Editing Sharaf

'''Sharaf''' (Arabic:شَراف) is a station on the way between Mecca and [[Kufa]] where [[Imam Hussain]]’s caravan stayed for one night and before continuing their journey, filled their water bag with [[water]]. When the caravan arrived in [[Dhu Husam]], they gave that water to the thirsty army of [[Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi]].

{{Imam Hussain root to Karbala}}

==Naming==
According to Mu’jam al-Buldan, it is named after a man named Sharaf who had dug a well there followed by many large and plentiful wells of sweet water. According to al-Tabari's Tarikh<ref>al-Tabari, Tarikh, p. 87, Vol. 4.</ref> , when Sa’d Ibn Abu Waqqas was at Sharaf, al-Ash’ath Ibn Qays joined him with a hundred Yemenites. He left the throngs of men at Sharaf and took to Iraq.

==Events==
Al-Hussain left al-’Aqaba then set up his camp at Sharaf. In the pre-dawn, he ordered his servants to fill their water bags with water. At midday, he heard a man among his companions crying, “Allahu Akbar!” Al-Hussain asked him about the reason. “I did so upon seeing palm-trees,” said the man, but those who were in his company denied that there could be any palm-trees in such a place, and that what he saw could have been lances and horses' ears. Al-Hussain said, “I am of the same view,” then he asked them whether they could shelter themselves anywhere. They suggested a place called [[Dhu Hasam]] on their left side. Al-Hussain swiftly moved there and set up his camp.

==Source==

*[http://alhassanain.org/Maqtal%20al-Hussain%20Martyrdom%20Epic%20of%20Imam%20al-Hussain%20('a)/Maqtal_al-_Hussain_Martyrdom_Epic_of_Imam_al-Hussain_('a)_html/Maqtal_al-_Hussain_Martyrdom_Epic_of_Imam_al-Hussain_('a).htm Abd al Razzaq al-Muqarram, Maqtal al-Hussain: Martyrdom Epic of Imam al-Hussain]
 
==Reference==
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[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Battle of Karbala]]
[[Category:Imam’s Route from Mecca to Kufa]]
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