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 prisoners of  Karbalā  entered  Yazid 's Palace in Syria Following the battle, Umar ibn Sa'ad's army stormed the camp of the family of Husayn, looting any valuables and setting fire to the tents. They captured the family of Husayn and sent Husayn's head and the deceased to ibn Ziyad in Kufa in the afternoon. Subsequently, Husayn's family were moved to the Levant by the forces of Yazid. [70] [71] According to an account by  Rasheed Turabi , on the first day of  Safar , [72]  they arrived in Damascus and the captured family and heads of the dead were taken to Yazid. [73]  Yazid asked the identity of each dead person and then noticed a woman with a defiant demeanour and asked, "Who is this arrogant woman?" The woman approached him and retorted: "Why are you asking them [the woman]? Ask me. I will tell you [who I am]. I am Muhammad’s granddaughter. I am  Fatima ’s daughter." People at the court were awestruck by her oratory skills. Zaynab b...

Ṣafar  ( Arabic :  صفر ‎) is the second month of the lunar based  Islamic calendar . The Arabic word  ṣafar  means "empty", corresponding to the  pre-Islamic Arabian  time period when people’s houses were empty, as they were out gathering food.  Ṣafar  also means "whistling of the wind", as this was likely a windy time of year. Most of the Islamic months are named according to weather conditions of the time; however, since the calendar is lunar, the months shift about 11 days every year, meaning that the seasons do not necessarily correspond to the name of the month. According to an account by  Rasheed Turabi , on the first day of  Safar , [72]  they arrived in Damascus and the captured family and heads of the dead were taken to Yazid. [73]  Yazid asked the identity of each dead person and then noticed a woman with a defiant demeanour and asked, "Who is this arrogant woman?" The woman approached him and retorted: "Why ...

25 Muharram:  Zayn al-‘Ābidīn , Zayn al-'Abidin, the fourth Shia Imam, was martyred by Marvanian in 95 AH (714 AD). ***** Ali ibn Husayn  ( Arabic :  علي بن الحسين ‎), also known as  Zayn al-Abidin  (the adornment of the worshippers) and  Imam al-Sajjad  (The Prostrating Imam) (b. 5 Sha'aban 38 AH [c. January 4, 659CC], Kufa, Iraq - d. 25 Muharram 95 AH [October 20, 713], Medina, Umayyad Caliphate),  was the fourth Muslim  Imam  from AhleBait, after his father  Husayn ibn Ali , his uncle  Hasan ibn Ali , and his grandfather  Ali ibn Abi Talib . Ali ibn Husayn survived the  Battle of Karbala  in 680 CE, after which he and other surviving family members and companions of Husayn were taken to  Yazid I  in  Damascus . Eventually, he was allowed to return to  Medina , where he led a secluded life with a few intimate companions. Imam Sajjad's life and statements were entirely devoted to ...

15 Muharram: Birth of  Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi  in 1297 AH (1879 AD). *****. Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi  (Urdu:   خواجہ محمد سراج الدین نقشبندی ‎) (b. 15 Muharram 1297 AH (December 30, 1879), Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, India - d. 26 Rabi al-Awwal 1333 AH (February 12, 1915), Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, India) was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order in South Asia (present day Pakistan), and a leader of the Mughal Empire (1897-1899). His legacy and influence are still widespread around the world in terms of his followers and his methodology.  He was a descendant of the first leader to build the Taj Mahal. ***** Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi  ( Urdu :  خواجہ محمد سراج الدین نقشبندی ‎) (b. 15 Muharram 1297 AH (December 30, 1879), Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, India - d. 26 Rabi al-Awwal 1333 AH (February 12, 1915), Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, India) ...

10 Muharram: Referred to as the Day of Ashurah (lit. "the Tenth"), the day on which Husayn ibn Ali was martyred in the Battle of Karbala. Shia Muslims spend the day in mourning, while Sunni Muslims fast on this day, commemorating the rescue of the  people of Israel  by Musa (Moses) from  Pharaoh . Some Sunni Muslims also mourn for the martyrs of Karbala. [7]  Many  Sufi  Muslims fast for the same reason as the Sunnis mentioned above, but also for the martyred dead in Karbala. ***** The Battle of Karbalāʾ , (October 10, 680 [10th of Muharram,  AH  61]), was a brief military engagement in which a small party led by al-Husayn ibn 'Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and son of ʿAlī, the fourth caliph, was defeated and massacred by an army sent by the Umayyad caliph Yazid I. The battle helped secure the position of the Umayyad dynasty, but among Shi'ite Muslims (followers of al-Ḥusayn) the 10th of Muhar...