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Bibi Zainab (a.s.) saved Imam Sajjad’s life many times. Mention 3 such incidence.
• When the army of Yazid set fire to the tents of the Ahlulbayt on the eve of Shaam-e-Gharibaan; Imam Sajjad (a.s.) was ill and could not move from his bed, Bibi Zainab brought him out of the burning tent on her back thus saving his life.
• When the Ahlulbayt were taken from Karbala to Kufa, they were made to pass by the battlefield where the bodies of martyrs lay without shroud, mixed in dust and blood. When Imam Sajjad (a.s.) saw his father’s trampled body, he could not control his grief and appeared to be on the verge of death. Witnessing this, Bibi Zainab (a.s.) threw herself from the camels back on to the sand in order to distract his attention thus saving his life.
• In his palace in Kufa, ibne Ziyad was amazed when he saw Imam Sajjad (a.s.) still alive and ordered that he should be killed. Bibi Zainab (a.s.) intervened shielding Imam Sajjad (a.s.) and said: “If you desire to kill him, kill me along with him, too!”
This angered Ibne Ziyad and was forced to leave them alone.