Hussein is the 2nd son of Shiites’ 1st Imam, Imam Ali and Lady Fatima Zahra. He was born on Sha’aban 3 (the 8th month of Islamic Calendar), 4 AH. Shiites regards him the 3rd Imam after his father and his older brother, Hassan.
He is called in the history of Islam ‘the master of all martyrs,’ because he and his family members even the young children were martyred in the Battle of Karbala.
