Mola Ali -asws and Bibi Ummul-Banin spent around twenty...
Mola Ali -asws and Bibi Ummul-Banin spent around twenty years together in this mortal world.\u00a0 Bibi Ummul-Banin -asws spent all her life in service of her husband and his children during very difficult and hostile time, i.e. of first three caliphs and the wars instigated against Amir-ul-Momaneen -asws by Aisha , her associates and Mawiya.\u00a0 Bibi -asws .
Also after the martyrdom of Amir-ul-Momaneen -asws witnessed the troubles and tragedies faced by the Princess of the faithfuls of the youth, Imam Hassan and Hussain -asws , including the poisoning and martyrdom of Imam Hassan -asws . \n When on 28 th Rajab 60 A.H, Imam Husain -asws was leaving Madinah for Iraq Hazrat Ummul Banin -asws did not accompany him as she was looking after Syeda Fatima Sughra -asws binte Hussain -asws who was unwell and could not travel with the rest of the family.
Bibi -asws sent for her four sons, Hazrat Abbas -asws , Abdullah -asws , Imran -asws and Jafar -asws and asked them to sacrifice their lives for the sacred and divine cause of Imam Husain -asws . \n On 10th Muharram 61A.H. the day of martyrdom of Imam Husain -asws and his seventy two faithful companions at the planes of Karbala, Hazrat Umme Salamah -asws witnessed that the soil in a bottle given to her by the Holy Prophet -saww had turned into blood.
She -asws raised the cry of “Ya Husain -asws ” Ya Husain -asws ” and declared that Imam Husain -asws has been martyred. Then Bibi Ummul Banin -asws gathered women of Madinah in her house and conducted first majlis after the martyrdom of Imam Husain -asws .
Bibi Ummul Banin -asws had such complete devoutness for Holy Prophet’s progeny that when she received the news stating the martyrdom of her four sons, she asked: “Tell me about Hussain -asws ” and when she received the news of Imam Hussain\u2019s -asws martyrdom she said: “All of the arteries of my heart are torn apart.
May all of my children and what ever exists under this holy heavens be sacrificed for the sake of my son Hussain -asws .\u201d \n Upon news of martyrdom of Mola Abbas -asws Bibi -asws said; \n \u201cAll praises be to Allah -azwj who accepted the sacrifice of my sons for the heartbeat of Fatima-az-Zahra -asws .\u201d [1] \n After the arrival of Imam Sajjad -asws and Hazrat Zainab -asws in Madina Hazrat Ummul Banin -asws used to gather women in her house and narrate to them how Imam Husain -asws and his companions were brutally martyred by the Ummaid -la forces.