During the war of Karbala, were the people who killed Imam Hussain R.A. the Yazidi? Which ummah do they belong to, Sunni, Shia, or Wahabi?
- The one who really loved Imam and were ready to sacrifice their lives for Imam.
- The one who wanted Imam as the ruler just because he is more generous than a tyrant ruler like yazid.
- The one who wanted to support Imam because, they thought when Imam will wage a war against Yazid, they'll get a lot of booty as Yazid was an opulent ruler.
People who killed Imam Hussain were also Muslims. Is that correct? If yes, then didn't they know he was the grandson of their Prophet?
Nafi’ b. Hilal al-Jamali (a companion of Imam al-Husayn) was fighting on that day, reciting:“I am al-Jamali. I believe in the religion of `Ali.”A man called Muzahim b. Hurayth came against him, crying,“I follow the religion of ‘Uthman.”Nafi’ replied, “Rather you follow the religion of Satan.”Then he attacked and killed him.Source - al-Tabari, Ta’rikh (English translation), vol. 19, pp. 136–7
“People of Kufa, stay steadfast in your obedience and unity (jama'ah). Do not have any doubts about fighting against those who have strayed from the true religion and have opposed the imam.”Al-Husayn retorted, “‘Amr b. al-Hajjaj, are you urging the people against me? Are we the ones who have strayed from the true religion, and you the ones who have remained firm in it ? By God! If our souls were taken, and you died with your actions, you would know which of us has strayed from the true religion and who was more worthy to be roasted by Hell-fire.”Source - al-Tabari, Ta’rikh (English translation), vol. 19, p. 137
"People, listen to my words and do not hurry me so that I may remind you of the duties you have toward me and so that I may give you reasons for my coming to you.If you accept my reasons, believe my words and give me justice, you will become happier through that, and you will not have any cause against me. If you do not accept my reasons and give me justice of your own accord as individuals, 'Then agree upon your affair and call your associates. Let not your affair be in darkness to you.' [Cf. Quran 10:71] Indeed my guardian is God, Who sent down the Book. He takes care of the righteous.' [Cf. Quran 7:196].(1)The Imam continued, "Trace back my lineage and consider who I am. Then, look back at yourselves and remonstrate with yourselves. Consider whether it is right for you to kill me and desecrate my inviolability.Am I not the son of the daughter of your Prophet, the son of the executor of his will and his cousin, the first of believers in God and the man who first believed in what His Apostle brought from his Lord? Was not Hamzah, the leader of the martyrs, my father's uncle and Ja'far at-Tayyar my own uncle? Have you not heard the Prophet of God's saying concerning myself and my brother: 'These are the two lords of the youths of the inhabitants of heaven'?"If you believe what I am saying - and it is the truth for, by God, I have never told a lie since I learned that God hated people who told them and that those who opposed Him grieved Him ... If you still regard me as a liar, then there are still to be found people who would tell you the truth if you ask them. Ask Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari, Abu Said al-Khudri, Sahl b. Sa'd, Zayd b. Arqam and Anas b. Malik to tell you what they have heard from the Apostle of God concerning myself and my brother. Is this not sufficient to prevent your shedding my blood?"If you are in doubt about this, do you have the slightest doubt that I am the son of the daughter of your Prophet? By God! There is no son of a prophet other than me among you and among the other peoples from east to west. Tell me, are you seeking retribution from me for one of your dead whom I have killed, or for property of yours that I have expropriated, or for a wound that I have inflicted?"Dead silence reigned over the whole army and nobody uttered a word.Source - Tabari, Ta'rikh, II, 329–330
How would you explain Ashura to someone who does not know anything about it?
Who is Imam Hussain? Why did he launch an uprising?
What is Muharram?
- Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Husayn was martyred by the so called Muslim Caliph Yazid in this month. He was a saintly figure, all men from Husayn’s family were martyred, women captivated - chained sent to Syria to the Caliph’s court. This is the most important event of this month.
- Muharrum is the first month of Islamic calendar. This calendar was introduced by Caliph Umar and Caliph Uthman suggested that this calendar should start with the month of Moharrum. See wikipedia
- Muharrum is a month of Mourning for Shia Muslims due to the martyrdom of Imam Husayn and some ignorant Sunni / Wahabi / Salafi Muslims celebrate this month as a beginning of the Islamic New Year. Weddings / merry-making are a normal phenomenon for Sunnis / Wahabis in this month.
- 10th of Muharrum is the day of Ashura.
- Muharram is one of the three successive sacred (forbidden) months mentioned by the Prophet of Islam in which bloodshed / battles are forbidden, still the so called Muslims fought a battle with the grandson of Mohammed and brutally killed him!
- Shia Muslims fast on the first day of Muharram and Sunni Muslims fast on the day of Ashura (10th Moharrum).
- On the 3rd of Muharrum Prophet Joseph was freed from his prison. (duas.org)
Paygam-e-Husain (a.s)
امام حسين عليه السلام :
چيزى را بر زبان نياوريد كه از ارزش شما بكاهد
لاتَقولُوا بِألسِنَتِكُم ما يَنقُصُ عَن قَدرِ كُم
جلاءالعيون، ج 2، ص 205
Imam Husain (as):
"Don't say with your tongue something that diminishes your worth"
Imam Husain (as):
"Apni Zabaa'n se aisa kuch na kaho jisse tumhari Qadr kam ho jaae'n"
امام حسين عليه السلام :
همانا بخشنده ترين مردم،كسى است كه به آن كه به او چشم اميد نبسته بخشش كند
إنّ أجْوَدَ النّاسِ مَن أعطى مَن لا يَرجو
كشف الغمّة ج2 ص242
Imam Husain (AS):
"Certainly, the Most Gracious is the One who gives and does not Hope (In return)"
"Yaqeenan, sabse zyada bakshne wala wo hay jho ataa karne ke baad, Umeed nahi rakhta"
امام حسين عليه السلام:
تجربه هاى طولانى، مايه فزونىِ عقل است
طولُ التَّجارِبِ زِيادَةٌ فِي العَقلِ
أعلام الدين صفحه 298
Imam Husain (a.s.):
"Long experiences increases intellect"
Imam Husain (as):
"Toolaani Tajoorbe Aql me Izaafaa karta hay"
امام حسين عليه السلام:
در مدت عمر، در حفظ سلامت تن بكوشيد
فَبادِروا بِصِحَّةِ الاَْجْسامِ فى مُدَّةِ الاَْعْمارِ
تحف العقول، صفحه 239
Imam Husain (as):
"During your lifetime, try to keep your body healthy"
Imam Husain (as):
"Apni Zindagi ke dauraan apne Jism ko sehatmand rakhne ki koshish kare'n"
امام حسين عليه السلام:
بدانيد كه نيازهاى مردم به شما از نعمت هاى خدا بر شماست. از آنها ملول نشويد كه گرفتار مى شويد
كشف الغمّة, ج2, ص241
Imam Husain (as):
"Know that, needs of the people upon you are from the blessings of Allah, don't get overwhelmed that you are caught by it"
امام حسین علیه السلام:
شکرگزاری تو بر نعمت پیشین، زمینه ساز نعمت آینده است
نزهة الناظر، صفحه 80
"Your thanksgiving for the past blessings is the foundation for the blessings in future"
"Guzree hui Nemato'n par Shukriya adaa karna, aanewaali Nemato'n ki asaas hay"
امام حسين عليه السلام:
قناعت، مايه آسايش تن است
القُنوعُ راحَةُ الأبدانِ
ميزان الحكمه جلد9 صفحه585
"The contentment is the comfort of the bodies"
"Qana'at Jismo ke liye Sukoon kaa ba'es hay"
FORGERIES OF THE ENEMIES OF IMAM AL-HUSAYN
Hadees e Rasool ( s.a.w.a )
Rayyan ibn Shabeeb relates that once when he visited the Prophet's 8th Infallible Successor, Imam Reza (A.S), on the advent of Muharram, the Imam said: "O Ibn Shabeeb! Muharram is the month in which the people of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyya) had forbidden the committing of any oppression as well as armed conflicts. Yet, this ummah did not respect the sanctity of this month or the dignity of their own Prophet. In this month, they killed the Prophet’s offspring… God will never forgive them.
"O Ibn Shabeeb! If you wish to cry, then cry for Husain who was slaughtered like a sheep, and was killed along with the members of his household. Eighteen people were martyred along with him who had no equal on Earth. The seven heavens and the earths mourned in his martyrdom…
"O Ibn Shabeeb! If you cry for Hussein (A.S) in such a way that tears flow down your cheeks, then God will forgive all the sins that you have committed whether minor or major, whether they be a few instances or a lot…
"O Ibn Shabeeb! If you would like to meet the Honourable the Exalted God without having any sins then visit (the shrine of) Hussein (A.S).
"O Ibn Shabeeb! If you would like have the company of the Prophet in the halls of Paradise, then curse the murderers of Hussein (A.S).
"O Ibn Shabeeb! If you would like to be in the same high ranks in Paradise with us, then be sad when we are sad and be happy when we are happy."
امام حسین (ع) کے جسم کو پامال کیا
यज़ीद के विरूद्ध हज़रत इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम का क़याम व उसके उद्देश्य
Courtesy : http://alhassanain.org/hindi/?com=content&id=407
इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम के क़ियाम के परिणाम
यज़ीद के विरुद्ध हज़रत इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम का क़याम व उसके उद्देश्य: एक विस्तृत अध्ययन
#### पृष्ठभूमि
हज़रत इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम का क़याम इस्लाम के इतिहास में एक महत्वपूर्ण मोड़ है। 680 ईस्वी (61 हिजरी) में यज़ीद इब्न मुआविया के शासन ने इस्लामिक दुनिया में अत्याचार और भ्रष्टाचार को बढ़ावा दिया। यज़ीद के शासन ने इस्लामिक सिद्धांतों का उल्लंघन किया और इस्लामी न्याय और नैतिकता को विकृत किया। ऐसी स्थिति में, हज़रत इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम ने सत्य और न्याय की रक्षा के लिए खड़े होने का निर्णय लिया।
#### कर्बला का सफर
मदीना से कर्बला तक का सफर हज़रत इमाम हुसैन के लिए एक आध्यात्मिक और नैतिक संघर्ष था। उन्होंने मदीना छोड़कर कूफा की ओर जाने का निर्णय लिया, क्योंकि उन्हें वहां के लोगों से समर्थन की उम्मीद थी। हालांकि, उनके रास्ते में यज़ीद की सेना ने उन्हें रोक दिया और वे कर्बला के मैदान में घिर गए।
#### कर्बला की घटना और शहादत
कर्बला की घटना 10 मुहर्रम 61 हिजरी को हुई। हज़रत इमाम हुसैन और उनके वफादार साथियों ने यज़ीद की बड़ी सेना के खिलाफ वीरता से लड़ाई लड़ी। इस लड़ाई में, हज़रत इमाम हुसैन, उनके परिवार के सदस्य और अन्य साथी शहीद हो गए। यह संघर्ष न केवल एक सैन्य संघर्ष था, बल्कि यह इस्लामी सिद्धांतों और न्याय की रक्षा के लिए एक महान बलिदान था।
#### क़याम के उद्देश्य
1. **न्याय और सत्य की रक्षा**: हज़रत इमाम हुसैन का उद्देश्य था कि वे यज़ीद के अत्याचार और भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ खड़े होकर न्याय और सत्य की रक्षा करें। उन्होंने अपने क़याम के माध्यम से यह संदेश दिया कि किसी भी प्रकार के अन्याय के खिलाफ खड़ा होना आवश्यक है।
2. **इस्लामी सिद्धांतों की पुनर्स्थापना**: यज़ीद के शासन में इस्लामी सिद्धांतों का उल्लंघन हो रहा था। हज़रत इमाम हुसैन ने अपने क़याम के माध्यम से इस्लाम के असली मूल्यों और सिद्धांतों को पुनर्स्थापित करने का प्रयास किया।
3. **मानवता के मूल्यों की प्रेरणा**: हज़रत इमाम हुसैन का क़याम मानवता, साहस और बलिदान के मूल्यों को जीवंत करता है। उनका बलिदान हमें यह सिखाता है कि सत्य और न्याय की रक्षा के लिए किसी भी कीमत पर खड़ा रहना आवश्यक है, चाहे इसके लिए कितनी भी बड़ी कुर्बानी क्यों न देनी पड़े।
#### कर्बला का प्रभाव और महत्व
कर्बला की घटना ने इस्लामिक दुनिया में एक स्थायी प्रभाव छोड़ा है। यह घटना न केवल इस्लामी मान्यताओं की रक्षा का प्रतीक है, बल्कि यह न्याय, सत्य और मानवता के मूल्यों की पुनर्स्थापना का भी प्रतीक है। हर वर्ष मुहर्रम के महीने में, मुसलमान हज़रत इमाम हुसैन की याद में मातम मनाते हैं और उनके बलिदान को याद करते हैं। यह परंपरा हमें यह याद दिलाती है कि अत्याचार के खिलाफ खड़ा होना और सत्य के लिए संघर्ष करना हमारी जिम्मेदारी है।
#### निष्कर्ष
हज़रत इमाम हुसैन अलैहिस्सलाम का क़याम एक महान प्रेरणा स्रोत है। उनका बलिदान इस्लामी इतिहास में एक महत्वपूर्ण अध्याय है जो हमें सत्य, न्याय और मानवता के मूल्यों को अपनाने की प्रेरणा देता है। करबला की घटना और हज़रत इमाम हुसैन का बलिदान हमें यह सिखाता है कि सत्य और न्याय की रक्षा के लिए हमें हमेशा तैयार रहना चाहिए। यह क़याम और बलिदान हमें अत्याचार और अनैतिकता के खिलाफ खड़े होने की प्रेरणा देता है, चाहे इसके लिए कितनी भी बड़ी कुर्बानी क्यों न देनी पड़े। हज़रत इमाम हुसैन का क़याम और उनका बलिदान आज भी हम सभी के लिए एक महान प्रेरणा है और हमें इस्लाम के असली मूल्यों की रक्षा के लिए प्रेरित करता है।
Hazrat Jafar al-Tayyar’s (a.s.) martyrdom and mourning over Imam Husain (a.s.)
- 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.
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v 6 p 370 trad 27,131
- Al-Seerah al-Nabaviyyah v 5 p 31
- Al-Seerah al-Halabiyyah v 2 p 790
- Al-Maghazi v 2 p 214
- Weeping over dead is Sunnah of Prophet (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و سلّم).
- Not only did the Prophet (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و سلّم) himself mourn the dead, he was just as eager to see others mourn the dead. Hence, the instruction to mourn the likes of Jafar.
- A Sunnah is opposite of bidah (innovation), hence if weeping is Sunnah, then it cannot be bidah. In fact, stopping the Muslims from mourning is bidah.
- Contrary to the claims of the skeptics, weeping over the dead is not cause of punishment for the person inside the grave. Would the Holy Prophet (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و سلّم) legitimize weeping over Jafar al-Tayyar (عليه السلام) and indirectly punish his own cousin. The punishment over mourning relates to the dead from the disbelievers.
- Feeding the mourners is a Sunnah of the Prophet (صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و سلّم). Hence to dismiss the food as innovation or needless expenditure amounts to replacing the Prophet’s Sunnah with one’s own opinion.
The Truth About Imam Husain’s Revolution
The forces/causes that produced the revolt or uprising, which signify its truth are called “the causes at work”.
The nature of the revolt and its goals represent “its intents and purposes”.
The actual action plan, implementing it, and all what goes with it represent “its material causes”.
The end result that the revolt has come to produce represents its “overall picture”.
[Applying these parameters], was Imam Hussain’s uprising a result of an angry outburst?
Islam is different from some other movements for change or reform that took place as a result of certain circumstances that in turn led to eruptions.
Dialectics, for example, encourages heightening disagreements, inciting discontent, and showing opposition even for genuine reforms in order to bring things to a head on collision, i.e. an explosive revolution, not a conscious one.
Islam does not subscribe to these types of revolutions. The history of most Islamic revolts or uprisings speaks of the rationale behind such revolts, in that they came as a result of a complete understanding of the status quo they were determined to change. Thus, Imam Hussain’s revolt was not a result of an angry outburst, prompted by the pressures exerted by the Umayyad rule, especially during the reigns of Mu’aawiyah [the founder of the dynastic rule], and his son, Yezid.
Rather, it was a very well calculated move. What substantiates the position the Imam (a.s.) took in this regard was the letters he exchanged with both the men; and the sermons he gave on different occasions, especially that one he addressed the Companions of the Prophet (s.a.w.) in Mina, [in present day Saudi Arabia] with. All this evidence points in the direction of one conclusion. That is, the Imam was fully aware of what he was intending to do, viz. taking on the ruling establishment. His revolt was free from any angry reaction; rather, it was a purely Islamic uprising.
Looking at Imam Hussain’s revolt from another perspective, i.e. the way he was treating his followers, one can only come out with one conclusion. He was determined not to let the feelings of his companions run high, in a bid to avoid his revolt’s earning any description of an explosive one. Of this strategy was his repeated attempts to appeal to his companions to leave his company, with a view to sparing them the fate that was awaiting them all, i.e. him included. He used to remind them every now and then that they should not expect any materialistic gain in their march, other than definite death. After he commended his companions, describing them as among the best of friends, he pleaded with them one last time, i.e. on the eve of the 10th of Muharram, [62 AH, 680 CE], to leave if they so wished, making it clear to them that they would be safe, for the Umayyad’s were after his head alone.
You can hardly find a leader who aspires to utilize the dissatisfaction of his people to push them to revolt who talks in the same way Imam Hussain (a.s.) was talking to his companions. It is true that he was responsible for outlining to them their religious duty to rise against the despotic rule, in that resisting injustice and repression is such an obligation they have to discharge, yet he was seeking that his companions would discharge their responsibility of their own accord, i.e. without coercion.
That was why he reiterated to them to melt away from the battlefield under the cover of darkness because the enemy was not going to pursue them had they taken flight, nor had he wanted to force them to fight. He further advised them that he would absolve them from their oath of allegiance to him, should they have chosen to forsake him, in that he left it to their own consciences. That is, whichever way they decided, it had to be dictated by siding with the right, i.e. without compulsion, either from him or from the enemy. It would be their own choice alone. However, their decision to remain with the Imam gave the martyrs of Kerbala the high regard they are held with.
To draw a comparison between the position taken by Imam Hussain (a.s.) and Tariq bin Ziyad in the battle of Jabal Tariq [the Rock of Gibraltar], we would say that what Ibn Ziyad resorted to of action is symptomatic of a leader with a politician’s mentality, whereas Imam Hussain was conscious not to force the fight on his comrades in arms.
What Ibn Ziyad did was to burn all the food supplies save that which could sustain his troops for twenty-four hours. He then addressed them in a sermon to the effect that they had no choice but to win the battle, making it clear that if they did not win, the result would be one of two: They would either be routed by the army of the enemy or got drowned in the sea, should they have chosen to flee. In contrast, Imam Hussain (a.s.) left the choice to the small band of his followers to engage the enemy in combat or turn back, for neither the enemy nor he were coercing them to fight.
Indeed, the Imam’s revolt had its roots in the complete understanding, by all parties of his camp, of its inevitability. Thus, it should not be described as though it were brought about by a disgruntled man. This responsible revolt had a multiplicity of factors, in that it was neither a single entity nor a single-aim movement.
Among the differences that exist between matters of the physical world and the social one is that in the material world minerals always demonstrate a single essence. For instance, you cannot find, as a raw material, gold and copper in a single entity. In contrast, in social phenomena, it is quite possible that a single phenomenon might demonstrate a variety of realities and essences. Man is such a wonder because he can boast several essences at the same time.
Imam Hussain (A.S) Revolution's Results
1. Murdering Imam Husayn (as) the grandson of the Prophet (S) was a great shock to the whole Muslim world. This is not to mention the way he was murdered or the treatment given to his family who had the highest esteem and respect of all Muslims. Consequently, all Muslims dissociated themselves from the Umayyad's deeds and policies. Indeed, who wants to share in the certain curse upon those who murdered the family of the Prophet?
Thus, this revolution had done the task of unveiling the Umayyad's un-Islamic character to the general public and left no doubt in any person's heart about the Umayyad's substance.
Therefore, the concepts which the Umayyad's were propagating in order to distort the ideals of Islam found no listening ear any longer, diverting the Umayyad's mischief of changing Islamic concepts and ideals.
2. Imam Husayn's revolution set a lively example as to the duty of Muslims in such conditions. It had deeply penetrated peoples’ hearts and produced great pains within them for not doing their Islamic duty. This feeling which pained people all the time transformed into repentance and then to an open revolt against the Umayyad's regime. Thus, the revolution provided the stimulant to move their spirit and set it in a dynamic movement. Indeed, the Islamic movement was put to a new gear throughout the rest of the Islamic history.
A series of revolutions manifesting Imam Husayn's revolutionary spirit and reforms emerged at successive intervals. Tawabeen's revolution took place immediately after Karbala's tragedy. Another revolution at Madina was aiming at doing away with the Umayyads deviated regime. Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi led another revolution which stormed the Umayyad's regime in Iraq and he was able to punish all principal collaborators in the campaign against Imam Husayn in Iraq. Mitraf ibn Al-Mughira's revolution against Hajjaj and Abdul Malik was another result.
However, there were a chain of revolutions in all parts of the Muslim world which eventually did away with the Umayyad's regime. Imam Husayn's revolution was the principal slogan of the revolutionaries against the Umayyad's. The Abasides came and soon their conduct was exposed as not that which the family of the Prophet was advocating. They realized that the revolution’s results were stolen and before they could do anything, the main personalities which carried the revolt through were treacherously eliminated by murder, poison and imprisonment.
The attempts to restore Islamic conduct have never ceased throughout Islamic history. Bitter experiences and intermittent material failures are natural results of struggle. Most importantly is the triumph of the Islamic spirit against intimidation and attempts to obscure its shining face and glory. A ceaseless revolution in Muslim lives is a reality, which the enemies of Islam failed to extinguish.
The secret key of this blessed revolution lies in the firm faith in God, the unshakable conviction, which puts material supremacy and gain in an inferior position to God's satisfaction. These ideals were demonstrated by Imam Husayn when the Muslims were in need of such an example most.
The revolution of Imam Husayn was not solely for changing a government, if it was so, then it would be wrong to call it a revolution. Imam Husayn was advocating a drastic change in the social set up, the economic and political structures and refining Islamic concepts from foreign ideas which had crept into Muslims' minds and thoughts.
Imam Husayn wanted to change the life of Muslims to be in conformity with Islamic laws and ideals. Indeed, this explains one main reason for why Imam Husayn was let down by the tribes of Kufa after being promised support, and his call was ignored by the rest of the Muslim world. Hence, a revolution means a drastic change in one's life or the collective life when applied to a large scale.
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