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===Najaf=== | ===Najaf=== | ||
There are, [[hadith]]s implying that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is in [[Holy Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)|Imam 'Ali's (a) Holy Shrine]].<ref>See: Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 571; Ibn Qūlawayh, ''Kāmil al-zīyārāt'', p. 86-87.</ref> However, there are problems with these hadiths that made them hard to be accepted by Shiite scholars.<ref>Group of authors. ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ-i Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 588.</ref> | There are, [[hadith]]s implying that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is in [[Holy Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)|Imam 'Ali's (a) Holy Shrine]].<ref>See: Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 571; Ibn Qūlawayh, ''Kāmil al-zīyārāt'', p. 86-87.</ref> Some historians believe that these hadiths have problems in chain of transmission and content.<ref>Group of authors, ''Nigāhī nu bih jaryān-i ʿĀshūrā'', p. 367-368; Group of authors, ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ-i Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 588.</ref> However, there are problems with these hadiths that made them hard to be accepted by Shiite scholars.<ref>Group of authors. ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ-i Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 588.</ref> | ||
There is a place inside [[Masjid al-Hannana]] well-known as the place where Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is put there. It is said his head was put there when heads of [[Martyrs of Karbala]] were taking from Karbala to Kufa.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Amālī'', p. 628; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 98, p. 257.</ref> | There is a place inside [[Masjid al-Hannana]] well-known as the place where Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is put there. It is said his head was put there when heads of [[Martyrs of Karbala]] were taking from Karbala to Kufa.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Amālī'', p. 628; Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 98, p. 257.</ref> | ||
===Medina=== | ===Medina=== | ||
According to some Sunni sources, when [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]] sent the prisoners of the [[Event of Karbala]] to [[Medina]], he sent Imam al-Husayn's (a) head to [['Amr b. Sa'd b. al-'As]] in Medina, and 'Amr buried it in the [[al-Baqi' Cemetery]]. According to some scholars, the head was sent to [[Banu Hashim]], and they buried it in al-Baqi' after [[Ghusl of the Dead|ghusl]] and [[burial]] and [[funeral prayer]]. | According to some Sunni sources, when [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]] sent the prisoners of the [[Event of Karbala]] to [[Medina]], he sent Imam al-Husayn's (a) head to [['Amr b. Sa'd b. al-'As]] in Medina, and 'Amr buried it in the [[al-Baqi' Cemetery]].<ref> Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 5, p. 238; Khwārizmī, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', vol. 2, p. 83; Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 5, p. 344.</ref> According to some scholars, the head was sent to [[Banu Hashim]], and they buried it in al-Baqi' after [[Ghusl of the Dead|ghusl]] and [[burial]] and [[funeral prayer]].<ref>Nuwayrī, ''Nihāyat al-ʾarab'', vol. 20, p. 480.</ref> | ||
===Damascus=== | ===Damascus=== | ||
On some accounts, Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was buried in [[Damascus]]. However, there is disagreement as to whether it was buried in the palace or a garden in Damascus or a cemetery there. There are other accounts according to which the head was buried in the Faradis Gate, the Damascus Mosque near two pillars on the right side of [[qibla]], in Muslims' graves. | On some accounts, Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was buried in [[Damascus]]. However, there is disagreement as to whether it was buried in the palace or a garden in Damascus or a cemetery there.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 3, p. 214.</ref> There are other accounts according to which the head was buried in the Faradis Gate, the Damascus Mosque near two pillars on the right side of [[qibla]], in Muslims' graves.<ref>Group of authors, ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ-i Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 583.</ref> | ||
[[File:صخره مسجدالنقطه.jpg|thumbnail|270px|Based on some reports, some blood from Imam al-Husayn's (a) head has dropped on this rock. Later, a mosque called [[Masjid al-Nuqta]] has been constructed in the place in Aleppo.]] | [[File:صخره مسجدالنقطه.jpg|thumbnail|270px|Based on some reports, some blood from Imam al-Husayn's (a) head has dropped on this rock. Later, a mosque called [[Masjid al-Nuqta]] has been constructed in the place in Aleppo.]] | ||
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===Al-Raqqah=== | ===Al-Raqqah=== | ||
According to [[Sibt b. al-Jawzi]], Yazid b. Mu'awiya sent Imam al-Husayn's (a) head to Abu Mu'it's household as retaliation for [['Uthman b. 'Affan]]'s head, and they buried the head in a house that was later attached to al-Raqqah's [[Jami' Mosque]]. | According to [[Sibt b. al-Jawzi]], Yazid b. Mu'awiya sent Imam al-Husayn's (a) head to Abu Mu'it's household as retaliation for [['Uthman b. 'Affan]]'s head, and they buried the head in a house that was later attached to al-Raqqah's [[Jami' Mosque]].<ref>Sibṭ b. al-Jawzī, ''Tadhkirat al-khawāṣ'', p. 239.</ref> | ||
===Al-Mashhad al-Husayn or al-Masjid al-Nuqta=== | ===Al-Mashhad al-Husayn or al-Masjid al-Nuqta=== | ||
===Ashkelon=== | ===Ashkelon=== | ||
On some accounts, a group of people from [[Ashkelon]] ('Asqalan) went to [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]] and asked him to let them bury Imam al-Husayn's (a) head in their city. Yazid gave them the head; they buried the head in Ashkelon and made a mausoleum over it. | On some accounts, a group of people from [[Ashkelon]] ('Asqalan) went to [[Yazid b. Mu'awiya]] and asked him to let them bury Imam al-Husayn's (a) head in their city. Yazid gave them the head; they buried the head in Ashkelon and made a mausoleum over it.<ref></ref> | ||
According to another account, during the [[caliphate]] of [[al-Mustansir Bi-Allah al-Fatimi]], a [[Fatimid]] caliph and the ministry of Badr al-Jamali, a person saw in his dreams that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is buried in Ashkelon. He learned the exact place in his dream. When he woke up, they exhumed the place he saw in his dream, and they found the head. Badr al-Jamali made a mausoleum over the place. | According to another account, during the [[caliphate]] of [[al-Mustansir Bi-Allah al-Fatimi]], a [[Fatimid]] caliph and the ministry of Badr al-Jamali, a person saw in his dreams that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head is buried in Ashkelon. He learned the exact place in his dream. When he woke up, they exhumed the place he saw in his dream, and they found the head. Badr al-Jamali made a mausoleum over the place. | ||
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Given that most of these views have appeared in Sunni sources and have problems with respect to their chains of narrations as well as their contents, most Shiite scholars maintained the view that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was attached to his body and is thus buried in his [[Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)|holy shrine in Karbala]]. According to some historical reports, the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) was attached to the body and buried on the [[Arba'in day]] of the [[61 AH|61 lunar year]]. | Given that most of these views have appeared in Sunni sources and have problems with respect to their chains of narrations as well as their contents, most Shiite scholars maintained the view that Imam al-Husayn's (a) head was attached to his body and is thus buried in his [[Holy Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a)|holy shrine in Karbala]]. According to some historical reports, the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) was attached to the body and buried on the [[Arba'in day]] of the [[61 AH|61 lunar year]]. | ||
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