Ruqayya bint Husayn
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Ruqayyah bint Al-Husayn | |
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| Born | 20 Rajab, 56 AH (676 CE) |
| Died | 13 safar, 60 / 61 AH (680 / 681 CE)[1] Damascus, Shaam |
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Ruqayyah bint Al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: رقـيـة بـنـت الـحـسـيـن)[2] (born on the 20th of Rajab, 56 AH – 5 Rabi' al-thani, 60 / 61 AH or 676 CE; died on the 13th of Safar, 60 / 61 AH or 680 / 681 CE),[1] was the daughter of Husayn ibn Ali and Rubab bint Imra al-Qais ibn Adi bin Aws.[3] Her brothers included Ali Zaynul-Abidin, Ali al-Akbar, and Ali al-Asghar. Her sisters included Fatimah as-Sughra and Fatimah al-Kubra, with the latter also being called 'Sakinah'.[4][5][6][7][8]
Narrative
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The story of Sakinah is one of the many emotional stories that Muslims tell about Husayn and his martyrdom at the hands of Yazid's troops. The Battle of Karbala and the subsequent events at the court of Yazid are explained and mourned annually during the commemoration of the 10th of Muharram, also known as ‘Âshûrá’ (Arabic: عَـاشُـورَاء, tenth day).
Journey to Iraq and Shaam
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She accompanied her father when he traveled from Mecca to Kufah in Iraq. On the 2nd of Muharram, 61 AH (680 CE), Husain and 72 of his family members and companions were forced to camp in the plains of Karbala by Yazid's army of 30,000 men. Yazid ibn Muawiyyah was the practical Caliph who desired religious authority by obtaining the allegiance of Husain, but the Imam would not give up his principles. On the 10th of Muharram, the Imam's household was attacked, a number of his companions were killed, and the survivors were made captives. The survivors included the Imam's sisters, wife, and daughters, including Sakinah, relatives of companions of the Imam, and his son, Ali Zaynul-Abidin, who did not participate in the battle, due to an illness. Sakinah, as with others, had been grieved over the killings. They had also suffered from thirst.[9]
The survivors were marched by Yazid's army from Karbala to Kufah, where Sakinah received water from a sympathetic woman, and then to Damascus in Shaam. There was a lack of pity from the captors' part during the journey. Even at these times of hardship and misery, Ruqayyah was sympathetic to others, such as her mother, whom she consoled her mother on the death of Ali al-Asghar.[9][10][11]
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Centuries later, an ‘Ālim (Arabic: عَـالِـم, Scholar) had a dream in which Sakinah asked him to move her body from the grave to another site, due to water pouring into her grave. He and some people opened the grave, and saw that ground water was indeed entering the grave, besides that her body was still intact. Sakinah's body was moved from its original burial place, the dungeon, and reburied where her Mosque is now located.[12][13]
Family tree of Sukaynah
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| Adam | |||
| Noah | |||
| Ibrahim (Abraham) | |||
| Ishmael | Is-haq (Isaac) | ||
| ‘Adnan (b.122 BC)
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Ya‘qub (Jacob) | ||
| ‘Abdul Mutallib | ‘Isa (Jesus) | Musa (Moses) | |
| ‘Abdullah (d.570 AD) | Abu Talib (d.620AD) | ||
| Muhammad (d.632AD) | |||
| Fatimah (d.11 AH) | ‘Ali (d.661 AD) | ||
| Al-Husain (d.680AD) | |||
| Sakinah / Ruqayyah (d.680AD)[14] | |||
See also
- Adnanites
- Arabs
- Banu Hashim
- Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali
- Fatimah bint Muhammad
- Fatimah bint Musa
- Quraysh
- Sayyidah Ruqayyah of Cairo
- Semite
- Umm ‘Ammar Sumayyah bint Khayyat, wife of Yasir ibn ʿAmir ibn Malik al-ʿAnsi
- Yahya ibn Zakariyya
References
- ^ a b "3". Nafasul Mahmoom. Qum: Ansariyan Publications. 2005. pp. 388–389.
- ^ Arne, Ambros; Stephan, Procházka (2004). A Concise Dictionary of Koranic Arabic. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag. p. 136. ISBN 3-89500-400-6.
- ^ Shaykh Abbas Qummi. Nafasul Mahmoom. p.298.
- ^ Ihic.org Archived October 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shia.org Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "(A.S.) Network". Imamreza.net. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Fortunecity.org Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Role of Women in Karbala". Alimoula110.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ a b Coej.org Archived February 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Fourth Journey - Kufa to Shaam | The Journey of Tears | Books on Islam and Muslims". Al-Islam.org. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
- ^ Nafs ul Mahmoom by Sheikh ‘Abbas Qummi, Behar ul Anwaar, Vol I by ‘Allamah Sayyad Mohammad Baqir Majlisi and others.
- ^ 'Summary of the Tragedy of Sayyeda Ruqayya', Booklet at Ruqayya Mosque, 2008
- ^ "Syria". Mailviruskid.tripod.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
- ^ "ʿALĪ B. ḤOSAYN B. ʿALĪ B. ABĪ ṬĀLEB". ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
Bibliography
- Momen, Moojan An Introduction to Shi'a Islam, Yale University Press, 1985.