The Captivity Journey

Sayyeda Zeinab Bint Ali (O) In Yazeed’s Parlor

She is the hero of the battle in Yazeed’s parlor; she stands to face his tyranny with utmost solidity while talking to him with full courage since she can view the actual reality with Allah. That is why we see that she speaks the logic of her father who was the soul of the beloved Mustafa (chosen one), in a way that makes the Sham and its Umayyad Castle an extension to the fields of Karbala, the rise of the Master of martyrs, and a perfect embodiment for its noble values and dignified objectives.

Here she is saying to Yazeed: "O Yazeed, do you not fear Allah and his Messenger for killing Al-Hussain Q? As if

that was not enough for you, till you brought the daughters of the Messenger of -Allah (P) from Iraq to Sham, and it was not enough either till you brought us here the way you bring slaves on rides with no saddles! Indeed no one killed my brother Al-Hussain (Q) but you, and if it was not for your orders, the son of Murjana would have never been able to kill him, since he has less men and he does not have the courage to do it. Did you not fear Allah for killing him when the Messenger of Allah (P) had said about him and his brother: "Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain are the masters of the youth in heaven among all people"? If you say "No", you would be lying, and if you say "Yes", you would have opposed yourself and admitted your bad mistake…"

So, Yazeed said: "A pedigree each one follows the other…"

Thus Sayyeda Zeinab (O) focused in this speech on three points:

1 - The kinship to the Messenger of Allah (P).

2 - To hold Yazeed responsible for killing Imam Hussain (Q) to invalidate all his attempts to repudiate that.

3 - To prove that Yazeed does not relate to Islam, neither from near nor from far.