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-'''Ruqayya bt. al-Ḥusayn''' (Arabic: {{ia|رُقَیَّة بنت الحُسَین}}), according to some reports, was one of the daughters of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] who was present at the [[tragedy of Karbala]] and was amongst the [[captives of Karbala|captives]] that was taken to [[Syria]]. According to these reports, it was during this captivity in Syria that led to her [[martyrdom]] at the tender age of three. Currently, there exists a mausoleum for her in the city of [[Damascus]], Syria.
+'''Ruqayya bt. al-Ḥusayn''' (Arabic: {{ia|رُقَیَّة بنت الحُسَین}}), according to some reports, was one of the daughters of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] who was present at the [[tragedy of Karbala]] and was amongst the [[captives of Karbala|captives]] that was taken to [[Syria]]. According to these reports, it was during this captivity in Syria that led to her [[martyrdom]] at the tender age of three. Currently, there is a mausoleum for her in [[Damascus]], Syria.
 However, about this daughter of the Imam (a) differences exist concerning her name and the way she was martyred.
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 ===Report in ''Kamil baha'i''===
-Research has shown that the first book which mentioned the incident of a child passing away in Syria was ''Kamil-i baha'i''. The book was written in [[Farsi]] by [[Hasan b. 'Ali al-Tabari]] (d. [[700]]/1300);<ref>Group of researchers in history, ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 148.</ref> the text he has written is as follows:
+Research has shown that the first book that mentioned a child passing away in Syria was ''Kamil-i baha'i''. The book was written in [[Farsi]] by [[Hasan b. 'Ali al-Tabari]] (d. [[700]]/1300);<ref>Group of researchers in history, ''Tārīkh-i qīyām wa maqtal-i jāmiʿ Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 148.</ref> the text he has written is as follows:
 ::"It has come in ''al-Hawiya'' that the ladies from the [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], in the state of captivity, after all the men had been [[martyr]]ed in the [[Battle of Karbala]]; they hid the truth from their sons and daughters and every child was promised and told that your father had gone on a journey and will return. They were then taken to the palace of [[Yazid]]. A four-year-old daughter woke up from her sleep and said:'Where is my father Husayn? I saw him in my dream extremely worried!' The ladies and children started to cry and began to wail. Yazid was asleep. He awoke and started to investigate. He was brought news that such has happened. That accursed person said, 'Go! And take the head of her father and place it next to her.' The doomed guards took the head to her and placed it beside the four-year-old girl. She asked:'What is this?' the doomed guards replied: 'It is the head of your father.' That daughter began to tremble and let out a scream and became very ill, and in the following days passed away."<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Kāmil Bahāʾī'', p. 523.</ref>
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 ::"When she removed the cloth, she saw a head placed on that platter. She lifted it up and looked at it carefully. She recognized the head of her father. She let out a chilling scream, she rubbed her face upon his and kissed his lips, and while in that state, she left this world. <ref>Wāʿiẓ Kāshifī, ''Rawḍat al-Shuhadā'', p. 389.</ref>
-This narration at the end states that the child passed away on that very night she saw the head of her father. In essence, this is the main difference between this narration and the one of Hasan b. 'Ali al-Tabari and it is this narration that has been recorded in the books that followed.
+This narration at the end states that the child passed away on that very night she saw her father's head. In essence, this is the main difference between this narration and the one of Hasan b. 'Ali al-Tabari and it is this narration that has been recorded in the books that followed.
 ===Report in ''al-Muntakhab''===
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 ::"It has been narrated that when the People of [[Allah]] and the [[household of the Prophet (s)]] entered upon [[Yazid]] in the city of [[Syria]], he provided for them a specific house and it was in this house that they [[mourning of Muharram|mourned]]. Our Master, Imam al-Husayn (a) had a three-year-old daughter... the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) was wrapped in a silk cloth. They brought the head and placed it in front of her and removed the cloth. The daughter of Imam al-Husayn (a) asked: 'Whose head is this?' They said: 'It is the head of your father!' She lifted it from the platter and hugged it and said: 'O my beloved father! After you, who can we give our love to? O, my beloved father! Who will look after the orphans until they grow up? O, my beloved father! Who will be the guardian of the weak ladies? O, my beloved father! Who will be the guardian of the imprisoned widows? O, my beloved father! Who will wipe our tears away? O, my beloved father! Who will be the refuge for all the lost strangers? O, my beloved father! Who will reassure those who are worried? O, my beloved father! Who will fill the void for us left by you? O, my beloved father! Who is there for us in our loneliness after you? O, my beloved father! If only I could be sacrificed for you! O, my beloved father! If only I was blind before this. O, my beloved father! If only I had died before, I would not have seen your face covered in sand.' She then kissed the lips of her father and began to cry intensely until she fell unconscious. When they tried to wake her up, they realized that her soul had left this world." <ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''al-Muntakhab fī jamʿ al-marāthī wa al-khuṭab'', p. 136.</ref>
-This is the first source that mentions the age of the daughter as being three, and also it is the first source that elaborately describes her conversation with Imam al-Husayn (a). However, no name has been given for this daughter. This source has been widely criticized by Shi'a scholars.
+This is the first source that mentions the age of the daughter as being three, and also it is the first source that elaborately describes her conversation with Imam al-Husayn (a). However, no name has been given for this daughter. Shi'a scholars have widely criticized this source.
 ===Report of ''Anwar al-majalis''===
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 In the 13th/19th, [[al-Shiblanji]] in his book ''Nur al-absar'', about this mausoleum, writes:
-::"Some of the people of Syria told me that there exist in Damascus, Syria, a mausoleum for Lady Ruqayya, the daughter of [[Imam 'Ali]] (may Allah illuminate his face), whose walls at that time had been damaged. The people of Syria wanted to remove the corpse from its grave so that they could rebuild and repair the mausoleum. However, no one, because of the admiration and respect they had for her, had the courage to enter the grave until a person from the family of the Holy Prophet (s) by the name of Sayyid the son of Murtada entered the grave. He threw a piece of cloth over the grave and wrapped the body with the cloth and brought it out; everybody saw that it was a child who had not reached the age of maturity. I told this story to one of the great teachers; he also narrated the same story from a few of his teachers."<ref>Shiblanjī, ''Nūr al-abṣār'', p. 195.</ref>
+::"Some of the people of Syria told me that there exist in Damascus, Syria, a mausoleum for Lady Ruqayya, the daughter of [[Imam 'Ali]] (may Allah illuminate his face), whose walls at that time had been damaged. The people of Syria wanted to remove the corpse from its grave so that they could rebuild and repair the mausoleum. However, because of the admiration and respect they had for her, no one had the courage to enter the grave until a person from the family of the Holy Prophet (s) by the name of Sayyid the son of Murtada entered the grave. He threw a piece of cloth over the grave and wrapped the body with the cloth and brought it out; everybody saw that it was a child who had not reached the age of maturity. I told this story to one of the great teachers; he also narrated the same story from a few of his teachers."<ref>Shiblanjī, ''Nūr al-abṣār'', p. 195.</ref>
 In this report, the name of the owner of the grave i.e. Ruqayya bt. Ali is mentioned and it is the first report that indicates to the damage that the grave endured.
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 ==Station within the Mourning Gatherings==
-Even though many historical differences still exist concerning her, amongst the people and during the [[mourning]] gatherings held in [[Muharram]], Lady Ruqayya has a very elevated position. The third night of Muharram is dedicated specifically for her remembrance.<ref>Hādīmanish, ''Hūdaj-i khūn'', p. 136.</ref> Many groups ([[Hay'a]]) of mourners are named after her. A large number of eulogies and poetry have been composed and recited in her honor. In some of the eulogies, those people who have denied her existence have been sarcastically and slyly reprimanded.
+Even though many historical differences still exist concerning her, amongst the people and during the [[mourning]] gatherings held in [[Muharram]], Lady Ruqayya has a very elevated position. The third night of Muharram is dedicated specifically for her remembrance.<ref>Hādīmanish, ''Hūdaj-i khūn'', p. 136.</ref> Many groups ([[Hay'a]]) of mourners are named after her. A large number of eulogies and poetry have been composed and recited in her honor. In some eulogies, those people who have denied her existence have been sarcastically and slyly reprimanded.
 ==Notes==