The Captivity Journey

The Greif of Um Al-Baneen, the Wife of the Prince of Believers, Ali (Q)

Um Al-Baneen,30 the wife of the Prince of believers (Q), started the mourning processions (Funeral) for Imam Hussain (Q), and all the ladies of the Hashim’s family did gather in her house to mourn the Imam (Q) and his family.

Thus what shows her strong belief, is that when Bashir delivered to her the death news of her four sons after he came to Medina, she used to ask about Imam Hussain (Q), so when he told her about the death of her four sons, she said: "Indeed you had torn the veins of my heart, my children along with everyone under the sky are all a sacrifice for the sake of Abu Abdul Allah Al-Hussain (Q)”

As Um Al-Baneen used to go out to the Baqie and mourn her sons in a very sad and heart breaking way, while carrying Obaydu Allah the son of Al-Abbas (Q). So people used to gather around her to listen to her, and Marwan Bin Al-Hakam was one of the people who used to come, so he used to listen to her mourning and cry.

And some of what she said was:

Do not call me Um Al-Baneen any more,

As it reminds me of the Lions of the Den.

They were sons for me, to be called by them

Thus they reached death and were killed.

The Grief of Al-Rabab, the Daughter of Imreo Al-Qeiss and her Weeping and Mourning

Al-Rabab, the wife of Imam Hussain (Q), had joined the convoy to Karbala, and she is the mother of Sukaina and Abdu Allah Al-Radeae (the infant). She was among the captives of his (Q) family who were taken to Sham and then came back to Medina. Many of the Quraish nobles had proposed for her, so she said: "I would never accept a father-in-law other than the Prophet (P)”.

And she stayed alive for one year after the death of Imam Hussain (Q), during which she had never stayed inside a house, till she died out of distress.