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When the caravan of Karbala's prisoners and the heads of martyrs in Karbala arrived in [[Aleppo]] from [[Iraq]], they stayed near a mountain called "Jawshan" west of Aleppo, besides a monastery called "Marat Marutha". A monk in the monastery bribed the guards of the caravan to put Imam al-Husayn's (a) head on a rock inside the monastery. He stayed near the head until the morning. At the sunrise, when they took the head, there were drops of blood on the rock. When the caravan moved on, the people of Aleppo learned about the story and congregated around the rock and mourned for Imam al-Husayn (a). According to Shiite accounts, blood used to spring on that rock every year on the [[Day of 'Ashura]], attracting the attention of many people of [[Syria]]. | When the caravan of Karbala's prisoners and the heads of martyrs in Karbala arrived in [[Aleppo]] from [[Iraq]], they stayed near a mountain called "Jawshan" west of Aleppo, besides a monastery called "Marat Marutha". A monk in the monastery bribed the guards of the caravan to put Imam al-Husayn's (a) head on a rock inside the monastery. He stayed near the head until the morning. At the sunrise, when they took the head, there were drops of blood on the rock. When the caravan moved on, the people of Aleppo learned about the story and congregated around the rock and mourned for Imam al-Husayn (a). According to Shiite accounts, blood used to spring on that rock every year on the [[Day of 'Ashura]], attracting the attention of many people of [[Syria]]. | ||
The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350/961 and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]] (mosque of the spot [of blood]). | The Shiite figure, [[Sayf al-Dawla al-Hamdani]] was the first person who built a chamber and a mosque over the rock and the monastery in 350/961-2 and called it [[Masjid al-Nuqta]] (mosque of the spot [of blood]). | ||
Mashhad al-Husayn (a) is a well-known place in Aleppo today and it is frequently visited by its residents and visitors of [[Lady Zaynab|Zaynab bt. 'Ali (a)]]. Today the area is known as "Hayy al-Ansari". In 1960, the Ja'fari Institute for Reconstruction and Islamic Beneficence was founded to reconstruct Mashhad al-Husayn (a). It also built a mosque, a medical center, and an [[Seminary|Islamic Seminary]] school headed by al-Shaykh Ibrahim Nasr Allah. Al-Shaykh Ibrahim is the author of the book, ''Aleppo and Shiism''. He is the [[leader of congregational prayers]] in Mashhad al-Husayn (a). | Mashhad al-Husayn (a) is a well-known place in Aleppo today and it is frequently visited by its residents and visitors of [[Lady Zaynab|Zaynab bt. 'Ali (a)]]. Today the area is known as "Hayy al-Ansari". In 1960, the Ja'fari Institute for Reconstruction and Islamic Beneficence was founded to reconstruct Mashhad al-Husayn (a). It also built a mosque, a medical center, and an [[Seminary|Islamic Seminary]] school headed by al-Shaykh Ibrahim Nasr Allah. Al-Shaykh Ibrahim is the author of the book, ''Aleppo and Shiism''. He is the [[leader of congregational prayers]] in Mashhad al-Husayn (a). | ||
[[File:زیارتگاه رأس الحسین در عسقلان فلسطین.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ra's al-Husayn (a) ziyarah site in [[Ashkelon]], [[Palestine]].]] | [[File:زیارتگاه رأس الحسین در عسقلان فلسطین.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ra's al-Husayn (a) ziyarah site in [[Ashkelon]], [[Palestine]].]] | ||
==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. | ||