The Captivity Journey

The Burning of the Tents

After Shamer Bin Zi Al-Jawshan had failed to kill Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q), the soldiers started to pull the ladies and children out of the tents and set them on fire. So they came out weeping, bare footed and without any of their belongings. And it is not hidden that all the tents had been set on fire, as it was said by Imam Reda Q: "Our camps were set on fire" Yet it appears that this pavilion, where all the ladies and children had gathered along with Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q), was the last one to be burned after they had been pulled out of it.

That is when Sayyeda Zeinab (O) went out calling with a sad voice and a depressed heart: ""Alas Muhammad, May the King of Heavens bless you, this is Hussain, covered with blood and dirt, while his body parts are cut off, How saddening is that! And your daughters are now captives. To Allah we complain, to Muhammad Al-Mustafa, to Ali Al-Murtada, to Fatima Al Zahra’a and to Hamza the Master of Martyrs!"

"Alas Muhammad this is Hussain thrown on the desert land, in the hot wind. He had been murdered by the sons of wrong doers. Alas how sad and distressed I am for you Aba Abdullah! Today, My Grandfather, Allah’s Prophet (P), died". O Muhammad’s companions, here are the Pedigrees of Al-Mustafa treated like captives!!"