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The Ilkhan rulers (descendants of Changez Khan) of the 8th century of Hijra/14th century A.D., visited the shrine and gave lavish gifts. They are also credited with bringing water to the district by digging a canal, which is now known as the Nahr-e-Husayniyyah.
The famous traveller, Ibn Batoota, describes the shrine having chandeliers, gold and silver lamps and many other decorative objects. He also mentions a thriving school in the premises. The circumference of the town, at this time, is reported to be 2,400 paces. Ibn Batootah visited Karbala in the year 727 A.H./1326 A.D.
The Safawi King, Shah Isma'eel of Iran, is also reported to have visited the tomb. Sultan Sulayman visited Karbala and Najaf in the year 941 A.H./1535 A.D., and had the canal repaired. He also planted orchards round the shrine. Nadir Shah visited the shrine in 1156 A.H./1743 A.D. About the same time, Radhiyyah Sultan Begam, a daughter of Shah Husayn, presented 20,000 Nadiris (gold coins) to the shrine for improvements.
Kategori : AKIDAH Akhlak
Tajuk :
Pinjam-meminjam
Hadith :
Sabda Nabi s.a.w : Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. : “ Bahawa rasul s.a.w bersabda: Tunaikanlah/Kembalikanlah barang amanah itu kepada orang yang telah memberikan amanah kepadamu dan janganlah engkau mengkhianati janji walaupun kepada orang yang pernah memungkiri janji kepadamu “
Riwayat Abu Daud dan Tarmizi
Huraian
The first visitation en masse, was done by the four thousand penitents (tawwaboon) led by Sulayman Ibn Surad, in the year 65 A.H. The shrine became a place of pilgrimage soon afterwards. At the same time, the oppressive rulers became wary of it, because it symbolized protest against tyranny and oppression.
The Abbasi ruler Mutawakkil was first in a long line of such despots who destroyed the shrine. Mutawakkil had it demolished and levelled the ground in the year 236 A.H./850 A.D. He prohibited the pilgrimage to Karbala under threat of heavy penalties. Many pilgrims were actually executed, who persisted.
Sometime after this, a green and shady tree grew on the grave of Husayn. The Addasid ruler, Haroon Ar-Rashid, had it felled.
There are reports of a large chamber with a dome, in or about the year 366 A.H./977 A.D. This means that sometime in between, the tomb was rebuilt.
A terrorist named Dhabba Ibn Muhammad Al-Asadi of Ayn At-Tamr, attacked the shrine and destroyed it in 369 A.H/ 980 A.D. A punitive expedition was sent to cAyn At-Tamr, but Dhabba had already fled into the far off areas of the desert.
Hasan Ibn Fadhal, who died in the year 414 A.H./1024 A.D., built a perimeter wall around the city. The Saljooq Sultan Maalik Shah, is reported to have visited both Karbala and Najaf, when he came to Baghdad, in the year 479 A.H./1086 A.D.
Kategori : IBADAH Akidah
Tajuk :
Memelihara Amal Kebaikan
Hadith :
Daripada Umar al-Khattab r.a katanya, Rasul s.a.w bersabda: “ Sesiapa yang tertidur serta luput (beramal) di waktu malam ataupun sesuatu daripadanya maka dibacanya (dikerjakannya) di antara sembahyang fajar dan sembahyang zohor dituliskan keatasnya pahala sebagaimana ia membaca di waktu malam”
Riwayat Muslim
Huraian
On the ninth of Muharram a final ultimatum was delivered to Husayn from Umar bin S'ad. Husayn asked for a day's respite, which was granted after some debate among Umar's high command.
The decisive battle finally took place on the 10th of Muharram, the day of Ashoora, in which each and every male member in Husayn's small entourage was martyred fighting in the battlefield or protecting others.
We will give details of some of those individual battles in the coming days, insyallah.
The first man who made a formal visitation to Karbala to pay homage to Husayn and his companions was the respected Companion of the Prophet (pbh), Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari, within a few months of the occurrence of the tragedy of karbala.
The first confrontation occurred when Umar asked Husayn to move his camps away from water. Abbas, Husayn's half-brother, tried to put up a resistance, considering that they needed water as much as the Umayyad troops, and they arrived there first. Also, in Husayn's camp were women and children. Husayn restrained Abbas and had to move his camp several miles away from water.
On the seventh day of Muharram, the banks of Euphrates and those of all subsidiary canals were taken over by the Umayyad troops and water was denied to Husayn and his camp. Husayn's companions showed great restraint as well as courage. A number of sorties were made during the nights which followed, for acquiring water. Some were successful and some were not. Security was being tightened every minute, so that no water could reach Husayn's camp.
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