THE FOURTH STAGE MUSLIM IBN AQIL (PBUH)–KUFA TIME OF THE DEPARTURE TO KUFA: On Ramadan 15th, 3 days after receiving the last letters of the residences of Kufa, Muslim Ibn Aqil moved towards Kufa as the Imam’s ambassador. 68 THE WAY OF MOVEMENT: The terrifying and spy atmosphere of Bani Ummayah’s government caused Muslim to move secretly at night. 69

Atika, the daughter of  Zayd ibn Amr ibn  Nufayl, was an Arab poetess  and a  beautiful  woman  of  great  wisdom  and  good  breeding.  She married Abdullah ibn  Abibakr ibn   Abiqahafe, or as Ibn Abd al-Barr wrote in Al-Isti’ab,his book,she married Zayd  ibn  Khatab. But he was  killed on  the  Day of Yamanah.

The fifth Imam  Mohammad al-Baqir (A.S.) was born on the 1st  of the month of Rajab, 57th Hijrah, in the city of  Medina. Because of  the  resemblance  that  he  had  with  his   grandfather  he  was named Mohammad  and  because  of   it  that   he   analysed  the  knowledge and made manifest its secrets he became known  with the title …

“…a reminder of that blood-stained field of Karbala, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell, at length, tortured by thirst, and surround by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then, sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and the heedless, the deepest emotion, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit …

Dezful Ashura Cultural Institution (DACI) would like to offer its deep condolence on the death anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the martyrdom anniversary of his elder grandson, Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba (PBUH) on Safar 28th, and also the martyrdom anniversary of the eighth Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (PBUH) on Safar 30th.

Ruqayyah was the youngest daughter of Imam Husain (PBUH). She was just three or four years old. After the martyrdom of the Imam and his followers in Karbala, the cruel enemy took her family into captivity and moved them to Sham (Damascus).

RECEIVING THE FIRST LETTERS: On Ramadan 10th, 37 days after the Imam’s arrival in Mecca, the first letters were delivered. Abdullah ibn Sabi’ al-Hamdani and Abdullah ibn Wāl al-Taymi were the first group of the letter carriers. 63

Her teknonym (Kunya) was Umm Abdullah and her mother was a bondwoman. Regarding her glory, it would be enough to say that she is the mother of the fifth Imam, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH). There have been many wonders wrought by this respected lady including the following story which deceased Kulayni has written in his honored book “Al-Kāfi”:

Dezful Ashura Cultural Institution (D.A.C.I.) offers its condolence for the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Husain al-Sajjad (PBUH) on Muharram 12th.

The Night before Ashura: Imam Husain (PBUH) gathered his companions and told them his last words. Here is some part of his speech in the night before Ashura: “Beware that I know your tomorrow destiny well while fighting the enemy. I let you free to choose. I nullify my allegiance from you so that you can have this chance to …