Prophet Mohammed his grandson Hussein Was killed in the Battle of Karbala why Did this battle happen and why is it so important to Islamic history after the 4th Caliph Ali was assassinated in 661 a power vacuum emerged leading to Muawiya assuming the role as caliph despite opposition from part of the Ummah who wanted Hassan son of Ali who was the grandson of the Prophet as the Caliph to avoid further bloodshed after years of conflict has son signed the peace treaty with aria, this the
family
and companions to Khufu in response to the threat of rebellion from the
coffins, you see the splash the governor to Kufa to quash dissent this led to
thousands of coffins withdrawing their support and the threat of violence as
they approached Kufa Hussein's The caravan was intercepted by a battalion of
Yazid's army led by a man named
the whole
area he a greater army which numbered in the thousands led by Omar bin Saud
joined him and surrounded her scenes camp in what is now known as Karbala in In modern-day Iraq the army cut off access to water for Husain and his family
leaving the men women and children to suffer from days of thirst in Iraq's
blistering desert heat the army demanded allegiance from her same threatening
him with death despite all the odds the same refused to back down on the night
before the battle, Hussein told his companions that they were free to leave but
they pledged to stand beside him in the face of certain defeat the following
morning on the 10th of Muharram is known as the Day of Ashura Husain delivered
a powerful speech reminding the opposition that he was still the grandson of
the Prophet and that he still wished to leave moved by her same speech horror
abandoned him insides army and joined her Saints the battle commenced with
Hussein's 70-odd companions facing off against an army of what many historians
number to be 30,000 the Companions of Hussein fought a group by group and were
martyred on the battlefield eventually, Husain was left with a handful of
remaining family members they too were killed, Hussein now at no one beside him
pleaded with the enemy forces for water for his six-month-old baby the enemy
responded by firing a fatal arrow at the infant killing her scenes child in
his arms Husain buried the child and bid farewell to the woman and children of
his camp he fiercely charged into the battlefield where after fighting
valiantly eventually fell from his horse and was surrounded by the enemy soldiers
the grandson of the Prophet was brutally attacked from all sides and beheaded
the enemy forces attacked and plundered the possession of the dead bodies as
well as the camp of the saints family the tents were set ablaze with the woman
inside which included granddaughters of the Holy Prophet the family were taken captive
by his deeds army later to be paraded to Damascus in Syria the story of Karbala
took the Muslim Ummah as news spreads launching several uprisings across the
Muslim Empire, many argue that the Battle of Karbala forever changed the course
of Islamic history, the day of Ashura is mourned globally by millions of Muslims
both Sunni and Shia to honor the heroic stand of the prophet's grandson Hussein

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