Part 6 50 Questions Imam Ali, Al-Hasan, and Al-Husain

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Imam Ali, Al-Hasan, and Al-Husain

Questions, Imam Ali, Al-Hasan, and Al-Husain, Part #6

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Which person did Mu'awiya choose to succeed him?a. Mu'awiya imposed his son Yazid on the

Muslim Ummah.b. Mu'awiya did not choose anyone

because of his agreement with Al-Hasan.

c. Mu'awiya Chose Al-Husain to succeed him as the Head of State.

d. Mu'awiya left the matter of succession to the Shoora of the Ummah.


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What kind of a person was Yazid, Mu'awiya's son?a. Yazid was a man after the

pleasures of the flesh.b. Yazid was a womanizer.c. Yazid was a heavy alcohol

drinker.d. a, b, c, + Yazid was a misfit

cannot lead as representative of the Prophet (pbuh).


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Click for the answerWhat two points did Mu'awiya

offer to the one who was to poison Imam Al-Hasan?a. Mu'awiya offered a large sum of

money, as a reward.b. a, + If Al-Hasan died as planned, she

would marry Mu'awiya's son, Yazid.c. If Al-Hasan died as planned, she would

marry Mu'awiya himself.d. If Al-Hasan died as planned, she would

marry Ibn Aas, Mu'awiya's friend.


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Click for the answerWhich person put the

poison in Imam Al-Hasan's food?

a. Jo'da, Al-Hasan's wife.b. a, + Daughter of Al-Ash'ath.c. Daughter of Abu Sufyan.d. Daughter of Marwan.


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Click for the answerQuote 3 Hadiths the

Prophet said about Al-Hasan.a. “In peace I am with him whom Al-Hasan and

Al-Husain are in peace with, and in battle I am with him whom they are in battle with.”

b. “Verily, the prince of the youths in heaven are Al-Hasan and Al-Husain.”

c. “When you love Al-Hasan and Al-Husain you will have loved me, and when you are against them, you are against me.”

d. a, b, + “May Allah break the back of the killer of Al-Hasan.”


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Click for the answerWhom did Imam Al-Hasan

designate after him to be the Imam?

a. Ibn Al-Abbas.b. Al-Husain.c. Zainul Abideen.d. Zainab.


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How old was Imam Al-Hasan when he died?

a. 47 years old.b. 57 years old.c. 67 years old.d. 75 years old.


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Click for the answerImam Al-Hasan wished to be

buried next to the Prophet. Was the wish fulfilled?a. Yes of course, for this was the

wish of the grandson of the Prophet (pbuh).

b. No, though it was the wish of the grandson of the Prophet (pbuh).

c. b, + Because Mu'awiya's family and agents opposed it.

d. b, + Because Yazid, son of Mu'awiya opposed it.


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Click for the answerWho prevented Imam Al-

Hasan's burial by the side of the Prophet?a. The Governor of Medina

representing Mu'awiya.b. A'isha, the wife of the Prophet

(pbuh) objected.c. a, b, + Even military forces were

dispatched to prevent it.d. a, b, + Mu'awiya on top of his

military forces in Medina were in the way.


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Click for the answerHow old was Al-Husain when

he was designated to be the Imam?

a. 65 years old.b. 46 years old.c. 51 years old.d. 66 years old.


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How did people react when they heard that Mu'awiya wanted Yazid imposed on them?a. They were extremely distressed, since

Yazid was reputed to be a playboy.b. a, + They knew that Yazid could not

represent the Prophet (pbuh) as Khalifa.

c. But they did not care.d. They were happy since you have to

follow any Khalifa, no matter his qualifications.


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Click for the answerDescribe the people's feelings

when Yazid was imposed on them.a. There was anger, tension, and

disapproval everywhere.b. The calamities caused by Benu Umayya

clan caused much discontent.c. a, b, + Evidence of resistance began to

show, as people could not swallow Yazid.d. a, b, + Though Yazid had a rotten

nature, most people in Syria welcomed him as their hero.


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Name two things Yazid took with him to Haj.a. When Yazid went to Mecca he

took with him a chorus of girls of ill-repute.

b. a, + He also took alcoholic drinks for his pleasure.

c. He also took alcoholic drinks for to ease his pains.

d. He also took alcoholic drinks for to give as gifts to friends.


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Describe the death of Mu'awiya.a. At the age of 75 Mu'awiya lay in bed infirm,

weak, and flaccid.b. Looking pale, almost lifeless, he stared into

space, nervously seeing things as if choking and strangling him.

c. Mu'awiya imagined someone attacking him, and seizing him, then piercing him with pain, so he felt tortured and tormented and was crying out for mercy.

d. a, b, c, + Yazid was not by him, gone on a hunting trip. Mu'awiya gave an advice to be transmitted to Yazid “that of all people Husain is the most important to deal with.”


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Describe Mu'awiya after he breathed his last.a. Mu'awiya became spotted, gray

colored, motionless, his mouth half open but with bubbly saliva.

b. His eyes were half open but dull and motionless.

c. a, b, + His cold body became stiff as it developed rigor mortis.

d. A very sweet fragrance came from his body.


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Describe Yazid.a. Yazid was a confirmed alcoholic at an

early age in spite of Islamic commands against alcohol.

b. a, + Yazid's inferiority complex lead him to sensuality and the pleasure of the flesh.

c. Mu'awiya loved Yazid because Yazid was to kill Imam Husain.

d. Mu'awiya gloried in Yazid since Yazid was a source of pride.


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How did people accept Yazid's Khilaafah?a. Enthusiastically of course.b. With alarm and great dismay,

but brute force scared them from rebelling.

c. Wild colorations in the streets.d. feeling of great relief that at last

they are ruled by a great Khalifa.


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Click for the answerWhat did the Governor of

Medina do to take allegiance from Al-Husain for Yazid?a. He called upon Al-Husain to meet with

him and ask for Husain's allegiance to Yazid.

b. He visited Al-Husain at home and asked him for allegiance to Yazid.

c. He forced Al-Husain to give allegiance to Yazid.

d. He begged Al-Husain to give allegiance to Yazid.


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Click for the answerWhat did Imam Husain do

after being non-committal to the Governor of Medina?

a. Travel with his family to Iraq.b. Travel with his family to

Mecca.c. Stay with his family in Medina.d. Accompanied by supporters

from Iraq.


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Click for the answerHow did Kufa people request

Imam Husain to lead them against Yazid?

a. Writing him 12,000 telegrams.b. Writing him 12,000 letter.c. b, + sending representatives.d. Sending representatives.


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Click for the answerWhy didn't Imam Husain

perform the Haj but instead speeded toward Kufa?a. Possibility of presence of underground

agents of Yazid to kill Al-Husain while performing Haj, thus undo Al-Husain's challenge to Yazid and exposing Benu Umayya.

b. Was advised against it since the political atmosphere was too dangerous.

c. b, + Family members were sick at the time.


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Why did Imam Husain take his closest family with him?a. So that they cannot be held as

hostages, thus undo Al-Husain's plan.b. a, + The remains of his family can

explain to the general public what happened in Karbala, thus divulge the atrocities of Yazid and Benu Umayya.

c. He enjoyed the company of his family.d. He wanted to be close to his family to

take care of him.


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What did Al-Farazdaq say to Imam Husain?a. Al-Farazdaq pleaded with Al-Husain not

to go to Kufa.b. Al-Farazdaq said to Al-Husain, “The

hearts of the Kufa people were with Yazid, but their swords would be with Al-Husain.”

c. a, + Al-Farazdaq said to Al-Husain, “The hearts of the Kufa people were with you, but their swords would be against him.”


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Describe the experience of Ibn Aqeel in Kufa.a. Initially he was received

enthusiastically, got 18,000 supporters.

b. He was opposed right away.c. a, + Then, scared for their

lives, people backed away from supporting him.


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Describe the purpose of the Hur force.a. To stop Al-Husain from entering

Kufa where his support was.b. a, + To bring Imam Husain to the

Governor himself.c. To offer Al-Husain a large sum of

money and let him go back to Medina.

d. To bring Imam Husain to Kufa to be the new Khalifa.


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Click for the answerHow did Hur deal with Al-

Husain after the initial meeting?a. Al-Husain was prevented by Hur from

going to Kufa or return to Medina.b. While Al-Hur was waiting for further

orders Imam Husain's camp kept moving on northwards.

c. a, b, + Hur followed Al-Husain closely, though he was nervous and guilt-ridden.

d. a, b, + Hur asked Imam Husain forgiveness and to be allowed to be in Al-Husain's camp before they reached Karbala.


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Click for the answerWhat became more vivid in

Imam Husain's mind when they reached Karbala?a. The place Karbala reminded Husain of

his father's prediction.b. a, + The prediction by Ali 20 years

earlier was, “It is here where they will be stopped, and it is here where their blood will be shed.”

c. The prediction was said 40 earlier.d. The prediction was said 60 earlier.


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Click for the answerWhat was the number of the

enemy facing the camp of Imam Husain of 72?a. Including Hur's force the enemy

consisted of 5,000 fighters (some say 30,000 or more).

b. About 10,000 fighters (some say 30,000 or more).

c. About 15,000 fighters (some say 100,000 or more).

d. About 3,000 fighters (some say 40,000 or more).


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How was Omar Ibn Sa'ad's feeling about commanding Benu Umayya's force against Husain?a. Initially Omar Ibn Sa'ad hesitated to take

the horrendous task against Husain.b. When Omar learned that his job was at

stake, he changed his mind.c. a, b, + To Omar the job seemed of more

value than the blood of Imam Husain.d. To Omar Ibn Sa'ad the enmity toward

Husain was the main reason for leading the forces against Imam Husain.


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Click for the answerWhat were the orders of the

Governor Ibn Ziyad to Omar Ibn Sa'ad by way of Shimr?a. Shimr give the order to Omar ibn Sa'ad.b. a, + The order was, “Either have Husain

surrender or annihilate the group. If you don't carry out the order, Shimr will replace you and immediately cut off your head!”

c. The order was, “Get the job done immediately.”

d. The order was, “Shimr will replace you immediately.”


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Who is Omar Ibn Sa'ad?a. Strangely enough Omar Ibn Sa'ad

was a family relative of Imam Husain.

b. a, + But avowed enemy of Husain for a long time.

c. a, + But a friend at first then turned into enemy of Husain.

d. a, + But a close friend of Husain ever since childhood.


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Who is Shimr?a. Shimr was the collaborator with

Governor Ibn Ziyad, and the who brought Ibn Ziyad's order to Omar Ibn Sa'ad leader of the forces against Imam Husain.

b. Shimr's mother was a disbeliever.c. Shimr is the one who severed the head

of Imam Al-Husain.d. a, b, c, + Shimr's name remains in

infamy.


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Describe the water supply of the camp of Imam Husain.

a. This enemy put 500 fighters on the Euphrates river to prevent Husain's small band (including women and children) from the water.

b. In desperation, Al-Abbas along with 50 men broke the enemy's resistance, and got some water.

c. a, b, + The water Al-Abbas got was hardly sufficient.

d. a, b, + The water Al-Abbas got was more than sufficient.


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Click for the answerDescribe the enemy's feeling

the night before the murder to be to camp Husain.a. They were gripped with an oppressive

and distressful feeling.b. a, + Though they looked for excuses

such as promise of a job or money reward, it did not make them feel better.

c. a, + They found good excuses such as promise of a job it made them feel better.

d. a, + They were about to attack any moment.


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Click for the answerDescribe the feeling at camp

of Husain the night before the murder to be.a. The members of Husain's camp were

preoccupied with exhilaration and anticipation.

b. The feeling was about how to meet their loved ones in Heaven.

c. Husain urged them to leave, since he was the one the enemy was after.

d. a, b, c, + They answered Husain's request by saying, “Never, never.”


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What was the response of the participants when Imam Husain urged them to leave at night?a. They screamed, once Al-Husain was

finished, “By Allah, never, never! We will either live with you or die together with you!”

b. The reply was unanimous, all in unison!c. a, b, + Many enthusiastic speeches, be it

Al-Husain's son Ali, Al-Qayin, Asdi or others.

d. a, b, + They went to bed to rest for next day's anticipated slaughter.


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Who defected to Imam Husain's side just before the fight on the 10th of Muharram?

a. Shimr.b. Hur.c. Ibn Sa'ad.d. Yazid Ibn Mu'awiya.


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Click for the answerDescribe the effect of lack

of water on the camp of Husain.a. 72 people without water for a few days in

a blistering hot summer with profuse sweating and parched tongues. Faint feeling along with light-headedness.

b. Water was needed for cooking and for the horses.

c. a, b, + Husain's camp was seized with suffering, children crying for water, Zainul Abideen, sick with fever not a single word of protest was raised, no complaining, nor questioning the mission.


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Click for the answerDescribe the fighting

engagements of the 10th of Muharram in the morning.a. Husain's supporters insisted on being

the first to fight.b. The battle was ferocious, Husain's tiny

band was on the offensive attacking the enemy.

c. The enemy on the run that they had to receive reinforcement.

d. a, b, c, + The enemy burned the tents inside which were the family of Imam Husain.


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Click for the answerWhat did happen at noon

time on the 10th of Muharram?a. The fighting engagement was most

severe.b. Al-Husain stopped the fight to perform

Salat.c. b, + Two people guarded the praying

people for arrows of the enemy, and after Salat one of them dropped dead from the wounds received.

d. a, b, c, + The enemy prayed with Imam Husain leading the Salat.


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Click for the answerDescribe the fighting

engagements of the 10th of Muharram in the afternoon.a. The first to die was the son of Husain, Ali

Al-Akbar.b. a, + Next killed were six of Imam

Husain's brothers, Al-Abbas among them.

c. a, b, + Then the sons of Al-Hasan, who were joined by their cousins.

d. a, b, c, + The last were handful of teenagers not yet out of their adolescence.


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Who burned the tents of the camp of Imam Husain?

a. Ibn Ziyad himself.b. Yazid himself.c. The army of Omar Ibn Sa'ad. d. Shimr himself.


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Who was sick and could not fight?

a. Ali Al-Akbar, son of Al-Husain.b. Zainul Abideen, son of Al-

Husain.c. Al-Abbas, brother of Al-

Husain.d. Uthman, brother of Al-Husain.


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How was the baby of Imam Husain killed?a. Abd Allah, a few month old baby of

Imam Husain was incessantly crying of thirst.

b. Al-Husain appealed to the enemy for water for this baby.

c. a, b, + Al-Husain was shocked, for an arrow had zoomed toward the baby killing him instantly.

d. a, b, + The enemy had love for the baby and gave him plenty of water.


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Click for the answerDescribe the fight of Imam

Husain himself on the 10th of Muharram.a. Imam Husain's sword was against

hundreds. He kept on and on but a sword wounded his head.

b. He was wounded all over, and just about every spot of his body was bleeding.

c. At this point a frightened son of Al-Hasan screamed in the enemy's face, “O son of the wicked, is it in this manner that you want to slay my uncle?”

d. a, b, and c, + One of the enemy fighters struck the child, cut off his hand.


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Click for the answerDescribe the last moments

of the fight of Imam Husain.a. Al-Husain, bleeding and cut, rushed to his nephew,

carrying him saying, “O beloved! it deeply hurts me that you call me and I cannot be of much help...”

b. Then, Imam Husain supplicated, “O' Lord! May I ask you to take away Thy bounty from these people! And if You, Lord, allow them a respite, may I ask Thee to sow difference among them and let them be divided!"

c. a, b, + Al-Husain confronted them again. No one dared to carry the burden of his blood. They heard him say: “It is my blood that you want, but I ask Allah Almighty to have me honored by disgracing you and humiliating you, and in ways you cannot imagine, take a full revenge from you.”


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Click for the answerDescribe the last moments

of the fight of Imam Husain.a. Shimr screamed once more at the fighters,

threatening, and in response they attacked collectively, and one sword fell on Imam Husain's left wrist and severed his left hand.

b. Another sword was soon to follow and it hit his upper back.

c. Imam Husain felt numb as he fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

d. a, b, c, + He was near the point of shock, even though staggering he tried to stand by leaning on his sword. Then he received the fatal blow.


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Who cut off Imam Husain's head?a. Shimr, whose mother was a disbeliever,

severed Husain's head from the body.b. Yazid, whose mother was a disbeliever,

severed Husain's head from the body.c. Ibn Ziyad, whose mother was a disbeliever,

severed Husain's head from the body.d. Ibn Sa'ad, whose mother was a disbeliever,

severed Husain's head from the body.


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Click for the answerWhat did the enemy do to the

severed heads of the martyrs of Karbala?a. The battle field was full of virtuous and

sanctified bodies, all covered with blood.b. Sadistic and brutal, the enemy severed

the heads from each fallen body.c. a, b, + The enemy trampled on all the

fallen bodies with their horses, disfiguring them.

d. a, b, + The enemy buried the bodies after performing Salat of Janaaza.


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Click for the answerHow many brothers of

Imam Husain were killed in Karbala?

a. 2 Brothers.b. 5 Brothers.c. 6 Brothers.d. 3 Brothers.


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Click for the answerDescribe the meeting between

Zainab and Ibn Ziyad the Governor.a. Governor Ibn Ziyad tried to intimidate

Zainab and the family.b. a, + Husain's sister, Zainab, answered

Ibn Ziyad sharply and in a cutting manner he had to accept the cutting reply in silence.

c. Husain's sister, Zainab, answered him apologetically.

d. Husain's sister, Zainab, pleaded with Ibn Ziyad to give her water.


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Click for the answerWhat was the answer of

Zainul Abideen to Ibn Ziyad?a. As Ibn Ziyad turned to Zainul Abideen for

an answer after Zainab had defeated him, Zainul Abideen gave a penetrating and cutting answer by quoting the Holy Quran.

b. As Ibn Ziyad turned to Zainul Abideen for an answer after Zainab had defeated him, Zainul Abideen gave an apologetic answer.

c. As Ibn Ziyad turned to Zainul Abideen for an answer after Zainab had defeated him, Zainul Abideen attacked him physically and verbally.


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Click for the answerDescribe the condition in

which the women were taken to Damascus to face Yazid.a. Al-Husain's family members were

taken to Damascus as prisoners.b. a, + About 800 miles away, all

seated on animal backs.c. About 100 miles away, all seated

on animal backs.d. About 50 miles away, all seated

on animal backs.


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Click for the answerWhat was on the tip of

spears for almost 800 miles?a. On the way to Damascus, and

grotesquely in front of them, were 72 severed heads of the loved ones on the tips of spears.

b. a, + It was the heads of Imam Husain, his brothers, the teenagers, and the supporters.

c. It was the heads of Imam Husain and his brothers.

d. It was the heads of Imam Husain.


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Click for the answerGive a sample Hadith of

the Prophet about Al-Husain.a. Once the Prophet said, “The one who loves

Al-Husain will have loved me, and the one who hurts Al-Husain will have hurt me".

b. Three times the Prophet said, “The one who loves Al-Husain will have loved me, and the one who hurts Al-Husain will have hurt me".

c. Several times the Prophet said, “The one who loves Al-Husain will have loved me, and the one who hurts Al-Husain will have hurt me".

d. Six times the Prophet said, “The one who loves Al-Husain will have loved me, and the one who hurts Al-Husain will have hurt me".


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Describe the meeting at Yazid's court.a. Gruesome scene of 72 severed

heads put in front of Yazid.b. The women along with Zainul

Abideen were in chains.c. a, b, + Yazid played with the lips of

Al-Husain with the end of his stick.d. a, b, c, + Yazid apologized for the

atrocities his forces committed.


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Explain the value of Karbala.a. Karbala saw the physical glory of Imam

Husain.b. Karbala gave birth to a beginning of

awakening.c. b, + It was the beginning of the Islamic

awakening all over the world, the rebirth of Islam. We owe our totality to Imam Husain.

d. It was the beginning of the Shi'a movement.


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