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\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The most painful event in Islamic history is undeniably the demise of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. There were many other very painful incidents thereafter: the martyrdom of \u2018Umar, \u2018Uthman and \u2018Ali radiallahu anhum etc. The incident of Karbala; the brutal murder of the grandson of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, Husain bin Ali radiallahu anhuma, is among the saddest and most painful. This article focuses on a few important lessons from this episode.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c. . . I declare war on him!\u201d<\/p>\n After the martyrdom of Husain radiallahu anhu his head and the heads of all those who were martyred with him were severed and thereafter sent to \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad, the governor of Kufah. When the head of Husain radiallahu anhu was placed in front of \u2018Ubaidullah, he used a stick to scratch the front teeth of Husain radiallahu anhu. Zaid bin Arqam radiallahu anhu was in the gathering. Witnessing this insolent behavior, he angrily reprimanded \u2018Ubaidullah. \u201cLift the stick from these teeth\u201d he said, I swear by the being besides whom nobody else is worthy of worship, I saw the lips of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam touching and kissing these lips.\u201d \u00a0According to another narration Anas bin Maalik radiallahu anhu was also in the gathering. Observing \u2018Ubaidullah\u2019s audacity, he remarked, \u201cBy Allah, I will displease you! I saw Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam kissing the spot that your stick is touching.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Some time later \u2018Ubaidullah was killed by Mukhtaar bin Abi \u2018Ubaid Ath-Thaqafi. \u2018Umaarah bin \u2018Umair narrates that: \u201cWhen the heads of \u2018Ubaidullah and his men were brought, they were put on display in the masjid in Ar-Rahbah. \u00a0So I went to them and they were saying \u2018It came! It came!\u2019 They were referring to a snake that was creeping between the heads until it entered the \u2018Ubaidullah\u2019s nostrils. It paused for a little while, then came out and went away. A few moments later I heard the people shouting, \u2018It came! It came!\u201d This happened twice or thrice.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Regarding the assassins of Husain radiallahu anhu, the famous historian and scholar of tafseer and hadeeth, Al-Haafidh Ibn Katheer, said:<\/p>\n \u0648 \u0623\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u0631\u0648\u0649 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0648\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0649 \u0623\u0635\u0627\u0628\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u062a\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631\u0647\u0627 \u064b\u0635\u062d\u064a\u062d \u2013 \u0641\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0642\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0646\u062c\u0627 \u0645\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0641\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0646\u064a\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0635\u064a\u0628 \u0628\u0645\u0631\u0636 \u2013 \u00a0\u0648 \u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631\u0647\u0645 \u0623\u0635\u0627\u0628\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0648\u0646<\/p>\n \u201cWith regards to the narrations concerning the afflictions that befell his assassins, most of it is authentic. There were few among them who escaped and were not afflicted with illness. Most of them went insane.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The lesson learned from the above is conveyed in the Hadith<\/p>\n \u0645\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u0649 \u0644\u0649 \u0648\u0644\u064a\u0627 \u0641\u0642\u062f \u0622\u0630\u0646\u062a\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628<\/p>\n \u201cWhoever shows enmity to any friend of mine,<\/p>\n I declare war on him.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In This Palace<\/p>\n Abdul Malik bin \u2018Umair Al-Laythi said with reference to the palace of the Ameer (governor) in Kufah: \u201cI saw in this palace the head of Husain in front of \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad. I thereafter saw the head of \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad in front of Mukhtaar bin Abi \u2018Ubaid Ath-Thaqafi. Next I saw the head of Mukhtaar in front of Mus\u2019ab bin Zubair. Then I saw the head of Mus\u2019ab in front of Abdul Malik. I mentioned this to Abdul Malik. He regarded this as a bad omen and vacated the place.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The lesson learned from this is condensed in the famous adage<\/p>\n \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u062f\u064a\u0646 \u062a\u062f\u0627\u0646<\/p>\n \u201cThe way you treat people is how you will be treated.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah commanded the assassination of Husain radiallahu anhu only to be murdered by Mukhtaar who was in turn killed by Mus\u2019ab bin Zubair.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n At the Hands of a Liar<\/p>\n It was not long after the martyrdom of Husain radiallahu anhu that Mukhtaar bin \u2018Ubaid Ath-Thaqafi rose to power. Mukhtaar was a liar whose objective was nothing more than power. Capitalizing on the public\u2019s sympathy, especially that of the supporter\u2019s of the Ahl-ul-Bayt (household of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam), he falsely claimed that he was commissioned by the son of \u2018Ali radiallahu anhu, Muhammed ibn-ul-Hanafiyyah, to avenge the blood of Husain radiallahu anhu and the other martyrs of Karbala. He thus pursued and killed \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad (the governor of Kufah), Umar bin Sa\u2019d (the head of the army that was sent to kill Husain radiallahu anhu), Shamir bin Dhil Jowshan (the commander of the regiment who killed Husain radiallahu anhu) and many others. Ibn Katheer writes: \u201cHe (Mukhtaar) then began pursuing the assassins of Husain radiallahu anhu and all those who witnessed the incident of Karbala on the side of Ibn Ziyaad. He killed a huge number of them and seized the (decapitated) heads of the senior officers among them; Umar bin Sa\u2019d (the commander of the army that killed Husain), Shamir bin Dhil Jowshan (the commander of the thousand who were responsible for the actual killing), Sinaan bin Abi Anas, Khawli bin Yazeed Al-Asbahi and many others. He continued until he sent Ibrahim bin Al-Ashtar An-Nakha\u2019I with an army of twenty thousand men to fight Ibn Ziyaad . . . Ibn-ul-Ashtar killed Ibn Ziyaad, defeated his army and took everything in his camp. This was on the Day of \u2018Aashoora (the tenth of Muharram), 67AH.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Mukhtaar was himself an imposter. Thus Ibn Katheer writes that there is no doubt regarding the compulsion of killing the assassins of Husain radiallahu anhu and the benefit in hastening to do so. However, Allah had destined this to happen at the hands of Mukhtaar, the liar who became a kaafir (unbeliever) by claiming that he receives wahi (divine revelation). This reminds us that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, \u201cAllah helps the deen by means of a sinful man.\u201d \u00a0Similarly, Allah said, \u201cIn a similar manner do We turn some of the wrongdoers against the others due to what (the actions) they earn.\u201d \u00a0In this regard a poet said:<\/p>\n \u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u0648\u0641\u0647\u0627 \u2013 \u0648 \u0644\u0627 \u0638\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0633\u064a\u0628\u0644\u0649 \u0628\u0638\u0627\u0644\u0645<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no hand but the hand of Allah is above it.<\/p>\n There is no oppressor but he will be tested by an oppressor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the Court of \u2018Ubaidullah<\/p>\n At the end of the battle there was only one male survivor; Husain\u2019s radiallahu anhu son, Ali (who was later given the title Zain-ul-\u2018Aabideen). He was then sent with the female members of his family to \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad in Kufah and subsequently to Yazeed in Damascus. In Kufah the following discussion ensued between \u2018Ali and \u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad:<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>What is your name?<\/p>\n \u2018Ali: <\/span>I am Ali bin Husain.<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>Did Allah not kill Ali bin Husain?<\/p>\n \u2018Ali: <\/span>(Ali did not respond to this question.)<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>What is wrong? Why do you not answer?<\/p>\n \u2018Ali: <\/span>I had a brother who was also called \u2018Ali. The people killed him.<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>Allah killed him.<\/p>\n \u2018Ali: <\/span>(Ali did not respond to this question also.)<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>What is wrong? Why do you not answer?<\/p>\n \u2018Ali: <\/span>\u201cAllah takes the souls away at the time of their death.\u201d \u00a0\u201cIt is not possible for a soul to die except with the command of Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Ubaidullah: <\/span>By Allah, you are one of them!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ubaidullah then turned to one of his men and said, \u201cCheck if has reached puberty! I think that he has.\u201d Mury bin Mu\u2019aadh checked him and confirmed that Ali had reached puberty. \u201cThen kill him!\u201d retorted \u2018Ubaidullah. \u201cAnd to whom do you entrust these women?\u201d cried \u2018Ali. At that moment \u2018Ali\u2019s paternal aunt, Zainab, began speaking. \u201cO son of Ziyaad! You have harmed us enough. Are you not quenched with our blood? Have you left any of us?\u201d She then clung to \u2018Ali and said to \u2018Ubaidullah: \u201cI implore you in the name of Allah, if you are a believer, if you kill him, kill me also!\u201d \u2018Ali spoke again: \u201cO son of Ziyaad! If there are any family ties between yourself and these women, please send with them a man of taqwa who will accompany them according to the laws of Islam.\u201d \u2018Ubaidullah looked at the women and then at his men and said: \u201cFamily ties are amazing. She desired that if I kill him, I should kill her too. Leave the boy. (Although \u2018Ali had already reached puberty, he was still very young.)\u201d \u2018Ali was thereafter sent with the rest of the family (the women and children) to Yazeed in Kufah. However, his hands were fettered to his neck through out the journey.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In the Court of Yazeed<\/p>\n \u2018Ali\u2019s aunt, Fatimah, narrates: When we were seated in front of Yazeed, he felt sorry for us and commanded that we be given something (to eat). He spoke gently to us. Then a man from the Syrians went up to him and said, \u2018Give me this girl.\u2019 He was referring to me. I was a young girl with a bright face. Thinking that this was permissible for them, I began trembling with fear and caught hold of my sister Zainab\u2019s clothes. She was elder than me and more understanding. She knew that this was not permissible for them. \u2018You are a liar and an evil man!\u2019 she shouted to him, \u2018It is neither permissible for you nor for him (Yazeed).\u2019 This angered Yazeed. \u2018You are lying\u2019 he retorted, \u2018By Allah, it is permissible for me. I will do so if I wish.\u2019<\/p>\n Zainab: <\/span>Never! By Allah, Allah has not given you permission to do so unless if you exit our religion and adopt a religion other than ours.<\/p>\n Yazeed: <\/span>Do you speak to me in this manner? It was your father and brother who left the religion.<\/p>\n Zainab: <\/span>You, your father and your grandfather were guided through the religion of Allah \u2013 the religion of my father, brother and grandfather.\u2019<\/p>\n Yazeed: <\/span>You are a liar, O enemy of Allah!<\/p>\n Zainab: <\/span>You are an oppressive ruler! You swear oppressively! You utelise your authority to oppress!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Fatimah continues: By Allah, he felt ashamed and did not say anything further.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Back to Madinah<\/p>\n After a few days Yazeed arranged for the whole family to be taken back to Madinah. At the time of bidding them farewell he said to \u2018Ali, \u201cMay Allah curse Ibn Marjaanah (\u2018Ubaidullah bin Ziyaad). By Allah, if I was in his position, I would have given your father whatever he requested and I would have tried my best to protect him from being killed, even if it resulted in the death of my own children. However, Allah decreed what you have seen.\u201d He then gave him provisions for the journey and a huge sum of money and told \u2018Ali to write to him for the fulfillment of any need that he may incur in the future. He also commanded the guide who was appointed to lead the family to Madinah to take care of them. Thus the guide remained in their service throughout the journey and, despite ensuring that he never lost sight of the women, maintained a slight distance from them until they reached Madinah. In view of the stressful events of the past few days (the martyrdom of Husain radiallahu anhu and fourteen other members of the family in front of their eyes, Ubaidullah\u2019s threat to kill \u2018Ali and the incident of the Syrian man in Yazeed\u2019s court), the women were so appreciative of his modest conduct that, upon reaching Madinah, they gathered some of their jewelry and offered it to him as a token of thanks. He, however, refused to accept it saying, \u201cI did that for the pleasure of Allah and due to your relationship with Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n What Do We Say?<\/p>\n Fourteen centuries later, reading about the events of Karbala still brings more than just tears to one\u2019s eyes. Is there anything which we can do? Is there anything which we can say? Ibn Katheer replies that Husain radiallahu anhu narrated from his grandfather, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, that when a Muslim recalls a difficulty which he experienced in the past and thus reads \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648 \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0631\u0627\u062c\u0639\u0648\u0646 (We belong to Allah and to Him will we return) , Allah blesses him with the same amount of reward as the day when he was afflicted with that particular difficulty. This (\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648 \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0631\u0627\u062c\u0639\u0648\u0646) is therefore the best thing we can say whenever we recall Karbala and any other calamity.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n What We Should Not Do<\/p>\n Ibn Katheer writes that the murder of Husain radiallahu anhu should make every Muslim feel sad because he was among the saadaat (masters) of the Muslims and the \u2018Ulamaa of the Sahaabah radiallahu anhum. He was the son of the most excellent daughter of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. He was an aabid (worshipper), brave and generous. This, however, does not make it permissible for us to mourn his death. His father, Ali radiallahu anhu, was afdal (better) than him. He was assassinated on a Friday, the seventeenth of Ramadaan, while on his way for the Fajr salaah. The status of \u2018Uthmaan radiallahu anhu was greater than that of \u2018Ali radiallahu anhu. He was murdered during the days of tashreeq in the month of Dhil Haj. Umar radiallahu anhu ranked higher than both, \u2018Uthmaan and \u2018Ali radiallahu anhuma. He was killed in the mihraab while leading the Fajr salaah. Greater than \u2018Umar radiallahu anhu was Abu Bakr radiallahu anhu. However, nobody ever mourns the death of any of these august personalities. What about the sayyid (master) of all mankind in this world and the Hereafter, Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam? Nobody mourns his death! So then, why should we mourn the death of Husain radiallahu anhu?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n May Allah guide us to a better understanding of His deen.<\/p>\n May He guide us to ponder and take heed.<\/p>\n Aameen.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Abu Hudhaifa Muhammed Karolia<\/p>\n 12 Rajab 1431 \\ 25 June 2010<\/p>\n Al-Jaami\u2019ah Al-Mahmoodiah<\/p>\n Persida, Springs<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645 FROM KARBALA \u00a0 The most painful event in Islamic history is undeniably the demise of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. There were many other very painful incidents thereafter: the martyrdom of \u2018Umar, \u2018Uthman and \u2018Ali radiallahu anhum etc. The incident of Karbala; the brutal murder of the grandson of Rasulullah sallallahu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameah-mahmoodiyah.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}FROM KARBALA<\/h1>\n