Imam Husain(A.S.)-The Chief of Martyrs

Critics of mourning (azadari) level the following charges in support of their claims: Weeping over dead is bidah (innovation) and there is no evidence of mourning from the Prophet’s (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله‏ و سلّم) Weeping is the cause of punishment for the person inside the grave. Food distributed to the mourners is innovation and has no place in Islam. In the least it is a waste of resources. Reply There is a reply to all the objections in a single event – the martyrdom of Hazrat Jafar al-Tayyar  ( عليه السلام ) – cousin of the Prophet  (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله‏ و سلّم) . Hazrat Jafar Ibn Abi Talib  ( عليه السلام )  was the Holy Prophet’s  (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله‏ و سلّم)  first cousin. He was among the standard bearers of the Muta battle, where he eventually embraced martyred. As soon as the Holy Prophet  (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله‏ و سلّم)   was informed of his martyrdom, he rushed to meet his sons. When the Holy Prophet  (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله‏ و سلّم)  entered Jafa