and his brother Imam Hasan -asws telling him -asws that he -asws would soon join them -asws .