The horse went towards tents...

The horse went towards tents, there the enemies assailed him with sword and chopped his body in pieces.

He -asws called aloud “O father accept my salam, my grandfather the Holy Prophet -saww is fetching me water and says the same is ready for you” Imam Hussain -asws reached on the mutilated corpse of his teenage son and threw himself upon him, placed his cheek upon his and said “Life after you is meaningless, So audacious they are regarding Allah -azwj , how daringly they have trampled the dignity of the Holy Prophet -saww .

It is unbearable for your father and grandfather that you seek help from them and they could not help you…” Then he filled his cupped-up palm with the sacred blood of Hazrat Ali Akbar -asws and threw it towards the sky, from which not a single drop returned back. He could not stop the stream of flowing tears, gave a call to the children from his camp and with their help took the corpse in his tent.

After seeing the blood-smeared corpse poise image of their grandfather, Prophet Mohammed -saww , Ahlul Bait -asws could not contain their grief and started crying and consoling each other. Bibi Zainab -asws was at the forefront; she flung herself upon the body and wept bitterly. It is narrated by the historians that upon hearing the news of Ali Akbars shahadat, Bibi Umm e Laila, the mother of Ali Akbar -asws went into prostration and thank Allah -azwj for accepting her sacrifice.. .

At this time, a messenger brought a letter from Ali Akbar -asws ’s ailing sister, ‘Sughra’ who had written ‘I may not live to see you my brother, please return back as your embossed foot-prints which I visit every day, are started to fade away. Before I take my last breath, please let me see you in the outfit of a groom……’.

Imam Hussain -asws replied to his daughter’s letter, ‘Your messenger had come when Ali Akbari has married to the land of Karbala, whose soil has absorbed his blood, and he will be buried here alongside me and Ali Ashgar, and will be visited by the thousands of our followers until the Day of Judgement. The place shown in the featured image is the spot where Ali Akbar -asws was martyred but was later buried in the shrine of Imam Hussain -asws by Imam Zain-ul-Abadeen, Imam Hussain -asws elder son.