 السلام عليكم my dear brothers and sisters my respected viewers from all over the world I stand in Karbala another day here in Karbala another day in the Karbala I remember saying peace be upon me another day in the Karbala I remember saying peace be upon me tonight we will visit a maqam a holy pilgrimage site of tonight we will visit a maqam a holy site here in Karbala it is narrated that Muhammad Hussein عليه السلام on the 8th of Al-Hujja left Madin Al-Minawara and on the 2nd of Muharram in the year 60 after Hijra Abiy Abdullah peace be upon him arrived in Karbala it is narrated that he arrived here in this area behind me here is the Makhim that he said for my grandfather Muhammad peace be upon him peace be upon him and his family narrated to me that here this area is the place where we will set up our camps here in this area is the place where our blood will be shed here in this area we will face affliction here in Karbala here in the camps in the Makhim where all tragedies began where all calamities began now insha'Allah we will go towards the maqam to visit this holy site and talk more about the history and talk more about what is found inside welcome again my dear viewers I now have entered the holy Makhim the holy tent of Abiy Abdullah al-Hussein peace be upon him here in Karbala the holy tent the holy Makhim is located about 300 meters south west from the holy perimeter of Abiy Abdullah al-Hussein's shrine peace be upon him south west of this holy shrine lies this Makhim and this is the area in which Imam al-Hussein peace be upon him set camp this is the area in which Imam al-Hussein peace be upon him placed his companions now I stand here in this area and behind me is the Makhim or the tent of Abifad al-Abbas peace be upon him this tent here as you can see is the first tent that we come across which is the tent of Abifad al-Abbas peace be upon him on top of us is a holy dome the first dome you see when you walk on the street you witness this dome here is the dome of Abiy Abdullah al-Hussein peace be upon him there is approximately 10 domes that khuddam the servants of Abiy Abdullah al-Hussein built in this area now we have visited this first dome which is where Abifad al-Abbas peace be upon him will stay and we can say that Imam al-Hussein had a reasoning behind placing his brother at the beginning of his tents Abifad al-Abbas peace be upon him as you guys all know he is the one who is called the one who holds the banner Abiy Abdullah al-Hussein if Abifad al-Abbas banner falls the whole army disunites so there is importance for him being placed here in the beginning of this holy camp now insha'Allah we will continue and we will go to the next tent and as we walk we will talk about the tent itself each place will be a short history of the camp and of the area and of the khayma of the tent that is placed here now insha'Allah we will visit the holy camp and we will continue onward insha'Allah we have moved further down in this holy camp we are now in the far right corner of the holy مخيم of the holy pilgrimage sites of the tents now as I promised I will shed some light some history concerning this area here for a long time until the year 1276 after Hijra this area used to be called by المخيم or asada area a lot of the people around here were asada from the descendants of the Rasool and they took care of this area until the year 1276 this area was called خيم district or asada district now there's a lot of history in this area and it's not until the year of 2003 when the fall of the regime of Saddam عليه اللعنة that they began constructing this place as you see now this beauty and this design these ayat al quraniyah and this beautiful shabaq behind me now where I'm standing right now is the khayma of al qasim المجتبة عليه الصلاة والسلام peace be upon him this is the tent where in al qasim ابن الحسن ابن علي peace be upon him would reside this is the area in which al qasim was brought by his uncle أبي عبد الله الحسين slaughtered and he put him here after al qasim is maqtal his uncle أبي عبد الله carried al qasim from the point where he was killed all the way here and placed him here now to go through some more history of this مقام in 2008 I stated that the عتب الحسينية began getting responsibility for the maqam so they began building this maqam as you see today now they faced a lot of problems but alhamdulillah as you see today this maqam is full of beauty full of history when the zuwar come in here I want the zuwar to close their eyes and pretend and think that in front of them is nothing but a khayma, a tent and in these tents gathered the severed and slaughtered bodies of the family of abby عبد الله الحسين of the companions of abby عبد الله الحسين each tent tells us a story each tent brings us back to the مقتل كربلا each tent tells us how these shuhada were brought by abby عبد الله عليه السلام he carried them all the way here now as we walked we went through and we looked at the tent of abby عبد الله عليه السلام and then we walked to the far right corner of the مقيم and now we are at the مقام and the خيما of القاسم ابن الحسين now inshallah we are going to go move on and go to a different khayma and talk more about the history of the مقام and talk more about the next khayma we are going to go to inshallah now we just left the khayma the tent of the خاسم ابن الحسين المشتبة peace be upon him and here I am now behind me is the khayma of Imam علي ابن الحسين السجاد زين العابدين peace be upon him مريض كربلا the one who could not come to his father's aid in karpلا because he was too sick to attend to his father to aid him in karpلا مام السجاد عليه السلام played an important role in karpلا مام السجاد سلام الله عليه with the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him narrated to us the tragedy of karpلا as he was there with his son Imam الباقر peace be upon him this here and this area was his tent next to his aunt زيناب القبراء which is in front of me now and after we are finished here we will go there but before we move on we will talk about some history of this مقام now there isn't any clear cut evidence from a historian from maybe 1400 years back talking about this مقام but we do have western explorers who came to karpلا who narrated about this مقام the first example I will narrate to you was a man by the name of Karsten Niebor he was a German explorer German geographer German mapper this man was a traveler who used to travel all over the world and he had manuscripts and he had memoirs that he wrote of these memoirs it is narrated in the year 1765 after Christ he came to karpلا this man is known for his expedition his expedition was to shed light on the Old Testament in order to see what in the Old Testament from the villages from the mountains and from what's narrated in the Old Testament is true and on his trip in the year 1675 I see this man passed by karpلا and I will narrate to you the exact half of his كلام he says this area he talks about the مقام this area had become a beautiful garden that was blessed and rich and soil and nutrients I had also witnessed many blessings and many wonders from the water that was in this area the man the explorer the traveler is talking about the بئر the well of Allah peace be upon him peace be upon him which we will talk and shed light upon after insha'Allah but this man here in the year 1675 after Christ came here and witnessed that the people in this area the residents in this area used to take تبروك from this gardens this area was predominantly gardens and there was river flowing and it was rich in soil and they themselves thought it was a miracle from Allah that they had fresh water that was flowing under this area now that we are finished here and we have visited the مقام and the خيمة of علي ابن الحسين السجات سلام الله عليها we will go on to the مقام and the خيمة of زيناب الكبرى our lady زيناب peace be upon her with me now my dear viewers insha'Allah we will depart and talk about the next explorer that came to كربلا and that witnessed this holy grounds this holy مخيم we have moved now from the خيمة from the tent of Imam السجات سلام الله عليها to the خيمة of my master my lady and say the زيناب peace be upon her now as I promised I will narrate to you another evidence from history which talks about the history of this مخيم now we will go back from 1765 to the year 1604 Gregorian calendar wherein a Portuguese explorer and traveler by the name of Pedro Teixeira this Portuguese explorer was known for his trip along the entire length of the Amazon river and back now even in today's time this is considered remarkable to be able to travel that distance and that timeframe now in the year 1604 after Christ this Portuguese explorer by the name of Pedro visited كربل المقدسة and he narrates in his manuscripts in his memoirs that in this year when he came this area used to be predominantly gardens and palm trees and he also narrates that the residents of the area used to take طبرق from this area and used to drink water they used to run under this area they used to drink from the water clean from the water wash from the water and of course they also narrated that this water contained many blessings and many معاجس now Pedro also narrates that when he came to this area he saw another structure close to the مقام this structure the residents of this area claimed that it was for القاسم ابن الإمام الحسن المجتب so we can say there is a possibility that القاسم might be buried year in this area because of course when you read the زيارة when you go visit أبي عبد الله الحسين you do not hear the mention of القاسم but of course we cannot deny that he's buried in the حار of the إمام or that he's buried here we accept both facts and we send our salams our peace and our greetings so now we have two شواهة تاريخية from the year 1604 and from the year 17 1765 that these explorers and these travelers came here to Karbala and they witnessed a lot of miracles a lot of blessings and the residents here living in Karbala started to narrate to them about this area here that it is the مخيم the tense of أبي عبد الله الحسين peace be upon him now I have for you one more شاهد one more witness from history so that we may go to the next خيمة what is the خيمة of أبي عبد الله الحسين peace be upon him as well as the خيمة and where he used to pray his محراب now insha'Allah we will visit this holy مقام and we will go on to the خيمة we are at the مقام of Sayyid al-Zayn peace be upon him we are at the tent of Sayyid al-Zayn peace be upon him and now we are at the tent of my master أبي عبد الله الحسين sayyid al-Shuadah the prince of martyrs peace be upon him peace be upon him I gave you two references from history one from Kartan which was in the year 1700 and then one from Pedro the Portuguese traveler in the year 1600 and now I will go to one more شاهد تاريخي this شاهد is أبو طالب خان who lived in the years of 1800 he lived in the 1800s أبو طالب نريت and أبو طالب is of Turkish descent and he was a Muslim and he was a Shia as well in his exploration when he went to go visit Africa and Asia he passed by Baghdad he passed by Basra and he went on a site to visit أبي عبد الله الحسين peace be upon him and in his memoirs he narrates he states one fourth of a mile from the city center lies the مخيم of the tent of أبي عبد الله الحسين as well as the مقام of Imam al-Sajjad peace be upon him he says the wife of the mayor of the city had made a site for it and a structure of visitation and beside it and it was never completed because the mayor died this is the words of Ali Khan and you can read about this and the impressions of Europe أبي طالب خان the traveler of Talib the travels of Talib in foreign lands dated 1810 now my dear brothers and sisters this here is the history behind the مخيم I gave you three historical evidences concerning this مخيم and the mashhoor there is a consensus amongst the علماء the historians that this here was the مخيم of أبي عبد الله الحسين peace be upon him may my soul be sacrificed for him every year on the 10th of محرم the موارين the lovers of أبي عبد الله الحسين they come here to this مخيم and the مواكب begin their عزاء here from this مخيم they wear their white robes they shave their heads and they get ready for their عزاء they get ready for the holy ritual of تطبير every year starting here in this مخيم as well on the element of محرم ليلة الوحشة that was the day in which عمر ابن صاعد عليه لعنة الله ordered his companions ordered his army to burn these tents to the ground the خدام here in كربلا the مواكب here in كربلا reenact that day they put tents and they burn these tents to the ground so the believers can hear and can feel what's happened on كربلا now I ask my dear viewers close your eyes and pretend that here we are in a barren wasteland pretend that there are tents around us in these tents lies سيدة زينب alone in these tents the فاطميات the companions are all gone أبي عبد الله is gone أبا فضل عباسرام الله عليه is gone none remains now if you close your eyes you will hear the sound of سيدة زينب talking to her father saying وام محمدا talking to رسول الله saying وام محمدا talking to her father saying وام محمدا talking to her father saying وام محمدا you can hear the screeching moans and sounds and griefs of the فاطميات because here at this مخيم is where عمر ابن ساعد ordered the burning of the tents this here is where the grief of فاطمة الزهراء this here is where the grief of سيدة زينب was shown this here is where the army of عمر ابن ساعد burned the tents whipped the women and took سيدة زينب and everybody else as captive this here in this holy مقام