Shaykh G F Haddad writes:
AL-HUSAYN IBN `ALI - ALLAH BE WELL-PLEASED WITH HIM
Al-Hâkim and al-Bayhaqî narrated from Umm
al-Fad.l bint al-Hârith (? who said: "I went in to see the Prophet one
day, carrying al-Husayn, whom I placed in his lap. Then when I turned to
look at him again, lo! I saw the eyes of the Messenger of Allâh
brimming with tears. He said: 'Gibrîl just came and told me that my
Community would kill this son of mine, and he brought me a handful of
his resting-ground - red earth.'"41
Ibn Râhûyah, al-Bayhaqî, and Abû Nu`aym
narrated from Umm Salama - Allâh be well-pleased with her that the
Messenger of Allâh lay down one day and woke up sluggish, holding a
handful of read earth in his hand and turning it this way and that I
said: "What is this earth, O Messenger of Allâh?" He replied: "Gibrîl
informed me that this one - meaning al-Husayn - would be killed in the
land of Iraq, and this is his resting-ground."42
Abû Nu`aym narrated from Umm Salama (ra)
who said: "Al-Hasan and al-Husayn were playing in my house when Gibrîl
descended and said, 'O Muhammad, verily your Community shall kill this
son of yours,' signaling to al-Husayn and bringing him [some of] his
resting-ground; he smelled it and said, 'It smells of hardship (karb)
and affliction (balâ').' Then he said, 'If this soil turns to blood,
know that my son has been killed.' So I kept it in a jar."43
Ibn `Asâkir narrated from Muhammad ibn
`Amr44 ibn Hasan who said: "We were with al-Husayn at the river of
Karbalâ'45 when he looked at Shimr ibn Dhî al-Jawshan and said, 'Allâh
and His Messenger were right! The Messenger of Allâh said: "I can see a
spotted dog drooling over the blood of the people of my House."' Shimr
was a leper."46
Ibn al-Sakan, al-Baghawî, and Abû Nu`aym
narrated from Anas ibn al-Hârith who said, "I heard the Messenger of
Allâh say: 'Truly this son of mine' - meaning al-Husayn - shall be
killed in a land called Karbalâ'. Whoever among you is present then,
help him!' Hence, Anas ibn al-Hârith went to Karbalâ' and was killed
there with al-Husayn."47
Al-Tabarânî narrated from `A'isha - Allâh
be well-pleased with her that the Prophet said: "Gibrîl told me that my
son, al-Husayn, would be killed after me in the land of al-Taff [between
Syria and Iraq], and he brought me this earth and told me that in it
would be his resting-place."48 Ahmad and Ibn Sa`d narrated it from `Alî
in the wording: "We feel he shall be killed on the shore of the
Euphrates."49
Al-Baghawî narrated in his Mu`jam as
reported from Anas ibn Mâlik who said: "The Angel of rain asked
permission of his Lord to visit the Prophet and he obtained it. He came
to visit him during the day he usually spent with Umm Salama. The
Prophet said: "Umm Salama, keep the door closed and let no-one disturb
us." As she reached the door, al-Husayn darted in and ran to the Prophet
who began to hugh him and kiss him. The angel said to him, "Do you love
him?" He said yes. The angel continued: "Truly, your Community shall
kill him and, if you wish, I shall show you the place where he shall be
killed." He showed it to him and brought him some reddish earth [from
it], which Umm Salama took and put in her robe. Thâbit al-Bunânî - its
narrator from Anas - said: "We considered that it was Karbalâ'."50
In the narration of Mullâ al-Mawsilî Umm
Salama says, "The Prophet handed me a handful of red earth, saying:
'This is from the ground on which he [al-Husayn] shall be killed. When
it turns to blood, know that he has been killed.'" Umm Salama said that
she placed it "in a jar that I had, and I used to apprehend the terrible
day when it would turn to blood."51 Al-Husayn was martyred as he had
said, in Karbalâ', in Iraq, near al-Kûfa, in a place also known as
al-Taff. This hadîth contains another stunning miracle of his , namely,
the disclosure that Umm Salama would live beyond the time when al-Husayn
would be killed, as took place.
Wa Sallallahu `ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Alihi wa Sallama Taslima
FOOTNOTES
41 Narrated from Umm al-Fadl by al-Hâkim
(3:176-177=1990 ed 3:194) who said it is sound by the criteria of
al-Bukhârî and Muslim but al-Dhahabî said: "Rather, it is da`îf
munqati`, Shaddâd did not meet Umm al-Fadl while Muhammad ibn Mus`ab
[al-Qirqisânî] is weak." However, al-Dhahabî cited a similar report in
the Siyar (al-Arna'ût ed 3:289) and said its chain was fair.
42 Narrated from Umm Salama by Ibn Abî
`Asim in al-Ahâd wa al-Mathânî (1:310 #429), al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr
(3:109, 23:308), and al-Hâkim (1990 ed 4:440) with a fair chain because
of Mûsâ ibn Ya`qûb al-Zam`î; and from `A'isha by al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr
(3:107 #2815). Also narrated from "`A'isha or Umm Salama" by Ahmad in
the Musnad and Fadâ'il al-Sahâba but with a very weak chain.
43 Narrated by al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr
(3:108 #2817), al-Mizzî in Tahdhîb al-Kamâl (6:409), and Ibn Hajar in
Tahdhîb al-Tahdhîb (2:300-301) through the Râfidî `Amr ibn Thâbit ibn
Hurmuz al-Bakrî who is weak or discarded Cf. al-Haythamî (9:189).
44 `Umar in al-Nabahânî's text, corrected from Târîkh Dimashq and Kanz al-`Ummâl.
45 Twenty-four miles North-West of al-Kûfa.
46 Narrated by Ibn `Asâkir in Târîkh Dimashq (23:190), cf. Kanz (#37717) and al-Bidâya.
47 Narrated from Suhaym, from Anas ibn
Mâlik by Abû Nu`aym in the Dalâ'il (p. 554 #493) and al-Baghawî and Ibn
al-Sakan in their Companion-compendiums. Cf. Ibn Hajar, Isâba (1:121);
al-Bukhârî, al-Târîkh al-Kabîr (2:30 #1583); al-Istî`âb (1:112);
al-Khasâ'is al-Kubrâ (2:451).
48 Narrated from `A'isha by al-Tabarânî in
al-Kabîr (3:107 #2814) and al-Awsat (6:249 #6316) with weak chains per
al-Haythamî (8:288, 9:188), cf. al-Suyûtî, Ziyâdat al-Jâmi` al-Saghîr
(#147) and Kanz (#34299). It is overall fair since it and Umm Salama's
narration are mutually reinforced
49 Narrated from `Alî by Ahmad, Abû Ya`lâ
(#363), Ibn Abî `Asim in al-Ahâd wa al-Mathânî (1:308 #427), Ibn Abî
Shayba (7:487 #37367), al-Bazzâr (3:101 #884), al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr
(3:105 #2811), al-Mizzî in Tahdhîb al-Kamâl (6:407), and Ibn Hajar in
Tahdhîb al-Tahdhîb (2:300), all with a weak chain - because of `Abd
Allâh ibn Nujayy al-Hadramî and his father - as per al-Arna'ût in the
Musnad (2:77-78 #648) and al-Munâwî (1:204-205) as opposed to
al-Haythamî (9:187) and al-Maqdisî in al-Mukhtâra (2:375 #758) while
al-Dhahabî adduces a second weak chain that reinforces the first This
report contains `Alî's call to his son in absentia, "Sabran Abâ `Abd
Allâh!" Cf. Ibn Taymiyya, Minhâj (Qurtuba ed 3:367-368) and al-Dhahabî,
Siyar (Risala ed 3:288=Fikr ed 4:407-408).
50 Narrated from Anas by Ahmad, Abû Ya`lâ
(6:129 #3402), al-Bazzâr (#2642), al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr (3:106 #2813),
Ibn Hibbân (15:142 #6742 hadîth hasan), Abû Nu`aym in the Dalâ'il (p.
553 #492), al-Bayhaqî in the Dalâ'il (6:469), and al-Mizzî in Tahdhîb
al-Kamâl (6:408) cf. Kanz (#37672), al-Haythamî (9:187-190), al-Dhahabî,
Siyar (3:288-289=Fikr ed 4:408), and al-Suyûtî's Khasâ'is (2:450).
51 Narrated by al-Tabarânî in al-Kabîr
(3:108 #2817), al-Mizzî in Tahdhîb al-Kamâl (6:409), and Ibn Hajar in
Tahdhîb al-Tahdhîb (2:300-301) through the Râfidî `Amr ibn Thâbit ibn
Hurmuz al-Bakrî who is weak or discarded. Cf. al-Haythamî (9:189).
SOURCE: http://livingislam.org/n/pku_e.html.
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