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Imam as-Sajjad said to her, "That is enough, O aunt, for you are, Praise to Allah, a learned lady whom none taught, one who comprehends without being made to do so."<ref>at-Tibrisi, Al-Ihtijaj, p. 166 (Najaf’s edition). </ref>  By these words of Imam al-Sajjad, Zaynab became calm and silent.
Imam as-Sajjad said to her, "That is enough, O aunt, for you are, Praise to Allah, a learned lady whom none taught, one who comprehends without being made to do so."<ref>at-Tibrisi, Al-Ihtijaj, p. 166 (Najaf’s edition). </ref>  By these words of Imam al-Sajjad, Zaynab became calm and silent.


== At Ibn Ziad’s Court ==
==At Ibn Ziad’s Court==
Zainab entered the government palace. Ibn Ziad addressed her saying: “Allah be praised! Your brother and your kinsmen are dead and their false claims have come to nought.”  
Zaynab entered the government palace. Ibn Ziad addressed her saying: “Allah be praised! Your brother and your kinsmen are dead and their false claims have come to nought.”  


Zainab replied, “It was Allah’s wish that they should be martyred, and they met their deaths bravely. If this was your heart’s desire then you must indeed be content today. But you have killed those whom the Holy Prophet held upon his knee, when they were children and whose play filled him with joy. Soon you will stand with them before Allah and they will demand justice. Beware the day of reckoning.”<ref>Shaykh al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad 2:115- 117, al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh 4:81- 84, Maqtal al-Hussain of al-Khawarizmi, 2:47- 48, Ibn Tawus fi al-Luhuf fi qatli al-Tuffuf: 200- 202</ref>
Zainab replied, “It was Allah’s wish that they should be martyred, and they met their deaths bravely. If this was your heart’s desire then you must indeed be content today. But you have killed those whom the Holy Prophet held upon his knee, when they were children and whose play filled him with joy. Soon you will stand with them before Allah and they will demand justice. Beware the day of reckoning.”<ref>Shaykh al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad 2:115- 117, al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh 4:81- 84, Maqtal al-Hussain of al-Khawarizmi, 2:47- 48, Ibn Tawus fi al-Luhuf fi qatli al-Tuffuf: 200- 202</ref>
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*[http://alhassanain.org/Karbala%20and%20Beyond/karbala_and_beyond_html/karbala_and_beyond.htm Yasin T. Al-Jibouri, Karbala and Beyond]
*[http://alhassanain.org/Karbala%20and%20Beyond/karbala_and_beyond_html/karbala_and_beyond.htm Yasin T. Al-Jibouri, Karbala and Beyond]


* A Biography of the fourte Shi’ah imam 'Ali ibn Al-Hussain (AS) Zain Al-’Abidin, Ahl Al-Bait global assembly
*A Biography of the fourte Shi’ah imam 'Ali ibn Al-Hussain (AS) Zain Al-’Abidin, Ahl Al-Bait global assembly


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