Chronology of the life of Imam Husayn a.s.

Chronology of the Life of Imam Husayn

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Day	Month	Year	Event
3	Sha’ban	4/625	Birth of Imam Husayn
27	Safar	11/632	His grandfather, Prophet Muhammad, dies
21	Ramadan	40/660	His father, ′Ali, killed
7	Safar	50/670	His brother, Hasan poisoned to death
27	Rajab	60/680	Yazid demands allegiance of Husayn
28	Rajab	60/680	The Imam leaves Medinah at night
3	Sha’ban	60/680	The Imam arrives at Mecca
10	Ramadan	60/680	People of Kufah, Iraq, invite the Imam
15	Ramadan	60/680	Muslim goes to Kufah as Imam’s messenger
5	Shawwal	60/680	Muslim arrives in Kufah
8	DhulHijjah	60/680	Muslim betrayed and killed
8	DhulHijjah	60/680	Imam leaves from Mecca to Kufah
2	Muharram	61/680	Imam arrives inKarbāla’, Iraq
3	Muharram	61/680	‘‘Umar Ibn Sa’d arrives to army of 30,000
7	Muharram	61/680	Imam’s camp blocked from access to water
9	Muharram	61/680	The first attack on Imam Husayn’s camp
10	Muharram	61/680	Massacre of Imam Husayn and his followers
11	Muharram	61/680	Captivity of Imam’s family

The memory of the tragic events surrounding the blessed grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (sawa) will live on in our memories.........forever. May we follow in your footsteps of justice, truth, bravery, taqwa and charity. This is the same footsteps and sunna of the Prophet (sawa) the same path.