Karbala
Karbala, in central Iraq, is one of the holiest cities of Shi'i Islam as the site of the battle of 680 in which Husayn ibn Ali (d. 680), grandson of the Prophet, was killed; his shrine there is a major place of pilgrimage. The imams Ali Zayn al-Abidin and Muhammad al-Baqir are connected to the events and memory of Karbala.
12 most-discussed ideas
Works composed here
- 1044
Amali
- 1044
Dharica
- 1044
Diwan
- 1044
Intisar
- 1044
Jumal Cilm
- 1044
Muqnic Fi Ghayba
- 1044
Nafais Tawil
- 1044
Nasiriyyat
- 1044
Rasail
- 1044
Shafi Fi Imama
- 1044
Tanzih Anbiya
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Karbala. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Imāma (The Imāmate)10 passages
- Ijmāʿ (Scholarly Consensus)8 passages
- ʿIṣma (Infallibility of the Imams)8 passages
- Nikāḥ (Marriage Contract)7 passages
- Muʿjiza (Evidentiary Miracle)7 passages
- Taʾwīl (Esoteric/Allegorical Interpretation)7 passages
- Naskh (Legal Abrogation)7 passages
- Qiyās (Analogical Reasoning)7 passages
- Luṭf (Divine Grace)6 passages
- Tafsīr (Qurʾānic Exegesis)6 passages
- Ṣalāt (Ritual Prayer)6 passages
- Ghayba (Occultation of the Twelfth Imam)6 passages