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Sakina was Imaam Hussain's most beloved child Our Imaam was often heard to say,
"A house without Sakina would not be worth living in!"
Like any other four-five
year old when Sakina went to bed at night she wanted to spend some time
with her father. Imaam Hussain would tell her stories of the prophets and
of the battles fought by her grand-father Ali. She would rest her head
on her father's chest and Hussain would not move from her until she fell
asleep. When from the second of Muharram the armies of Yezid began to gather
at Kerbala, Hussain said to his sister Zainab, "The time has come for you
to get Sakina used to going to sleep without my being there !". Sakina
would follow her father at night and Hussain had to gently take her to
Zainab or Rubaab.
There was a special
bond between Hazrat Abbas and Sakina. He loved her more than he did his
own children.There was nothing that Abbas would not do to make Sakina happy.
On the Ashura day,
she gave her Mashk to Hazrat Abbas. He went to get water for her. The children
gathered round Sakina with their little cups, knowing that as soon as Hazrat
Abbas brought any water, Sakina would first make sure that they had some
before taking any herself. When Sakina saw Imaam Hussain bringing the blood
drenched 'Alam she knew that her uncle Abbas had been killed. From that
day on Sakina never complained of thirst.
Yes Sakina never again
asked anyone for water. Bibi Zainab would persuade her to take a few sips,
but she herself would never ask for water or complain of thirst!!!!
Shahadat
Of Bibi Sakina(A.S):
From
the time when Imaam Hussain fell in the battle field, Sakina forgot to
smile! Kufa saw her as a sombre little girl lost in thought. Quite often
she would sit up at night. When asked if she wanted anything, she would
say, "I just heard a baby cry? Is it Asghar? He must be calling out for
me!"
Knowing that her weeping upset her mother, Sakina would cry silently and quickly wipe away her tears! In the prison in Shaam she would stare at the flock of birds flying to their nests at sunset and innocently ask Bibi Zainab, "Will Sakina be going home like those birds flying to their homes?"
Then one dreadful night Sakina went to bed on the cold floor of the prison. For a long time she stared into the darkness! The time for the morning prayers came. Sakina was still lying with her eyes wide open. Her mother called out: "Wake up, Sakina! Wake up, it is time for prayers, my child!" There was only the painful silence! Our fourth Imaam walked up to where Sakina lay. He put his hand on her forehead. It was cold! He put his hand near the mouth and the nose. Sakina had stopped breathing. In between sobs Imaam Zain ul 'Abideen said:
"INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAAJI'OON!"
How was Sakina buried ? Zainab held the still child as Imaam Zain ul 'Abideen dug a grave in the cell. As the grave was being filled up after the burial the mother let out a scream! How could anyone console Bibi Rubaab? What could they say? They huddled around her, and the prison walls began to shake with the cry: "YA SAKINA, YA MAZLOOMAH!!" Bibi Rubaab put her cheek on Sakina's grave and cried out:
"Speak to me, Sakina! Only a word, my child! Speak to me!!"
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