Ana Zaynab !

My tribute to the daughter of Lady Of Light & Ali ,


The sister of Hassan & Hussein ,


The grand daughter of the Prophet,


And the mother of Aun & Mohammed,

ZAYNAB BINTE ALI



What can i say about a woman who needs no 
introduction?
Or definition for who she is;
For she has established herself as one of the finest woman
In Islam who kept Imam Husayn's message alive 
after the;
Massacre of Kerbala!


If today islam is alive it is because of the sacrifice 
Of Husayn in Kerbala and the
Khutba's of B.Zaynab after Kerbala.


Ya Ummul Masaib , there certainly has't been anyone from the time of Adam
Till To date to have seen what you went through !
Oh Zaynab you were only 5 years old when you witnessed
Your mother being crushed on her door by the enemies of Islam ,
And even then you were helpless against the forces of the enemies.
Your father Ali was struck with a sword in his sujood ,
You saw him withering in pain and finally die .


She's the same Zaynab who saw her brother Hassan
lying on his death bed ;
The poison used against him was so strong
That he used to vomit chunks of liver.


And now came the eve of Ashura ,
Zaynab saw all her dear one's being martyred one by one ,
Her nephew Hz Qassim ,
Her own two sons Aun and Muhammed ,
The alaamdar of their lashkar ,
The protector of Zaynab's dignity Abbas ,
Ali Akber and then her,
6 month old nephew Ali Asgher,
And finally her brother Husayn.


She saw her brother's body lying bare
On the plains of Kerbala with blood
All over surrounded by the trampling of the horses on his body.


Oh Bibi,
I have no words for my lips tremble
At the mention of the events of Kerbala ,
But you were there to witness it all ,
Certainly no one has seen as much as trials
And tribulations like you did.
Your role in ensuring that Husayn's sacrifice
Didn't go into vain was beyond excellence !


And even then you weren't allowed
To shed a tear for your brother ,
As a tear drop that would run down
From your eye would be faced by a whip from the enemies.


Oh Zaynab! the patience you had
When seeing your brother's head in front of you
And not being able to cry for him must have been the most agonizing moment for you.


You exposed the infidels in their own palace
Through your powerful Khutba's in Kufa ,
Sham and Madina.
Your Khutba's were so powerful that the palace's
Of the infidels shook,
The women of the palace's would weep listening to you narrate the events of Kerbala.


Oh Zaynab !
You are the reason why we muslims
Can hear the Adhaan from North to South,
East to west, Our Salute To You,
Ya Shareekatul Husayn !

(This work is not entirely my write up , some of the words used have been taken from the Majalis of Sheikh Abbas Panju that he recited at Hyderi Mosque , London on 6th June 2012.)