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[[File:Masjid al-Nuqta.jpg|thumb|right|Masjid al-Nuqta, [[Syria]]]] | |||
After the [[martyrdom]] of Imam Hussain, the caravan of captives was taken through many cities from [[Kufa]] to [[Damascus]]. It is said that near mount Jawshan and the monastery of "Marat Marutha”, the caravan stopped for rest. They placed the head of Imam Hussain on a rock and a drop of blood fell from it on the rock. Every year, that drop would boil on [[Ashura]], and people would assemble there around it and hold mourning commemorations in honour of al-Hussain. A great deal of wailing would be around it. This continued to take place till Abdul-Malik ibn Marwan ascended the throne in 65 A.H./684 A.D. He ordered that rock to be removed. It was never seen after that, but the spot where that rock stood became the site of a dome built in its honour which they called "an-Nuqta" (the drop).<ref>Nafasul Mahmum, p. 305</ref> | After the [[martyrdom]] of Imam Hussain, the caravan of captives was taken through many cities from [[Kufa]] to [[Damascus]]. It is said that near mount Jawshan and the monastery of "Marat Marutha”, the caravan stopped for rest. They placed the head of Imam Hussain on a rock and a drop of blood fell from it on the rock. Every year, that drop would boil on [[Ashura]], and people would assemble there around it and hold mourning commemorations in honour of al-Hussain. A great deal of wailing would be around it. This continued to take place till Abdul-Malik ibn Marwan ascended the throne in 65 A.H./684 A.D. He ordered that rock to be removed. It was never seen after that, but the spot where that rock stood became the site of a dome built in its honour which they called "an-Nuqta" (the drop).<ref>Nafasul Mahmum, p. 305</ref> | ||