Husayn ibn Ali

Calligraphic seal featuring Husayn's name

Husayn ibn Ali (Husayn, son of Ali) (11 or 13 January 626 CE – 13 October 680 CE) was the third Imam of Shia Islam. He was the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Caliph and first Imam of Shia Islam. His mother was Fatimah Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and wife of Ali. He was also the younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, the second Imam of Shia Islam.

Imam Husayn Mosque, Karbala

Husayn ibn Ali is known as a great figure in Islam. He refused to submit to Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph. For this he was killed at the Battle of Karbala, along with most of his family. He is regarded as a martyr by Muslims.^[1]

Husayn Ibn Ali Media

The calligraphy of the names of ahl al-kisa and two hadiths of Muhammad on the cloth, probably belonging to Iran or Central Asia
A shrine built at the location of Husayn's camp
Battle of Karbala, Iranian painting, oil on canvas, 19th century from the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
The Battle of Karbala By Iranian painter Mohammad Modabber
Imam Husayn Shrine, where Husayn is buried, in the 21st century
Tilework inside Mu'awin ul-Mulk husayniyya, Kermanshah, Iran, depicting Ali al-Sajjad, Zaynab and other prisoners being taken to Yazid's court
Mourning of Muharram in cities and villages of Iran
A majlis being held in a husayniyya
A Zuljenah in a Muaharram procession
Niche for Husayn's head at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus

References

↑ Nakash, Yitzhak (1 January 1993). "An Attempt To Trace the Origin of the Rituals of Āshurā¸". Die Welt des Islams. 33 (2): 161–181. doi:10.1163/157006093X00063.

[1] Nakash, Yitzhak (1 January 1993). "An Attempt To Trace the Origin of the Rituals of Āshurā¸". Die Welt des Islams. 33 (2): 161–181. doi:10.1163/157006093X00063.

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