The Nineteenth Station: Shurāf

TIME OF ARRIVAL: Dhu al-Hijjah, 26th

A man by the name of Shurāf, had dug a spring and collected sweet water in it. So this station was called Shurāf.

SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS:

Encounter between the army of Hurr ibn Yazid al-Riyahi and the army of Imam Husain (PBUH) and quenching the thirst of Hurr’s army by the order of the Imam; Leading the Noon Prayer by Aba Abdullah al-Husain (PBUH); Hurr’s prevention from the Imam’s departure towards Kufa; Zuhayr’s suggestion about starting the war and the refusal of the Imam