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The Revolution of Al-Husayn

Author: Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din
Translator: I.K.A Howard (Ph.D)
Publisher: www.alhassanain.org/english
Category:

• Publisher’s Foreword
• The Book
• The Author
• Author’s Preface
• Notes
• Introduction
• I. Explanation of The Use of Terminology
• II. The Attitude Towards The Revolution
• 1. The Eve of the Revolution
• 2. The Aftermath of the Revolution
• III. The Motives And Aims Which The Revolution Implanted In Popular Consciousness
• The First Tendency
• The Second Tendency
• IV. The Ways the Revolution Flowed Into Popular Consciousness
• The Doctrinal Factor
• The Call of the Holy Family
• The Nature of the Tragedy
• The Psychological Situation of the Shi'ite Muslim
• Notes
• The Ziyara
• I. The Legality Of The Ziyara
• II. The History Of The Ziyara Before Al-Husayn
• III. The Ziyara To Al-Husayn: Its Objectives And Aims
• IV. The Ziyara In The Legal Texts
• V. Two Examples Of The Ziyara To Al-Husayn
• 1. The First Example
• 2. The Second Example
• VI. The Ziyara in the Poetry of Lament for Al-Husayn
• VII. Three Other Ziyaras Concerned With the Revolution of Al-Husayn
• 1. The ziyara to al-'Abbas ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
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• 2. The ziyara of 'Ali (al-Akbar) ibn al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
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• Notes
• Lamentation Poetry
• I. The Doctrinal Background To The Literature Of Lamentation For Al-Husayn As A Manifestation Of The Revolution Of Al-Husayn In Popular Consciousness
• II. The Hostile Attitude of the Authorities
• III. Poetic Content And Man S Psychological Disposition
• 1. The Umayyad Period
• 2. The Early 'Abbasid Period
• 3. The Later 'Abbasid Period
• IV. The Themes Of The Poetry Of Lamentation For Al-Husayn
• 1. Human Grief
• 2. Nature's Grief
• 3. The Grief of the Angels and the Jinn
• 4. The Virtues of the Holy Family
• Their Personal Virtues
• Their Religious Virtues
• Their Family Background as Direct Descendants of the Apostle of God
• The Human Enemies of the Revolution
• The Muslims
• The Kufans and the Iraqis
• The Umayyads
• Other men and Women
• The Women of the Holy Family
• The Children and the Young Men of the Holy Family
• The Story of the Battle
• Water and Thirst
• Karbala': The Bank of the Euphrates and the Graves
• The Humiliation of Quraysh and the Humiliation of Islam and the Muslims
• The Meeting with the Apostle of God and the Holy Family
• The Martyrs
• The Hardship the Poets Faced because of their Allegiance
• Support with the Tongue
• V. The Value Of The Poetry About Al-Husayn
• We consider that the responsibility for this weakness of quality in the artistic aspect of this poetry of lament for al-Husayn is due to a number of reasons
• The first reason
• The second reason
• The third reason: The profusion of verses in lament for al-Husayn
• Notes
• Rites of Remembrance for al-Husayn
• I. Funeral And Remembrance Rites For Al-Husayn Held By The Family And Spontaneously By The People
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Funeral And Remembrance Rites Of The Family
• a) At Karbala
• b) In Damascus
• c) In Medina
• 3. The General Rites Of Remembrance Which Occurred Spontaneously
• a) In Kufa
• b) In Medina
• II. The Public Rites of Remembrance for Al-Husayn
• III. The Stages of the Rites of Remembrance for Al-Husayn
• The First Stage
• The Second Stage
• The Language of the Rites of Remembrance
• Historical Accuracy
• Poetry
• The Virtues of the Holy Family
• The Other Imams
• Acts of Renunciation of the World
• The Third Stage
• IV. The Present and Thoughts on The Future
• Notes
• Weeping
• I. The Phenomenon of Weeping
• II. The Legal Texts
• III. Analysis Of The Phenomenon Of Weeping
• Note
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