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Captives of Karbalā are the members of Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the families of some of the martyrs of Karbala who were captured by the Kufaian army led by Umar b. Sa'd during the Event of Karbala and after the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a). They were taken to Kufa and then to Damascus. There are disagreements about the exact number of the captives. However, Imam al-Sajjad (a) and Lady Zaynab (a) are the most famous and eminent figures among them, who inform people about the tyranny of Yazid by their fiery sermons during the captivity.

Historians disagreed about the number of captives from Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the survivors of Imam al-Husayn's companions. Some sources reported that there were 61 women among the captives.

These names have been reported as the captives of Karbala:

• Men: Imam al-Sajjad (a), Imam al-Baqir (a), Umar b. al-Husayn b. Ali (a). Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Ali, Zayd b. al-Hasan b. Ali (a), Muhammad b. 'Amr b. al-Hasan b. Ali (a), two sons of Ja'far b. Abi Talib, 'Abd Allah b. 'Abbas b. Ali (a), Qasim b. 'Abd Allah b. Ja'far, Qasim b. Muhammad b. Ja'far, Muhammad al-Asghar b. 'Aqil, 'Uqbat b. Sam'an (Rabab's servant), servant of 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abd Rabbih al-Ansari, Muslim b. Ribah (servant of Imam Ali (a)), and 'Ali b. 'Uthman al-Maghribi.

• Women: Imam Ali's daughters: Lady Zaynab, Fatima bt. 'Ali|Fatima, Umm Kulthum (or Nafisa or Zaynab al-Sughra), Umm al-Hasan, Khadija the wife of Abd al-Rahman b. Aqil, Umm Hani the wife of Abd Allah al-Akbar b. Aqil. Daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a): Sukayna, Fatima, Ruqayya, and Zaynab. Rabab (Imam al-Husayn's wife), Umm Muhammad (Fatima the daughter of Imam al-Hasan (a) the Imam al-Sajjad's wife and Imam al-Baqir's mother), and Fakiha the mother of Qarib b. 'Abd Allah b. Urayqit.

After the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn (a), Ahl al-Bayt (a) passed the night after Ashura' in Karbala. In the afternoon of 11th of Muharram 61/ October 11, 680 after that 'Umar b. Sa'd's army buried all the dead bodies of the army, they gathered Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the survivors from Imam's companions and took them to Kufa.

Umar b. Sa'd's army moved the caravan of captives toward the battlefield and passed them by the bodies of martyrs while they were weeping, crying, and hitting their faces. Qurra b. Qays al-Tamimi says, "Whatever I forget, I will not forget this saying of Zaynab, Fatima's daughter, when she was passing by the fallen body of her brother, al-Husayn: 'Oh Muhammad, Oh Muhammad! May the angels of heaven salute you; this is al-Husayn, fallen on the desert, immersed in blood, his body torn to pieces. Oh, Muhammad! These are your daughters! They are being taken captives! Your children are slain! The zephyr is blowing on their bodies! ...'"

He adds, "She made the friend and enemy cry."

The enemy army mounted the captives on bareback camels and horses. When they entered Kufa, people came out to see them; women of Kufa were crying for them.

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 61/ October 12, 680.

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