After the tragedy of\u00a0Karbala, Lady Zainab (PBUH) and the other captives were brought to the\u00a0palace\u00a0of\u00a0Ibn Ziyad. There, Lady Zainab disguised herself among the other women. Once Ibn Ziyad noticed her, he asked: \n\u201cWho is that disguised woman?\u201d<\/p>\n\n
No one answered him; so he repeated his question. Then, one of his servants replied: \n\u201cShe is Zainab, the daughter of Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
Ibn Ziyad recognized this honored Lady, and decided to express his joy of victory in front of the honorable daughter of Imam Ali (PBUH). Through addressing Lady Zainab he planned to take advantage of the opportunity and advertise the cruel and disgraced tyranny of Yazid. He however, failed to realize that the Lady he was addressing happened to be the heroine who would disgrace Yazid and all other oppressors through her firm logic.\u00a0\u00a0Ibn Ziyad rudely said: \n<\/p>\n\n
\u201cPraise be to Allah who disgraced you, and revealed your sayings as false.\u201d \nPerhaps Ibn Ziyad thought that one who is martyred in the way of fighting falsity is in fact disgraced, and his or her sayings are proven as false.\u00a0\u00a0Or maybe he knew the truth, but spoke as such in order to deviate the mind of people and invert the realities, knowing that he attributed his sayings to Allah\u00a0(SWT). In spite of that, Lady Zainab (PBUH) immediately frustrated his conspiracy by replying: \n\u201cPraise be to Allah who has honored us with His Messenger, and purified us from impurity. The one who is disgraced is certainly the libertine, and the one who lies is the lewd; and we are not such people. Praise be to Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Ibn Zyad, who never expected to be talking to such a knowledgeable and courageous woman, changed the subject and said: \n\u201cHow did you find the way Allah treated your brother and your family?\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Lady Zainab (PBUH), with a tone full of pride and power, indicating her faith and submission towards Allah (SWT), answered: \n\u201cI saw nothing but beauty. \u2026They rushed towards their graves (with honor). But know that Allah will judge between you and them, and He will call you to account; so be worried about the winner at that day (either it will be you or them). O son of Marjanah! May your mother be mournful for you.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n
These few statements were so powerful that as the historians mention, they made Ibn Ziyad so angry that he decided to kill Lady Zainab (PBUH).\u00a0He however ceased to do such as one of his army generals, who was present there, calmed him down and prevented him from doing so. \n<\/p>\n\n
(Selection taken from \u201cThe Life of Lady Zahra and Lady Zainab\u00a0(PBUT)\u201d,\u00a0by Sayyid Hashim Rasouli Mahallati) \n<\/p>\n\n
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After the tragedy of\u00a0Karbala, Lady Zainab (PBUH) and the other captives were brought to the\u00a0palace\u00a0of\u00a0Ibn Ziyad. There, Lady Zainab disguised herself among the other women. Once Ibn Ziyad noticed her, he asked: \u201cWho is that disguised woman?\u201d No one answered him; so he repeated his question. Then, one of his servants replied: \u201cShe is Zainab, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64807],"tags":[64562,64152,64561,64556,64565,63629,63410,64563,64564,64554],"class_list":["post-16612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-elders","tag-an-eloquent-lady-en","tag-council","tag-fatima","tag-hazrat-zainab-kobari","tag-jenayat","tag-messenger-of-god","tag-occasion-letter","tag-prisoners","tag-unknown-woman","tag-zainab"],"yoast_head":"\n