Editing Maqtal al-Hussain (section)

== The content of the book ==
The text of the book is a chronological presentation of the battle of Karbala. Events like [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Husayn]]’s presence in and exit from Medina, Imam Husayn’s presence in Mecca, the events in Kufa after [[Muslim b. Aqil b. Abi Talib|Muslim ibn Aqil]]’s entrance, the events that took place simultaneously when Imam was exiting Mecca are mentioned in the correct order. The houses and events on the way from Mecca to Kufa are introduced. Then the events of the first ten days of [[Muharram]] ending with [[Ashura]] are focused on.

Then looting the tents, riding horses on Sayyid al-Shuhada’s body, taking [[Ahl Al-Bayt|ahl al-Bayt]] to Kufa, Imam’s holy head in [[Obayd-Allah Ibn Ziad|ibn Ziad]]’s ceremony, the story of the captives in ibn Ziad’s ceremony, the martyrdom of [[Abd Allah ibn Afif]] because of his protest against ibn Ziad, the story of the prisoners in Sham (Levant) and Yazid’s ceremony, the entrance of the prisoners to Medina and the first Kufan pilgrim visiting Sayyid al-Shuhada’s tomb are explained.

=== The reasons why the present Maqtal al-Husayn is not reliable ===
Scrutinizing the book Maqtal al-Husayn by Abu Makhnaf, second edition, Manshurat al-Razi 1362, the reasons below can prove why the present Maqtal is not reliable:

1.     The content of this book is very different from Tabari’s history, while Tabari had used this book without any mediums in between or at most with only one medium.

2.     On the 12<sup>th</sup> page of the book, something about Koleyni is said while he was born 100 years after Abu Makhnaf.

3.     On page 113, it is said that Tarmah ibn Oday got killed in the battle after having killed 70 members from [[Omar Ibn Sa’d|Omar Sa’d]]’s army. While in the fifth volume of Tabari’s book, on pages 406 to 407, according to Abu Makhnaf, Tarmah did not participate in the battle.