ACTIVITY BOOKLET

Issue #4 Muharram 1430

The light of Bibi Zainab's Talib and Muhammad will represent his
paternal grandfather Jafar ibn Abu Talib.'
eyes Abdullah then went to Zaynab binte Ali his
wife and told her 'I have brought to you our
Abu Talib ibn Abd Abu Talib's sons two sons to go with you. In the time of
al-Muttalib (549-619 AD) 1. Talib difficulty on the Imam of our time, give one
was the head of the clan 2. Jafar son as sadqa from your side and the other one
Banu Hashim. He was 3. Ali as sadqa from my side'.
married to Fatima bint 4. Aqeel
Asad and was the uncle
of Prophet Muhammad Aun and Muhammad
Children of Bibi
(PBUH) and the father Fatima (AS) and
Aun was the elder son of Abdullah.
of Imam Ali (AS). His Imam Ali (AS)
When Imam Hussain (AS) left for Iraq from
real name was Imran but 1. Hasan
Mecca, Abdullah sent a letter to him from
he had a son named 2. Husayn Medina asking him not to travel to Iraq
Talib therefore called 3. Zaynab because the people of Kufa had always proved
Abu Talib. Jafar ibn unfaithful. It was Aun and Muhammad who
4. Umm Kulthum
Abu Talib was also carried the letter. It is reported that Aun was
known as Jafar at- Children of Imam
Ali (AS) and Fatima thirteen and his brother a year or two younger.
Tayyar. He was married binte Hizam (umm They had learnt the art of fencing from their
to Asma bint Umays. al Banin)
uncle Abbas Ibn Ali.
After the death of Jafar Abbas On the night before Ashura Zaynab binte Ali
she married Abu Bakr told her sons
and their son was 'My sons,
Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr. The son of Jafar tomorrow there
ibn Abu Talib and Asma bint Umays was will be a battle. In This Issue
Abdullah ibn Jafar. Abdullah ibn Jafar married I can not ask
Zaynab binte Ali. Aun and Muhammad were you to fight
the sons of Abdullah ibn Jafar and Zaynab because you
binte Ali • Abu Talib's family
are young. But
if anything • Aun and Muhammad
The Journey to Kerbala happens to
Hussain ibn Ali • Crossword
Abdullah ibn Jafar brought his two (AS) while you • Word puzzle
sons Aun and Muhammad and handed them are still alive, I
will be filled • Cartoon
over to Imam Hussain (AS). Abdullah said 'O
Hussain ibn Ali, since you have decided to go with shame'.
and will not allow me to come with you, Both boys
please take my two sons with you. Aun will stood up and
represent his maternal grandfather Ali ibn Abu said 'Mother
we have the blood of battlefield, he recited sacrifice. My heart is 9 Who taught the
Ali ibn Abu Talib a eulogy saying 'I am filled with pride children fencing
(AS) and Jafar ibn the grandson of Jafar because my two sons
Abu Talib in our e Tayyar who was have given their lives
veins. Our granted special wings
grandfathers were by Allah to fly in
warriors whose fame heaven' Then he
will always be attacked the army of
remembered. Do you Yazid. Despite his
think we can possibly young age and
shame them? unbearable thirst, he
Moreover we are the killed thirty
pupils of Abbas ibn- horsemen and
Ali. Mother unless eighteen soldiers.
you forbid us and stop Abdullah Ibne Taie
us from fighting, we killed him.
shall go to the Muhammad
battlefield and show the younger brother of
the enemies of Islam Aun came to the battle
how bravely the after his brother was for your religion.' DOWN
children of Islam can killed. Though he was 1 Aun will represent
fight. All we want very young he showed ACROSS 2 Younger son of
from you is a promise exemplary courage Jafar
3 Bibi Zainab
that you will never and killed more than 4 Aun and
______ Allah when
weep for us. Our souls ten of the enemy. He Muhammad's
her dead sons were
will never rest in was surrounded and mother
brought to her
peace if you grieve for martyred at the hands 5 The boy's asked
us after we are gone'. of Aamir Ibne Nahsal 6 Muhammad will their mother not to
Hussain ibn Ali (AS) Tamimi. represent 7 Son of Abdullah ibn
put his arms around At one point Jafar E Tayyar
Aun and Muhammad. Umar ibn Saad asked 8 Abduallah ibn Jafar
He led them to their 'Who are these handed his sons to
horses. He kissed youngsters? They
them and helped them fight like I have seen
mount. 'Go and show Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS
the world how those ) and Jaffar ibn Abu
as young as you can Talib fight?'
fight the oppression of When the boys
Yazid'. were martyred
Hussain (AS) and
Abu Mikhnaf Abbas carried the two
young bodies to the
Abu Mikhnaf tent and laid them on
the writer of a famous the floor. Bibi Zainab
history of the battle of was found in sajdah
Kerbala states in his praying 'Ya Allah, I
book: thank you for
When Aun accepting my
came in the
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AUN AND
MOHAMMED
H D A E X G F U K I R Z O Z L
Z Y V O C N N M E W Z L C J K
X L D N L I P A S B T K A L X
L U U E B U F R T K X F S R F
A A N Q R F P I D S A E N J I
H O B C N E M B R R L Y O N C
F G K D L I K N T C O Z S L D
S X G R U L S A Z D A I D T I
H T U O Y L Y S R I H S N H Z
Q E H P O Y L A N R Y N A I A
L U J G A S V A Z E A J R R Y
H K Q R O V B D H U L R G S Q
D L E I F E L T T A B C J T D
A Y X M O H A M M E D L N Y P
A N F K G X C X N F D I A U R

ABDULLAH AUN BATTLEFIELD

GRANDSONS HYDER-E-KARRAR JAFAR-TAYYAR
MOHAMMED SACRIFICE THIRSTY
UMAR-IBNA-SAAD UNCLE YAZID
YOUTH ZAINAB
Bibi Zainab had two sons On the day of Ashura she
Aun and Mohammed. sent her sons to battle.

Bibi Zainab sent her sons Aun and

Mohammed to fight in Karbala

They fought bravely but were Bibi Zainab thanked Allah for
soon shaheed accepting her sacrifice.