After the tragedy of Karbala, Lady\nZainab (PBUH) and the other captives were brought to the palace of Ibn Ziyad.\nThere, Lady Zainab disguised herself among the other women. Once Ibn Ziyad\nnoticed her, he asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho is that\ndisguised woman?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one answered him; so he repeated\nhis question. Then, one of his servants replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe is Zainab,\nthe daughter of Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ibn Ziyad recognized this honored\nLady, and decided to express his joy of victory in front of the honorable\ndaughter of Imam Ali (PBUH). Through addressing Lady Zainab he planned to take\nadvantage of the opportunity and advertise the cruel and disgraced tyranny of\nYazid. He however, failed to realize that the Lady he was addressing happened\nto be the heroine who would disgrace Yazid and all other oppressors through her\nfirm logic. Ibn Ziyad rudely said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPraise be to\nAllah who disgraced you, and revealed your sayings as false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps Ibn Ziyad thought that one who\nis martyred in the way of fighting falsity is in fact disgraced, and his or her\nsayings are proven as false. Or maybe he\nknew the truth, but spoke as such in order to deviate the mind of people and\ninvert the realities, knowing that he attributed his sayings to Allah (SWT). In\nspite of that, Lady Zainab (PBUH) immediately frustrated his conspiracy by\nreplying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPraise be to\nAllah who has honored us with His Messenger, and purified us from impurity. The\none who is disgraced is certainly the libertine, and the one who lies is the\nlewd; and we are not such people. Praise be to Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ibn Zyad, who never expected to be\ntalking to such a knowledgeable and courageous woman, changed the subject and\nsaid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow did you\nfind the way Allah treated your brother and your family?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lady Zainab (PBUH), with a tone full\nof pride and power, indicating her faith and submission towards Allah (SWT),\nanswered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI saw nothing\nbut beauty. \u2026They rushed towards their graves (with honor). But know that Allah\nwill judge between you and them, and He will call you to account; so be worried\nabout the winner at that day (either it will be you or them). O son of\nMarjanah! May your mother be mournful for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These few statements were so powerful\nthat as the historians mention, they made Ibn Ziyad so angry that he decided to\nkill Lady Zainab (PBUH). He however ceased to do such as one of his army\ngenerals, who was present there, calmed him down and prevented him from doing\nso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Selection taken\nfrom \u201cThe Life of Lady Zahra and Lady Zainab (PBUT)\u201d, by Sayyid Hashim Rasouli\nMahallati)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd Website offers its\ncondolences upon the demise anniversary of the wise Lady of Bani Hashim, the\nmessenger of Karbala, Lady Zainab (PBUH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After the tragedy of Karbala, Lady Zainab (PBUH) and the other captives were brought to the palace of Ibn 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28423,28248],"tags":[24331,17778,24330,19316,20244,24231,18426,18418,22762,19592],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lady-zainab-pbuh","category-occasional-letters","tag-2005-08-20","tag-allah","tag-an-eloquent-lady","tag-daughter","tag-karbala","tag-lady-zainab","tag-messenger","tag-occasion-letters","tag-palace","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"\n