Day 1
The third Imam of the Shia; the second son of Imam Ali and Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra, and the grandson of the Messenger of God. He was one of …
Day 2
The Prophet said: al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the masters of the youth of Paradise (al-Amali of al-Tusi; Man la Yahduruh al-Faqih; Sunan al-T…
Day 3
He was seven when the Prophet passed away (Danishnama-yi Imam Husayn). In the caliphate of his father, Imam Ali, he commanded the left wing …
Day 4
In 58 AH, two years before Mu'awiya's death, he spoke at Mina during the Hajj: he recalled the virtues of Imam Ali and the Ahl al-Bayt, and …
Day 5
He stayed in Mecca from 3 Sha'ban to 8 Dhu l-Hijja. The Shia of Kufa, meeting in the house of Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza'i, wrote inviting …
Day 6
The Imam set out from Mecca for Kufa on 8 Dhu l-Hijja (al-Irshad; Ansab al-Ashraf); some reports say he learned of a plot to kill him in Mec…
Day 7
On the afternoon of 9 Muharram he asked for one more night, to spend it in prayer and supplication. That night he told his companions he rel…
Day 8
Most historians count about seventy-two martyrs with him, eighteen of them from Banu Hashim (Ansab al-Ashraf; Tarikh al-Tabari; al-Akhbar al…