THE FIRST DAY OF SAFAR On the first of Safar, AH 37, the battle of Siffin broke out.
SIKU YA KWANZA YA SAFAR Siku ya kwanza ya Safar, AH 37, vita vya Siffin vilianza.
Instructions
According to some narrations, on this day in AH 61, the head of Imam al-Husayn, the chief of martyrs, entered the city of Damascus, the capital of the Umayyad rulers, on spearheads after it had been carried to it from al-Kufah, Iraq. Therefore,
Kwa mujibu wa baadhi ya riwaya, siku hii katika mwaka wa 61 AH, mkuu wa Imam al-Husayn, mkuu wa mashahidi, aliingia katika mji wa Damascus, mji mkuu wa watawala wa Bani Umayya, kwa mikuki baada ya kubebwa hadi huko kutoka al-Kufah, Iraq. Kwa hiyo,
Instructions
the Umayyads betook that day as feast day. A poet says,
Bani Umayya waliichukulia siku hiyo kama sikukuu. Mshairi anasema,
