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Al-Husain: To Karbala
By A.S. Hashim. MD
Al-Husain at Age 37
Al-Hasan, being sick with the poison:
vomiting blood material
Jaundiced and feeling very weak
Al-Hasan designates Al-Husain as the 3rd
Imam
Wants to be buried by the Prophet if possible
Al-Husain’s Imamah starts
Al-Husain as the Imam
1. Sees Ali being damned in every
Al-Husain
is in pain
about the
Ummah
Jumu’ah Prayer
2. Numerous charlatans and
opportunists playing havoc with Islam
3. Worried about the course Muslims
taking for 10 years
4. Mu’awiya and his intrigue to install
yazid, his son
Al-Husain Continues
Al-Husain continues to conduct his
discourses at the Masjid Al-Nabawi
Is busy at home with family
Helps the poor and disadvantaged
Thinks about the future course of the
Ummah with alarm
Mu’awiya sends Yazid for Haj
Yazid agrees to go for Haj
Yazid takes supply of liquor with him
and singers to entertain him
Takes girls of ill-repute for company
The show was a disgrace, and the
people see for themselves
To Install Yazid for Khilaafah
Mu’awiya sends to
the Ummah:
To bribe and reward
people who accept
1. Government workers
Yazid
2. Secret Agents
To punish people with
(spies)
losing jobs or even
3. Collaborators
being killed, if they
oppose Yazid
Mu’awiya dies
At age 75 Mu’awiya dies
At the time, Yazid was entertaining himself, hunting
Yazid was 30 years old by then
Mu’awiya ruled for 40 years and:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Introduced Monarchy
Lived Caesar like
Used the Public treasury as if it was his own
Hadith fabrication became common
Yazid and the People
Majority of people refuse Yazid
People look for Husain’s leadership
Gloomy and resentful feeling prevails
High emotions in Iraq
12,000 letters reach Al-Husain from Iraq
urging him to lead them
In Medina
Governor of Medina (Waleed ibn Ut’ba) calls
on Al-Husain for interview
Atmosphere: somber and tense
Asks Al-Husain to give Allegiance to Yazid
Al-Husain answers: Tomorrow I’ll announce it
to the People
Next morning Al-Husain leaves Medina for
Mecca
Al-Husain and family in Mecca
It was Haj time, Husain was advised by many
not to go to Iraq
Al-Husain sends his cousin (Muslim ibn
Aqeel) to Kufa to ask for full support
Gives a very stirring Du’aa at Jabal Arafat
Leaves Mecca with family to Iraq before
performing Haj
On the Way to Kufa
Husain goes with family and close associates.
Sees Farazdaq (the poet) who says: Iraqis’
hearts are with him but their swords are against
him
They hear that Aqeel was doing well in Iraq
Al-Husain is intercepted by Al-Hur and 1000
troops
Meanwhile in Kufa
At first Muslim ibn Aqeel was supported by
18,000 enthusiastic people in Kufa
The new Governor (Ibn Ziyad) induced an
atmosphere of terror
Betrayal at its worst, people run away leaving
ibn Aqeel to fend for himself
Alone, Muslim ibn Aqeel had to take refuge in
a house
Muslim ibn Aqeel Killed
Muslim was overwhelmed by the troops
Was taken as a captive to Ibn Ziyad
Was promised by Al-Ash’ath to send a
message to Al-Husain, but did not do it
Was killed and body thrown from top of
building to the street
Same thing happened to Hani ibn Ur’wa
The Interception
Al-Hur did not allow Al-Husain except to go
north, waiting for orders
Ibn Ziyad sent a force of 4000 under Omar
ibn Sa’ad
The force stopped at Karbala
Al-Husain was intercepted, and the enemy
swelled to 5000 (some say 30,000) fighters
Al-Husain’s group consisted of 72
Karbala
It was during Summer, the heat was blazing
Al-Husain was aware of Karbala and what the
Prophet had said about it.
Al-Husain was also aware of what Ali had
said about Karbala
Al-Husain knew Karbala was the place for
confrontation
Mecca to Karbala
Distance about 1000
miles
18 overnight stops
Distance between
overnight stops varies
from 35 to 55 miles
The route is across the
desert
Trip is arduous to say
the least
Karbala
Al-Husain Remembers Ali Saying:
On the way to confront
Mu’awiya, they passed by
a dreary place
Ali asked about the name
of the place
The answer was Karbala
Ali’s face showed
profound grief and he
said:
ُّ
‫محط ِرحالهم ومهراق‬
‫هنا‬
‫دمائهم‬
"IT IS HERE WHERE THEY WILL
BE STOPPED
AND IT IS HERE WILL BE THE
BLOOD-SHED."
With Al-Husain
72 persons were at Husain’s camp
3 year old Al-Baaqir was with them
8 were old Sahaaba (one was older than 90)
20 were Companions of Ali
Al-Husain’s family (total of 44)
All knew they were facing imminent death
They faced an enemy of 5,000 (some say
30,000)
The Negotiation
Al-Husain and Omar
ibn Sa’ad negotiated
about the direction to
take
Commands came from
Kufa by Ibn Ziyad as
follows:
EITHER HAVE HUSAIN
SURRENDER OR
ANNIHILATE THE GROUP.
IF YOU DON'T CARRY OUT
THE ORDER, SHIMR WILL
REPLACE YOU
AND IMMEDIATELY CUT
OFF YOUR HEAD!
Water was cut off by the seventh day
For 3 days water was cut off
Children were crying of devastating thirst
No water for cooking
No water for horses
Much Suffering and misery because of thirst
Conditions were desperate by the 10th day
The 9th day is Spent in Prayer
Al-Husain gives a speech to all to leave him
alone and go for safety
They adamantly refuse
Night spent in intensive Prayer in anticipation
to meet their Lord
Women preparing for the eventuality ahead
Al-Husain’s Speech on the 9th
BE IT IN COMFORT OR TROUBLE, THE PRAISE IS FOR ALLAH, AND I ALWAYS
THANK HIM. I THANK HIM FOR HAVING HONORED OUR HOUSEHOLD WITH THE
PROPHETHOOD. HE GRANTED US THE FAVOR OF UNDERSTANDING OUR FAITH
AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE QURAN. O' LORD! MAKE US THY GRATEFUL
SERVANTS.
NEVER HAVE I KNOWN BETTER AND MORE FAITHFUL COMPANIONS THAN THESE
MY OWN, AND NEVER HAVE I KNOWN BETTER AND MORE LOVING RELATIVES
THAN THESE MY OWN. MAY YOU, O' ALLAH, REWARD THEM PLENTIFULLY!
TOMORROW WILL BE THE FATEFUL DAY FOR ME AND MY FOE: THE ENEMY IS
INTERESTED IN NONE BUT ME, IN ME ALONE. I'LL BE MOST DELIGHTED TO
PERMIT EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TO GO BACK, AND I URGE YOU TO DO
SO. BY SO DOING, I WON'T HAVE EVEN THE LEAST COMPLAINT OR REGRET
AGAINST ANY. NOW THAT DARKNESS HAS COME, HOW ABOUT TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF IT AND AVAIL YOURSELVES, AND MAKE GOOD YOUR ESCAPE,
ALONG WITH MY FAMILY. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELVES FROM CERTAIN DEATH.“
Facing each other on the 10th
72 of Al-Husain’s facing thousands of the enemy
Many of the enemy were those who previously urged
Al-Husain to join them against Yazid
They were Arabs, Muslims, Iraqi: Bound and
determined to kill
To kill the very family of the Prophet and desecrate it
Al-Hur breaks away
Seeing the malice ahead, Al-Hur breaks away
to join Al-Husain’s camp
Al-Hur asks forgiveness and is granted
Omar ibn Sa’ad throws an arrow to start the
fight
Al-Hur was one of the firsts to face the enemy
to fight till death
Al-Husain’s side had only 32 on horses
The Fight
Al-Husain’s fighters were on the offensive
Enemy had to ask for reinforcement
They burned the tents in the back
The companions started to fall one after the other
By noon they stopped for Dhuhr Prayer
Ibn Mudhahir protected Al-Husain with his body, and
fell of his wounds dead as the Prayer was finished
In the afternoon
Left were the family consisting of:
Son Ali, about 19 Yrs old
Son, Zainul Abideen who was sick with fever
Al-Abbas with 4 of his brothers
17 Nephews all teenagers
Women and other young children
Al-Abbas
Al-Abbas was the Commander and the flag
bearer
Went to get water for the parched mouths
On way back fought an overwhelming enemy
and was killed, arms cut, an arrow in his eye
He was preceded by all 4 brothers in fighting
the enemy. All by then killed
Al-Husain in great grief at the loss
The Fighting in the Afternoon
Ali ibn Al-Husain fights bravely and ferociously, but is
eventually overwhelmed by the enemy
Women and children watch in horror and anxiety, have
very heavy feeling
17 Teenagers go out for the fight, get killed one after
the other
A crying baby a few months old is hit with an arrow as
Al-Husain was pleading for a drink of water for him
Al-Husain supplicates facing the enemy
O' LORD! MAY I ASK YOU TO TAKE AWAY
YOUR BOUNTY FROM THESE
PEOPLE! AND IF YOU, LORD, ALLOW
THEM A RESPITE, MAY I ASK YOU TO
SOW DIFFERENCE AMONG THEM AND
LET THEM BE DIVIDED!
At another time Al-Husain said:
IT IS MY BLOOD THAT YOU WANT, BUT I
ASK ALLAH ALMIGHTY TO HAVE ME
HONORED BY DISGRACING YOU AND
HUMILIATING YOU, AND IN WAYS YOU
CANNOT IMAGINE, TAKE A FULL
RETRIBUTION FROM YOU.
Al-Husain bids farewell
Al-Husain bid his family good-bye
Saw to it to confer Zainul Abideen the
Imamah
The heavy burden, emotional, physical, and
thirst was unbearable
Goes to fight off the enemy in the service of
Islam
Gets Severely Wounded
Cut in many places and severely bleeding
Al-Husain becomes weak and falls from his
horse
No one dared to finish him off
Shimr screamed at them, but they refuse
Then Shimr himself finished him off
Shimr’s mother was a disbeliever (Majoosi)
And with that:
WITH THAT, A SUDDEN
LOUD THUNDER WAS
HEARD AS IF IT WAS
FROM FAR, HIGH
ABOVE.
Was the Heavens
welcoming Al-Husain,
its Hero!
Or: Was the Heavens
giving a notice to the
atrocities committed!!!
The horror to see
Flabbergasted women in anguish watched AlHusain’s head severed
The heads of everyone else were severed
The horses trampling on the slain holy bodies
Cloths were stripped of the bodies
Zainul Abideen while sick was in great
anguish, as well as others
The Enemy
The enemy stole the women’s jewelry
Desecrated the family of the Prophet
Took all of them as captives to Ibn Ziyad in
Kufa
Food and water was finally allowed
They face Ibn Ziyad
Ibn Ziyad tried to intimidate them, thinking he had
shattered them beyond repair.
Husain's sister, Zainab, answered him so sharply and
in such a cutting manner he was taken aback
He turned back to the sick Zainul Abideen, and did the
same. Zainul Abideen's answer was just as sharp as
his aunt’s, but through quoting the Holy Quran.
A few days later they were taken to Damascus
To Damascus
A trip of 800 miles, on camel’s back, taking many
weeks to arrive
In front of them were 72 heads on the tip of spears
People in Syria were under the fabricated propaganda
that Al-Husain was simply a rebel
On finding who he was, feelings changed dramatically
Processions were pathetic, to see how haggard and
how humiliated the family of the Prophet was!
Face to face with Yazid
The evil 30 year old Yazid was sitting like the Byzantines.
He was the fruit of Mu'awiya and Abu Sufyan
Seventy two severed heads with the horrible mask of death
on them, were brought forward.
The women along with Zainul Abideen were in fetters.
Yazid had the audacity to play with the lips of Al-Husain with
the end of his stick!!
These lips represented Muhammad (pbuh) and taught Islam.
It was these very lips that were kissed by Muhammad (pbuh)
57 years back
The Exchange
A powerful exchange took place between the two sides
Yazid was rebuffed by Zainul Abideen through quotes
from the Quran, and so did Zainab
They put the women and children in special quarters
where the first Majlis took place, done by Zainab
Zainul Abideen gave a stirring speech at the Mosque
There was fear of uprising against the 30 Yr old Yazid
They return
Given the choice to return to Medina or stay
in Damascus:
They chose to return
Accompanied by a contingency of guards,
they headed towards Medina
Zainab and Zainul Abideen worked
incessantly to expose the disgrace that befell
the Ummah at the hands of Benu Umayya
About the End:
AND
Such comes an end, to give birth to a
beginning, since the end of Imam Husain was
the beginning, the beginning of awakening. It
was the beginning of the Islamic awakening all
over the world, it was almost the REBIRTH OF
ISLAM.
We Owe our Totality to Imam Husain
Husain for whom the Quran Says
‫عن ُك ُم‬
َّ ُ‫ِإنَّ َما يُ ِريد‬
َ ‫ب‬
َ ‫اَّللُ ِليُ ْذ ِه‬
َ ُ‫ت َوي‬
‫ط ِه َر ُك ْم‬
ِ ‫س أَ ْه َل ْالبَ ْي‬
ِ
َ ‫الر ْج‬
ْ َ‫ت‬
‫يرا‬
ً ‫ط ِه‬
(Surah 33: Ayah 33. According to
A'isha, Ayah of Tat'heer
(Purification) was revealed on
behalf of Fatima, Ali, Al-Hasan, and
Al-Husain, see Sahih Muslim Vol. 3,
Page 130.)
VERILY, ALLAH HAS
DECREED TO PURIFY
YOU, O' AHLUL BAYT,
AND SANCTIFY YOU IN A
PERFECT WAY
Husain for whom the Prophet Says
‫الحسـن والحسـين سـيدا شـباب اهل‬
‫الجنه‬
AL-HASAN AND AL-HUSAIN ARE
EACH A PRINCE OVER THE
YOUTHFUL IN HEAVEN".
‫أحب الحسـنَ والحسـين فقد‬
‫َم ََ ٍن‬
َّ
‫ضني‬
َ َ‫ضـ ُهما فقد أبغ‬
َ َ‫أحبَّ ِني و َم ٍن أبغ‬
THE ONE WHO LOVES HASAN
AND HUSAIN WILL ALSO HAVE
LOVED ME, AND HE WHO
DETESTS THEM,WILL HAVE
DETESTED ME.
‫وحرب ٌَ ِل َمن‬
،‫أنا ِسل ٌم ِل َمن سالمـتم‬
ُ
‫حاربتُم‬
"IN PEACE I AM WITH HIM WHOM
YOU ARE IN PEACE WITH AND
IN BATTLE I AM WITH HIM
WHOM YOU ARE IN BATTLE
WITH
THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE OVER VICE
VIRTUE
over
BENU HASHIM
MUHAMMAD (pbuh)
ALI (a.s.)
VICE
BENU UMAYYA
Abu Sufyan fought
Muhammad and Islam.
Mu'awiya fought Ali, used
deception.
AL-HASAN (a.s.)
Mu'awiya used deception
with Al-Hasan then poisoned
him.
AL-HUSAIN (a.s.)
Yazid killed Al-Husain in the
worst manner.
ABU SUFYAN
MU'AWIYA
YAZID
‫‪Ziyarah (Visitation) of Al-Husain‬‬
‫سو ِل َّ ِ‬
‫ع ْب ِد َّ ِ‬
‫اَّلل‬
‫اَّلل ال َّ‬
‫اَل َّ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا ابْنَ َر ُ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا أَبَا َ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا ِخيَ َرةَ َّ ِ‬
‫اَّلل َوابْنَ ِخيَ َرتِه‬
‫ال َّ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫ِ ِيينَ‬
‫ال َّ‬
‫س ِي ِد ْال َو ِ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫ير ْال ُمؤْ ِم ِنينَ َوابْنَ َ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا ابْنَ أ َ ِم ِ‬
‫اِ ْالََالَ ِمينَ‬
‫ال َّ‬
‫س ِ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا ابْنَ فَ ِ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫س ِيدَةِ نِ َ‬
‫اط َمةَ َ‬
‫ار َّ ِ‬
‫ور‬
‫ال َّ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫ار ِِ َو ْال ِوتْ َر ْال َم ْوت ُ َ‬
‫اَّلل َوابْنَ ث َ ِ‬
‫علَي َْك يَا ث َ َ‬
‫علَ ْي ُك ْم ِم ِني َج ِميَا ً‬
‫اح الَّ ِتي َحلَّ ْ‬
‫ال َّ‬
‫ت ِب ِفنَا ِئ َك َ‬
‫علَي َْك َو َ‬
‫سالَ ُم َ‬
‫علَى ْاْل َ ْر َو ِ‬
‫سالَ ُم َّ ِ‬
‫ار‪…..‬‬
‫ي اللَّ ْي ُل َو النَّ َه ُ‬
‫َ‬
‫اَّلل أَبَدا ً َما بَ ِقيتُ َو بَ ِق َ‬
Ziyarah (Visitation) of Al-Husain
Peace be on you, O Aba Abdillah! Peace be on you, O son of the
Messenger of Allah!
Peace be upon, O the Finest of God’s Creatures and the son of the
Finest of God’s Creatures!
Peace be on you, O son of the Commander of the Faithful and the
forebear of the Prophet's successors!
Peace be on you, O son of Fatima, the choicest among the women
of the worlds!
Peace be on you, who was martyred while fighting in the cause of
Allah, and the son of Allah's fearless warrior, who was attacked with
a vengeance!
Peace be on you and on those souls which had gathered in your
camp, in your journey.
To all of you I pray Allah to be in Peaceas long as I live, and as long
as nights follow the days.
Shrine of Imam Al-Husain
May Allah Bless you
Be in Allah’s Care
A.S. Hashim MD