Today, the 5th of Safar is a doleful day in Islamic history. It is the anniversary of the martyrdom of a girl who was four years old. Yet, despite her tender years and the sorrows she suffered, including the loss of her father, torture at the hands of his murderers, and imprisonment, she was a picture of virtue, faith, piety, prudence, forbearance, and patience in the face of acute oppression.

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