Ya-Hussain
* “The messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said, “Hussein is from me and I am from Hussein. Allah loves whoever loves
Hussein. Hussein is a disciple of the disciples.”
* “The prophet of Allah (S.a.w.) said: “I am the master of the prophets, who will come after me are twelve, the first
one of whom is Ali and the last one is al-Mahdi, who will revolt against injustice.
* In short and expressive words Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) depicts
this bloody tragedy. He says: “...Our followers were killed in every city. Hands and legs were cut off at the slightest
suspicion. Whoever was reported to love us or had any contact with us would either be imprisoned of robbed of his
property or his house destroyed. Oppression increased in volume and became unduly harsh, till the time of
Ubaidullah
bin Ziyad, the murderer of Hussein (a.s.)”
* In a letter Imam Hussein (a.s.) sent to the people of Basra, he wrote:
“Allah, certainly, chose Muhammad (s.a.w.) from among His creatures, honored him with His prophethood, and
chose him for His Message. The He took his life, raising
him to His nearness, after he had advised His servants and preached what he was
entrusted. We were his family, his pious men, his trustees, his inheritors and the most
entitled among people to inherit his status. The people monopolized that to themselves
and we assented, disagreeing to discussion, and chose patience. We know that we are more entitled to that
legitimate right than those who seized it. I am sending my messenger to you with this letter. I am calling you to the
Book of Allah and the sunnah
of His Prophet. For certainly the sunnah was weakened and innovation was revived.
Should you listen to what I tell you, you will be guided to the righteous path.”
* “...And I am not taking up arms in order to make merry, or be ecstatic over what I possess. I am not making
mischief, nor exercising oppression. But I am ready to fight for the sole goal of seeking reform of the ummah of my
grandfather, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.). I want to enjoin good and forbid evil and guide the affairs of the people as
my grandfather, and my father, Ali Bin Abi Talib (a.s.), were doing...”
* “...By Allah, even if I go into hiding in a hole of an insect, they flush me out, till they do with me what they wanted.
They would abuse me the way the Jews desecrated the sabbath.”
* “O Allah! It is You in Whom I trust amid all grief. You are my hope amid all violence. you are my refuge and
provision in everything that happens to me. How many grievances that weaken the heart, leaving me with no means
to handle them, during which friend deserts me, and the enemy rejoices in it. I lay it before you and complain of it to
You,
because of my desire in You. You alone. You relieve me of it and remove it from me. You are the Master of all
grace, the Possessor of
all goodness, and Ultimate Resort of all desire.”
* “O people! Let us have the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.), to
arbitrate between us.”
Master of Marytrs,
Al-Imam Al-Hussein peace be upon him,
Al-Hussein is the grandson of the holy prophet of Islam, Muhammad[ peace be upon them]. His mother is the first lady of Islam Fatimah al-Zahra the daughter of the prophet and his father is Ali the most revered man in Islam after the prophet peace be upon them. Al-Hussain is the third of the 12 infallible Imams appointed to lead the Muslims by the Prophet (on instructions from Allah the Almighty).
Of the attributes of the Prophet, the perceiver was Hussain,
Of the Holiness of the Prophet, the inheritor was Hussain,
Of the secrets of Nature, an evidence was Hussain,
Of Providence, the best creature, in existence was Hussain,
For shaping out the universe, in the best of mould,
With the point of his eye-lash he measured life's gold
Original in Urdu by Josh - Translated in English by S.G.Abbas
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