THE STORY OF KARBALA - PART 10/03

THE END OF THE BATTLE

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AFTER ASHOORA

The ladies and children spent the night under the desert sky, hungry and thirsty. The next morning, they were all tied in ropes and put on naked backs of camels, which were herded through the battle-field where Husayn's and his relatives' headless bodies lay, covered in their own blood and dust. Heads of all the followers of Husayn were raised on lances and carried with the caravan. Then it occurred to the Umayyad soldiers that Husayn had actually buried one of his 'soldiers', the six-month old baby.

They poked the soft ground with their lances and finally discovered the grave. The head of even the six-month old baby was raised on a lance. Why? Because, the more severed heads from the family of Banu Hashim, the more rewards they could expect from Yazeed.

These two barbaric customs, i.e., trampling the dead warriors' bodies and taking the women where their men lay dead, were absolutely pro-hibited by Muhammad during his expeditions against the infidels. It is ironic that both customs were revived by those who claimed to be Muhammad's followers and against his own family.

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