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Name: Ali
Titles: Zayn-ul-'Aabidin, Sayyid-as-Sajjad
Birth: 5 Sha'ban al-Mu'azzam 38AH or 15 Jamadi I. 38 AH
Father: Imam Husayn bin Ali (A.S)
Mother: Shahrabanu bint e Yazdjerd II.
Martyrdom: in Madinah, on 25th Muharram-al-Haram 95 AH.
Burial place: Jannatul-Baqi' , Madinah.
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Imam Zaynul-Aabidin's (A.S) mother was captured as prisoners of war when
Muslims had a war with the Persians. When she was brought into Madinah,
Imam Ali (A.S) spoke to her and she embraced Islam. She then married Imam
Ali's 2nd Son, Imam-e-Husayn (A.S). She died monthsafter giving birth to
Imam (A.S). Imam (A.S) was only two years old when his grand father Ali (A.S)was
martyred in the Mosque of Kufa. After that the whole family of the Prophet
returned to live in Madinah.
For the next 10 years under Imam Hasan (A.S) and after the martyrdom of
Imam Hasan(A.S) in 50 A.H., his father Imam Husayn (A.S) as the Imam, the
young Ali was growing under theirsha dow and watching the working of
Imamah without the worldly authority. People knew they wereAl-e-Muhammad (S.A.W.)
and followed them by their hearts but outwardly because of the fear ofthe
Ummayyad ruler in Damascus, there was very little following of the
Ahlul-Bayt (A.S) of the Prophet. In 60 A.H., Imam Husayn (A.S) left
Madinah for Makkah and then for Karbala, he was with him all the time.
In Karbala all male children of Ali and Husayn (A.S) were killed except
Ali binal-Husayn (A.S) who with providence became so ill that he was
unable to participate in the jihadwith his father and survived the
massacre. His Imamah began on the time of Asr on 10thMuharram-al-Haram 61
A.H. He was taken captive by the armies of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah andYazid
insulted him by saying that his father had wasted his life by not giving
allegiance to him (Yazid). Imam (A.S) said that it was to save Islam that
his father gave away his life.
During the period of Imamah of Imam (A.S) in Madinah, one man asked the
Imam where he had suffered the mosthardships. Imam (A.S) replied,
"Ash-Sham, Ash-Sham, Ash-Sham!" (In Sham).
Imam Zaynul'Aabidin (A.S) lived 40 years after the tragedy of Karbala. He
was the person who mourned for Imam Husayn (A.S) the longest. Imam Zaynul
Aabidin (A.S) finally, was martyred byWalid-bin-Abdul-Malik, the grandson
of Marwan-bin-Hakam. He was poisoned on 25thMuharram-al-Haram 95 A.H. His
body was laid to rest in Jannatul-baqi' cemetery, Madinah, next to his
uncle, Imam Hasan (A.S)
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