Role Of Women In Karbala

 

Role Of Women In KARBALA

These actions are being taken in the name of Islam by those who consider themselves to be social norm police. However, if we take a look at the early history of Islam, we see that men and women participated in a variety of activities. Four daughters were born to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Hazrat Khadija, and he raised them as role models who took part in his revolution.

Islam had a social revolution in addition to a theological one. It provided women with equal rights, which at the time was inconceivable, and empowered them. The seventh century CE saw women playing, at best, a supporting role in all civilisations.

Islam, on the other hand, elevated their status and gave women a comparable position to males in all spheres of worldly concerns. Many women, like Umm-i-Ammara, resisted a sword's onslaught on their arm and preserved the Prophet's life.

All Muslims agree that Hazrat Fatima was close to her father, which is why they hold her in such high regard. The Prophet raised her as well, instilling the core principles of Islam. Imam Hasan and Husain, her sons, were equally cherished. Hazrat Zainab, her daughter, was crucial in the events that followed the Battle of Karbala. The daughter of the Persian king Kisra, who was vanquished by the Muslims, Bibi Shehar Banu was wed to Husain by Hazrat Ali.

Ali Akbar and Ali Asghar were sacrificed by Shaher Banu in Allah's service as she heroically handled the sad events of Karbala. It is significant to note that Imam Husain was advised by his well-wishers not to bring his family with him to Kufa when he left Makkah for Kufa (Iraq) in response to the letters he had received from many important Kufa residents asking him to lead them in their fight against Yazid (who had usurped khilafat in violation of the condition set forth by Imam Hasan while abdicating in favour of Ameer Muawiyah It was believed that Kufa's inhabitants may turn on him.

Imam Husain, however, disregarded the advise and travelled with his entire family, including women and children, despite the dangers. Even if he had to engage in combat with Yazid's army in or around Kufa, he was aware that the ladies, including his wife, sisters, and daughters, would be crucial to the outcome of the battle. Despite having welcomed him to lead them in a revolt against Yazid's oppression, the Kufa people ultimately betrayed him.

Yazid embodied everything that went against Islamic law. He sought to undermine the institution of khilafat by instituting monarchy in addition to living a lifestyle that was incompatible with that of the Prophet (PBUH) and his companions. This went directly against the Islam-inspired political system's revolutionary spirit. Perhaps anticipating what was to come, Husain purposefully travelled with women to demonstrate to the world that women could contribute to preserving the Islamic way of life.

In the Karbala tragedy, women did play a part that was just as important as the male Imam's companions'.

The Imam was correct; his ladies, especially his sister Hazrat Zainab, were crucial. Imam Zainul Abidin and all women and children were detained and transported to Damascus via Kufa on camelback following the martyrdom of Husain and his companions. A courageous and outspoken woman named Bibi Zainab spoke to Muslims everywhere she went, calling attention to Yazid's immoral and un-Islamic behaviour.

The entire family of Bibi Zainab was imprisoned in Damascus. Zainab talked persuasively in front of Yazid's courtiers when they were taken to his court and completely exposed him. He was forced to free her and the entire Imam family since she never wavered in carrying out her task. They were returned to Madina while having their safety guaranteed.

Syeda Zainab played a model part. It demonstrated the tenacity of Muslim women and how they were instrumental in solidifying Islamic principles. Today, so many Muslim women are oppressed despite enormous advancement and the expansion of knowledge. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, even a woman's voice is deemed 'awrah,' meaning that it should not be heard in public. However, Zainab, a member of the Imam's family, became a public speaker to defend Islamic principles.

Among the ladies in the Imam's family, including Imam Zainul Abidin, who was at the time in extremely poor health, Zainab was the oldest.