Lament of Yazid's Gathering: Difference between revisions

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When the Captives of Karbala arrived in [[Syria]], [[Yazid]] ordered the decoration of the city. [[Suhayl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi]] reported the decoration of the city and people's delight upon the arrival of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] as captives.

According to historical accounts, the heads of the [[Martyrs of Karbala]] arrived in Syria on [[Safar 1]]. On this day, the Captives of Karbala were taken to the city through [[Bab Tuma]] (Gate of Thomas) or [[Bab al-Sa'at]] (Gate of the Clocks) and were detained at the entrance of the Great Mosque on a stance in which captives were usually detained.

When the agents of Yazid moved the captives around Syria, they went to Yazid's palace. As a representative of other agents, [[Zahr b. Qays]] briefed Yazid on the [[Battle of Karbala]]. After hearing the report, Yazid ordered the decoration of the palace. He summoned the prominent figures of Syria and ordered that the captives be taken to the palace. The captives entered the palace while they were tied together with a rope. At this time, [[Fatima bt. al-Husayn (a)]] said: " Yazid! Is it right for the daughters of the [[Prophet (s)]] to be kept captive?" The audience and the household of Yazid cried after hearing her words.

In the presence of the captives, Yazid put the head of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] inside a golden container and hit it with a wooden stick. When [[Sukayna bt. al-Imam al-Husayn (a)|Sukayna (a)]] and [[Fatima bt. al-Imam al-Husayn (a)|Fatima (a)]] saw this, they cried too loudly that Yazid's wives and [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]]'s daughters began to cry as well. According to a [[hadith]] from [[Imam al-Rida (a)]], Yazid put the Imam's (a) head in a washing basin and put his food table on the basin, and then began to eat food and drink beer together with his companions. He then put the chess table on the basin and began to play chess with his companions. When he won a game, he had a sip of the glass of beer and threw the remaining on the floor beside the basin in which Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was put.

Some of the audience objected to Yazid, including [[Yahya b. al-Hakam]], the brother of [[Marwan b. al-Hakam]] who was hit in the chest by Yazid. [[Abu Barza al-Aslami]] also protested to Yazid, but he was ousted from the gathering at the command of Yazid.

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