Hazrat Sukayna's (Sakina) Matrydom
As Salam-o-Alaikum, to the Army of Imam-e-Asr
6th (or 8th) Safar - Martyrdom of Hazrat Sukayna bint al-Hussain (a.s.).
According
to different historical accounts, between the 3rd and 13th Safar is the
martyrdom 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.) or Sukayna (a.s.) and
Ruqqayya(a.s.) are two different daughters of Imam Hussain(a.s.))
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.
A 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.).
How was Bibi Sakina(a.s.) buried
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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
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