A house without Sakina (SA) would not be worth living in
Imam Husayn (A)
Excerpt from 'The Journey of Tears':
From the time when Imam Husayn fell in the battle field, Bibi Sakina forgot to smile! Kufa saw her as a sombre little girl lost in thought. Quite often she would sit up at night. When asked if she wanted anything, she would say, 'I just heard a baby cry? Is it Asghar? He must be calling out for me!'
Knowing that her weeping upset her mother, Bibi Sakina would cry silently and quickly wipe away her tears! In the prison in Shaam she would stare at the flock of birds flying to their nests at sunset and innocently ask Bibi Zainab, 'Will Sakina be going home like those birds flying to their homes?'
Then one dreadful night Bibi Sakina went to bed on the cold floor of the prison. For a long time she stared into the darkness! The time for the morning prayers came. Bibi Sakina was still lying with her eyes wide open. Her mother called out: 'Wake up, Sakina! Wake up, it is time for prayers, my child!' There was only the painful silence! Our fourth Imam walked up to where Bibi Sakina lay. He put his hand on her forehead. It was cold! He put his hand near the mouth and the nose. Bibi Sakina had stopped breathing. In between sobs Imam Zain ul 'Abideen said: 'inna lil-Lahi wa inna ilay-hi raja’uun.'