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===Entering Kufa=== | ===Entering Kufa=== | ||
There is no explicit report about the exact date of their arrival to Kufa in early sources. However, according to a sentence of [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], they entered Kufa on [[Muharram 12]]. | There is no explicit report about the exact date of their arrival to Kufa in early sources. However, according to a sentence of [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], they entered Kufa on [[Muharram 12]]. | ||
==In Kufa== | |||
===Delivering Sermons=== | ===Delivering Sermons=== | ||
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==In Damascus== | ==In Damascus== | ||
* Decorating the city: [[Yazid]] gave his orders to decorate the city before the arrival of the captives. [[Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi]] is one of the narrators who reported that the city was decorated and people were happy when the captives entered the city. | * '''Decorating the city''': [[Yazid]] gave his orders to decorate the city before the arrival of the captives. [[Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi]] is one of the narrators who reported that the city was decorated and people were happy when the captives entered the city. | ||
* The day of arrival: according to historical reports, on the [[Safar 1]] the captives and the heads of [[martyrs of Karbala]] entered [[Damascus]] from Bab Tuma or Bab al-Sa'at. They were taken to [[Umayyad Mosque]] and were kept on a raised platform there. | * '''The day of arrival''': according to historical reports, on the [[Safar 1]] the captives and the heads of [[martyrs of Karbala]] entered [[Damascus]] from Bab Tuma or Bab al-Sa'at. They were taken to [[Umayyad Mosque]] and were kept on a raised platform there. | ||
* Report to Yazid: After that soldiers circled the captives in Damascus, they went to Yazid's court. [[Zahr b. Qays]], in behalf of all the soldiers, reported what had happened in Karbala to Yazid. | * '''Report to Yazid''': After that soldiers circled the captives in Damascus, they went to Yazid's court. [[Zahr b. Qays]], in behalf of all the soldiers, reported what had happened in Karbala to Yazid. | ||
* Arrival of captives to Yazid's court: After the report, Yazid ordered to decorate his palace and invited the elites of Damascus, then ordered to bring the captives into his palace. Reports denote that they brought the captives into the palace while they were tied to each other by ropes. At this moment [[Fatima bt. al-Husayn (a)]] said, "O Yazid! | * '''Arrival of captives to Yazid's court''': After the report, Yazid ordered to decorate his palace and invited the elites of Damascus, then ordered to bring the captives into his palace. Reports denote that they brought the captives into the palace while they were tied to each other by ropes. At this moment [[Fatima bt. al-Husayn (a)]] said, "O Yazid! Do the granddaughters of the Prophet (s) deserve to be captives?" The people and the household of Yazid cried by her saying. | ||
* Yazid and the head of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]: In the presence of the captives, Yazid had put the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) in a gold tub and was hitting it with his staff. When [[Sukayna]] and Fatima, the daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a), saw that; they shouted crying in a way that the wives of Yazid and daughters of [[Mu'awiya]] cried along. | * '''Yazid and the head of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]''': In the presence of the captives, Yazid had put the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) in a gold tub and was hitting it with his staff. When [[Sukayna]] and [[Fatima bt. al-Husayn|Fatima]], the daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a), saw that; they shouted crying in a way that the wives of Yazid and daughters of [[Mu'awiya]] cried along. It is narrated form [[Imam al-Rida (a)]] that Yazid put the head of Imam al-Husayn (a) in a tub and put his food table on it and started eating and drinking beer at that table with his companions. Then they put the table of Chess on that tub and started playing it. Whenever he won, he drank a glass of beer and poured the rest of it on the ground near the tub in which was the head of Imam al-Husayn (a). | ||
* '''Objections''': Some people who were present there opposed to Yazid's behaviors, including Yahya b. Hakam, [[Marwan b. Hakam]]'s brother, whom Yazid punched on the chest, and [[Abu Barza al-Aslami]], whom Yazid ordered to be taken out of the palace. | |||
* '''Delivering sermons''': After that [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] and [[Lady Zaynab (a)]] saw that the people of [[Damascus]] do not know anything about the real [[Islam]] and the high status of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]], they delivered sermons to inform people about the tyranny of [[Umayyad dynasty]] and enlighten them about the truth. | |||
* '''Residence''': According to historical and narrative sources, Ahl al-Bayt (a) resided in two locations in Damascus. First: a roofless [[ruins of Sham|ruins]], in which the story of lady [[Ruqayya]] took place. The captives were there for two days; however after the sermons of Imam al-Sajjad (a) and Lady Zaynab (a) the public opinion changed about Ahl al-Bayt (a) and Yazid had to move them to a house near his palace. | |||
* '''Duration''': Most of historians said that captives stayed in Damascus for three days; however 'Imad al-Din al-Tabari said that they stayed there for 7 days. In another account, [[Sayyid b. Tawus]] said that they stayed for a month; nonetheless, he pointed that this report is not reliable. | |||
==Returning Route== | |||
{{main|Arba'in of Imam al-Husayn (a)}} | {{main|Arba'in of Imam al-Husayn (a)}} | ||
The exact date of the departure of captives from [[Damascus]] is unknown. There are disagreement between scholars whether the captives passed by [[Karbala]] on their way back to [[Medina]] or not. [[Sayyid Muhammad Ali Qadi Tabataba'i]] in his book ''Tahqiq | |||
The exact date of the departure of captives from [[Damascus]] is unknown. There are disagreement between scholars whether the captives passed by [[Karbala]] on their way back to [[Medina]] or not. [[Sayyid Muhammad Ali Qadi Tabataba'i]] in his book ''Tahqiq darbari-yi awwalin arba'in-i Sayyid al-Shuhada' (a)'' (study about the first Arba'in of [[Sayyid al-Shuhada']] (a)) tried to prove this; however, [[Muhaddith al-Nuri]] and [[Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi]] do not accept this. | |||
==Arriving in Medina== | ==Arriving in Medina== | ||
When the captives of | When the captives of Karbala got near to [[Medina]], [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] ordered them to camp outside the city and sent Bashir b. Hadhlam to the city to inform the people about the martyrdom of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]. | ||
Bashir went to [[Masjid al-Nabawi]] and recited this poem while crying: | Bashir went to [[Masjid al-Nabawi]] and recited this poem while crying: | ||
"O people of Medina! Do not stay in Medina any more; Husayn has been killed so weep copiously. | ::"O people of Medina! Do not stay in Medina any more; Husayn has been killed so weep copiously. | ||
His body, in [[Karbala]], soaked in blood and his head, on the top of spear, is circled." | ::His body, in [[Karbala]], soaked in blood and his head, on the top of spear, is circled." | ||
Bashir informed the people that Imam al-Sajjad (a) and [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] has camped outside the city. By hearing the news, women of Medina came out from their houses crying, weeping and shouting. No day people were seen crying like that day; it was the saddest day for | Bashir informed the people that Imam al-Sajjad (a) and [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] has camped outside the city. By hearing the news, women of Medina came out from their houses crying, weeping and shouting. No day people were seen crying like that day; it was the saddest day for Muslims after the demise of [[the Prophet (s)]]. | ||
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