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This epithet was given to Imam al-Husayn (a) after his martyrdom as well. However, even before his martyrdom, some narrations by the Prophet (s) refer to him as Sayyid al-Shuhada'. | This epithet was given to Imam al-Husayn (a) after his martyrdom as well. However, even before his martyrdom, some narrations by the Prophet (s) refer to him as Sayyid al-Shuhada'. | ||
It seems that this epithet became widely | It seems that this epithet became widely popular for Imam al-Husayn (a) during [[Imam al-Sadiq]]'s era. One of the female companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a), an Iraqi woman called Um Sa'id Ahmasiyya, had decided to visit the graves of the martyrs of [[Medina]], when Imam al-Sadiq (a) asked her, "Why don't you visit the grave of the Sayyid al-Shuhada' of your own [town]?" Um Sa'id, thinking that Imam al-Sadiq (a) is referring to Imam 'Ali (a) asked, "Who do you mean by Sayyid al-Shuhada'?" He replied, "Sayyid al-Shuhada' is Husayn b. 'Ali (a)." | ||
Explaining how both Hamza and Imam al-Husayn (s) have received the Sayyid al-Shuhada' epithet, [[Mulla Salih Mazandarani]] says that Hamza was the Sayyid al-Shuhada' of his time, whereas Imam al-Husayn (a) is the absolute Sayyid al-Shuhada'. After Hamza's martyrdom, [[Lady Fatima (a)]] made a [[Misbaha]] from his grave's soil and used every knot to say a [[dhikr]] in her prayers. Now Shi'as make Misbahas from Imam Husayn's (a) soil (see: [[Turba]]). Regarding the distinct quality of a Misbaha made from Imam Husayn's (a) soil, as compared to Hamza's soil, Imam al-Sadiq (a) says, "A Misbaha made of Imam Husayn's soil is blessed with the rewards of dhikr for only being onto one's hand even if he (the holder) himself is not uttering anything ." | Explaining how both Hamza and Imam al-Husayn (s) have received the Sayyid al-Shuhada' epithet, [[Mulla Salih Mazandarani]] says that Hamza was the Sayyid al-Shuhada' of his time, whereas Imam al-Husayn (a) is the absolute Sayyid al-Shuhada'. After Hamza's martyrdom, [[Lady Fatima (a)]] made a [[Misbaha]] from his grave's soil and used every knot to say a [[dhikr]] in her prayers. Now Shi'as make Misbahas from Imam Husayn's (a) soil (see: [[Turba]]). Regarding the distinct quality of a Misbaha made from Imam Husayn's (a) soil, as compared to Hamza's soil, Imam al-Sadiq (a) says, "A Misbaha made of Imam Husayn's soil is blessed with the rewards of dhikr for only being onto one's hand even if he (the holder) himself is not uttering anything ." | ||