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LEADER OF THE OPPRESSED, INDIGENT AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The Infallible Imam Husayn (a.s.) was born on 3rd Sha’ban
4 A.H. His father was the
Conqueror of Khyber, the Lion of
Allah, the Commander of the
Faithful Imam Ali (a.s.). His
mother was the Lady of Paradise,
the Chief of the women of the
world, Sayyida Fatima Zahra
(s.a.), the daughter of the
Chief of the Prophets of Allah
(s.w.t.), the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.). After
the birth, Jibra’il descended on
earth with greetings from Allah
s.w.t.) to him (s.a.w.a.s.) and
directed to name the new born as
“Husayn” and conveyed the news
that he will be mercilessly
martyred by the so called, in
the desert of Karbala, depriving
him water for three days. The
Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
cried and his daughter also
cried upon hearing the impending
tragedy. On inquiry from Sayyida
Fatima (s.a.), the Noble
Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
forecasted that Allah will
create a nation who will cry on
her son Husayn (a.s.). She
promised that she will not enter
the Paradise until every mourner
of her son enters the Paradise.
There is a famous tradition of
the Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.)
which says, “Husayn is from me
and I am from Husayn”
When the people interfered in the Divine scheme
of leadership and elected their
own leaders, the deviation
started and the leadership
settled in the arch-enemies of
Islam and the Prophet of Allah,
the hypocrites Bani Umayyads.
Muawiya, after breaking the
truce with the grandson of the
Prophet of Allah, the Infallible
Imam Hasan (a.s.), appointed his
son Yazid to be the caliph of
Muslims. Yazid openly ridiculed
Islam and Islamic tenets. After
he became the caliph, he
demanded the grandson of the
Prophet (s.a.w.a.s) to pay
allegiance to him, to get the
seal of approval for all his
anti-Islamic actions from Imam
Husayn (a.s.).
Imam Husayn (a.s.), who was one of the Pure
ones in the Qur’anic Ayah of
Purity (Surah al-Ah’zab Ayah 33)
and included in the “Truthful”
according to Ayah 61 of Surah
Al-Imran, could never pay
allegiance to a vicious, immoral
and tyrant person.
Imam Husayn stood for and defended the human
rights, human dignity, freedom
of speech, justice, the rights
of the oppressed, compassion and
mercy to even his enemy,
forgiveness and clemency,
chivalry and bravery, faith and
sacrifice.
He saved not only Islam but all the Abrahamic
faiths revealed by Allah from
beginning of time. Before the
tragedy of Karbala, the world
knew only the rule of “Might is
Right” The Day of Ashura
introduced even more powerful
rule to this world; “The Right
is the Might”
Mahatma Gandhi of India said, “I learned from
Husayn, how to achieve victory
while being oppressed.” The
first Prime Minister of India,
Pandit Nehru said, “Imam Husayn
(a.s.) ‘s sacrifice is for all
groups and communities, an
example of the path of
Righteousness.” Former President
of India Dr. Radha Krishna said,
“Though Imam Husayn gave his
life 1300 years ago, but his
indestructible soul rules the
hearts of the people even
today.”
There is a saying that, “Every land is Karbala
and every day is Ashura”
Most of the freedom movements in the world draw
inspiration from Imam Husayn
(a.s.)’s powerful sacrifice.
When this small band of freedom fighters left
Makkah, and was travelling
towards Iraq, Yazid’s army
commander Hurr leading an army
of about one thousand soldiers
met Imam Husayn (a.s.). They
were thirsty. Imam Husayn asked
his brother Abbas ibn Ali (a.s.) to
let the enemy be provided with
water even to their horses.While
travelling in the desert, water
is a precious commodity but the
son of “Saqi-e-Kusar” offered
his water resources to the
enemy.
The famous Urdu poet Josh Malih’abadi said, “Insan
ko bedar tu holane do Har qaum
pukaregi hamare hain Husayn.” It
may be translated as, “Let the
human beings be awakened, every
nation will claim to own Imam
Husayn” |
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