buried it.’ Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ responded, ‘It is that deed which has brought about the pleasure of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’ (As-Sawa’iq-ul-Muharriqah, pp. 199)
Mustafa ‘izzat barhanay kay liye ta’zeem dayn
Hay buland Iqbal tayra doodman-e-Ahl-e-Bayt
The renowned orator of Pakistan, Maulana Al-Haj Al-Hafiz Muhammad Shafi’ Okarvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has mentioned in his book Shaam-e-Karbala: There are different narrations with regard to the blessed head, and Mashahad[1] have been made at different places. It is quite possible that the narrations and Mashahad had been related to more than one blessed heads of the martyrs. The heads of all the martyrs of the Ahl-e-Bayt رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم were sent to Yazeed and the heads might have been buried in various places and the reference has been made with only Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ out of respect or due to some other reason. وَاللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِحَقِيۡقَةِ الۡحَال (Shaam-e-Karbala, pp. 249)
Sayyiduna Abu Muhammad Sulayman Al-A’mash Kufi Taabi’i عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated, ‘I visited to perform Hajj. During Tawaf I saw a person who was clinging to the sacred cloth of the Holy