TOC: Nafasul Mahmum Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala'

Nafasul Mahmum Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala'

Translator’s Note

Author’s Preface

Chapter 1
Introduction: Birth of Our Master Imām Husayn (a.s.), the oppressed

Chapter 2
On some of the virtues of Imām Husayn (a.s.)

-His munificence and generosity

-His eloquence, abstinence, humility, and worship

Chapter 3
Section 2

Forty Traditions (Ahādees) regarding the merit of mourning over the afflictions of Imām Husayn (a.s.), the reward of invoking curse upon his murderers, and prophesies regarding his martyrdom

Chapter 4
Chapter II

-On what befell Imām Husayn (a.s.) before Yazid bin Mu’āwiyah claimed allegiance from him, until his Martyrdom.

Chapter 5
Section 1

-Relating to the death of Mu’āwiyah bin Abu Sufyān

-Mu’āwiyah’s will to his son Yazid

Chapter 6
Section 2

-The governor of Madinā and Imām Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 7
Section 3

-Discourse of Allāmah Majlisi in Bihārul Anwār

-Conversation of Angels with Imām Husayn (a.s.)

-The army of genie in defense of Imām Husayn (a.s.)

-Dialogue of Umme Salmā (a.s.) with Imām Husayn (a.s.) during his journey

-Conversation of Jābir bin Abdullāh Ansāri with Imām Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 8
Section 4

On Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s intention on proceeding towards Makkāh (from Madinā) and the letters addressed to him by the people of Kufa

-Letters of the people of Kufa to Imām Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 9
Section 5

-Muslim bin Aqeel’s departure from Makkāh in mid-Ramazān according to the discourse by Mas’oodi

-No’mān bin Basheer issues warning to the people of Kufa

-An account of the personality of No’mān bin Basheer.

Chapter 10
Section 6

-Imām’s letter to the noblemen of Basrā

Chapter 11
Section 7

-Ubaydullah bin Ziyād’s exit from Basrā towards Kufa

Chapter 12
Section 8

-Ubaydullah in Kufa

-Muslim bin Aqeel (a.s.) taken to the presence of Ubaydullah bin Ziyād

-Martyrdom of Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib (a.s.)

-Martyrdom of Hāni bin Urwah Murādi

Pilgrimage to the grave of Hāni bin Urwah Murādi

Chapter 13
Section 9

Martyrdom of Meesam bin Yahyā at Tammār

Meeting between Habib bin Mazāhir and Meesam at Tammār

-The Commander of the faithful Imām Ali (a.s.) reveals his mysteries to a well

-Martyrdom of Rushayd al Hajari (May Allāh sanctify his spirit)

-An account of the personality of Abu Arākah

-Martyrdom of Hujr bin Adi

-Martyrdom of Umro bin Humaq

-Martyrdom of the two infant sons of Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib (a.s.)

Chapter 14
Section 10

-Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s intention of proceeding towards Irāq from Makkāh

Chapter 15
Section 11

-Relating to Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s departure from Makkāh towards Irāq

Chapter 16
Section 12

Information to Hurr bin Yazeed ar Riyāhi, his encounter with Imām Husayn (a.s.) and resisting him from going towards Kufa

Chapter 17
Section 13

-Imām Husayn (a.s.) on way to Kufa

Chapter 18
Section 14

Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s halt at the ground of Karbalā, Umar bin Sa’ad’s entry, and the circumstances therein

-Ubaydullah bin Ziyād’s letter to Imām Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 19
Section 15

-Imām Husayn (a.s.) in Karbalā

Chapter 20
Section 16

-Shimr bin Ziljawshan’s arrival at Karbalā and the events on the night of ninth Muharram

-Proposal of security to Abbās bin Ali (a.s.)

Chapter 21
Section 17

-Relating to the events of the night of Āshoorā (the tenth of Muharram)

Chapter 22
Section 18

Relating to the events of the day of Āshoorah, the array of the two armies and Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s remonstration amidst the people of Kufa

-Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s sermon on the day of Āshoorā

-Zuhair bin Qayn’s address amidst the people of Kufa

-Speech of Burayr bin Khuzayr

-Imām Husayn (a.s.)’s address to the people of Kufa

Chapter 23
Section 19

Praise of the battle of the companions of Imām Husayn (a.s.) and their Martyrdom (May Allāh be pleased with them)

-Hurr bin Yazid joins Imām Husayn (a.s.)

-Martyrdom of Burayr bin Khuzayr

-Martyrdom of Umro bin Qartāh Ansāri

-Martyrdom of Muslim bin Awsajā

-Reminding for Prayers by Abu Samāmah Sāedi and the Martyrdom of Habib bin Mazāhir

-Martyrdom of Hurr bin Yazid

-Martyrdom of Nāfe’ bin Hilāl

-Martyrdom of Abdullāh and Abdul Rahmān Ghifāri

-Martyrdom of Hanzalāh bin As’ad Shabāmi

-Martyrdom of Shawzib and Ābis

-Martyrdom of Abul Sha’sā Kindi

-Martyrdom of a collective number of companions of Imām Husayn (a.s)

-Martyrdom of Suwayd bin Umro bin Abi Mutā’

-Receding to the account of the condition of the companions of Imām Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 24
Section 19: Combat of the member’s of Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s Household (Ahlul Bayt) and their Martyrdom(May Allah be pleased with them)

-Martyrdom of Abul Hasan Ali bin Husayn al Akbar (a.s.)

-Regarding Urwah bin Mas’ood, the maternal (great) grandfather of Ali Akbar (a.s.)

-Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Aun bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Abdul Rahman bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Ja’far bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Abdullah al Akbar bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Qasim bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Abu Bakr bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of the sons of the Commander of the faithful Ali (a.s.)

-Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Ja’far bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Usman bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Muhammad al Asghar bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Martyrdom of Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Abi Talib

-Relating to the Martyrdom of our Master Abbas bin Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.)

-Description of the valor of Hazrat Abbas (a.s.)

Chapter 25
Section 20

-Relating to the Martyrdom of Our Master Abu Abdullah Husayn (a.s.), and furthermore the Martyrdom ofa suckling child and Abdullah bin Hasan (a.s.)

-Martyrdom of the suckling child (Abdullah, Ali al Asghar)

PART III:
Relating to the incidents after the Martyrdom

Chapter 26
Section 1

-After Martyrdom

Chapter 27
Section 2

-Plundering of the belongings of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and the wailing of the womenfolk of the Household (Ahlul Bayt)

Chapter 28
Section 3

-Looting of the heads of the martyrs, jewelry of the women folk and Camels of the Master of the oppressed by the Kufan army

Chapter 29
Section 4

Incidents of the evening of the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) and dispatching the blessed heads to the accursed Ubaydullah bin Ziyad

Chapter 30
Section 5

-Exit of Umar bin Sa’ad from Karbala to Kufa

Chapter 31
Section 6

-Relating to the burial of our Master Imam Husayn (a.s.) and his companions

Chapter 32
Section 7

-Entry of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) of Imam Husayn (a.s.) into Kufa

-Sayyidah Zainab bint Ali (a.s)’s sermon in Kufa

-Imam Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)’s remonstration amidst the people of Kufa and his reproach to them for their breach of trust and deception

-Sayyidah Umme Kulsum bint Ali (a.s.)’s sermon in Kufa

Chapter 33
Section 8

-Relating to the entry of the Household of Imam Husayn (a.s.) into the presence of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad

Chapter 34
Section 9

-Martyrdom of Abdullah bin Afeef Azdi

Chapter 35
Section 10

-Ubaydullah bin Ziyad dispatches Abdul Malik Salami to Madinah with the news of Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.), and the sermon of Abdullah bin Zubayr in Makkah

Chapter 36
Section 11

Dispatching of the blessed heads and the Pure Household by Ubaydullah bin Ziyad, the accursed, from Kufa to Syria, and the events that occurred thereafter

Chapter 37
Section 12

A short account of the events taken place en route to Syria

Chapter 38
Section 13

Entry of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) into Syria and the blessed head in Damascus

-Sayyidah Zainab (a.s.)’s sermon in the presence of Yazid, the accursed, on the first of the month of Safar

-Imam Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)’s sermon

-Dream of Sayyidah Sakinah, daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

-Dream of the wife of Yazid and her lamenting upon Imam Husayn (a.s)

-Dream of the infant daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

-Incident pertaining to an envoy of the Roman king in the court of Yazid

Chapter 39
Section 14: Dispatching of the Household (Ahlul Bayt) by Yazid from Syria to Madinah

-Entry of the Household into Madinah, and their mourning upon Imam Husayn (a.s.)

-Sermon of Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen (a.s.)

-Lamentation of Ali bin Husayn (a.s.)

Part IV:
Relating to the events that manifested after the Martyrdom of Abi Abdullah Imam Husayn(a.s.), the weeping of the heavens and the earth and their inhabitants, wailing of the Angels in the Audience of Allah, the Glorified, for Imam, the lamentation of Genies, and the elegies of poets

Chapter 40
Section 1

-Mourning of the Heavens and Earth and its inhabitants upon Imam Husayn (a.s.)

-An account of Zuhri on the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 41
Section 2

Complaining of the Angels regarding the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.) in the Audience of Allah and their lamenting upon him

Chapter 42
Section 3

-Bemoaning of the Genies upon the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s)

-Incident of the congregation of Imam Moosa al Kazim (a.s.) on the day of Nawrooz

Elegies of poets expressing grief upon the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

PART V:
Relating to the number of children and wives of Imam Husayn (a.s.), the merit of visiting hisblessed grave, and the oppression of the Caliphs upon his grave

Chapter 43
Section 1

The children of Imam Husayn (a.s.) and some of his wives

-As regards Sakinah, daughter of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 44
Section 2

-Merit of visiting the grave of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 45
Section 3

-Oppression of the Caliphs upon the blessed grave of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

Chapter 46
Conclusion

An account of the Tawwabeen (Penitents)

-Entry of Mukhtar into Kufa

-The departure of the Tawwabeen and their Martyrdom

-Movement of Mukhtar in Kufa

-The elimination of the murderers of Imam Husayn (a.s.) by Mukhtar

-Elimination of Umar bin Sa’ad and other murderers of Imam Husayn (a.s.)

-Ibraheem bin Malik Ashtar leaves for battle with Ubaydullah bin Ziyad

-Elimination of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad