Ruqayya bent. al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: رُقَیَّة بنت الحُسَین), according to reports, was one of the daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a) who was present at the tragedy of Karbala and was amongst the captives that was taken to Syria. According to reports, it was during this captivity in Syria that led to her martyrdom at the tender age of three. Currently there exists a mausoleum for her in the city of Damascus, Syria.
However, about this daughter of the Imam (a) differences exist concerning her name and the way she was martyred.
In mentioning the names of the children of Imam al-Husayn (a), al-Shaykh al-Mufid only mentions that he (a) had two daughters by the names of Fatima and Sukayna . However, Muhammad b. Talha al-Shafi'i mentions that Imam al-Husayn (a) had four daughters and that Zaynab, Sukayna and Fatima were the names of three of the daughters. He believed that this opinion was the generally accepted opinion and that the opinion of the two daughters was not the generally accepted opinion. As can be noticed, he did not bring a name for the fourth daughter, so it should be sought in other books.
Ibn Funduq in Lubab al-ansab writes, "No children of Husayn (a) were left alive except Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (a), Fatima, Sukayna and Ruqayya. In another place, while counting the children of Imam al-Husayn (a) he mentions the names of the daughters of Imam al-Husayn (a) as Fatima, Sukayna, Zaynab, Umm Kulthum and adds that Zaynab and Umm Kulthum passed away in their childhoods.
Najm al-Din al-Tabasi, by comparing the report of Ibn Funduq with the one found in Matalib al-sa'ul, comes to the conclusion that the name of Imam al-Husayn's (a) fourth daughter was Ruqayya and that her Kunya was Umm Kulthum.
Another report that mentions the name of Ruqayya is that in some manuscripts of the book al-Luhuf, when Imam al-Husayn (a) bids farewell to his family members, he says the following, "O my sisters! O Umm Kulthum! O Zaynab! O Ruqayya! O Fatima! and O Rabab! Listen to me! When I am killed, do not hurt yourselves, do not scratch your faces and do not shout out profanities!"
درباره این سایت