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Undergraduate admission to Imam Hossein University is limited to those students who pass the Iranian University Entrance Exam, known as Konkour (from the French Concours) administered annually by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. First priorities are given to those top students who had grade point averages (GPA) of at ...
The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, [9] Husayn is regarded as the third Imam (leader) in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad.
The encyclopedia is completely themed on Imam Al-Hussain [3] His inspiration to start this work was by him who "does not speak out of his own fancy" (The Star 53-3 – i.e. the Islamic prophet Mohammed) when he declared: "Hussain is from me and I am from Hussain". [4]
Shortly after Yazid's death in 683, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi appeared in Kufa, [51] where he campaigned to avenge Husayn, while claiming to represent Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, but not from the latter's marriage to Fatima. [44] By some accounts, Mukhtar initially sought the support of al-Sajjad, who refused.
In 1950, King Abdulaziz assigned Muhammad ibn Ibrahim to establish an Islamic institute in Riyadh. [7] Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University was founded in 1974. [8] The university was named after the emir of Diriyah and founder of First Saudi State, Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin.
Maqtal al-Husayn, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, known by his epithet of Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 281 AH) Maqtal al-Husayn, Ya'qubi who has made a brief reference to battle of Karbala in his book Tarikh had also written a separate book under the name Maqtal al-Husayn. Maqtal al-Husayn, Abi Abdullah Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Ghalabi (d. 298 AH)
Rubab was the daughter of Imra' al-Qais ibn Adi, a chief of the Banu Kalb tribe. Imra' came to Medina early during the caliphate of Umar (r. 634–644) and was given authority over the new converts to Islam from the Quda'a, a confederation of tribes that included the Banu Kalb. [1]
Imam Hussain shrine in 1932. Imam Husayn shrine (before the renovations in 2008). Husayn bought a piece of land after his arrival at Karbala' from Bani Asad. He and his Ahl al-Bayt are buried in that portion, known as al-Ḥā'ir (الحائر), where the shrines are presently located. The history of destruction and reconstruction of the ...