THE STORY OF HUSSEYN BUN ALI BUN ABU TALIB (r.t.a) (Episode 1)

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ASALAAMU ALAYKUM WARAHMATULLAH WABARAKAATUHU . LET'S START TONIGHT'S EDUCATION. OUR TOPIC IS 👇.                                                                            *THE STORY OF HUSSEYN BUN ALI BUN ABU TALIB (r.t.a) (Episode 1)*                                                                                           

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Husayn's maternal grandmother was Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, and his paternal grandparents were Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Asad. Hasan and Husayn were regarded by Prophet Muhammed pbuh as his own sons due to his love for them and as they were the sons of his daughter Fatima. He said "Every mother's children are associated with their father except for the children of Fatimah for I am their father and lineage." Thus, the descendants of Fatimah (rta) are the descendants of Prophet Muhammad pbuh, and are part of his family. Hussein had several children:
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🔹Ali Zayn al-'Ābidīn ("Adornment of the Worshipers") (b. AH 36) (Mother: Shahrbanu)
🔹Sakinah (b. AH 38) (Mother:    Shahrbanu)
🔹Ali al-Akbar ("The great") (b. AH 42) (Mother: Layla)
🔹Fatimah as-Sughra (b. AH 45) (Mother: Layla)
Sukaynah (b. AH 56) (Mother: Rubab)
🔹Ali al-Asghar ("The small") (b. AH 60) (Mother: Rubab)
🔹 (Shahrbanu)
Husayn was born on 10 January AD 626 (3 Sha'ban AH 4, or AH 3 according to Shi'i tradition. Husayn and his brother Hasan were reportedly the last male descendants of Prophet Muhammad pbuh living during his lifetime and remaining after his death. There are many accounts of his love for them which refer to them together.
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Prophet  is reported to have said that "He who loves me and loves these two, their father and their mother, will be with me at my place on the Day of Resurrection." and that "Husayn is of me and I am of him. Allah loves those who love Husayn. Husayn is a grandson among grandsons."  A narration declares Hasan and Husayn as the "Masters of the Youth of Paradise"; this has been particularly important for the Shi'a who have used it in support of the right of Prophet’s descendants to succeed him. The Shi'a maintain that the infallibility of the Imam is a basic rule in the Imamate.
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"The theologians have defined the Imamate, saying: "Surely the Imamate is a grace from Allah, Who grants it to the most perfect and best of His servants to Him". Other traditions record Prophet with his grandsons on his knees, on his shoulders, and even on his back when they were young during his prayer at the moment of prostrating himself.  Prophet loved them and declared them as people of his Bayt very frequently. He has also said: "Every mother's children are associated with their father except for the children of Fatima for I am their father and lineage."
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Thus, the descendants of Fatimah were descendants of Prophet Muhammad pbuh, and part of his Bayt. According to popular Sunni belief, it refers to the household of Prophet . Shia popular view is the members of Prophet’s family that were present at the incident of Mubahalah.

According to Muhammad Baqir Majlisi who compiled Bihar al-Anwar, a collection of ahadith ('accounts', 'narrations' or 'reports'), Chapter 46 Verse 15 (Al-Ahqaf) and Chapter 89 Verses 27–30 (Al-Fajr) of the Qur'an are regarding Husayn.
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A Christian envoy from Najran (now in southern Saudi Arabia) came to Prophet to argue which of the two parties erred in its doctrine concerning Jesus (ʿĪsā) pbuh.

After likening Jesus' miraculous birth to Adam's (ʾĀdam) pbuh creation, who was born to neither a mother nor a father — and when the Christians did not accept the Islamic doctrine about Jesus pbuh, Muhammad pbuh was instructed to call them to Mubahalah where each party should ask God to destroy the false party and their families. "If anyone dispute with you in this matter [concerning Jesus pbuh] after the knowledge which has come to you, say:
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Come let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us swear an oath and place the curse of God on those who lie”.  Sunni historians, except Tabari who do not name the participants, mention Muhammad pbuh, Fatimah, Hasan and Husayn as the participants, and some agree with the Shi'i tradition that Ali was among them. Accordingly, in the verse of Mubahalah, in the Shi'i perspective, the phrase "our sons" refers to Hasan and Husayn, "our women" refers to Fatimah, and "ourselves" refers to Ali.
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Mu'awiyah, who was the governor of the Syrian region under Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, had refused Ali's demands for allegiance, and had long been in conflict with him. After Ali was assassinated and people gave allegiance to Hasan, Mu'awiyah prepared to fight with him. The battle led to inconclusive skirmishes between the armies of Hassan and Mu'awiyah. To avoid the agonies of the civil war, Hasan signed a treaty with Mu'awiyah, according to which Mu'awiyah would not name a successor during his reign, and let the Islamic community (ummah) choose his successor.
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According to the Shi'ah, Husayn was the third Imam for a period of ten years after the death of his brother Hasan in AD 669. All of this time except the last six months coincided with the caliphate of Mu'awiyah. After the peace treaty with Hasan, Mu'awiyah set out with his troops to Kufa, where at a public surrender ceremony Hasan rose and reminded the people that he and Husayn were the only grandsons of Prophet , and that he had surrendered the reign to Mu'awiyah in the best interest of the community: "O people, surely it was God who led you by the first of us and Who has spared you bloodshed by the last of us.
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I have made peace with Mu'awiyah, and I know not whether haply this be not for your trial, and that ye may enjoy yourselves for a time." declared Hassan. In the nine-year period between Hasan's abdication in 41/660 and his death in 49/669, Hasan and Husayn retreated to Medina, trying to keep aloof from political involvement for or against Muawiyah. Sentiments in favor of the rule of Ahl al-Bayt occasionally emerged in the form of small groups, mostly from Kufa, visiting Hasan and Husayn asking them to be their leaders - a request to which they declined to respond.
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End of Today's Education. Subhaanaka Allaahumma wabihamdika asha-hadu an laa ilaaha illaa Anta astagfiruka wa atuubu ilaika. Suggestions and problems are welcome. *We shall continue tomorrow  on this story in sha Allah* . May  HE strengthen and make us steadfast in faith. May HE accept our ibaadat and grant us the Good in this World and the Hereafter. May Allah Azza wa jalla forgive and  grant us Jannah....AMIN