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Misconception about shias and Muharrum

The general public of Muslims say that the Shia of Iraq killed Imam Hussain and that's why they do not stop crying and beating themselves
 
Question :

The general public of the Moslem world say that we the Shia, especially the ones in Iraq, killed our Imam, Imam Al Hussain peace be upon him and now that we regret it, we never stop crying and beating ourselves for failing to support him or maybe for our crime of murdering him and his family and companions.
 
Answer :

In His Name the Most High,

This is really a silly idea that is widely circulating in the hearts and minds of many people especially with the so called Ahlul- Sunna Wal Jammaa in the middle east and elsewhere.

Ok! If we want to use the same naïve basis of forming decisions and perceptions that they use, we can say that you people of Mecca, Hejaz and Arabian Peninsula fought against the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) and then killed his uncle Hamza (peace be upon him), but they will say it was not us, it was our disbelieving ancestors who did this and we believe in the message of Islam so you cannot blame us.

Ok! We can also say in the same context that you people were the ones who did a runner and fled during the battles of Ahud and Hunayn, and left the Prophet (peace be upon him and family) on his own with few faithful ones around him and you caused his injuries and allowed his blessed blood to drench his beard, they would say but it was not us, it was some Sahaba who did so and those Sahaba (i.e. companions) showed remorse for their shameful action of retreat later on.

But we can add that they are the ones you refer to, they are your heroes and role models, they might, just might say in return, we did not attend those battles and those retreating fleeing ones were wrong to do so.
And as such we can confidently say that we did not kill Imam Al Hussain (peace be upon him), but the ones who participated in that atrocious crime were you, the Nawasib - the Shia of Bani Umayyah, and it is still you because you are loyal and committed to those olden Nasibi characters.

They might say that some of you people are the descendents of those criminals, we can safely reply that if some of us are traced by blood relation to those people, then we do Bara’a from them (i.e. we shun and disassociate ourselves from them) and curse them and their deeds, but you will not dare and do the same Bara’a and send your la’anat against those who fled and allowed the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) to get severely wounded,  we dare you?

It is ok for the prophet that you claim you love to bleed and get injured due to the fleeing of many of your beloved Sahaba,  you would rather get the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) get pain and harm and not to say that you perform Bara’a from those who allowed that to happen.

My God,  we wonder sometimes; who is your prophet? Is he Mohammed (peace be upon him and his family)? Or is he Umar?

Looking at the prayers performed with crossing hands over each other, dropping Haya ala Khair al a’Amal from the Adhan (i.e. Call to prayer), adding Hebrew language to your prayers by saying “amen”, doing your Taraweeh in the month of Ramadan, jumping straight up to stand after Sujood (i.e. prostration in prayer) without pausing, washing your feet and legs up to your knees in Wuthou (i.e. ablution performed in preparation for prayers) and not to mention, this finger pointing during and while half way in the prayer ritual,  we do wonder who is your prophet?  Or who are your prophets?

We have also given a detailed reply to this question in many of our previous posts.

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