The Story of Kerbala

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THE STORY OF KERBALA

THE PROPHET (SAW) SAID: Indeed, Hossein is the light of

guidance and the saviour ship.


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Having come to know of Yazid's scheme to assasinate

him while performing the rite of Hajj, Imam Hussein

(A.S) decided to leave Mecca before finishing the rites,

performing only the Umra.

Prior to his departure, he delivered the following

sermon (khutba):

"All praise is due to Allah! Allah's Will be done, and

there in neither power or nor might, except in Allah,

and the blessings of Allah unto His messenger (SAW)."

"Death surrounds Adam's offspring as a necklace

surrounds a girl's neck. My passion to join those who

preceded me (in winning the honor of martyrdom) is

like Jacob's passion for Joseph; it is better for me to

receive death which I shall surely meet. I can see my

limbs torn by wild beasts of the desert, between

Nawawis and Karbala, so much so that they will thus

fill their empty bellies. The decree cannot be avoided.Whatever pleases Allah pleases me."


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"We shall bear his trial patiently, and He shall surely

reward us with the rewards of those who presevere.

The Prophet's progeny shall never stray from the

Prophet's path. Rather, they shall be rejoined with him

in the Presence of the Most Exalted One. His eyes will

thus be cooled, and He will fulfill his promise. Whoever

is present among us now and whoever is

wholeheartedly determined to meet his Lord, let him

depart with us. For, In sha-Allah, I will be departing at


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the Break of day."

Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr asked Imam Hussein (AS) why

he was in such a hurry to leave Mecca. Whereupon he

said, "My father told me once that there is a man in

Mecca because of which Mecca's sanctity will be

violated. I don't wish to be it. If I were to be killed

outside Mecca it would surely be dearer for me. By

Allah! had I been inside a crack of these land cracks,

they would have hunted me out of it and done to me

what they would have liked to do. By Allah! they will

transgress on my account, just as the Jews

transgressed and violated the sanctity of the

Sabbath."


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Imam Hussein Once said to Abu Harrah al-Azdi: "Banu

Umayyah confiscated my wealth, and I took to

patience. Then they cursed my honor, and I again took

to patience. And when they sought to kill me, I did not

take to patience, I fought."


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At a place call al-Thalabiyya Imam Hussein (AS) said

to a man he met: "By Allah! Had I met you in Medina, Iwould have shown you the marks of Gabriel's

revalation at our house, and his descent upon my

Grandfather (SAW). O' brother of the Kufans! The

foutainhead of Knowledge is surely with us. Do they

have knowledge while we are ignorant? This will never

be."


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"O' people! The Messenger of Allah (SAW) has said:

'Whoever sees an oppresive ruler who permits what

Allah has forbidden, reneging on his oath, violating the

Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (SAW), treating the

servants of Allah oppresively, and does not try to stop

him by deed or by word, it will be incumbent upon

Allah to treat him as He treats the first. These people

have rubbed shoulders with Satan and abandoned

their obedience to the Most Merciful one. They have

manifested corruption, transgressed the limits, felt

comfortable with their ease, permitting what Allah has

forbidden, and forbidding what Allah has permitted."

"I am the best effect a change, and your letters have

reached me. So have your envoys, offering your

aliegiance to me, promising me that you will never

abandon me nor betray me. If you complete you

allegiance to me, you will surely have acted wisley, for

I am al-Hussein, son of Ali and Fatima, daughter of theMessenger of Allah (SAW). I support you, my family

supports yours, and I am an example for you."


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"But if you do not do so, and if you renege on your

promise and abandon you allegiance, then it will not

be unexpected of you, for you have done the same to

my father and brother, and to my cousin ibn Aqeel.

Vain is one who is deceived by you. Your own sign

have you missed, and your own portion of divine

rewards have you lost. Whoever reneges, he, indeed,

reneges to the detriment of his own soul, and Allah

will make me independent of him."

"Wassalmu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh."


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IMAM HUSSEIN ONCE SAID:

DIGNIFIED DEATH IS BETTER THAN HUMILATING LIFE


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Having reached Karbala, Imam Hussein (AS) assemble

his children, sisters and kin, he then looked at them

and burst into tears. He then supplicated, "O Allah! We

are the progeny of Your Messenger Muhamad (SAW),

and we have been exiled, turned out of our homes by

force, and we have become estranged from the

sanctified precincts of our Grandfather. Banu

Umayyah (LA) has oppressed us."

"Oh Allah! On our behalf, take from them what

rightfully belongs to us, and help us against oppresive

people!"


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SAYIDA ZEINAB (AS) was duty bound to prevent the

truth of the Karbala revolution from being distorted by

the deceitful and poisonous propaganda of the ruling

system.


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For him who weeps on the day of 'Ashura, Allah will

provide happiness and joy on the day of Judgement.
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