Sham-e-Ghariban
The night following the day of Ashura is known as Sham e Ghariban.
It was the night when the exhausted, hungry and tired families of Imam Hussain and his companions sat in loneliness, each thinking about the loved ones they had lost in the unjust battle on that day.
Due to the illness of Imam Ali Zain-ul Abideen, Bibi Zainab realised that she would have to take care of the small group of women and children herself.
She called her sister Bibi Umme Kulthum to help her and they decided to count all the children to see that none had gone missing in the confusion of the fire.
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