Imam Husayn

Husayn ibn Ali Imam of Muslims
Shrine of Imam Husayn ibn Ali.
Native name	الحسين ابن علي
Born	(625-10-10)10 October 625 (3 Sha'aban AH 4) Medinah, Hijaz
Died	10 October 680(680-10-10) (aged 55) (10 Muharram AH 61) Karbala, Umayyad section of Mesopotamia
Cause of death	Martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala
Resting place	His Shrine at Karbala, Karbala Governorate, Iraq 32°36′59″N 44°1′56.29″E / 32.61639°N 44.0323028°E / 32.61639; 44.0323028
Residence	Medinah, Hejaz
Known for	The Battle of Karbala, being a grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, Shi‘ite Imam
Title	List Sayyid al-Shohada (Arabic for Master of martyrs) ash-Shahīd (Arabic for The Martyr) as-Sibt (Arabic for The Grandson) Sayyidu Shabābi Ahlil Jannah (Arabic for Leader of the Youth of Paradise) ar-Rashīd (Arabic for The Rightly Guided) at-Tābi li Mardhātillāh (Arabic for The Follower of God's Will) al-Mubārak (Arabic for The Blessed) at-Tayyib (Arabic for The Pure) Sayyidush Shuhadā (Arabic for Master of the Martyrs) al-Wafī (Arabic for The Loyal) Üçüncü Ali (Turkish for Third Ali)
Term	AC 670–680
Predecessor	(As Shi'ite Imam) Hasan ibn Ali
Successor	(As Shi'ite Imam) Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Opponent(s)	Yazid ibn Muawiyah
Spouse(s)	Shahr Banu bint Yazdegerd III (last Sassanid Emperor of Persia) Umme Rubāb Umme Laylā Umm Ishaq bint Talhah
Children	List ‘Alī Zayn al-‘Ābidīn, Sakīnah (Mother: Shahr Banu) ‘Alī al-Akbar, Fāṭimah aṣ-Ṣughrá (Mother: Laylā) Sukaynah and, ‘Alī al-Aṣghar (Mother: Rubāb)
Parents	Ali (father) Fatimah (mother)
Relatives	Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali List Muhammad (maternal grandfather) Hasan (full brother) Zaynab (full sister) Umm Kulthum (full sister) Muhsin (full brother) Abbas (paternal half-brother)

Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī
Shiism: Imam; Proof of God, The Martyr of Martyrs, Master of the Martyrs All Islam: Ahl al-Bayt, Ṣaḥābī, Martyr; Master of the Youths of Paradise
Venerated in	All Islam (Salafis honour rather than venerate him).
Major shrine	Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala, Iraq

Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali

Al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: الحسين ابن علي ابن أبي طالب‎‎‎; 10 October 625 – 10 October 680) (3 Sha'aban AH 4 (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar) – 10 Muharram AH 61) (His name also spelled as "Husain", "Hussain" or "Hussein"), was a grandson of the Islamic Nabi (Arabic: نَـبِي‎‎, Prophet) Muhammad, and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the fourth Rashid caliph of Sunni Islam, and first Shi'ite Imam), and Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad. He is an important figure in Islam as he was a member of the Bayṫ (Arabic: بَـيـت‎‎, Household) of Muhammad, and Ahl al-Kisā’ (Arabic: أَهـل الـكِـسَـاء‎‎, People of the Cloak), as well as being the third Shi'ite Imam.

Husayn became the Imam of Shi'ites after the death of his older brother, Hasan, in AD 670 (AH 50). His father's supporters (Arabic: شِـيـعَـة عَـلِي‎‎, Shī‘aṫ ‘Alī) in Kufah gave their allegiance to him. However, he told them he was still bound to the peace treaty between Hasan and Muawiyah I and they should wait until Muawiyah's death. Later, Husain did not accept the request of Muawiyah for the succession of his son, Yazid I, and considered this action a breach of the Hasan–Muawiya treaty.

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