The Events of Karbala
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following are the events at Karbala as adapted from an article by Sayyid Nurjan Mirahmadi. The massacre of the family of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) occurred on the 10 th Muharram. The murderers were the soldiers of Yazid ibn Mu’awiyah, each of them Cursed for this heinous act. Yazid sent ‘Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad, his cousin, with an army to kill Sayyidina Husayn ibn ‘Ali ( r.a. ) because he feared that Sayyidina Husayn ( r.a. ) would take the caliphate from him. But he did not have the courage to admit it after the fact, particularly because he feared the people would revolt. And they did. So he sent his army to besiege and sack Makkah and Madina, killing hundreds of the swahabah , and raping thousands of their women. The Ka’bah itself was damaged with fire. And the Mosque of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), in Madina, was desecrated with camel droppings. The following is an account of the even...