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== Grave of Hamza == | == Grave of Hamza == | ||
[[File:Tomb of Hamza before being destroyed.jpg|thumbnail|The tomb of Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada' and other [[martyr]]s of the [[Battle of Uhud]] before being destroyed by [[Wahhabism|Wahhabis]] in 1925.]] | [[File:Tomb of Hamza before being destroyed.jpg|thumbnail|The tomb of Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada' and other [[martyr]]s of the [[Battle of Uhud]] before being destroyed by [[Wahhabism|Wahhabis]] in 1925-6.]] | ||
[[File:Grave o Hamza.jpg|thumbnail|The current image of the grave of Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada' and other Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud.]] | [[File:Grave o Hamza.jpg|thumbnail|The current image of the grave of Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada' and other Martyrs of the Battle of Uhud.]] | ||
It is said that [[Lady Fatima (a)]] used to visit Hamza's grave and had marked it with stones.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 19; Ibn Shabbah, ''Tārīkh al-madīna al-munawwara'', vol. 1, p. 132.</ref> | It is said that [[Lady Fatima (a)]] used to visit Hamza's grave and had marked it with stones.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 19; Ibn Shabbah, ''Tārīkh al-madīna al-munawwara'', vol. 1, p. 132.</ref> | ||
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Due to their enmity for the family of the [[Prophet (s)]], [[Umayyads]] badly treated the graves of Hamza and other martyrs of [[Battle of Uhud|Uhud]]. It is said that in the rule of [[Uthman b. Affan|'Uthman]], [[Abu Sufyan]] trampled on the grave of Hamza and addressed him saying, "what you draw sword on us for to defend is now the toy of our youths!"<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 16, p. 136.</ref> [[Mu'awiya]] too, around 40 years after the event of Uhud, used the excuse of flowing the water of a spring on that area, or due to his enmity with the family of the Prophet (s) ordered that the martyrs of Uhud (including Hmaza) to be exhumed and their bodies be replaced. Thus apparently, the graves of some martyrs of Uhud and also Hamza might have been changed.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 267-268; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 11.</ref> | Due to their enmity for the family of the [[Prophet (s)]], [[Umayyads]] badly treated the graves of Hamza and other martyrs of [[Battle of Uhud|Uhud]]. It is said that in the rule of [[Uthman b. Affan|'Uthman]], [[Abu Sufyan]] trampled on the grave of Hamza and addressed him saying, "what you draw sword on us for to defend is now the toy of our youths!"<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balagha'', vol. 16, p. 136.</ref> [[Mu'awiya]] too, around 40 years after the event of Uhud, used the excuse of flowing the water of a spring on that area, or due to his enmity with the family of the Prophet (s) ordered that the martyrs of Uhud (including Hmaza) to be exhumed and their bodies be replaced. Thus apparently, the graves of some martyrs of Uhud and also Hamza might have been changed.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 267-268; Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 11.</ref> | ||
The grave of Hamza used to have a tomb and a mosque beside it, but after [[Wahhabism|Wahhabis]] and Saudis came to power in [[Saudi Arabia]], they destroyed his tomb and the mosque beside it in 1344/1925<ref>Jaʿfar Khayyāṭ, ''al-Madīna al-munawwara fī al-marajiʿ al-gharbiyya'', p. 254; Najmī, ''Ḥamza sayyid al-shuhadāʾ (a)'', p. 191, 212.</ref> and built another mosque which is now known as the mosque of Uhud, [['Ali (a)]] and Hamza in the west side of it.<ref>Qāʾidān, ''Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 332.</ref> Grave of Hamza has been a common place of visit by [[Shi'a]] pilgrims especially [[Iran]]ians from long ago. | The grave of Hamza used to have a tomb and a mosque beside it, but after [[Wahhabism|Wahhabis]] and Saudis came to power in [[Saudi Arabia]], they destroyed his tomb and the mosque beside it in 1344/1925-6<ref>Jaʿfar Khayyāṭ, ''al-Madīna al-munawwara fī al-marajiʿ al-gharbiyya'', p. 254; Najmī, ''Ḥamza sayyid al-shuhadāʾ (a)'', p. 191, 212.</ref> and built another mosque which is now known as the mosque of Uhud, [['Ali (a)]] and Hamza in the west side of it.<ref>Qāʾidān, ''Tārīkh wa āthār-i Islāmi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 332.</ref> Grave of Hamza has been a common place of visit by [[Shi'a]] pilgrims especially [[Iran]]ians from long ago. | ||
== The Position of Hamza == | == The Position of Hamza == | ||