Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.46, p. 109.
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Surely, I have never brought to mind the martyrdom of the children of Fātimah (A.S.) except that I have been choked with tears due to it.
— Ali Zayn al-Abidin
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About Ali Zayn al-Abidin
‘Alī ibn Husayn Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (c. 4 January 659–c. 20 October 713 CE) (Arabic: علي بن حسين زين العابدين ) was the fourth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām. He was the son of Husayn ibn ‘Alī and was the great-grandson of Muhammad. He is known to both Sunni and Shī‘ah Muslims as Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (Jewel of the Worshippers) and only to Shī‘as as Imām Sajjād (The prostrating Imām).
About Ali Zayn al-Abidin
‘Alī ibn Husayn Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (c. 4 January 659–c. 20 October 713 CE) (Arabic: علي بن حسين زين العابدين ) was the fourth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām. He was the son of Husayn ibn ‘Alī and was the great-grandson of Muhammad. He is known to both Sunni and Shī‘ah Muslims as Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (Jewel of the Worshippers) and only to Shī‘as as Imām Sajjād (The prostrating Imām).
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