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NAFASUL MAHMOOM; Relating to the Heart Rending Tragedy of Karbala

Author: Sheikh Abbas Al-Qummi
Translator: Aejaz Ali Bhujwala (Al-Husainee)
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
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• Translator’s Note
• Notes
• Author’s Preface
• Notes
• Introduction: Birth of Our Master Imam Husayn (a.s.), the oppressed
• Notes
• On some of the virtues of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• His Valor
• His Knowledge
• His munificence and generosity
• His eloquence, abstinence, humility, and worship
• Notes
• Forty Traditions (Ahadith) regarding the merit of mourning over the afflictions of Imam Husayn (a.s.), the reward of invoking curse upon his murderers, and prophesies regarding his martyrdom
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• Notes
• Part 1: On what befell Imam Husayn (a.s.) before Yazid bin Mu’awiyah claimed alle­giance from him, until his Martyrdom
• Relating to the death of Mu’awiyah bin Abu Sufyan
• Mu’awiyah’s will to his son Yazid
• Notes
• The Governor of Madina and Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Discourse of Allamah Majlisi in Biharul Anwar
• Conversation of Angels with Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• The army of genie in defense of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Dialogue of Umm Salama (a.s.) with Imam Husayn (a.s.) during his journey
• Conversation of Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari with Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• On Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s intention on proceeding towards Makkah (from Madina) and the letters addressed to him by the people of Kufa
• Letters of the people of Kufa to Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Note
• Muslim bin Aqeel’s departure from Makkah in mid-Ramazan according to the discourse by Mas’oodi
• Nu’man bin Basheer issues warning to the people of Kufa
• An account of the personality of Nu’man bin Basheer
• Notes
• Imam’s letter to the noblemen of Basra
• Ubaydullah bin Ziyad’s exit from Basra towards Kufa
• Ubaydullah in Kufa
• Muslim bin Aqeel (a.s.) taken to the presence of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad
• Martyrdom of Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib (a.s.)
• Martyrdom of Hani bin Urwah Muradi
• Appendix
• Pilgrimage to the grave of Hani bin Urwah Muradi
• It is quoted in Malhoof of Sayyid Ibn Tawoos that when the news of Martyr­dom of Abdullah bin
• Notes
• Martyrdom of Meytham bin Yahya at Tammar
• Meeting between Habib bin Mazahir and Meytham at Tammar
• The Commander of the faithful Imam Ali (a.s.) reveals his mysteries to a well
• An account of the personality of Abu Arakah
• Martyrdom of Hujr bin Adi
• Martyrdom of ‘Amr bin Humaq
• Martyrdom of the two infant sons of Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib (a.s.)
• Notes
• Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s intention of proceeding towards Iraq from Makkah
• Notes
• Relating to Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s departure from Makkah towards Iraq
• Notes
• Information to Hurr bin Yazeed ar Riyahi, his encounter with Imam Husayn (a.s.) and resisting him from going towards Kufa
• Notes
• Imam Husayn (a.s.) on way to Kufa
• Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s halt at the ground of Karbala, Umar bin Sa’ad’s entry, and the circumstances therein
• Ubaydullah bin Ziyad’s letter to Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Imam Husayn (a.s.) in Karbala’
• Shimr bin Ziljawshan’s arrival at Karbala and the events on the night of ninth Muharram
• Proposal of security to Abbas bin Ali (a.s.)
• Relating to the events of the night before Ashura’ (the tenth of Muharram)
• Notes
• Relating to the events of the day of Ashura’, the array of the two armies and Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s remonstration amidst the people of Kufa
• Zuhair bin Qayn’s address amidst the people of Kufa
• Speech of Burayr bin Khuzayr
• Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s address to the people of Kufa
• Note
• Praise of the battle of the companions of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and their Martyrdom (May Allah be pleased with them)
• Hurr joins Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Martyrdom of Burayr bin Khuzayr
• Martyrdom of ‘Amr bin Qartah Ansari
• Martyrdom of Muslim bin Awsaja
• Reminding for Prayers by Abu Samamah Saedi and the Martyrdom of Habib bin Mazahir
• Martyrdom of Hurr bin Yazid
• Martyrdom of Nafe’ bin Hilal
• Martyrdom of Abdullah and Abdul Rahman Ghifari
• Martyrdom of Hanzalah bin As’ad Shabami
• Martyrdom of Shawzib and Abis
• Martyrdom of Abul Sha’sa Kindi
• Receding to the account of the condition of the companions of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Combat of the members of Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s Household (Ahlul Bayt) and their Martyrdom (May Allah be pleased with them)
• Martyrdom of Abul Hasan Ali bin Husayn al Akbar (a.s.)
• Regarding Urwah bin Mas’ood, the maternal (great) grandfather of Ali Akbar (a.s.)
• Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Aun bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Abdul Rahman bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Ja’far bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Abdullah al Akbar bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Qasim bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Abu Bakr bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of the sons of the Commander of the faithful Ali (a.s.)
• Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Ja’far bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Usman bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Muhammad al Asghar bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Martyrdom of Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Abi Talib
• Relating to the Martyrdom of our Master Abbas bin Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.)
• Description of the valor of Hazrat Abbas (a.s.)
• Notes
• Relating to the Martyrdom of Our Master Abu Abdullah Husayn (a.s.), and furthermore the Martyrdom of a suckling child and Abdullah bin Hasan (a.s.)
• Note
• Part 3: Relating to the incidents after the Martyrdom
• After Martyrdom
• Note
• Plundering of the belongings of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and the wailing of the womenfolk of Ahlul Bayt
• Note
• Looting of the heads of the martyrs, jewelry of the women folk and Camels of the Master of the oppressed by the Kufan army
• Note
• Incidents of the evening of the tenth of Muharram (Ashura’) and dispatching the blessed heads to the accursed Ubaydullah bin Ziyad
• Exit of Umar bin Sa’ad from Karbala to Kufa
• Note
• Relating to the burial of our Master Imam Husayn (a.s.) and his companions
• Note
• Entry of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) of Imam Husayn (a.s.) into Kufa
• Sayyidah Zainab bint Ali (a.s)’s sermon in Kufa
• Imam Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)’s remonstration amidst the people of Kufa and his reproach to them for their breach of trust and deception
• Sayyidah Umm Kulthum bint Ali (a.s.)’s sermon in Kufa
• Notes
• Relating to the entry of the Household of Imam Husayn (a.s.) into the presence of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad
• Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Afeef Azdi
• Notes
• Ubaydullah bin Ziyad dispatches Abdul Malik Salami to Madinah with the news of Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.), and the sermon of Abdullah bin Zubayr in Makkah
• Dispatching of the blessed heads of the Pure Household by Ubaydullah bin Ziyad, the accursed, from Kufa to Syria, and the events that occurred thereafter
• Note
• A short Account of the Events taken place en route to Syria
• Note
• Entry of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) into Syria and the blessed head in Damascus
• Sayyidah Zainab (a.s.)’s sermon in the presence of Yazid, the accursed, on the first of the month of Safar
• Imam Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)’s sermon
• Dream of Sayyidah Sakinah, daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Dream of the infant daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Incident pertaining to an envoy of the Roman king in the court of Yazid
• Notes
• Dispatching of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) by Yazid from Syria to Madinah
• Entry of the Household into Madinah, and their mourning upon Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Sermon of Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s.)
• Lamentation of Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Part 4: Relating to the events that manifested after the Martyrdom of Abi Abdullah Imam Husayn (a.s.)…
• Mourning of the Heavens and Earth and its inhabitants upon Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• An account of Zuhri on the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Complaining of the Angels regarding the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.) in the Audience of Allah and their lamenting upon him
• Bemoaning of the Genies upon the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s)
• Incident of the congregation of Imam Moosa al Kazim (a.s.) on the day of Nawrooz
• Elegies of poets expressing grief upon the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Part 5: Relating to the number of children and wives of Imam Husayn (a.s.), the merit of visiting his blessed grave, and the oppression of the Caliphs upon his grave
• The children of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and some of his wives
• As regards Sakinah, daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Merit of visiting the grave of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Notes
• Oppression of the Caliphs upon the blessed grave of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Note
• Conclusion: An account of the Tawwabeen (Penitents) and the rising of Mukhtar bin Abu Ubaydah Saqafi to avenge the blood of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• An account of the Tawwabeen (Penitents)
• Entry of Mukhtar into Kufa
• The departure of the Tawwabeen and their Martyrdom
• Movement of Mukhtar in Kufa
• The elimination of the murderers of Imam Husayn (a.s.) by Mukhtar
• Elimination of Umar bin Sa’ad and other murderers of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
• Ibraheem bin Malik Ashtar leaves for battle with Ubaydullah bin Ziyad
• Elimination of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad
• Notes