Imam Husayn

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Islamic religious figure Shia Imam grandson of Prophet Muhammad martyr

Imam Husayn is a central figure in Islam, revered especially in Shia tradition as a martyred grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose stand at the Battle of Karbala symbolizes resistance against tyranny and injustice.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Imam Husayn ibn Ali	6
Imam Husayn canonical	1
الإمام الحسين بن علي	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic religious figure ⓘ Shia Imam ⓘ grandson of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ martyr ⓘ
associatedCity	Karbala ⓘ Medina ⓘ
birthDate	626-01-10 ⓘ
birthDate_calendar	4 Sha'ban 4 AH (approximate) ⓘ
birthPlace	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ Medina ⓘ
burialPlace	Imam Husayn Shrine ⓘ Karbala ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed in battle ⓘ
child	Ali Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn ⓘ Fatimah al-Kubra bint Husayn ⓘ Sakina bint Husayn ⓘ
commemoration	Arbaeen ⓘ Ashura ⓘ
deathContext	Battle of Karbala ⓘ
deathDate	680-10-10 ⓘ
deathDate_calendar	10 Muharram 61 AH ⓘ
deathPlace	Iraq ⓘ Karbala ⓘ
era	early Islamic period ⓘ
family	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ House of the Prophet ⓘ
father	Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
fullName	Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ surface form: Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib
givenName	Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ surface form: Husayn
grandfather	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
grandmother	Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ⓘ
hasTitle	Grandson of the Messenger of God ⓘ Master of the Youth of Paradise ⓘ
honorificTitle	Abu Abd Allah ⓘ surface form: Abu Abdillah Imam ⓘ Sayyid al-Shuhada ⓘ
knownFor	inspiring Shia rituals of mourning ⓘ martyrdom at Karbala ⓘ refusal to pledge allegiance to Yazid ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hadith literature ⓘ
mother	Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ
nameMeaning	Husayn means "little Hasan" or "good, handsome" in Arabic ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Karbala ⓘ
opponent	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Yazid I ⓘ surface form: Yazid ibn Muawiya
pilgrimageSite	Imam Husayn Shrine ⓘ surface form: Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala
positionInShiaImamate	third Imam ⓘ
predecessorAsImam	Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
sibling	Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ Umm Kulthum bint Ali ⓘ Zaynab bint Ali ⓘ
spouse	Rabab bint Imra al-Qays ⓘ Shahrbanu (according to some traditions) ⓘ
successorAsImam	Ali Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ
symbolizes	resistance against tyranny ⓘ sacrifice in the path of God ⓘ struggle for justice ⓘ
tribe	Banu Hashim ⓘ Quraysh ⓘ
veneratedIn	Shia Islam ⓘ Sufi traditions ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ