3rd Shaban Birthday AnniversaryofImamHussain/ Biography ImamHussain(A.S.), the Doyenofthe Martyrs, the Grandsonofthe Holy ProphetofIslam, the Chiefofthe YouthofParadise who saved Islam from complete destruction by his great sacrifice at the battlefieldofKarbala was born in the holy cityofMadinah on the 3rddayofthe monthofShaban in the fourth year after the Hijrah. (AhlulBaytNewsAgency) - In the houseofthe Holy Prophet, which presented the best imageofboth the worlds - the heaven and the earth - a child who benefited humanityasif he was Divine Impression reflecting the earth, was born on oneofthe nightsofthe monthofShaban (3rd Shaban). His father wasImamAli, the best modelofkindness towards his friends and the bravest against the enemiesofIslam, and his mother was Hazrat Fatimah, the only daughter and childofthe Holy prophet who hadasuniversally acknowledged, inherited the qualitiesofher father. ImamHussein, is the third ApostolicImam. When the good newsofhisbirthreached the Holy Prophet, he came to his daughter’s house, took the newly-born child in his arms, recited adham and iqamah in his right and left ears respectively, and on the 7thdayofhisbirth, after performing the ritesofaqiqah, named him al-Hussein, in compliance with Allah’s command. Hasan and Hussein, the two sonsofthe HolyImamAli ibn Abi Talib and Hazrat Fatimah,our LadyofLight, were respected and reveredasthe ‘Leadersofthe YouthsofParadise’asstated by the Holy Prophet
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