Sharaf
Sharāf (Arabic:شَراف) is among the stations on the way of Mecca to Kufa. In the Event of Karbala, Imam al-Husayn (a) ordered his companions to take and spare some water in this station. When they arrived in Dhu Husam, they gave that water to the thirsty army of Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi.
Location and Cause of Naming
Sharaf means a height from the waters on the way of Mecca to Kufa, which is located between Waqisa and Qar'a'. Its distance from Waqisa is 2 Mils[1] (about 3 Km) and from Lawza is 11 Mils[2] (about 16 Km).
The cause of its naming is that a man named Sharaf had dug watery wells in this place. It is said that Sharaf and Waqisa were daughters of ‘Amr b. Mu'taq, a descendant of Sam b. Noah (a).[3]
Related Events
After Batn al-'Aqaba, Imam al-Husayn (a) and his companions arrived at this station. Since there was a lot of water there, Imam (a) told his companions to take some water. After they moved from there, they encountered the army of Hurr b. Yazid. By order of Imam (a), his companions gave from that water to the thirsty army of Hurr and their horses in Dhu Husam station.[4]
According to some sources, the encounter of Imam (a) with the army of Hurr b. Yazid took place in Sharaf,[5] which is probably because of its proximity to Dhu Husam station.
Notes
- ↑ Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Muʿjam al-buldān, vol. 3, p. 331.
- ↑ Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Muʿjam al-buldān, vol. 5, p. 26.
- ↑ Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Muʿjam al-buldān, vol. 3, p. 331.
- ↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 5, p. 400-401; Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 46; Shaykh Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 95.
- ↑ Ibn Shahrāshūb, Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib, vol. 4, p. 95.
References
- Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī, ʿAlī b. Abī l-Karam. Al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1385 AH.
- Ibn Shahrāshūb, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib. Qom: ʿAllāma, 1379 AH.
- Shaykh Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-. Al-Irshād. Qom: Kungira-yi Jahānī-yi Shaykh Mufīd, 1413 AH.
- Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-. Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk. Edited by Muḥammad Abu l-faḍl Ibrāhīm. Beirut: Dar al-Turāth, 1387 AH.
- Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Muʿjam al-buldān. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1995 CE.