Ahlul Bayt a.s.

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PUBLISHER'S WORD 9
PREFACE 11
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 11
IMAM HUSAYN 13
THE TEXT 15
BEFORE KARBALA' 17
YAZID DEMANDS ALLEGIANCE 17
THE IMAM ENTERS MECCA 21
THE JOURNEY OF MUSLIM IBN 'AQ"L 25
MUSLIM STANDS 28
HANI IBN 'URWAH 30
MUSLIM MEETS IBN ZIYAD 35
MUSLIM'S SONS 38
THE IMAM'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA 44
STOPS ON THE IMAM'S JOURNEY 45
TAN'IM 45
SAFAH 46
DHAT AL-'IRQ 46
HAJIR 47
KHUZAYMIYYAH 48
ZARUD 48
THA'LABIYYAH 50
SHUQQ 50
ZUBALAH 51
BATN AL-AQABAH 51
SHIRAF 52
BAYDHAH 55
RUHAYMAH 55
ADHIB AL-HAJANAT 56
QASR BANI MAQATIL 57
NAYNAWA 59
AT KARBALA' 61
ARRIVAL IN KARBALA' 61
EVENTS OF KARBALA' 62
THE SEVENTH OF MUHARRAM 67
THE EIGHTH OF MUHARRAM 68
SHIMR'S TRICK 70
THE NIGHT OF THE NINTH 71
THE IMAM'S CAMP ON THE NINTH 73
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TENTH 75
THE DAY OF THE TENTH 78
THE FIRST ATTACK 86
THE RIGHT FLANK 89
THE LEFT FLANK 90
AT NOON 92
THE PRAYER 93
THE REMAINING COMPANIONS 96
THE IMAM'S SON, 'ALI AL-AKBAR 98
THE IMAM'S NEPHEW, QASIM 101
THE IMAM'S BROTHER, 'ABBAS 102
AFTER KARBALA' 111
THE NIGHT OF THE TENTH 111
IN KFAH 115
THE PRISONERS MEET IBN ZIYAD 119
'ABDULLAH AL-AZDI 122
MUKHTAR IN PRISON 124
THE JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS 125
ARRIVAL IN DAMASCUS 126
THE PRISONERS MEET YAZID 128
LATER... 136
THE ZIYARAH OF IMAM HUSAYN 139
THE ZIYARAH OF 'ASHURA' 139
THE ZIYARAH OF WARITH 151
IMAM HUSAYN'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA' 169
ABOUT THE MAP 170
CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF IMAM HUSAYN 173
BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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