Martyrdom of Hazrat Sakina bintal Hussain(a.s.).
Sweet Shenu
On this occasion of mourning in the household of the Prophet
Mohammad(sawaw), I extend my condolences to the Prophet
Mohammad(sawaw), his Ahl-e-Bait(a.s.), Imam-e-Zamana(a.s.) and to all Momineen and Mominaat
the martyrdom anniversary of Bibi Sakina bint-al-Hussain(a.s.) - the 4-year old
beloved daughter of Imam Hussain(a.s.) who died in the prison of Damascus after
the family of the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) was made prisoner after the events of
Karbala and detained in the prison of Damascus. She is also known as Ruqqayya
bint-al-Hussain(a.s.) in the Arab world. (Some historians doubt this and say
that Sakina(a.s.) and Ruqqayya(a.s.) are two different characters)
few words of Masaib
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From the time when Imam Hussain(a.s.) was martyred in the battle field, Bibi
Sakina(a.s.) forgot to smile. Kufa saw her as a little girl lost in thoughts.
Quite often she would sit up at night. When asked if she wanted anything, she
would say, "I just heard a baby cry? Is it Asghar? He must be calling out for
me!"
Knowing that her weeping upset her mother, Bibi Sakina(a.s.) would cry silently
and quickly wipe away her tears. In the prison in Damascus she would stare at
the flock of birds flying to their nests at sunset and innocently ask Bibi
Zainab(s.a.), "Will Sakina ever be going home like those birds flying to their
homes?"
Then one dreadful night Bibi Sakina(a.s.) went to bed on the cold floor of the
prison. For a long time she stared into the darkness! She might have been asleep
for only a while when she woke up and said to her aunt Zainab(s.a.) “Phuphi amma
I saw my father – he was calling me saying O Sakina – O my child I have come to
take you with me. Come to me my child” …… and bibi Sakina(a.s.) started crying.
She cried and cried and then all of a sudden she went quiet. Her aunts thought
she has slept and they left her in peace.
The time for the morning prayers came. Her mother called out: "Wake up, Sakina!
Wake up, it is time for prayers, my child!" There was only the painful silence!
Our fourth Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s.) walked up to Sakina(a.s.) and caressed
her and put his hand on her forehead. It was cold! He put his hand near the
mouth and the nose. Bibi Sakina(a.s.) had stopped breathing. In between sobs
Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s.) recited: "INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAAJI'OON!".
All the ladies of ahlul-bait gathered around and started weeping – Haey
Sakina(a.s.) haey haey Sakina(a.s.).
Aza-e-Sakina(a.s.)
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Zindaan se ghul utha hay Sakina guzar gaye
Pooti Ali ki shaam ke zindaan may mar gaye
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Bibi Zainab(s.a.) held the still child while Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s.) dug a
grave in the cell. They tried to change her dress and put a proper kafan but her
dress was so glued to her body with her blood that it would not come out without
hurting her tender body. In tears they decided to bury her in her blood-soaked
clothes.
As the grave was being filled up after the burial Hazrat Umm-e-Rubaab – her
mother - let out a scream! How could anyone console Bibi Rubaab(a.s.)? What
could they say? They huddled around her, and the prison walls began to shake
with the cry: "Ya Bibi Sakina(a.s.), YA MAZLOOMAH!!" Bibi Rubaab(a.s.) put her
cheek on Bibi Sakina(a.s.)'s grave and cried out: "Speak to me, Sakina! Only a
word, my child! Speak to me!! – I lost my little Asghar in Karbala and now you
are leaving me!!!"
Ala lanat allahe ala qaumiz zalimeen
Zindaan se ghul utha hay Sakina guzar gaye
Pooti Ali ki shaam ke zindaan may mar gaye
Sweet Shenu