The Martyrdom of al-Husayn in Light of Authentic Traditions

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by  Farid al-Bahraini

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THE MARTYRDOM OF
AL-ḤUSAYN
IN LIGHT OF THE AUTHENTIC TRADITIONS
Farid al-Bahraini

Contents
Preface 11
A Summary of the Events 14
Part One: Al-Ḥusayn during the Caliphate of Mu’āwiyah 17
Al-Ḥasan Resigns the Caliphate to Mu’āwiyah 18
The Relationship of al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn with Mu’āwi- 22
yah
The Enmity Between al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn and the Gov- 24
ernor of Madinah Marwān bin al-Ḥakam
Mu’āwiyah Seeks Pledges of Allegiance For His Son Yazīd 29
The Relationship Between al-Ḥusayn and al-Walīd bin ʿUt- 34
bah bin Abī Sufyān
Part Two: Al-Ḥusayn During the Caliphate of Yazīd 37
Al-Ḥusayn’s Reasons for Leaving Madīnah for Makkah 38
Al-Ḥusayn’s Reasons for Leaving Makkah for Kūfah 41
The Events That Occurred in Kūfah Before the Arrival of 43
al-Ḥusayn
The Martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn 48
The Names of Those That Were Killed with al-Ḥusayn 56
The End of ʿUbaydullāh bin Ziyād and ʿUmar bin Saʿd 60
Appendix One: The Contradictions and Additions in the 66
Narrations of the Historians and Storytellers that Oppose
the Authentic Version of the Martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn
1. The Narration of Abu Mikhnaf Lūt bin Yaḥya (157 AH) 67
2. The Late Narration of Abi Mikhnaf 71
3. The Narration of Ibn Saʿd (230 AH) 73
4. The Narration of Abu Maʿshar (170 AH) 76
5. The Narration of ʿAmmār al-Duhanī (133 AH) 77
6. The Narration of Ibn Bābawayh al-Qummī (381 AH) 79
Appendix Two: Exaggerations in Statistics 81
References 85