1. Ashuraa and Men of Valor
A.S. Hashim MD

2. Salaam to Al-Husain
السلام عليك يا أبا عبد الله وعلى الأرواح التي حلت بفنائك
عليك مني سلام الله أبداً ما بقيت وبقي الليل والنهار
ولا جعله الله آخر العهد مني لزيارتكم
السلام على الحسين
وعلى علي بن الحسين
وعلى أولاد الحسين
وعلى أصحاب الحسين جميعاً ورحمة الله وبركاته

3. About this slide show Names of the Martyrs of Ashuraa
Their relationship
Their approximate ages
Line of descent
The enemy they faced
End result of the fighters against Imam Husain
Some pictures
Ziyarah

4. With Al-Husain 72 persons were at Husain’s camp
All knew they were facing imminent death
They faced an enemy of 5,000: one against 70
Some say they faced 30,000: one against 422
8 were Sahaaba (one was older than 90)
20 were Companions of Ali
Al-Husain’s family (total of 44)

5. Ashuraa Ashuraa was the culmination of the confrontation
Not fazed by the overwhelming number of the enemy, Al-Husain’s camp was:
Men of valor
Fought to defend the Islamic Principles
At the expense of their lives
To please the Al-Mighty
They all fought to the death, be they:
Very old (one of them more than 90 yrs old)
Mature adults
Youthful
Or even teenagers

6. Facing each other on the 10th
72 of Al-Husain’s facing thousands of the enemy
Many of the enemy were those who previously urged Al-Husain to join them against Yazid, but now they are in flagrant betrayal
They were
Arabs,
Muslims,
Iraqi
All bound and determined to kill rather than support
Their intention was to kill the very family of the Prophet and desecrate it

7. Al-Husain Facing the Hordes of the Enemy
Size of al-Husain’s Camp
Size of Ibn Ziyad’s Forces facing Al-Husain

8. The Fighting in the Morning
At first, Al-Husain’s fighters were on the offensive
Enemy had to ask for reinforcement
The enemy burned the tents in the back, then the fighting became more ferocious
The companions of Husain started to fall one after the other
By noon they stopped for Dhuhr Prayer
One Companion protected Al-Husain with his own body, and fell dead of his arrow wounds as the Prayer was finished

9. Comparing Size of Forces
Size of Ibn Ziyad’s Forces facing Al-Husain
Size of al-Husain’s Camp

10. The Fighting in the Afternoon
Al-Abbas, preceded by his 4 brothers, fight to the death
Ali ibn Al-Husain fights bravely and ferociously, but is eventually overwhelmed by the enemy
Women and children watch in horror and much anxiety, and its devastating feeling
Even Preteen and Teenagers go out for the fight, get killed one after the other
A crying baby a few months old is hit with an arrow as Al-Husain was pleading for a drink of water for him

11. Al-Husain supplicates facing the enemy
O' Lord!  May I Ask You to Take Away Your Bounty From These People!  And If You, Lord, Allow Them a Respite, May I Ask You to Sow Difference Among Them And Let Them be Divided!

12. Finally: Al-Husain Cut in many places and severely bleeding
Al-Husain becomes weak and falls from his horse
No one dared to finish him off
Shimr screamed at his fighters, but they refused
Then Shimr himself finished him off
Shimr’s mother was a disbeliever (Majoosi)

13. Killed of the Prophet’s family
Al-Husain and his sons:
Ali al-Akbar
Abdullah, the baby (Ali Al-Asghar)
Of the sons of Al-Hasan
Abu Bakr son of al-Hasan
Abdullah son of al-Hasan
Qasim son of al-Hasan

14. The Prophet’s Family: Killed
2. Abdullah
Great grandson
1. Al-Husain
Grandson
3. Ali Al-Akbar
Great grandson
Prophet Muhammad
5. Abdullah son of Hasan
Great grandson
4. Abu Bakr son of Hasan
Great grandson
6. Qasim son of Hasan
Great grandson

15. Six of Ali’s Sons: Killed
Al-Husain and his brothers:
Abul Fadhl al Abbas
Abdullah ibn Ali
Ja'far ibn Ali
Uthman ibn Ali
Muhammad ibn Ali (nicknamed Abu Bakr)

16. Of Ali’s family: Six killed
2. Al-Abbas
Son
1. Al-Husain
Son
3. Abdullah
Son
Imam Ali
5. Uthman
Son
6. Muhammad (Abu Bakr)
Son
4. Ja’far
Son

17. Fatima loses 6 of her family
2. Ali Al-Akbar son of Husain
Grandson
Al-Husain
son
3. Abdullah son of Husain
Grandson
Fatima
5. Abdullah son of Hasan
Grandson
6. Qasim son of Hasan
Grandson
4. Abu Bakr son of Hasan
Grandson

18. Al-Husain’s Camp on Ashuraa
Al-Husain’s Family
Zainab’s Family
Al-Hurr and others
Twenty Ali’s Companions
Al-Hasan’s Family
Aqeel’s Family
Eight Sahaaba
Ja’far’s Family
3 Servants of Husain

19. Abu Talib Uncle of the Prophet
Of Abu Talib 3 sons:
Aqeel who lost
Muslim and his two children and
Muhammad son of Abu Sa’eed
Ja’far who lost through his son Abdullah (Zainab’s husband)
Aun and
Muhammad
Ali who lost 6 sons:
Al-Husain and
Al-Abbas
Abdullah ibn Ali
Ja'far ibn Ali
Uthman ibn Ali
Muhammad ibn Ali (nicknamed Abu Bakr)

20. Abu Talib Uncle of the Prophet

21. Abdullah (son of Ja’far) and Zainab
Abdullah (son of Ja’far) was married to Zainab sister of Al-Husain
Before Al-Husain was to leave Mecca to Karbala, Abdullah brought forth his 2 sons to accompany Al-Husain
Abdullah had been asked by Al-Husain to stay in Medina during the Mission
Abdullah’s wife Zainab was to be the lead master of the group
Zainab and Abdullah lost their children on Ashuraa:
Aun
Muhammad

22. Zainab and Abdullah lose 2
Aun
Son
2. Muhammad
Son
Zainab daughter of Ali +
Abdullah son of Ja’far, son of Abu Talib

23. Aqeel, brother of Ali Aqeel had three children: Ja'far ibn Aqeel
Muslim ibn Aqeel and his sons:
Abdullah ibn Muslim
Muhammad ibn Muslim
Abu Sa'eed ibn Aqeel and his son:
Muhammad ibn Abu Sa’eed

24. Aqeel brother of Ali loses five killed
Ja'far
Son
2. Muslim
Son
Aqeel brother of Ali son of Abu Talib +
Muslim son of Aqeel
son of Abu Talib
4. Abdullah and
5. Abu Abdullah
Grandsons
3. Muhammad
Grandson +
Abu Sa'eed son of Aqeel son of Abu Talib

25. Al-Husain on Ashuraa: Al-Husain is martyred after he:
Loses five of his brothers
Loses two of his sons
Loses three nephews through Al-Hasan
Loses two nephews through Zainab
Loses two second nephews through Aqeel
Total loss is 17

26. Al-Husain and the Martyrs on Ashuraa:

27. Husain’s Servants and Supporters Martyred: (al-islam.org)
Servants of Husain Martyred
Sulaiman
Qaarib
Munjeh
Supporters killed:
Muslim ibn Ausajah al Asadi
Saeed ibn Abdullah al Hanafi
Bishr ibn Amr al Khadhrami
Yazeed ibn al Haseen (reciter of Qur'an)
Imran ibn al Kalb al Ansari
Na'eem ibn al Ajlan al Ansari
Zuhair ibn al Qain al Bajali
Amr ibn Qurzah al Ansari
Habeeb ibn Madhahir al Asadi
Hurr ibn Yazeed al Reyahi
Abdullah ibn al Umair al Kalbi
Nafe ibn al Hilal al Jamali al-Muradi
Anas ibn Kahil ibn al Harth al Asadi
Qais ibn al Mussahar al Saedawi

28. Al-Husain Supporters Martyred:
Abdullah ibn Urwah alGhifaaree
Abdul Rahman ibn Urwah al-Ghifaaree
Shabeeb ibn Abdullah Nahshali
Jaun, slave of Abu Dharr al-Ghifaree
Hujjaj ibn Zaid Sa'di
Qasit ibn Zuhair al-Tha'labee
Kursh (Muqsit) ibn Zuhair al-Thalabee
Kinaanah ibn Ateeq
Dhargham ibn Maalik
Jowain ibn Maalik al-Dhabaai
Zaid ibn Thubait al-Qaesi
Abdullah ibn Zaid ibn Thubait al-Qaesi
Ubaidullah ibn Zaid ibn Thubait
Amir ibn Muslim
Salim, slave of Amir ibn Muslim
Saif ibn Malik
Zuhair ibn Bashi al-Khath'ami
Mas'ood ibn Hajjaj
Son of Mas'ood ibn Hajjaj
Majma' ibn Abdullah al-Aezi
Ammar ibn Hassan ibn Shuraib al-Taai
Hayyan ibn Haarith al-Azdi
Jundab ibn Hujair al-Khanlani

29. Al-Husain Supporters Martyred:
Umar ibn Khalid al-Saedaawi
Saeed, slave of Umar ibn Khalid
Yazid ibn Ziad ibn Mazahi al-Kindi
Zaahir, slave of Amir al-Khuzaa'ee
Jabalah ibn Ali al-Shaybani
Saalim, slave of Bani Medinat al-Kalbi
Aslam ibn Khateer al-Azdi
Zuhair ibn Sulaim al-Azdi
Qasim ibn Habeeb al-Azdi
Umar ibn al-Ohdooth al-Hadhrami
Abu Thamaamah, Umar ibn Abdullah al-Saaedi
Hanzalah ibn As'ad al-Shaami
Abdul-Rahman ibn Abdullah al-Arhabi
Ammaar ibn Abu Salaamah al-Hamdaami
Aabis ibn Shabeeb al-Shaakiree
Shaozab, slave of Shaaki
Shabeeb ibn Haarith ibn Saree
Maalik ibn Abdullah ibn Saree
Sawwar ibn Abi Uman al-Nohami al-Hamdani
Amar ibn Abdullah al-Junda'i

30. Al-Husain's family Martyred
Ali Al-Akbar
Abdullah Ibn Muslim Ibn Aqeel
Aun and Muhammad sons of Zainab
Abdul Rahmah and Ja’far sons of Aqeel
Muhammad son of Muslim son of Aqeel
Al-Hasan son of Al-Hasan
Abu Bakr son of Ali
Abdullah Ibn Aqeel
Abu Bakr son of Al-Hasan
Al-Qasim son of Al-Hasan
Abdullah, ‘Uthman, and Ja’far sons of Ali
Al-Abbas son of Ali
Abdullah baby son of Al-Husain (Ali Al-Asghar)
Al-Husain

31. The Whereabouts of Ashuraa
Ashuraa of Karbala

32. Ashuraa Effects

33. The Revolts Immediate Period
Immediate Period after Karbala
Al-Tawwaboon, 16,000, fight Benu Umayya unto death,
Al-Mukhtar avenging for Al-Husain
Killing all who fought Al-Husain especially:
Omar ibn Sa’ad
Shimr
Obaidullah ibn Ziyad
Al-Mukhtar rules Iraq for more than a year
Al-Mukhtar builds the rudimentary Shrine for Imam Husain
Houses were built around the site, is the beginning of town of Karbala

34. Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens
"The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were the rigid believers of God. They illustrated that numerical superiority does not count when it comes to truth and falsehood. The victory of Husain despite his minority marvels me!"
Charles Dickens:
"If Husain fought to quench his worldly desires, then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for Islam."

35. Ziyarah (Visitation) of Al-Husain
اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا خِيَرَةَ اللَّهِ وَابْنَ خِيَرَتِه
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَابْنَ سَيِّدِ الْوَصِيِّينَ‏
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ‏
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَابْنَ ثَارِهِ وَالْوِتْرَ الْمَوْتُورَ
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى الْأَرْوَاحِ الَّتِي حَلَّتْ بِفِنَائِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي جَمِيعاً سَلاَمُ اللَّهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَ بَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ …..

36. Ziyarah (Visitation) of Al-Husain
Peace be on you, O Aba Abdillah! Peace be on you, O son of the Messenger of Allah!
Peace be upon, O the Finest of God’s Creatures and the son of the Finest of God’s Creatures!
Peace be on you, O son of the Commander of the Faithful and the forebear of the Prophet's successors!
Peace be on you, O son of Fatima, the choicest among the women of the worlds!
Peace be on you, who was martyred while fighting in the cause of Allah, and the son of Allah's fearless warrior, who was attacked with a vengeance!
Peace be on you and on those souls which had gathered in your camp, in your journey…

37. Shrine of Imam Al-Husain

38. Shrine of Imam Al-Husain

39. In Conclusion A schematic is presented about the martyrs in Ashuraa
The occasion of Ashuraa
The comparative size of the two sides
The losses incurred by each of:
the Prophet
Ali
Fatima and
Abu Talib
The site Ashuraa took place and
The after-effects throughout history

40. Finally let us read Surah Al-Asr together

41. Thank you and May God Bless you.
Be in Allah’s Care
Thank you and May God Bless you.
Dr. A.S. Hashim