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Ahl al-Bayt and Islamic History 17 July 2022 Reading time: 2 min

Lady Zaynab (SA) Did Not Strike Her Head Against the Litter: Is Tatbir Permissible?

Author: Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) • Soroush-e Bamdadan Cultural Center • Read 34 times
Lady Zaynab (SA) Did Not Strike Her Head Against the Litter: Is Tatbir Permissible?

«Lady Zaynab (SA) did not strike her blessed head against the litter under any circumstances, and no reliable source recounts such an incident. Even if we were to assume it happened, it would not prove that tatbir is permissible, since mourning should be accompanied by reason and understanding.»

Question: Did Lady Zaynab strike her head against the pole of the litter? And can this be used as evidence that tatbir is permissible?

🍀❄️Answer:
🌸🔆❄️بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم❄️🔆🌸
#Response
🍀🔅🌟سلام علیکم🌟🔅🍀
🔆🔅🌱No one can equal the Imams, peace be upon them, in the depth of their grief for Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. Yet through their actions they also enhanced the majesty and fervour of Islam’s sacred values and truths, and advanced the great aims of the Ashura uprising!
🔆🔅🌱Lady Zaynab, peace be upon her, did not strike her blessed head against the litter in any way. Anyone who claims that she did is slandering her and will be held accountable! Nor is this incident reported in any reliable source.
🔆🔅🌱Even if, against all possibility, she had struck her blessed head against the litter, that would not prove that tatbir is permissible!
🔆🔅🌱Zaynab, peace be upon her, was عقیله العرب; both her mourning and her insight were befitting her exalted intellect.
🔆🔅🌱Zaynab, peace be upon her, was the adornment of Imam Hussein’s martyrdom, peace be upon him. One of her beautiful acts was to bring the lofty beauty of that martyrdom to light.
🔆🔅🌱Lady Zaynab’s lament over the pure and immaculate body of her brother:
🌸🔅🌱يا محمّداه، هذا حسين بالعراء، مرمّل بالدماء، مقطّع الأعضاء، و بناتك سبايا، و ذرّيّتك مقتّلة. فأبكت كلّ عدوّ و صديق حتّى جرت دموع الخيل على حوافرها، ثمّ بسطت يديها تحت بدنه المقدّس و رفعته نحو السماء، و قالت: إلهي تقبّل منّا هذا القربان، و هذا الموقف يدلّنا على تبوّئها عرش الجلالة، و قد أخذ عليها العهد و الميثاق بتلك النهضة المقدّسة كأخيها الحسين عليه السّلام، و إن كان التفاوت بينهما محفوظا؛
عوالم العلوم و المعارف والأحوال من الآيات و الأخبار و الأقوال (مستدرك سيدة النساء إلى الإمام الجواد، ج‏11-قسم-2-فاطمةس، ص: 958
🌸🔅🌱…الهي تقبّل منّا هذا القربان: “My God, accept this offering from us…”
🔆🔅🌱Zaynab, peace be upon her, never lost sight of the aim of Imam Hussein’s uprising, peace be upon him; rather, she worked to strengthen it in keeping with that aim.
🌸🔅🌱عن الإمام زين العابدين عليه السّلام، قال: ما رأيت عمّتي تصلّي الليل عن جلوس إلّا ليلة الحادي عشر، أي أنّها سلام اللّه عليها ما تركت تهجّدها، و عبادتها المستحبّة حتّى في تلك الليلة الحزينة الّتي فقدت فيها كلّ عزيز، و لاقت ما لاقت في ذلك اليوم من مصائب.
و عن الفاضل القائينيّ البيرجنديّ، عن بعض المقاتل المعتبرة، عن مولانا السجّاد عليه السّلام أنّه قال: إنّ عمّتي زينب مع تلك المصائب و المحن النازلة بها في طريقنا إلى الشام ما تركت نوافلها الليليّة.
عوالم العلوم و المعارف والأحوال من الآيات و الأخبار و الأقوال (مستدرك سيدة النساء إلى الإمام الجواد، ج‏11-قسم-2-فاطمةس، ص: 953
🔆🔅🌱Zaynab, peace be upon her, was immersed in the beauty of her brother Imam Hussein’s martyrdom, peace be upon him, and made it known.
🌸🔅🌱 فقَالَ ابْنُ زِيَادٍ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتِ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ بِأَخِيكِ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكِ فَقَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ إِلَّا جَمِيلًا-
اللهوف على قتلى الطفوف / ترجمه فهرى، النص، ص: 160
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Master Ali Saei

(Abdullah Meshkat) Researcher and commentator on Shi‘i wisdom and the foundations of divine unity

A researcher specializing in religious studies and divine unity, with a particular focus on the Qur’an and Hadith (the Two Weighty Things). His research has centered primarily on the Qur’an and Hadith; in recent years, he has also explored divine unity and critiques of philosophical viewpoints.

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