December 25, 2025

The first martyr of the Bábi Dispensation: Shaykh Sálih, an Arab resident of Karbilá, taught by Táhirih

Among the men who in Karbilá eagerly embraced, through the efforts of Táhirih, the Cause of the Báb, was a certain Shaykh Sálih, an Arab resident of that city who was the first to shed his blood in the path of the Faith, in Tihrán. She was so profuse in her praise of Shaykh Ṣáli that a few suspected him of being equal in rank to Quddús. 

- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)