The Flowing Tear

Mourning gatherings ‘Majlis’ and lectures

of the pure Household of the Holy Prophet

May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Them

Prepared by

The servant of Al-lmam Al-Hussein

pahdi Qazan

Translated by

Fatima Hazimeh
Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Fatima, Her

Father, Her husband, Her sons

and upon the secret hidden in Her as

much as Thy Knowledge encompasses

Oh ALLAH we turn to Thee from those who have hurt Her from the first

and later {generations}...Oh ALLAH condemn and curse them those who

have killed, oppressed, usurped {Her right and violated Her sanctity}

and struck Her and chastise Them a chastisement whereof

all the dwellers of Hell groans...

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Index

The indeX....c..ocou...

Dedication...

Preface........... g

The moral decencies. = the f presence in nthe Majlis’ oh ‘Ahlulbayt’, ¢ peace on n Them. X

1- The intention of the presence {in the mourning gathering} .oo.ocevv ieee

2- Do not eat before the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ .oo.o.ooovooevoo

3- Wearing black... eee eee

4- To Ask ALLAH's forgiveness fory your sins Sadi to Beef ir pi—— to the

VAJTIS eect eee eres eee ese eee eee

5- Deserting earthly life... - sessmas

6- Trusting ALLAH and havin a —. opinion concerning Him...

7- Dor not Jt forbid a anyone toe enter fo other gathenig] ‘Majlis CE eX

8- Calling into mind the presence of ‘Ahlulbayt’ {PbuT) and submitting t to o them

at the entrance... a

9- Keeping silent... -

10- The presence of the heart... i.

11- Acting modestly and sitting ssubmssively and mI.

12- Do not watch the attendants or follow their defects.

13- Do not deny the ‘Hadeeths’ and the narrations......

14- Crying, to feign crying and to cause people to cry... JCC

15- Chest striking doing ‘Latem’ and displaying sadness. and distress. Ls sosemmrsrmess X

16- Reciting ‘Duaa’ supplications for the ‘Shia’ of ‘Ahulbayt’ (PUT)... X

17- Seal your attendance with reciting ‘Duaa’ and praying for the master of the

age (AHR)... SE - rere X

18- Disconnecting al links with their enemies, r— away y from them a and

asking for the passion and the martyrdom beside ‘Sahibul Zaman’

19- Take advantage of the time after the end of the ‘Majlis’ .. ererere eens X

20- Eat food out of love for Them and proceed to offer food... I rerenneX

21- Glorifying the place of the mourning gathering * Majlis’ and respecting it it......x

the first whiff: ‘Majlis’ off the honored Messenger (Pbuti)

the third whiff: ‘Malis’ of Al-lmam ‘Amirul MU mini’ Ali the commander of believers

(PbuH)....

the aie Whiff ‘Majiis’ ofthe Eosen Al Imam AL Hassan Al Mujtaba (PbuH).... Ot
the fifth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of the presence of Lady Fatima (PbuH) in Karbala..oc.ovrrecenenns X

the sixth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of the departure of Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) from ‘Al-Medina

Al-Munawara’.. i. i. —— SR ¢

the seventh Whiff: Majlis’ 5 the sick Lady Fatima Al Alila’ (Phu).

the eighth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of Muslim Bin Akil {PbuH).... ee

the nineth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of the companions of Al- i, Ar Hmssein: (PbuH)

the tenth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of Lord ‘Maula’ Ali Al-Akbar (PbuH}).... Bs oem an Renee FSET

the eleventh whiff: ‘Majlis’ of Hazrat Aboul-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbUM)....

the twelfth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of Al-Qasim Bin Al-imam Al-Hassan (PBUH)... cscs X

the thirteenth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of the suckling baby small Ali Al-Asghar....

the fourteenth whiff: The martyrdom of Al-lmam Abou Abdellah Al- Hussein (PbUM)....

the fifteenth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of the attack on the camp and burning it... SER

the sixteenth whiff: The eleventh night of Muharram’s assembly... weve Xx

the seventeenth whiff: The gathering of the captured prisoners in Al-Kufa and A-Sham..x

the eighteenth whiff: “Majlis” of the encounter of the captive prisoners with ‘Hind".......... X

the nineteenth whiff: ‘Majlis’ of Lady Rukaya (PbuH).... Ee SU

the twentieth whiff: The mourning gathering marking the fortieth of AL {mam Al-Hussein’s

death {PbuH).... — LX

The twenty-fi first whiff: Majlis’ ofthe wife of “Al AL Karrar “mul Banin’ Father of the

FOUTY SONS (PBUH) ce treevt err cererscon rence creme masses cases sss sesassas postseason srs esses
sessns sans X
Dedication

He is the dear

To the one who raised me with his kindness when | was a kid and spoke highly of me when | have

become adult.

To the one who gave me shelter when I was an orphan and guided me when | was lost.

To the one who is lonely even amongst his kinsfolk, his friends and his beloveds.

To the one who is living the utmost loneliness.

To the one who is lonely in this world and in the Hereafter.

To my master, my lord and my professor, the perfect Gnostic knower ‘Al-Arif' ‘Ayatollah’ Syed Ahmad

Al-Mousawi An-Najafi -may ALLAH (T) prolong His life- | offer this effort to Him, begging ALLAH (SwT)

and the master of the age and the time, Al-Imam A-Mahdi (PbuH), to accept it.
Preface

in the name of ALLAH, the Gracious, the Merciful

“Glory be to Him who has enslaved the people of heavens and earths through the guardianship ‘Wilayat’

of Mohammad and His household -may blessings be upon Them-...Glory be to Him who has created the

Garden for Mohammad and His Household... Glory be to Him whe shall inherit it to Mohammad, His

progeny and Their ‘Shiah’ followers..Glory be to Him who has created hell for the enemies of

Muhammad and His Household..Glory be to Him who made Mohammad, His Household and Their

‘Shiah’ followers its owners. Glory be to Him who has created the world, the Hereafter and all what

subsides in the night and the day for Mohammad and His Household” 2

May ALLAH's blessings be upon the shining light and the name that combines all the names and

attributes, the intellect of {all} intellects, the last Prophet, our guide and our teacher, our beloved

Abil-Kassem Mohammad and His good purest Household whom the earth has shined with Their light

and winners have succeeded by following them, especially “Bakiyatullah™ on earth, the only one left of

Ahmad’s Household and the axis of the base of existence. :

May our souls be a sacrifice tor Him, and may curses be upon His enernies, rom this hour until the time

that ALLAH (SwT) desires. May they last in the enduring torture, a torture whereof people of hell appeal

and groan.

Amen, Oh Lord of the worlds.

Karbala as what it represents of event may sometimes be a general guidance that includes all people

and doesn’t belong to one sect without another, just as what Gandhi said: “I have learned from

Al-Hussein {PbuH) how to be oppressed but then to triumph”.

And sometimes it may be a particular guidance that belongs to a specific group and category of people
without the others. From the well-known things is that the first type of guidance is for the commons and

the second type is for the elite. Each one is guided according to his existential receptacle and according

to his love “according to your intents you will be provided”.

From the well-known things also is that Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) went to Karbala because no one

would have borne to hear or to watch the degree of the belief in ALLAH's oneness that was hidden in His

heart, because there is no receptacle for it. For that reason he made ‘Karbala’ and he went towards it so

that believing in ALLAH'S oneness, passion and love, etc...could then be perceived. Thus, whoever wants

to reach these facts, must then go to Karbala and carve it in his existence. Indeed, this is the time when

he will reach the truth. For, Karbala stores ali the “Wala'it” monotheistic facts of the guardianship along

with its secrets.

(1) Quoting from the noble discipline {Al-tahzib Al-sharif): Vol.3, P.98, from the noble infallibilities’
prayers.
And the only door to enter into Karbala is crying over Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH). The weeper acquires

his existence, his life and his perfection from those flowing tears, because they represent Al-Imam

believers ‘Amirel Mu’minin’ (PbuH) to His son Al-Hussein (PbuH) "My son Hussein, You are indeed the

teardrop of every believer”. Thus, He {PbuH) is the tear that we shed. Blessed is he who understands

and perceives these facts and sees it with the eye of his heart.

Furthermore, it is known that the partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) doesn’t look for the verbal, written or

mental existence of Karbala’s event. Yet, he searches for the real existence of it. This real and true

He who isn’t connected to Him {PbuH) or whose connection with Al-Imam is weak, must search for a

container and a receptacle bigger than his existential receptacle as ‘Al-Arif the Gnostic knower {He who

accepting their ranks and offices and therefore he will witness neither the Karbala'i facts nor the secrets

that will guide him to recognize ALLAH (Awl) and to please Him (TwT). Per contra, he will doubt it. May

ALLAH protect you and us from that, by Mohammad and His pure Household.

Therefore Oh lover of ‘Ahlulbayt’, do not forget that sins and their impacts have the greatest danger on

us, because they prohibit us from lots of material and spiritual {maral} boons. We should turn to ALLAH

in repentance of what we have committed before doing anything else. As we know, the repentance

Moreover, weeping over Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) burns the works’ book of the Shiah partisan and

turns it into a new kingly” reality (related to the kingdom of ALLAH (SwT)). It pulls all the roots of

viciousness and corruption from oneself. That is why we must declare our disability, our poverty and we

should admit our failure, and that is when we will be allowed to enter in the presence of Al-lmam Al-

Hussein (PbuH). For that reason, every ‘Shiah’ partisan must abide by the process of not committing sins

because some of the sins and their effects may lead to the fact of becoming unable to support

{accepting and comprehending} Ahlulbayt’s merits, graces and excellent virtues (PbuH), because the sin
pe
along with its effect weaken the human's mind. Yet, they even cause the man to lose it. Just as what was

mentioned in the story “Behold! He who commits a sin loses something of his mind that would never

return to him” %. So the fact of not supporting their matter and their ‘Hadeeth’” and finding it

unbearable’ (heavy) go back to the feeblemindedness and the weakness of one’s intellect that were

caused by the sins and their impacts, no matter what was the rank and the importance of this person in

the earthly existence (Sheikh, scholar, ‘Marjaa’ religious guide and authority, chief, poor, wealthy ....).

For that reason, it was mentioned in the ‘Ziyarat-e-Jamia’, and make me “carry and preserve Thy

knowledge”. Thus, we ask ALLAH {T) to make us {capable of} bearing, accepting and carrying Their

knowledge because as what was mentioned “Lo! Our matter is difficult, dee med difficult. None could

bear it except for a favoured angel, a sent prophet or a believer whose heart ALLAH hath proven unto

faith” and that is why it was also mentioned in ‘Dua-e-ftitah’’ “0 Allah, let us bear out and hold up that

which You make known to us as the truth {the truth and the right of Mohammad and His Household}”

which means make us accept it and hold it up in our hearts “and let us be fully aware of that which we

fail to do.” At the end, we must trust in ALLAH's forbearance (Awl) just as what our master and our

Imam Ali Bin Al-Hussein As-Sajjad {(PbuH) has taught usin his saying: “Ch ALLAH, we are not relying on

our {good} work to achieve salvation from Hell, rather we trust it to Your forbearance toward us”.

The great manifestation of this divine forbearance is Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH), because He dissolves

our ego and our egoism, and as much as this divine clemency exists our existence would then alter,

ALLAH (T) changes our evil deeds to good ones, and we go oul of the darkness into the light,

Oh adorer who is asking for the truth, if you wanted to be closer to them or to enter in the presence of

Abi Abdellah (PbuH), purify your heart through loving them and hating their enemies. Ask for passion,

for the belief in His (T) oneness, and to have allegiance and loyalty to them {to stick to their ‘Wilayat’

Guardianship). For, the fact of recognizing the Household of Mohammad saves from hell, loving Them

(PbuT) makes you cross the path ‘sirat’ afterlife” and having loyalty to them (PbuT) secures and protects

from the punishment. Stick to these disciplines that you will read, perhaps -if ALLAH (T) pleases- He will

give you then the permission to really enter in their presence not just with your external body. So if that
happened with His power (T), we will then sit with Bibi Fatima, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be

upon Her and with Al-lmam ‘Al-Hujja Al-Mahdi’” (PbuH) and we will console Them for this great

calamity.

1. The intention of the presence {in the mourning gathering}

Oh lover, stand up before your eterna! beloved. Utter with the tranquil sentiments of your heart, the

intention to enter to their high kingdom.

Follow the convoy of pilgrims wha are watching through the eye of their Imam Mohammad Al-Baker

(PbuH) that human flowage. Hence, their hearts refuse to circumambulate around ‘Al-Kaaba’ as they

used to do in the pre-Islamic times and they turn the eyes to the Tawaf’ circumambulation of reunion...

Thus, the echo of their imam’s call continues evidently to reverberate on their hearts’ ears while He was

looking at the people going around the ancient house : “In the pre-Islamic times, they used to

circumambulate around {Al-Kaaba} like this. Yet they were only commanded to circumambulate around

{1) Recognizing the Islam: P.104.

it then to come to us, display their loyalty and their love for us and offer to us their help” ®.

Ch lover, leave all the rest of your worldly needs and concerns of provision, and the safeguarding of

your money and your children, in the foretime. Leave it at the door, there is the Imam of the time ‘Imam

Az-Zaman Al-Mahdi’ (AHR) before you to take care of it. Enter while being in a state of consolation,

submission and reverence, with a bowed back and a broken heart, calling to the mind the mourning of

Az-Zahra’ Bibi Fatima, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Her, to scoop from that flowing rivulet,

a light wherewith your distracted heart out of searching for one look from the beloved shines.

Thereupon, you settle down near the ones who has arrived to the center and the direction of passion, to

the true gathering ‘Majlis’ of Al-lmam Al-Hussein’ (PbuH) where the favoured angels, the prophets, the

messengers and the proven believers who are consoling their Chiefess Bibi Fatima Al-Zahraa (PbuH) are

wailing and weeping, so that all those endless emanations would be sent down upon you.

And don’t think that you are able to reach the reunion except through having a sincere intention and

raising it unto the degrees fineness, whereas the enamored seeker {after ALLAH (SwT)}, as what the

great Al-Khomeini (QAS) mentions , reaches the degree of “clearing one’s heart {mind and soul} from

seeing anything but the truth (T), in all the hidden, external, essential and apparent works. Also for the

sake of being truly sincere, one should abandon the others completely and put the ego, the egoism,

even {caring for} other things {than oneself}, and the same concept of {caring for other things than

cneself} under one’s feet’ (because he who is seeking after ALLAH (T) sees neither himself nor the

others nor anything else save his beloved) “Beware! Sincere true obedience is due to Allah Alone” @»
©).

So let your entrance to the courtyard of the Husseini” mention be with the intention of attaining the

absolute closeness and nothing else. Leave the ego and self-love, and be aware that as much as the

supply was, the aid cames. And for the sake of engrafting the tree of your existence with their holy
existence, ask for their love, their guardianship ‘Wilayat’” and to recognize Them so that the reunion
and

the contact” (connection) happens.

2. Do not eat before the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’

Oh lover, while you are star ng at that holy kingdom, staying at the sides of the camp and observing its

tents that are connected to the firmament, turn to your beloved and wait while yearning for the divine

answer and applying the will of the chosen ‘Prophet Mohammad’ (PbuH), “Lol He who Fills up his belly

{of food, drink etc...) enters not to the kingdom of Heavens” Thereupon, your thirst increases for the

most perfect cup after which there is no thirst anymore, Imitating the conduct of the Gnostic “Arifs’ who
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recognize ALLAH (T) and deducing the lesson of their stories, just as what one of the Gnostic knower

Sheikh Rajab Ali Al-khayat's lovers related in his saying:

“When the Sheikh was sitting in a mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ convened in the one of his friends’ house

and before he began to talk, he felt weskness in his body, so he asked for a loaf of bread. Thus the man

(1) Thedrop (Al-Qatra). J

(2) Surat Az-Z umar (the groups), verse: 3.

(3) ”Al-Adab Al-Ma3nawiya lelSalat” (the marale decendies of the prayers). )

(4) *“Biharul Anwar”, |

of the house brought it. He ate it and then He began talking in that ‘Majlis’. The following night, he said:

| have saluted the imams last night but | didn’t see Them. Sol begged ALLAH to let me know the reason

as to why | didn’t see them. Thereupon, they told me through denotations that: You ate one half of that

bread so your weakness has disappeared, therefore why have you eaten the second half?!

it is okay for the person to eat of food what eliminates his hunger. However, any excess will create

darkness and block {veils} in one’s heart” wl,

And be aware that with this attitude and through following the example of Mohammad and His

Household and consoling them (PbuT), you will advance to the position of “Their Lord will slake

Their thirst with a pure drink” @ 1}. Thus you desert what poisons your heart and hinders you from the

obedience, abiding by the Prophet Mohammad Al-Mustafa’s commandment (PbuH): “Guard against

having the curiosity {and the tendency} to eat because it certainly poisons the heart with hardness and

hinders you fromthe obedience and cork your determination and activeness from hearing the sermon”

3)

3. Wearing black

“ol 1 will certainly make of this dress, the Jubbah’ {a long dress} of passion, Oh you who are shooting his

darts toward my body”. That is what the King of the adorers, Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) was mumbling

while he was seeing the darts of the folk shredding his dress. Actually, He is advancing through that in

the field of his eternal love to arrive to His eternal beloved.

Come! Let us cover ourselves with the dresses of sorrow; aren’t we among they who are fond of the

Household and we follow Them? So let us hear their calls’ echo and respond to it. Let us look with the

eyes of our hearts at the entrance of Their world, unto As-Sajjad ‘Ali bin Hussein’, Bibi Zeinab (PbuT) and

the bereaved. Do we see anything save blackness!

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’, what would you do if you would lose what Zeinul-Abidin ‘Imam Ali bin

Hussein’ (PbuH) and the faithful chosen Prophet's daughters {and women} (PbuT) have lost? You must

not consider he who is dear to you dearer {to you} than the one who is dear to the messengers’ master

and the Lord of the worlds’ beloved. Do not let anything that is not easy for ALLAH (1), become easy for

you. Be in a perfect capacity to share the catastrophe of what happened from shedding the blood of

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and capturing Their women with the honorable Messenger (PbuH). Don’t you want to

be from those who were loyal to the last Prophet and to live with him in the eternal abode!

Thereupon, do not abandon Him in His calamity and His sorrows so that you may hope that He receives

you with his kindness and goodness and He lodges you with him in the abode of his pleasure, security

and peace. For, the beloved Prophet Al-Mustafa (PbuH) says: “There is no servant that may be

considered that he believed except for when | become dearer to him than his own self and My

Household become dearer to him than his” ©.

(1) “Kimiya'ul Mahaba”.

(2) Surat Al-Insan, verse: 21.

(3) “Tanbihut Khawatir”.

{4) “lial Al-shara’ee”.

Thus, Oh believers stand up -may ALLAH have mercy on you - and respond to the call of one of the most

exalted paradise’s angels, He who alighted over the sea, stretched his wings out {all} over it and

shouted: “Oh dwellers of the seas, wear the dresses of sadness because the Holy Messenger's grandson

(PbuH) was slaughtered. Then he ca rried on his wings some of his dust up to the skies. Thereupon,

whenever he encountered an angelin it, he smelled it and it left an impact” (mark) on him so he damned

and condemned His killers” .

4. To Ask ALLAH's forgiveness for your sins and to repent before entering to the ‘Majlis’

Oh lover who is coming with the sincere intention of becoming closer to Mohammad and His pure

household, hurry up and hold on to that ship before the flood takes you and leaves nothing from you,

and thus you sink in the moors of being far from the beloved,

Oh you who is travelling to the garden of the Husseini” mention and remembrance. Oh you who shall

stick to the salvation of the worlds’ ship, call to your mind your sins and your misdeeds. And while you

are in your way to the courtyard of the sublime remembrance’, ask continuously for ALLAH’s

forgiveness.

Don’t let doubts capture you, for the promise reached us quoting the truthful faithful Prophet (PbuH):

“Accustom your tongues to ask ALLAH'S forgiveness, because ALLAH (T) taught you not that but whilst

He is willing to forgive you” ©,

The truth of this forgiveness, the elimination of this sin and turning from it could be a fact similar to

what the Commander of believers ‘Amirel Mu’minin’ Ali (PbuH) has taught us when He {PbuH} answered

someone who asked Him about how a man is capable of reckoning himself, He says:

ALLAH's Holy Messenger (PbuH) said: “Don’t you want me to inform you of him who is the cleverest and

him who is the most foolish? They said: Oh ALLAH's Messenger (PbuH), certainly! He said: the cleverest

person is the one who reckons himself and works for the hereafter, and the most foolish is the one who
allows himself to follow its own fancy {and lusts}, and wishes that ALLAH {T) {rescue and guide him and

grant him what he wants with neither being determined nor being ready to work hard for it}.

50 the man said: Oh ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ Ali (PbuH) and is the man capable of reckoning himself? He said:

When he enters upon morning {spends his day} and then enters into evening, he returns to himself and

says: Oh self, this day has slipped by you and it will never return to you, and ALLAH (T) will surely ask you

about it. With what have you spent it and what have you accomplished in it? Have you mentioned and

remembered ALLAH (TwT) or praised Him? Did you carry out a believer's needs? Have you relieved him

of his anguish? Did you guard” him through his kinsfolk and children while he was absent? Did you

guard” him {and stayed loyal to him} through the ones he left {His family, children...} after His death? Did

you desist from backbiting a faithful brother......7 Did you help a Muslim? What have you done to him?

Thus, he mentions what he has done. In case if he mentioned that he has done good works, let him

praise ALLAH

{1) “Mostadrak Al-wasa2il”: Vol.3, P.325.

(2) "Biharul Anwar”: Vol.9, p.283.

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{T) and exclaim ‘He is certainly Great’ on account of the success that He {T) granted him. In case of he

made mention of a sin or failure to do what ought to be done, he must then ask ALLAH’s forgiveness and

resolves to stop repeating it. He may also wipe it away of himself through repeating the Salawat ‘May

ALLAH's blessings be upon Mohammad and His good Household’, offering to himself {the renewal of}

the pledge of allegiance for ‘Amire! Mu'min’ Ali (PbuH) and accepting it, and re-cursing His enemies and

His insulters and the ones who obscure and deny His right and privilege. So if he did that, ALLAH (Awl)

says: | shall by no means discuss anything of your sins with you after you have declared your love and

loyalty to my ‘Walis”* and you have contracted the enmity of they who are my enemies” a,

Thus, be exposed to your God’s holy whiffs: “There is for ALLAH, in the days of your age, some whiffs. So

be exposed to it and do not turn away from it”. Is there any divine whiff holier than the mourning

gathering of the martyrs’ master Al-lmam Al-Hussein or greater than it? So prepare yourself before

entering to the ‘Majlis’, to ask ALLAH's forgiveness, Lo remember ALLAH (T) a lot and to send ‘Salawat’

blessings upon the Holy Prophet and His pure Household, such that ali kinds of the divine mercy that you

cannot get but in those gatherings would be sent down upon you. Oh lover be also aware, that you are

entering to a sacred ‘Majlis’ which you should venerate because the gatherings of Al-Hussein’s

remembrance (PbuH) is in its fact the remembrance of ALLAH (T), because the highest image of

servitude towards the Lord of the worlds and which is sacrificing oneself {for His sake (TwT})} was

manifested through Him {PbuH). Therefore, get ready through pronouncing the name of ALLAH “In the

name of ALLAH, most Gracious, most Merciful” and through purifying oneself. Yet, the required

purification is not externally only as attending to the ‘Majlis’ after performing the ritual ablution, butitis

also the purification of one’s heart which is greater and more sublime and glorious. And this doesn’t

happen but through the repentance as what the commander Al-tmam Ali {(PbuH) said: “Lo! The

repentance purifies the hearts and washes it” such that the hardness which is increasing along with the

increase of our sins' rigidity and aggravation would disappear from our hearts. Thus, Oh you repentant

asking for ALLAH’s forgiveness, expose yourself to those endless blessings. And let the love of Al-Hussein

(PbuH) be your supply in your distant journey in the deserted barren times of your age and let your

heart before your own tongue repeat continuously:

Oh Fatima, | bear witness that we have become pure through being loyal to You {and sticking to Your

guardianship’ ‘Wilayat'}.

5. Deserting earthly life

Oh lover, seek your unique love, and try hard in your first attempt ta abandon your transient life... and

how could you bemoan a transient perishable thing whilst there is love and passion for the pure

household (PbuT) in your heart? How could you compare something cheap to a precious pearl? Thus,

don’t you ever group between the first and the second.

Quoting the Holy Messenger (PbuH): “Verily, world's love and ALLAH's love can never be grouped in one

heart”

And quoting Al-lmam Ali (PbuH): “How could the person whom the love of the world has inhabited his

heart, claim that he loves ALLAH?” B® When you love Them, be just like an adorer, because you are in

(1) “Tanbihul Khawatir": Vol.2, P.94.

(2) “Al-Mahaba fil kitab wal Sunnah”,

(3) “Al-Mahaba fil kitab wal Sunnah”.

the presence of the world of passion’s king, just like the traveler to nowhere” {traveling into something

that is beyond places and extremities). And just as the truth -ALLAH (SWT)- has bought of the believers

their persons for this, that they shall have the garden, ask your beloved to buy your heart with his love

and to make its price the garden of joining Him and the reunion with I fim...

Wash your heart from the world's fitths so that you would be among the people who encounter Them

and remain close to them throughout the hours of your days and your nights. Look at the ALLAH's

prophet Moses (PbuH), how he was able to enter in the spot of sanctification and to remove all what

prevents you from the purity of closeness and the reunion {with them} (PbuT)...

It is mentioned that someone asked Al-lmam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH hasten His reappearance, he said:

Oh son of ALLAH's Messenger, tell me about the saying of ALLAH (Aw)) ta His Holy Prophet Moses

(PbuH): “therefore put off your shoes; surely you are in the sacred valley, Tuwa”. He (PbuH) said: Moses

(PbuH) was in the holy valley. He said: Oh God | have loved you faithfully, and | washed my heart of

anyone beside you -yet he had a strong love for his family- so He (TwT) said: “Therefore put off your

shoes” which means remove the love that you have towards your family from your heart, if you have

trealiy} loved me faithfully and your heart has been washed away from the inclination to anyene besides

Me..."

Oh partisan of 'Ahlulbayt' (PbuT), look at the martyrs’ master’, the martyr of the divine passion, may

ALLAH'S blessings be upon Him, when he stood up on the altar of love, to defend the love of God

through sacrificing his own soul. And he built with His truth, a shrine that has become the center and the

direction of the adorers, and then he recited the “Athan” of the great passion. Thus, people who tend

to become infatuated and extinct {in Him (PbuH)} started crowding on His light, so He has become a

hidden subtlety and kindness in the process of their degrees’ advancement, so as their ranks and offices,

their walk {on the spiritual path} and their extinction {in Him (Phu)...

Oh you who is blunged with the light of His Jove; Oh you who was created from the rest of His clay, you

should know that the effect of that putty will appear to you, the day of ‘Ashoura’”, through the light of
their guardianship ‘Wilayat”...

May ALLAH (T) bless you and your abode, Oh you who has deserted the mortal life and held on to the

Musk of the pure Household's paradise (PbuT).

Oh you infatuated, do not forget ‘Al-Bourak’” because Al-Hussein's horse (PbuH) is waiting for you to

carry you to Karbala, to ‘Abis’” whom the love of Al-Hussein {PbuH) has rendered him insane after the

world had lost hope of {seducing and tempting} him. Stop at His shadow, and bow out of veneration for

the royal luminous words uttered by Syed Al-Khomeini to his dutiful son whereas the martyrdom of his

son Syed Mustafa Al-Khomeini didn’t cause Him to weep, yet the remembrance of Al-Hussein (PbuH) has

wounded his eyelids. Open your heart's ear and listen to His confidential talk: “Oh son, verily, from the

dispraised things and what is considered to be the source of all colors of misery, suffering, pitfalls {and

danger} and the head of all sins and faults is only the world’s love resulting from aneself's love. Because

the dispraised world is actually inside you, and clinging to anything besides the heart's master, is surely

what entails failure. For, certainly, any heart is -innately- incapable of clinging to anything besides its

true master. However, those dark and luminous blocks {veils}” ™ stand between the heart and its unique

master.

(1) “Mikyal Al-makarim”.

(2) “Wasaya ‘Irfaniya”.

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6. Trusting ALLAH {SwT) and Having a good opinion concerning Him

Oh lover, enter to that Garden while you are hoping from your imam what you actually don’t hope for,

which means, “Be concerning what you do not hape for more hopeful than what you do hope for”.

And you must comprehend the truth of the divine mercy through sitting in the presence {and the

gathering} of the eternal passion. Keep away from everything that stands between the great gifts of the

Gracious, ALLAH (SwT) and you. Empty your heart, take these gifts and hide them inside it as a supply.

Traverse with it unto the destinations of glory and greatness of the martyrs’ master’ (PbuH), and go

through the secrets of closeness and reunion {with ALLAH (T)}. Yet, Oh you seeker {after ALLAH}, you

should know, that you will only get it when you become certain that you are in the presence of God and

at the center of his sight, his generosity and his open-handedness. Then, He would grant you the best of

this world and of the hereafter on account of your good opinion and your trust in Him.

Quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH), he said: “By ALLAH, there is not single believer who has been

given the best of this world and of the hereafter but on account of his good opinion concerning ALLAH’

{trusting Him(T)}, having hope in Him (SwT), his good character and desisting from backbiting the

believers” 2.

Oh lover, you shouldn't be among “the entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil

turn, and Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them, and evil is the

» (3)

resort” 7.

Further, through your good opinion and trust, you will not be but among those who has won the degree

of being certain of the forgiveness with the blessings of truthful Hazrat Fatima Az-Zahra' (PbuH), and

then the holy loftiness’s lights of the exalted Household (PbuT) shall be later exposed to you.
Therefore, have a good opinion and trust in ALLAH (T), because the mercy of your God encompasses all

things. So how about you while you are the one infatuated with Al-Hussein the martyrs’ master (PbuH)?

Be sure that “Verily, ALLAH loves whoso loves Hussein”. Thus, you are by that the beloved of ALLAH and

Al-Hussein (PbuH) together.

7. Do not forbid anyone to enter to the gathering ‘Majlis’

Oh Husseini adorer’ (PbuH), be aware that ALLAH’s expansive mercy is sent down and it spreads over all

the attendants and who are present in the gathering of the noble remembrance of the martyrs’ master

{PbuH) without any exception.

Therefore, do not forbid anyone to enter in Their presence, because everyone has a portion of its

blessings and its emanations even the suckling baby and the fetus inside his mother’s womb.

This is a story that one of the venerable Sheikhs talked about, he said: “...There was a

(1) “wasaya 'Irfaniya”

(2) "Aa’lam Al-din”: P.455

(3) Surat Al-Fateh, verse: 6.

Christian man from ‘Al-Basra’ {Iraq} who used to have lots of money, a great sum of it. So he gathered

his money and all what he had of precious things and others, he put it in a ship and mounted it along

with whoever was present with him of his servants and pages. He wanted to come to Baghdad. When

the ship moved near the riverbank, in a period of three days or more, a group of thieves went out, tock

it, plundered everyone in it, and killed a group of them. Yet, ALLAH (T) rescued that merchant from

being killed. However, he became heartbroken and he has lost his mind on account of what happened to

him. So when the night became dark, one of the neighborhood's dwellers came to him and invited him

to be the guest of that tribe’s chieftain. When he informed them of his situation and of what happened

to him, they asked ALLAH to have mercy upon him. The chieftain used also to honor, console and

comfort him even after he knew that he is Christian, Then when the time of Al-Ghadir Visit” Ziyarat’

drew nigh, the chieftain and a group of the men and the women of the neighborhood decided to go to

the noble Najaf ‘An-Najaful Ashraf to gain the honor of visiting the Commander of believers Imam Ali

{PbuH). When that Christian man knew about what the chieftain and a group of the tribe’s people

wanted to do, his sorrows were inflamed, his grief was moved and his distress increased. Thus, he asked

from the chieftain to accompany him. He said to him: there is no reason’ (sense) for you to travel with

us, because the road is far and we will walk barefooted. We accept to bear the tiredness, the fatigue and

walking through adversities for the sake of what we are hoping to have from the abundant rewards and

the lofty degrees in the hereafter, and you are a Christian man who doesn’t believe in what we do.

When the Christian insisted on his request, the chieftain agreed with what he wanted. They arrived to

that blessed place but they forbade him from entering to the noble nave. And then they decided to visit

Karbala.

The Christian man said to the chieftain: | will not leave you and | will be with you wherever you were

{present}, sc when they arrived to Karbala, shortly before the sunset in the ninth of ‘i uharram’ or after

the night of Ashura’ arrived, the chieftain said to the Christian man: Due to the necessity and the need,

you should enter to the nave to look after what we will put {aside} from suitcases, supplies and aliment,

because we will not sleep today at all, but we will be among they who are circumambulating {around

the grave}, shouting, and striking their heads and their chests in the noble sanctuary. Thus, the Christian
man sat down near these things. When he saw what happened in the noble nave, he thought that the

day of resurrection has arrived, as if Karbala’ and what exists in it of the walls, the space and the air was

clamoring and weeping, and there was some groups of Sheikhs, youths, old people, boys, and ahead of

them there is a bloodstained horse similar to that of Al-Imam {PbuH), while they were bare-headed

crying the cry of he who was bereaved of a child, and groaning the groan of he whose organs were cut

into pieces. So people remained in that case until the third of the night and even more have passed.

Then people started to return to their homes. And while the Christian man was confused out of what he

watched and saw, a man of great importance and lofty and venerable rank came out of the noble

sanctuary, thus, He filled the noble nave with the light of His face and His light shined unto the sky. After

that, two person standing with complete submission and reverence and perfectly polite came to him. He

said to them: bring your notebooks. When they looked at him, he said: It wasn’t perfect. For, you didn’t

mention everyone in the writing, and he returned the notebooks to them. They said: By You and by He

who has favored you, members of Ahlulbayt, over {all} creatures, we have mentioned everyone who was

in the sanctuary, the corridor, the hall and the nave, and same thing at Al-Abbas’s sanctuary in its

corridor, at its doors, its nave and above the chambers and its roof. 50 he said to them for the second

time: The matter is just as what | have mentioned to you, you didn’t mention everyone. They said: we

didn’t miss {anybody}, we even mentioned the suckling baby. Then one of them said: Oh yes. We didn’t

mention this Christian man, He (PbuH) said: why? They said: because he is a disbeliever, so He said:

Glory be to ALLAH! Didn't he stop at our courtyard? Thus, when the Christian man saw that case and

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heard this discourse from the martyrs’ master Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH), he lost consciousness. When

he woke up, he said to the chieftain with whom he has come: | put you to oath by ALLAH (T),

indoctrinate me the word of Al-islam. Therefore, they taught him the words of the two testimonies’, SO

when he became Muslim he told them about what he saw and heard” w,

8. Calling into mind the presence of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH)and submitting to them (PbuT) at the

entrance

Oh lover, transform your heart into a pure ardent love that quenches its thirst from the spring of

Mohammad and His Household’s passion (PbuT) and drinks from the fragrance of the dignified presence

of the Household’s lights (PbuT). Let it make mention of Them (PbuT) continually before entering, so

that a whiff of the divine mercy may circulate in you and a waft of the Alawi” shining may strike your

face. Thus, your heart would beat with passion inside you for their beauty and their exaltedness, and it

ends up with you in a situation where your heart weeps before your eye. Here you are in the presence

of the blessed ones; They are looking at you and asking ALLAH's forgiveness for you. And thereupon if

you did so, you will notice, if the Almighty (T) pleases, that all of the region has started to smell of the

Gardens’ fragrance, and that the Chiefess of the great catastrophe has stopped at the reunion’s Garden,

roaming between the consolers until she sits in the center of the gathering while yearning and groaning,

and the Household is gathered around Her. At that moment, be ready for a look from the martyr, the

Holy Messenger’s grandson {PbuH) which will raise you to the ‘highest Illiyeen”” {register of the exalted

ones} just as what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiqg (PbuH} said: “La! Al-Hussein along with His grandfather, His

father, His mother and His brother are present at the right of the throne, looking at His shrine’s visitors

and at the ones who are weeping over him, and He is asking ALLAH's forgiveness for them and asking

from GHSHALRE and His mother to ask the pardon for the weepers over Him and for the visitors of His

tomb”

Be aware that you are hosted by the people of ALLAH and His lovers. Thus, be the first one to salute and

convey the ‘Salam’ and the greetings {to Them {PbuT)} before entering. Open your heart for that call

“Indeed, there are no two persons who may convene a mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ {for Al-Hussein
(PbuH)} but Bibi Fatima would be present {in ity ©.

And just before leaving, do not forget to collect from their place, the plants of the Gardens’ sweet basil

for the sake of sprinkling it on the pages of your heart, so that the pulses of passion and allegiance

would circulate in your depth...

9. Keeping silent

Bow your head out of veneration, and lower your voice timidly, because here they are, the groups of

angels have arrived with the Chiefess of the great mourning; they get up with her and they advance

along with her footsteps. Glorify your Lord for the holiness of what is happening, and serve Him (lJ) as

how His great ‘Wali’ (PbuH) has commended you to do: “Lo! the best worship is to be patient, to keep

(1) “ksirul ‘Ibadat”: Vol.1, P.216.

(2) “Al-tarig ila minbar Al-Hussein”.

(3) “Al-Mahaja Al-baydaa™: Vol.3, P.351.

(4) “Biharul anwar”: Vol.68, P.97.

silent and to wait the reappearance {the reliefy”

Take hold of your tongue in this sublime atmosphere, and answer the call of the Guide, the beloved

Prophet Mohammad (PbuH): “Take control of your tongue, because {doing such an act} is considered to

be charity” ® so that you would receive the whiffs of abundant blessings just

like what Abou Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH) said: “There are three persans who do not make but good

poree=3 the silent people, they who forsake evil and they who remember {and mentions} ALLAH (Awl) a

lot” &

Moreover, be aware that this silence is required before and after the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’.

Thereupon, just as you will keep quiet for the reason of being shy from Bibi Fatima Az-Zahra’ (PbuH) and

due to her sublimity, you must nat permit to yourself to chat after the end of the ‘Majlis’, because it is a

big lass for what you have acquired during it. Try to leave silently in case if you fear committing

falsehood. And it is well-known in this field that fleeing voluntarily after drawing nigh to the Lord of the

worlds or from the mourning gatherings of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) is from the causes of the divine

punishment. So beware of this red tongue’s harm just as what Al-lmam Al-Khomeini (KAS) have

commended us in His saying: “Lol This red tongue overthrows the bright head and makes it a toy and an

instrument for the ‘Shaitan’. Thus, it corrupts the soul so as the heart” ©.

10. The presence of the heart

Oh you seeker after ALLAH, remove the thrones away from the door of your sad infatuated heart, and

rise with it unto the rank of being present in the courtyard of the beloved’s remembrance and mention,

because its presence itself is the key to the locks of perfections, the door of the happiness’s gates and

the ascension to ALLAH.

Oh you who is yearning, covered with the chiii of hope, this is your heart shining with a firebrand
obtained from the martyr's master (PbuH). Therefore, send its light into yourself to enlighten the path’s

texture that leads you to the beloved of Bibi Fatima Al-Zahra' (PbuH). Make the noble breath of passion
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flow over it, so that the curtains and the veils would disappear, the distances would vanish and you

would then ascend with your sadness and your groans, and console the blood of Al-Mahdi that is

running from His eyeballs due to His sadness for the calamity of the estranged lonely Imam in the desert

of Karbala. You become as a result among those who fits the talk of Abi Abdeliah (PbuH): “Verily, the

breath of him who is grieved due to our grievarice is an act of praise, his sorrow for our sake is an act of

worship and keeping our secret is like striving” {Jihad’} in the way of ALLAH”. Then He (PbuH) said: “This

discourse ‘Hadeeth’ should be written with gold”.

You should know that with this presence, you are opening one of the happiness's gates and one of the

worships’ secrets. Otherwise, you will be like a player who has gone astray from the destination of one’s

aim and wish.

(1) “"Biharul anwar”: Vol.68, P.97.

(2) “Biharul anwar”.

(3) “Mostadrak”.

(4) “Wasaya Irfaniya”.

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You should know also, just as what was mentioned in the news “Oh servant, none {of your work} shall

be accepted from you except for what you have performed with the presence of your heart”.

Furthermore, quoting the Commander of believers *Amirel Mu'minin’ Ali (PbuH), He said: “Blessed is he

who worships and supplicates ALLAH faithfully, who doesn’t occupy his heart with what his eyes see,

whom all what his ears hear doesn’t make him forget the remembrance of {the Almighty} and he who

doesn't feel sad on account of what has been given to the others”.

11. Acting modestly and sitting submissively and humbly

After saluting Az-Zahra’ and the master of the age ‘Al-lmam Al-Mahdi’ (AHR) at the door, enter with an

yearning heart eagering to console the blessed Household. Sit down in any corner and stay away from

the center of the gathering ‘Majlis’, because it is the place of truthful pure Fatima, may ALLAH'S

blessings and peace be upon Her. Submit with all your basis and sentiments (feelings and thoughts),

because you are in the presence of the whole creatures’ masters. Act modestly because you arena

circle of holiness wherein the master of the Messengers’ daughter (PbuH) has stopped.

Do not accept any figure of honoring and exaltation so that you would move with your external

submission and humbleness unto the bottom of yourself. You may gain through that the ascension to

the level of obtaining the mercy and lots of blessings. Sit down on the ground humbly and heartbroken

due to this great catastrophe, as what Abou Abdellah {(PbuH) said: “Whoso accepts not to get any figure

of honoring in the gathering ‘majlis’, ALLAH (Aw)) and His angels would keep sending blessings upon him

until he gets up”.

Submit to your God so that you would become the confirmation of the Hadeeth of ‘Al-Miiraj’ {Prophet

Muhammad's midnight journey to the seven heavens} “There is no servant who recognizes Me and

submits himself to Me but everything would submit to him {as a result}” a,

Do not think that you have attained the level of submission with your faith only, because itis a high level

that needs striving from every believer yearning to answer that divine call stated in the wise reminder

{Al-Quran Al-kareem} “Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to Allah's

reminder” ©.

Thereupon, the most honorable Prophet and the commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ (PbuH)

represents the remembrance of ALLAH as what was mentioned quoting the great ‘Al-Khomeini (KAS)

“The remembrance of ALLAH, His name and His signs as how the reminder was explained and applied, is

surely in the noble Messenger and Ali bin Abi Taleb, may ALLAH's blessings be upon them and their

Household. Far, they are the divine signs, the ninety nine names of ALLAH” {and all His attributes} and

the great remembrance of Him, and the rank of remembrance is from the lofty and the venerable

ones...” ¥ 50 make from the love of Al-Hussein which is glowing in your heart and pushing you to

(1) "Sahih Al-Kafi",

(2) “Mizanul Hikmah”

(3) Surat Al-Hadeed, verse: 16.

(4) “Al-Adab Al-ma3nawiya lelsalat”.

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participate in Al-lmam’s mourning gatherings, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Him, an

ascension that raises you unto that lofty degree, and a ship that leads you unto the place of your wish

and your true aim. Isn't the ship of Al-Hussein (PbuH) the fastest one to arrive?

12. Do not watch the attendants or follow their defects

Oh Husseini lover’, do not forget while you are in your blessed gathering that Al-Hussein (PbuH) is

looking at you, so don’t let your own self that commands you to do evil, to take you out of the blessing

and the pleasure’s presence {ALLAH’s pleasure (SwT)}.

Try not to watch the other attendants or follow their defects, because perhaps there is among them one

of the creator's friends and saints. Hence, just as what was mentioned quoting ALLAH’s Messenger

{PbuH): “My friends are present under my domes. Therefore, no one knows them besides ive” ¥,

Thus, do not prevent yourself and your soul from his blessings {to be sent down} on you and from his

love for you. For, quoting Al-lmam Ali {PbuR): “He who follows the hidden defects {of people}, ALLAH

prohibits him from {feeling with} love in his heart” ?, 1t is the love of the ones for whose sake you must

arrive. So take care of your own self, and leave the others away just as what was mentioned in the

‘Hadeeth’ of ALLAH's Holy Messenger (PbuH): “Blessed is he whose own defect has kept him busy from

{looking at} the peoples defects” ® and how many follower of trip is there, who has committed

backbiting {through his work} and quoting the Prophet {PbuR):

“The act of backbiting {the believers} is worse than {committing} adultery. They said to Him, Oh ALLAH'S

Messenger, why is that? He replied: the person who commits adultery may repent 50 ALLAH would turn

to him {mercifully}. However, when the backbiter repents, ALLAH would not turn to him {in mercy}

before the permission {and the forgiveness} of the person {whom they backbite}” ©,

As what was mentioned quoting Al-lmam Ali (PbuH): “The most hated creatures to ALLAH (T) is the

backbiter” ®. It was mentioned quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH): “Whose backbites {someone}
on account of something that exists in him, departs from the "Wilayat’ guardianship of ALLAH (T) and

enters to that of the ‘Shaitan’”

May ALLAH protect you and us from offending and degrading His friends and saints or following their

missteps and from backbiting a believer or hurting any person, and especially in their presence, may

ALLAH’s peace be upon Them, because He surely safeguard he who seek protection {from sins} with

Him.

(1) “Al-Mahaba fil Kitab wal Sunnah”.

(2) “Al-Mahabsa fil Kitab wal Sunnah”.

(3) "Al-Mahajja Al-Baydaa™: Vol5, P.263,

(4) “Biharul Anwar”.

(5) “Al-Mahaba fil Kitab wal Sunnah”.

(6) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.75.

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6. Do not deny the ‘Hadeeths’ and the narrations

Oh lover of Imam Hussein (PbuH), open your heart's ears to what ‘Syed Al-lmam Rouh-Allah

Al-Khomeini’ says to his son ‘Syed Ahmad”:

“Oh son if you were not from the people who recognize the spiritual ranks and positions, try not to deny

the spiritual and ‘Irfani’ Gnostic ranks because the fact of denying them is from the most dangerous

stratagem of the Shaitan and the self that commands you to do evil, which drives the human away of

reaching all the human degrees and the spiritual ranks. It also pushes the person to deny {the truth of}

the seeking after ALLAH and sometimes mocking it which may lead into opposing and provoking the

hostility of this matter”.

Oh adorer, do not prohibit yourself from the divine whiffs and the blessings whereto there is nothing

similar, just for the reason that you doubt a narration or a 'Hadeeth’, because you are opening by that, a

wide door before the ‘Shaitan’ to take you to various worlds so far from the blessed gathering ‘Majlis’

and the endless graces which you are striving to supply yourself from anything of it: Thus, avoid that,

and do not judge immediately that what you have heard is invalid, but leave it till the time after the

assembly to ask about it. Ponder over this saying that ‘Syed Al-lmam Rouh-Allah Al-Khomeini’ (QAS) said:

“For example, when you hear a wise person, a {certain} ‘Arif who recognizes ALLAH or a Mystic

‘Mourtad’™ saying something that doesn’t match with your own inclination, don’t judge it immediately

as invalid and that itis delusion. For, there might be for that saying, an origin in the book of Al-Quran

and in the Prophet's tradition ‘As-Sunnah’ which your mind was unaware of (isn’t familiar with it) yet.

So what is the difference between ‘Al-Fakih’ the legal scholar who delivers a formal legal opinion ‘Fatwa’

concerning atonements which you were unaware of then without reviewing his argument you reject him

and a seeker after ALLAH or someone who recognizes Him (T) and who says a word concerning the

divine recognitions or the circumstances of the hell and the Garden then without reviewing his

argument you do not reject him only yet you even insult him and dare to {violate His sanctity}? It might

be possible for that person, who is from the people of that valley {he is giving information about} and

owner of that art, to possess a proof from ALLAH’s book or from the ‘Hadeeth’ of Al-lmams which you
haven't look at so far. In this case, you would be as if you have answered ALLAH back {argued with Him

concerning his commands} without an acceptable and known justification. For, complaining through

{saying} this doesn’t match with my inclination, my knowledge didn’t reach that yet or | have heard
from

certain speakers the very opposite of it, all of this doesn’t constitute an acceptable excuse” a,

You should know that the ‘Hadeeth’ of Mohammad’s Household is not ordinary, because it is dependent

to the inward purity so that we would be able to accept it and then our hearts would give way to

{accept} it easily. For, it was related, quoting ALLAH’s Messenger {PbuH), He said: “The ‘Hadeeth’

Mohammad’s progeny is certainly great, difficult and deemed difficult. No one believes in it except fora

favored angel, a sent prophet or a faithful servant whose heart ALLAH hath proven unto faith. Thus,

what reaches you of the ‘Hadeeth’ of Mohammad’s progeny (PbuT) and your hearts give way to it and

you have recognized it, accept it. And what your hearts revolt against it, trace it back to ALLAH, to the

Messenger and to the scholar from Mohammad’s progeny (PbuT), because only the lost and the

desolate is he whom is informed of a ‘Hadeeth’ or anything he doesn't bear {to hear or understand} and

he replies: By ALLAH, thisisn’t true; because denying their excellent virtues is an act of disbelief” ?.
7. Crying, to feign crying and to cause people to cry

Oh luminous adorer, the eyes of your lovers are staring at you. Thus, tears and teardrops flow in

fountains of lights, to be shattered on the sacred wound and pull the heart into pieces. Tears would be

rise due to the wailing passion as blood that would heal the wound of the prophethood’s essence and

the core of {all} guardians -Al-lmam Al-Mahdi- (AHR). We read and we are the infatuated, the written

“Ziyarat e-Nahiya’, with an eye full of blood before tears:

“Since | have been hindered by the course of time and as the decree {of ALLAH} has prevented me from

helping You, and as | could not fight the ones who fought You and was not able to show hostility to the

ones who showed hostility to You, | will, therefore, mourn You morning and evening, and | will weep

over You with tears of blood {in place of tears only}, out of my anguish for You and my sorrow for all

what had befallen You, until | meet death on account of the pain of the calamity and . . .”®, So our eyes

would be safe from the biggest fear’ {the day of resurrection} through that, And they would come

cheerful, as what the beloved Al-Mustafa (PbuH) said: “Oh Fatima, every eye shall be crying, the day of

judgment, except for an eye that wept over Al-Hussein’s calamity {(PbuH). For, it shall be cheerful and

rose-colored with the bliss of the Garden” .

We should weep with “Ibn Shabib” due to the ‘Hadeeth’ of Al-lmam Ali Ibn Mousa Ar-Rida (PbuH) to

him, when he said: “Oh Ibn Shabib, if you wanted to weep for something, weep for Al-Hussein Bin Ali Bin

Abi Taleb (PbuH). For, He was slaughtered just like how the mail sheep is...

Oh Ibn Shabib, my father related to me quoting His father, quoting His grandfather that when my

grandfather Al-Hussein was killed, the sky rained blood and red dust. Oh Ibn Shabib, if you would weep

over Al-Hussein such that your tears flow over your cheeks, ALLAH would forgive every sin you have

committed for you, no matter how much it was, small or big, a little or a lot.” **,

Weeping over Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) and the pure Household is different from weeping over the

rest of the peaple, which is represented by shedding tears and crying for the calamity. However, the
person weeping over Al-Hussein {PbuH) precisely, acquires his existence from those flowing tears.

Further, those tears and funeral ceremonies held due to the calamity of the martyrs’ master” (PbuH) is

the thing that has truly protected Al-Islam.

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH), if you wasn’t granted success to cry, try to feign crying and pretend

the look of being sad and grieved at what happened to the martyrs’ master (PbuH). Because the person

acting like crying has the same reward like the weeper as what was mentioned in Moses's whispering

prayer (PbuH) unto His God: “Oh Moses, there is not a single one of my servants who would weep, feign

crying and participate in the consolation of Al-Mustafa’s son (PbuH) at that time, but the Garden shall he

granted to him wherein {he stays} firm...” ©. So to feign crying and especially to cry over Al-Hussein

(1) “Al-Arbaoun Hadithan”

(2) “Al-Katra fi bihar managib Al-Nabi wal tra”

(3) “Ziyarat An-Nahiya Al-Mugaddasa”.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: J44, p.292.

(5) “Al-tariq ila minbar Al-Hussein”.

(6) “Mostadrak Al-wasaiil”: Vol.1, P.319.

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(PbuH) is the thing that “protects the structure of the {Shiah} sect” just as what Al-lmam Al-Khomeini

said, he adds (QAS): “the symbol of our triumph over the enemies resides in {holding} the mourning

assemblies ‘Majlis’, weeping, {reciting} the elegies {and the mournful poems that is performed along

with chest striking} ‘latem’ and in elegizing” =

Moreover, He has considered (QAS) that the Islamic revolution in Iran is a sparkle from ‘Ashoura’ and

the great divine revolution that flared up in it.

Oh you who are weeping over the calamity of the estranged lonely Imam(PbuH), be aware that He -

peace on him- knows you by your name and asks ALLAH's forgiveness for you as what was mentioned

quoting Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH): “Ch people, be aware that Al-Hussein is alive with ALLAH. He is

being blessed from wherever He desires. He is always looking at the place of his encampment and death

and who had martyrized in it. He also looks at His visitors who are weeping over Him and holding

mourning gathering for Him and He is surely the best one to know them, their names, their children’s

names, their statuses and their ranks in the paradise and He definitely sees the one who are weeping

over him, and asks ALLAH’s forgiveness for him” @,

Do not object and do not be grieved if you weren't granted the success to shed tears. For, you have

presented your heart and you have put it in the presence of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH). Hence, according to the

above, everything will happen to you is out of their granted success and their (PbuH) pleasure.

Therefore, repeat with Lhe sentiments of your heart’ (feelings and thoughts), whatever the case was,

crying or feign crying, surely all praise is due to ALLAH who guided us to this, and we would not have

found the way had it not been that Aliah had guided us. Do not be niggardly in reciting the ‘duaa’ and

supplicating ALLAH for the sake of he who has mentioned the catastrophe of the Messenger's

Household (PbuT) and has caused that gathering of lovers to weep. For, he is surely better than one

thousand worshippers, Just like what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) said when someone asked him: if

there is a man who narrates your ‘Hadeeth’, spreads it amongst people, and renders it firm in their
hearts and in your Shiah’s hearts and a worshipping man of your ‘Shiah who doesn’t do such a work.

Who is better?

So He said (PbuH): “He who narrates our ‘Hadeeth’, renders it firm in the hearts of our “Shiah’ {and

makes their hearts stay firm on our “Wilayat’ guardianship}, is better than a thousand worshippers’ 1

15. Chest striking” doing ‘latem’ and displaying sadness and distress

Oh Fatima, if only Ye would imagine Al-Hussein while He is mangled

And passed away thirsty near the Euphrates riverbank

Oh Fatima, Ye would have then stricken the face near Him

And made the tears of the eye flow over the cheeks

Oh Fatima, Oh Ye daughter of the good ones, stand up and mourn

Men who are just like the stars of heavens in the desert land

(1) “sahifat Nour”: 110, P.217.

(2) “lksirul Ihadat”: Vol.1, P.104

(3) "Al-Tarig ila minbar Al-Hussein”,

Oh lover, look with your heart's eye to that gathering ‘Majlis’ held by the eighth Imam of the shining

moons, Ali Ibn Mousa Ar-Rida (PbuH) for His estranged grandfather (PbuH). Listen carefully to “Doobol”,

imagine with him the scene of Az-Zahry’ striking Her face on account of the martyr and the grandson of

the Prophet's catastrophe.

Do you imagine that? Do you accept Az-Zahra’ to become distressed alone? Do you accept the

Fatimides’ (related to bibi Fatima Al-Zahra’ (PbuH)) ta strike their chests, bewail and do ‘latem’ without

consoling Them? Do you really accept that She groans without our participation?

Get up and shed your tears for those stricken places of Their bodies, so that their wounds would heal.

Console with your voice {and your shout} the voice of Al-lmam Ali bin Mousa Al-Rida (PbuH) that rose in

that ‘Majlis’ on account of being affected and distressed intensely over His grandfather's catastrophe

(PbuH). Moreover, don’t you turn to the Imam of your age (PbuH) whispering unto Him, in the Friday

mornings? And you repeat in the supplication of ‘An-Nudbakh'-

“Then upon the purified ones of the purified ones of Mohammad and Ali's progeny, may ALLAH’s peace

be upon both of them and their progeny, the weepers’ (bewailers) should cry and the wailers should

lament them. . .and the clamorers should clamor and the mourners should mourn in a heart rending

» (1)

manner. , ”

Is’t this a clear invitation for every adorer aiming to faid hold on the fastest ships to arrive to the place

where the beloved is?

Oh lover desiring to console ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH), listen to what happened to the Scholar “Bahrul Olum””

{the sea of knowledge} who used not to fall behind of the participation in the chests striking processions

because ‘Sahibul-Zaman’ the master of the age’ (AHR) participates in it:

fell, I did the same ™.

Oh lover, be aware, everything that appears of the participants in the mourning of Al-Hussein from voice

rising, shouting and clamoring, is without any doubt issued out of their heart's intense pain, great

suffering and burning. in fact, this reveals the intense love and loyalty {to ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT}} and his

sound sincerity and love, and the news including the grief of the weepers and criers over the ma rtyr's

master (PbuH) can neither be counted nor computed, because everything has wept and lamented Him...

(1) “Duaa An-Nudbah” hn

{2) "Kamil Al-Ziyarat”: P.80.

(3) “Isirul Ibadat”: Vol.1, P.150.

For, weeping and crying over the martyr grandson of the Prophet (PbuH] is not limited to people of the

earth and the heavens. Just as what Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) mentions in the written visit of the

martyrs’ master ‘Ziyarat Imam Hussein’ (PbuH): “I bear witness that, Verily, your blood has dwelt the

eternity, and the foundation of the ‘Arsh’ {the throne} shuddered and jolted when your blood spilled

over the sand. And all creatures have wept for it along with the seven skies, the seven grounds and all

what exists in them, all what exists between them, all who are moving restiessly in the paradise and the

hell of our God's creation, and ali of what is seen and what is unseen”

Thereupon, solace the Chiefess of the women of the whole world ‘Bibi Fatima Az-Zahra’ (PbuH), display

your sorrow for that calamity, and do not be shy to shout or to strike {your head, your chest, your

face...) for their sake. So that the divine mercy would encompass you with the ‘Duaa’ supplication of

your Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH): “Oh ALLAH, have mercy upon those eyes that shed their tears

mercifully for us; have mercy upon those hearts that have become grieved and burned for us and have

mercy upon the shout that {came out} for our sake.

Oh ALLAH, 1 place those souls and bodies in front of You until You come to them beside the spring {Al-

Kauthar to give them to drink}, on the day of thirst {resurrection day”.

Oh ALLAH, bless us with His supplication and goodness (blessings), bestow on us his affection and

compassion and grant us His pleasure.

16. Reciting ‘Duaa’ supplications for the Shiah of Ahlulbayt (PbuT)

Oh lover, avail yourself of your presence in the assembly of the beloved. Free yourself from its

imperfections, and quench its thirst from that flowage {of blessings}. Look with your heart's eye at the

supplication ‘Duaa’ that your tongue may pronounce in their exalted venerable presence ‘Majlis’ which

shall be raised with the wing of mercy to He who has originated the breath of life ‘ALLAH’ (T). And how

would you expect from it not be raised whilst it is a ‘Duaa’ infatuated by Al-Hussein? And how would

you expect from it not to draw nigh to the essence of mercy and to the door of all worlds’ salvation?
Thereupon, remember the 'Shiah’ followers of Ali ‘Al-Karrar’ (PbuH) and call down the abundant good

upon them in the memorial gathering and recite the sincere '‘Duaa’ for the adorers of Al-Hussein. Thus,

you would receive through that, lots of graces and favors. Our imam Zeinul-Abidin ‘Ali Bin Al-Hussein’

{PbuH) says: “When the angels hear a believer praying secretly for his faithful brother or remembering

him and calling down good upon him, they say: what an excellent brother you are for him! You are

invoking ALLAH for him {a nd wishing him well} while he is absent and you are remembering {and calling

down} good upon him. Therefore, ALLAH (Aw)) shall certainly give you same as what you have asked for

him and He shall laud you just as you have lauded him and verily you have been gracious to him” 2.

(1) “mafatihul Jinan”: imam Hussein's written Ziarat visit (PbuH).

(2) "Al-Mahaba fil Kitab wal Sunnah”.

17. Seal your attendance with reciting ‘Duaa’ and praying for the master of the age ‘Sahibul

Zaman’ (AHR)

The master of the age ‘Al-lmam Al-Mahdi’, may ALLAH hasten His reappearance, is present and he is

among the attendants weeping for the estrangement and the loneliness of His grandfather Al-Hussein

(PbuH). The scenes of the beloveds in the land of anguishes arb’ and ordeals ‘Bala’ is always before His

eyes and blood has coagulated in His noble hands because of His burning torment due to the

estrangement and the loneliness of the martyr’s master (PbuH). Thus, while you are in that place,

remember that it is from our duties to supplicate ALLAH for the sake of hastening the reappearance of

His honorable, noble, handsome and luminous face. We owe Him this.

Quoting Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH): “Lo! The duty of our ‘Shiah’ followers towards us is to put their

hands over their chins and to say three times: Oh God of Mohammad...hasten Mohammad’s

reappearance, safeguard {and secure} Mohammad’s occultation; Oh God of Mohammad, take revenge

for the daughter of Mohammad. And that after each obligatory prayer” ™.

Further, in a call from him (PhuH) quoting Sheikh ‘Al-Mufid’, He says: “Supplicate ALLAH for the sake of

hastening the reappearance {of Al-lmam} a lot because it includes your own relief”.

You should know that the master of the command ‘Sahibul-Amr Al-Mahdi’, may ALLAH hasten His

reappearance, is always invoking ALLAH (T) for you. For, He said for one of the good pious people “I

surely invoke ALLAH for the believer who mentions the catastrophe of my grandfather the martyr, and

then prays for me and implore ALLAH to hasten my reappearance and to support me”.

Perhaps you may gain through His ‘Duaa’, a date for a meeting with Him (PbuH) and an hour of reunion.

Then you would hear His sigh at breath and His whispered prayer and you would become among His

servants, His aids and those who seek martyrdom in his presence.

18. Disconnecting all links with their enemies, turning away from them and asking for the passion and
the martyrdom beside the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH).

Oh lover, take advantage of your presence in the mourning gathering of the martyrs’ master’ (PbuH),

and repeat with the sentiments of the heart, a pledge of allegiance that you have always repeated every

morning, longing for that honorable, noble, handsome and luminous face and for the sake of purifying

oneself from the sins that stands between the master of the age ‘Szhibul-Zaman’ (PbuH) and you,

Renew the pledge of allegiance and the loyalty in the presence of He who is weeping over the calamity

of His grandfather, morning and evening. Exclaim with a yearning heart “Oh Aliahl Renew for him my

covenant, my pledge and my allegiance on my neck in the morning of this day of mine and whatever

days {of my life} I live. 1 shall never turn away from it nor let it vanish”. Do forget to disconnect all links

with their enemies because the perfection of the faith resides in that. So then, the secrets of the

genuine passion and the sweetness of heing loyal to ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) will be revealed to your heart.

And if you were given success to that, you could then ask for the martyrdom in the presence of the

(1) “Mikyal Al-Makarim*: Vol.2, p.7.

{2) “Duaa Al-‘Ahd”.

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master of the place ‘Al-Imam Al-Mahd¥’ (AHR), saying: “O Allah! Appoint me among His supporters {His

helpers} and His aids, those who seek martyrdom in His presence” so that you migrate with the caravan

of the souls who are longing to {go} to the destination of one’s desire and aim.

vou would draw near him whilst He is in His lofty height, drink from the wellspring of His {blessings and

love} flowage and land near Him perhaps you would gain a touch {from Him} upon that heart, or a look

that turns the dust unto pearls sparkling with passion and allegiance.

After all this, you will find your soul carried by her vision unto the protection of His eyes, such that it

starts whispering to Al-lmam, calling Him, appealing for His aid, sacrificing Him, sending {to Him} the

caravan of complaints amidst those gifts and blessings and drawing with its tears a shine that engraves

in you depth the passion of the master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’, may our souls be a sacrifice for Him.

19. Take advantage of the time after the end of the ‘Mailis’

There is for the passion’s loftiness of Mohammad’s Household, a beautiful touch in the hearts of the

lovers. So do not leave those moments without living with it, and adjoining yourself with what your

infatuated heart is talking about. For, you will fill it through that with their luminous whiffs and sparks

which will light up your path and show you the way {unto Them {PbuH)}.

Oh lover, turn away from everything that spoils the splendor of the reunion in the presence of

‘Ahiulbayt’ (PbuT), and be aware that the best time to invoke ALLAH (TwT) is after the ‘Majlis’.

Thus, take advantage of the chances because they pass just as how the clouds do.

{At the end}, stay in their mourning gathering, in their time and their place. Beg for the sake of Their

names because it is the best times and the most glorified ones. Do not waste the great mercy that the

Originator ‘ALLAH’ (swt) has sent to you and reflect on the fact that you are the finite, the mortal, and

that they are the eternal, the everlasting. Do not ignore the hours of contemplation and remembrance
because those moments may take you rapidly to the place of certainty due to the whiffs and the wafts

of the magnificent divine generosity. Be in these ours of yours, in the courtyard of the divine gifts’

attainment and be aware that “An hour of contemplation is surely better than a thousand year of

worship” as what the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ Ali (PbuH) taught us.

However, if you were prohibited from those gifts, you will be prohibited by that from the honor of being

connected to Them and staying in their honorable presence, all the remaining years of your age.

You will know then that you have lost a precious treasure of the great ‘Irfan’ treasures of {ALLAH'S}

recognition. So you live alienated from the meanings of reunion and loyalty, far from the high sublimity,

exaltedness and honor, Do not neglect the time that will guide you to that place, but prepare for

yourself the fragrance of being presence and going across {the road to reach Them (PbuT)} such that

their blessed breaths and sorrows settle down inside you. This is what their assembly and their presence

offer to you. The best thing you wish for in your mortal body. Keep your heart loyal to them, grasp on

each moment yau live with them, eternize it in the depth of your heart to witness that you are from

ALLAH's people, the day of resurrection. Do not leave for your worldly existence a single way to cause

you to part with Them or to cause Them (PbuT) to desert you...Yet, grant Them your life. For, quoting
thie Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu minin’ {PbuH): “Lol How does he claims that he loves ALLAH he

whom the fove of the world has inhabited his heart” ©

20. Fat food out of love for Them and proceed to offer food

Household of the Holy Prophet and to whom the message was revealed (PbuT)? From the great pious

acts and deeds that may be presented to ALLAH (T) is to spend for the sake of the martyrs’ master

{(PbuH) and His Household. Moreover, His ‘Shiaa’ followers and his lovers consider it as a divine duty.

And that is from the side of loving Them and being connected to Them sincerely and the lowest figures

of loyalty to them, may ALLAH's prayers be upon them.

Further, the partisan of Ahlulbayt (PbuT) should be firm on the road of loving Them and the passage of

being loyal to Them, where he spends his money, his soul and his whole existence for everything related

to them (PhuT), like holding their mourning gatherings, spending {money, food, gifts, knowledge...} on

the attendants, feeding their lovers (PbuT} and things like that.

Moreover, if holding the mourning of Mohammad's Household (PbuT) through weeping, feign crying,

making people cry, shouting, wailing and lamenting is highly recommended and loved by ALLAH (T) and

by His pure "Hujjas”” {imams} (PbuT), spending money and being ready to serve in the issues related to

those places and assemblies that are made for the sake of gathering the weepers and the criers {male

and female} has just the same degree and love as weeping, making people weep, lamenting and wailing

in the sight of ALLAH (T) and that of His impeccable ‘Hujjas’. Although that thing, which is holding Their

mourning gatherings ‘Majlis’ and preparing the banquets for the readers of the ‘Majlis’ to read, for

elegizing and for people gathering , is from the matters that emanates great things from resembling to

the groups of the angels’ monarchists and the souls of the prophets, messengers, martyrs and the

truthful ones weeping and helping the Chiefess of the woman of all worlds ‘Bibi Fatima Al-Zahra’, may

ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Her and Her household.

Oh lover, do nat be among those who were prohibited from this abundant blessing and this worship
that will draw you near your Lard {ALLAH (SwT)}, and move to the status of —offering food- ta follow

their example “We only feed vou for Allah's sake; we desire from you neither reward nor thanks” ? and

don’t forget yourself, because drinking water and eating bread out of love for Him, blesses your inwards

and celebrates the praise of the creator. For that reason, call to mind the intention of {doing you acts}

out of lave for Him (PbuH) with each food you eat or drink you take, because they surely purify and cure

passion (PbuH).

{1} “Al Mahaba fil Kitab wal Sunnah”.

(2) Surat Al-insan (the human), verse: 9.

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Let us go to the Lord of partisans and the Commander of monotheists ‘Mowla’ Ali bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)

to drink from His wellspring, because this is a wisdom that shined over ourselves to yield its fruits each

time with ALLAH’s command, for he said {PbuH) “Verily, the bodies’ nourishment is the food whereas

the souls’ nourishment is feeding {offering it}” 2

21. Glorifying the place of the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ and respecting it

Oh you enamored partisan, pay attention while you are going across the door, perhaps Bibi Fatima is

sitting there waiting the calamity’s remembrance and mention. Enter and sit down with devotedly while

trying to hearken, perhaps you might hear the moaning of Bibi Fatima (PbuH).

Oh lover, get up and touch that rug, perhaps a thread of Her dress, peace be upon Her, stayed on it.

Touch the ground, perhaps one of her teardrops has flowed amongst the attendants.

Touch the door, perhaps the mourning's master, ‘Al-Hujja’ Bin Al-Hassan Al-Mahdi, may our souls be a

sacrifice for Him, has touched it with his noble hands. Do not pass by the door. For, maybe the master of

the age ‘Sahibu! Zaman’ has put His blessed head on it. Collect what have remained from the remains of

the ones who were consoling Them (PbuT).

Observe closely that ‘Majlis’ with all what is in it, maybe she have stood up in one of the corners, praying

for the present partisans, peace be upon Her: Oh my God, {rescue} my ‘Shia’ followers, Oh my God,

{save} my followers, Oh my God, {take care of} my son’s followers.

These are the groups of angels, they have started to leave, and to move forward with the great truthful

Lady to leave that sublime gathering.

Get ready and stand up to solace Her on the account of Al-Hussein, the martyr, the thirsty, the

estranged lonely, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Him and His pure good ancestors.
(1) Al-Mostadrak: Vol.19, P.246.
At the end, we should mention that what we are presenting before you is a group of lectures that were

recited in the mourning gatherings of Al-lmam Al-Hussein Majlis” and they were grouped. Everything

repeated was omitted from it and its narrations were documented with preserving the style of reading

and reciting it. In a hope that it would be a drop from the plentiful sea of Karbala, so that the hearts that

adore the Household of the Holy messenger drink of it, to join the caravan of the martyrs and the good

ones, responding to our lord’s appeal for aid - Al-lmam Al-Mahdi’s cali- may ALLAH (T) hasten his

reappearance. This is His voice shaking the sentiments, asking His partisans for the help and the support:

“} am asking you for the sake of ALLAH, His Messenger and for My sake, because you owe me the right

to keep my position of {family and blood} relationship with ALLAH's Messenger (PbuH), to help us and

protected us from they who are oppressing us. For, we had been frightened, tyrannized and driven away

from our homes along with our children, we were wronged and treated unjustly and people tried to

obscure and deny our right and the peaple of falsehood had lied against us and accused us falsely {of

many evil accusations}. Protect us for the sake of ALLAH, do not betray us and help us so that ALLAH

helps you”.

Hence, let us unsheathe the sword of help to stab it into the neck of disbelief and its people...

Let us ponder aver the saying of Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein -may our souls be a sacrifice for Him- “Behold!

If you defend us not and treat us not fairly, the tyrants wili surely overcome you and they will work for

the sake of putting out the light of your Prophet...”.

The meeting through the success granted by ALLAH {SwT) and the protection of the master of the age

‘Sahibul Zaman’, may our souls be a sacrifice for Him, shall be in the pure Household’s mourning

gatherings of the book “The flowing tear”, the second part.

Do not forget us in your prayer ‘Duaa’...

And ALLAH is the Lord of praise and success

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“There is for ALLAH, in the days of your age,

some whiffs. So be exposed to it

and do not turn away from it”

The first whiff

‘Majlis’ of the noble prophet,

May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be

Upon him and his household

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon you, Oh my master and my lord, Oh the Messenger of ALLAH,

upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali Bin Abi Taleb and upon your beloved and your

sweetheart Fatima Az-Zahra’. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You my master and my lord, Oh

Aba Abdellah, Oh ye estranged lonely, Oh ye oppressed Imam of Karbala. May ALLAH curse the

ones who hurt you. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end and won

great fortune!

The universe has become dark and the sun wore...the blackness’s dress out of grief on the prophet
Mohammaod

The world has pulled its heart into pieces on His CCOUNT.covvwwverereene and the time Jost its
endurance due to Him

Today Fatima has lost her father......cwmmmmen..She has Jost her father, the most clement among
fathers

Who shall console Al-Murtada for Al-Mustafa’s 10SS......... and the prophets for the master of the trusty

Wha shall cansale Al-Mujtaba for his grandfather's 10S5...........the pure Hassan ‘Az-Zakil’ and the
martyrs’ master

Fatimo is crying with a grief-stricken heart. ..ocweecs and the tears of the eye are flowing over the
cheeks

How could someone who has smelt the dust of Ahmad’s grave......to be in need of smelling any perfume
ever again

Tell the ane wha is buried under the layers of the earth nn......if you are hearing my yell and my appeal

Disasters were poured over into me which if they were.....poured over into the days, they would have
become nights
After the prophet’s martyrdom (PbuH), Fatima may ALLAH's peace be upon Her was always sad,

depressed, weepy. She used to say: Oh father, | find neither an intimate companion for my

loneliness nor someone to stop my tears. Oh father, as for this world, after you it became

gloomy and my tears shall be shed for you as long as breath continues to exist in me, who do

we have for ‘Al-Kiblah’” (direction to which Muslims turn in prayers) and for the oratory (place

of prayers)? Who does your grief-stricken bereaved daughter have, Oh you who is the helper’

(spring) of the widowed and the orphans?

Al-Hassan’s mother shouts with a flowing tear...........On father, my days have become dark due to Thy
separation

Oh Father of Ibrahim, Oh Ye who is the Originator's Mercy... ... Oh my eye's light and the soul of my
heart
Oh prophet, since your light disappeared and vanished’... Al-Meding became gloomy with the big
disasters

Al-Hassan is crying over you, his heart was inflicted... And his

brother Al-Hussein is crying blood in place of tears

My master and my lord, Oh the master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’, may ALLAH gives you a

great reward. For, in these days, the disasters and pains gather on you, sorrows are drawn over

Your heart and the tears are in your eyes.

in these days, the partisans and the lovers are distressed with the loss of their imams one after

another. Oh my master, ‘Sahibul Zaman’, may ALLAH gives you a great reward for the loss of

your grandfathers Al-Hassan Al-Mujtaba and Ali Bin Mousa Al-Rida (PbuT). Oh my master, the

master of the age, here we are, Your 'Shiaa’ followers standing at your door, willing to solace

you also on the account of a great disaster. We didn’t forget Karbala yet! And its calamities

weren't over till this day. My master, in these days, Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) was still on the road

going from Karbala to Al-Medina. And this calamity, the martyrs’ master Abi Abdellah’s calamity

(PbuH), is tightly connected to the disaster that befell the whole Islamic community’, just like

this day of ours. This disaster that made Al-Islam bereaved for the loss of the caller to this

divine message. Oh my master, the master of the age, may ALLAH gives you a great reward for

the martyrdom of your grandfather, the great master, the last messenger and the sacred

Excellency, ‘1lazrat’ Mohammad Bin Abdellah (PbuH). And He is the one who said, in his famous

talk, declaring in it His deep love toward the martyrs’ master Abi Abdellah (PbuH) “Lo! Hussein

is from me and | am from Hussein”. This modest expression in the number of its words is per

contra a world of knowledge from the side of its meaning. Because the word “Hussein is from

me” is clear. The magnificence resides in “and | am from Hussein”. However, look at the

speaker of this expression, who would he be? “He is the master of the rank {described in Al-

Quran) “Then he approached and came closer; within the length of two bows or even closer”.

It was mentioned, in a short story, quoting the commander of believers Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)

that He said: “ALLAH (T) created from Mohammad’s light (PbuH) twenty seas of light. In each

sea there is knowledge that nobody knows besides ALLAH (T). Then he said to Mohammad’s

light: go down in the sea of glory, so he stepped down, then in the sea of patience, then in the

sea of devoutness, then in the sea of modesty, then in the sea of satisfaction’, then in the sea

of loyalty, then in the sea of forbearance, then in the sea of godliness’ (God-fearingness), then
in the sea of fear, then in the sea of the reversion {unto ALLAH and the repentance}, then in the

sea of work, then in the sea of guidance, then in the sea of bashfulness, until he rolled in twenty

seas. So when He stepped out of the last one, ALLAH (T) said: Oh my beloved, my messengers’

master, the first one of my creatures and the last of my messengers. You are the intercessor in

the Doomsday, so the light prostrated Himself, then he stood up. Thereupon, a number of

drops, which was one hundred twenty-four thousand, dripped of him. So ALLAH (T) created

from each drop of his light, one of the prophets. When the lights were completed, they started

circumambulating around Mohammad’s light (PbuH), just like how pilgrims circumambulate

around ‘Al-Kabaa’ while they are praising ALLAH and thanking Him. Then, ALLAH (T) called

them: Do you know who am I? 50 Mohammad’s light (PbuH) preceded all the lights and
exclaimed: You are ALLAH whom there is no God but him (the almighty), alone (and eternal)

with no partner, the Lard of Lords, and the King of Kings. So as if the proclamation from the

truth ALLAH (T) announcing: You are the chosen {that | have chose} and my beloved and the

best of my creatures. Your ‘Ummah’ (community) is the best one raised up for {the benefit of}

men. Then He created from Mohammad’s light a gem, He split it up into two parts and then He

created the pen and said to it: write {the exclamation of} my unity. So the pen stayed fuddled a

thousand year due to ALLAH'S talk. Thus, when it woke up, He said: write, the pen said: Oh God,

and what should | write? He said: write: There is no God but ALLAH, {and) Mohammad is the

Messenger of ALLAH. So when the pen heard by the name of Mohammad, he prostrated

himself then raised his head, wrote, and said: Oh God, and who is Mohammad whom you have

linked your name with his and your remembrance {and mention} with his?

So ALLAH (T) said: Oh pen, If it was not because of Him, | wouldnt have created you and | didn’t

create my creatures but for His sake. For, He is the bearer of good news and a warner, the light

giving torch, the intercessor and the beloved. At that moment, the pen split up out of the

sweetness of Mohammad's mention (PbuH)” ny

He is the last prophet to whom ALLAH gave all his names. It was mentioned in Al-Quran more

than a hundred twenty-seven names for ALLAH (T) and all these names vere given to

Mohammad (PbuH). For example: ALLAH is the guardian but He has described His prophet by

that also: “your guardian can be only ALLAH, and his messenger and those who believe, who

establish worship” * And from among His names “the witness”, it was mentioned in the verse

“And ALLAH is a Witness of all things” ®) This name was given to the prophet so He (T) said:

“We have made you a moderate Ummah (nation) that ye might be witnesses over the nations,

and the Messenger a witness over yourselves” “And lots of other names, but even all the

names were manifested and appeared in Him -may ALLAH’s blessings be upon him- “He taught

Adam the names of all things” ©. Further, they are indeed the divine names. Because just as

what was mentioned quoting the martyrs” master ‘Al-imam Al-Hussein’ {PbuH), He said: “By
ALLAH, verily we are the very best names” {attributes} of ALLAH” ©,

And the last prophet is the ane who completed all the ranks and He is the master of the

absolute mercy. Just as what was mentioned in the news, in the day of resurrection, He comes,

(1) “AlKatra”.

(2) “surat Al-Ma'ida” the verse; 55.

(3) “Surat Al-Borouj” the verse: 9.

(4) “surat Al-Bakara” the verse: 143.

(5) “Surat Al-Bakara” the verse: 31.

(6) “AlKafi”: 11, P.143.

prostrates himself before ALLAH at the door of the paradise, then He and Ali -peace on them-

calls; Oh ALLAH, my ‘Shiah’ followers, my "Shiah’, save them from the hell. Thus, Adam turns

around and says: look at the last prophet, Al-Zahra's father and ask for the intercession from

Him.

This is the Messenger (PbuH) who was the first thing ALLAH has created and the story mentions

that when ‘Jaber’ asked Imam Mohammad Al-Bakir (PbuH) “what was the first thing ALLAH has

created? So He said, Oh jaber, the light of your Prophet and then he created from His light all

good”. For the sake of ALLAH, who is that good that was created from the light of ALLAH'S

Messenger (PbuH)? He is Al-Hussein (PbuH) from the progeny of the ALLAH’s Messenger

{PbuH). “Lo! Hussein is from me and | am from Hussein”. What is the meaning of this talk? To

clarify the request, we give the example of the fruit and the tree and the difference between

them. We know that the difference between them is related to the general and the detail. For,

the tree contains details {trunk, leaves, fruits, seeds} and the fruit contains those things in a

general way {out of the presence of the seed inside it which carries the ca pacity to be

transformed into a tree with trunk, leaves, etc...}. However, the truth of the tree is present in

the fruit in a general way. This fruit becomes a tree after a while, and that tree will give also a

fruit and that fruit -if it was planted- will give a tree. Then we could thus express that the tree is

from the fruit and we can say that the fruit is from the tree and both are true and accurate.

That is why it was mentioned “Lo! Hussein is from me and | am from Hussein” how much this

expression is beautifull! It shows this respect and veneration and the special love that the great

prophet has toward the martyrs’ master ‘Al-lmam Al-Hussein’ (PbuH). Look at this love and

elicit it through this narration that says: The prophet (PbuH) was delivering a speech on the

pulpit’ the moment when Al-Hussein {PbuH) entered to the ‘Masiid’”, and He was then of a

young age. His leg got stuck in his dress’s extremity, so he fell down. Thus, the act of the

prophet -although his great majesty and veneration- was that He stopped his speech, got off his

pulpit and lifted him. Some people were stunned and said: Oh Prophet, we haven't seen any

love such this one towards any child before? So the prophet said: “ALLAH has ordered me to
love him”. When he sees Him, he used to run after him and say, catch him, Oh Ali. Then He hugs

and kisses Him and says, Oh Ali, Al-Hussein is my plant of sweet basil from the world. And he

used to say “Oh Ali, this son of mine, will be murdered and will stay unclothed. Oh Ali, his head

will be held atop a long spear”. And the story mentions: “one day, the noble prophet went out

of His house. He passed by Fatima’s dwelling (PbuH). Thus, he heard Al-Hussein (PbuH) crying

so he said to Az-Zahra’ (PbuH): My daughter, aren’t you aware that his crying hurts me?!” In

another narration: The prophet (PbuH) was praying one day and Al-Hussein (PbuH) was of a

young age, near him, so when the prophet (PbuH) prostrated himself, Al-Hussein {PbuH) came,

mounted his back and moved his legs. So when the prophet wanted to raise his head, He took

Al-Hussein and put Him near Him. Then, when he prostrated himself (again), Al-Hussein {PbuH)

came back and mounted his grandfather's back (again).

And the narrations mention that the noble prophet (PbuH) eulogized Al-Hussein (PbuR) with

great attributes and from among them, he said to him one day: “welcome! Oh Ye who is the

adornments of the heavens and the earth”. One of His companions said to him, is there anyone

besides You wha is the adornments of the heavens and the earth? So the prophet (PbuH) said

to him: “I swear by He who rightfully appointed me a prophet that in the skies Al-Hussein Bin Ali

{PbuH) is greater than what he is in the earth. And ALLAH has written on the right of the throne

that Al-Hussein is the light of guidance and the ship of salvation. Then He took His hand and

said: Oh people, this is Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT). So recognize Him and favor Him as how ALLAH

did”. Moreover, we find that it was mentioned within the desirable deeds in prayers, the

exclamation of ‘ALLAH Akbar’ “ALLAH is Great” six times before ‘Al-lhram’s” exclamation (the

exclamation wherewith you begin the prayers), and that is especially for the sake of Al-Hussein

(PbuH). Just as what was mentioned in the narration quoting Abi-Jaafar that He said: “the

Prophet went out for prayers. And Al-Hussein was incapable of speaking yet such that they

feared that He might not be able to talk and that he might be voiceless. So He {(PbuH) went out

with Him holding Him on His shoulder. He lined up people behind Him, and He put Al-Hussein

on His right side. Hence, the prophet (PbuH) started the prayers. So Al-Hussein exclaimed

‘ALLAH AKBAR’". When the prophet (PbuH) heard His exclamation, He exclaimed ‘ALLAH

AKBAR’ again, so Al-Hussein (PbuH) exclaimed ‘ALLAH AKBAR’, until the prophet (PbuH)

repeated it seven times and Al-Hussein (PbuH) also, thus, it was taken as a tradition {and a

practice of the Holy Prophet (PbuH)}”

Also, there is a narration that shows more that special relation between the great Prophet

(PbuH} and the martyrs’ master (PbuH). The prophet used to put his son Ibrahim on his left

thigh and Al-Hussein (PbuH) on his right and sometimes He kisses one of them and sometimes

He kisses the other. So Gabriel descended and said: Oh Mohammad, your God conveys His

peace and ‘Salaam’ on you and says: sacrifice one of them for his friend. Thus, the prophet

looked at brahim, wept and said | have sacrificed my son Ibrahim for Al-Hussein so that my

daughter Fatima and my cousin don’t become sad, and | don’t be sad because of His loss.

Hence, if my son Ibrahim was taken, no one will be sorrowed for Him but me. And He started to
kiss Him, to draw Him to his chest every time He used to see Him and to say: | have sacrificed

my son Ibrahim for He whom | have sacrificed (for Al-imam Al-Hussein — PbuH).

This is the love of the prophet for His son and grandchild Al-Hussein (PbuT). Yet, it was also

greater than that. That is why, it hurt him what will befall Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) in Karbala.

{1} “Man la yahdorh Al-Fakih*: 11, P.305.

Even in the last moments of His life, when He looked at Al-Hussein (PbuH), He wept and said,

what have | to do with yazeed {there is nothing that links me with Him}. May ALLAH curse your

murderers, Oh Aba Abdellah.

Let us enter in the sacred presence of Mohammad Bin Abdellah. For, today is the day of the big

disaster and the great catastrophe. However, before entering in His presence, into the real

‘Majlis’, open the hearings of your hearts with this narration which uncovers a truth that we

don’t know. It was mentioned quoting Abi Abdellah {PbuH), He said: “do you know whether the

Prophet died {alone without being killed} or He was murdered? Then He said, ALLAH says: “If he

died or were slain, ye will turn back on your heels” oy

Thus, He was empoisoned before death, they’ have empoisoned him (they: feminine pronoun)!

So His companions said: they are together with their fathers, the most evil of ALLAH'S

creatures” %. The narration says, the prophet became sick as a result of that poison, and before

one day of his martyrdom, He ascended the pulpit’ while swathing His head, He delivered a

speech to the people and commended them with His household, He said:

“Oh people, which kind of prophet was | for you?” they said: You were the best prophet for us.

This is our money and our properties between your hands. He said: but “I do not ask of you any

reward for it but love for my near relatives”. Then, He descended of His pulpit and went back to

His house. His illness was aggravated; the commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ and

Fatima (PbuT) were accompanying Him near His bed. They forbade people from entering to

him. The narration says: The prophet took Fatima’s hand and that of Ali by His other hand.

When He wanted to speak, His teardrop overpowered Him and He wasn’t able to do it. Thus,

Ali, Fatima, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) cried hardly for the crying of the prophet (PbuH)

and She’ {bibi Fatima Al-Zahraa’ - PbuH) said: Oh prophet, you have split my heart and burnt my

soul with your cry, Oh master of the messengers. Who do my children have after Your

departure? Whe does Your brother Ali have? Then, She wept and fell on His face and kissed

Him.
Then the prophet raised His head to them and put Fatima's hand in Ali's and said: “Oh Abal

Hassan (PbuH), this is the trust of ALLAH and His prophet with you. Save ALLAH and me through

Her. Oh Ali, by ALLAH, She is the chiefess of all women of the first and the later generations. By

ALLAH, She is the great Mariam. Be aware that 1 am pleased with whomsoever my da ughter

Fatima was pleased with and woe unto the ones who violate Her sanctity, woe unto those who

(1) Surat Al-lmran the verse: 144.

(2) Al-Safi’s explanation: J1, P.305.

burn Her door and woe unto whoever hurt Her lover”. Thereupon, Fatima wept so lang. So He

drew Her to His chest then He kissed Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein {(PbuT). They threw themselves

over the prophet’s chest (PhuH), so Ali (PbuH) wanted to lift them up, but the prophet said: “Oh

Ali, leave them on my chest so that | smell them and they smell me and | delights in their

presence and they delights in mine, for, they will be oppressed after my departure”.

As if Al-Hassan, wronged, empoisoned............and His brother Al-Hussein prohibited from water

Their mother is lamenting and the heort is sod...... day and night, grieved, the people have no mercy ’

Fatima began talking to Him... Oh father, could you talk to me even just one word. He said to

Her my daughter you are the one who will be oppressed {just} after my departure. | complain

about your oppressors to ALLAH. Then, the prophet turned around ta the commander of

believers “Amirut Mu’minin’ (PbuH) and said: Could you have patience when they drag you in

your ‘Mihrab’ prayer niche? Could You have patience when they burn the door of Your house?

Could you have patience if they struck Fatima? Could You be patient if they thrust a brad in her

breast? Could You be patient when they cause Her to have an abortion? He said: Oh prophet, | "ig

will be patient, while He is crying...

Fatima says at the time when we were around my father, and he was in a swoon due to the

severity of illness, as if a crier is standing at the door and saying, | am a strange man do you

permit for strangers to enter? So I said, Oh (You asker), the prophet is occupied with Himself,

leave. So he left, came back another time and called out, I am a stranger, do you permit for

strangers to enter? So She made him to dismiss. The third time, he came back and called with
the same call. The prophet regamed consciousness, He said: my daughter Fatima, do you know

him? Bibi Fatima (PbuH) said: Oh father, no. He said: my daughter, this is the destroyer of

pleasures, this is the separator of the gatherings {Angel Izrael}. He didn't ask anyone's

permission before me, and He will not ask anyone's permission after me, so permit for him to

enter. Fatima gave him the permission, so he entered while saying: Peace be upon you, Oh

prophet, the All-Highest” (SwT) conveys His peace on you, and ask you to choose between

meeting him and staying in the world. The prophet (PbuH} said: I want to wait for my beloved

Gabriel. So angel of death ascended to the sky, Gabriel received him, he said to him: Oh angel

of death, did you come with Mohammad’s soul? He said no, because he made me wait until

you come. So Gabriel said: Oh angel of death, don’t you see the paradises were adorned to

meet Mohammad's soul? Don’t you see ‘Al-Hur Al-Ayn’ “large-eyed beautiful ones” have

prepared themselves to meet Mohammad’s soul? Don't you see the angels have prepared

themselves to meet the soul of Mohammad? Then Gabriel descended while saying: Oh prophet,

the All-Highest conveys His peace on you, and says to you “And verily thy Lord will give unto
unto thee so that thou wilt be content” Ww ALLAH is longing for your meeting. Angel ‘Gabriel’

sat down to the prophet’s right side, Angel ‘Michael’ to His left, the commander of believers

‘Amirul Mu’minin’ (PbuH) near his head and the angel of death at His feet. Then, He dragged Ali

under his dress, He put His mouth over Ali's and started whispering to Him a long confidential

talk until He passed away. So Al-imam Ali wiped his face with his soul, then he sneaked away of

the bed, sorrowed, weeping, and saying: Oh people, may ALLAH gives you a great reward for

Your prophet’s loss. So people started crying and lamenting loudly. They started pouring dust

over their heads and calling out Oh our master, Oh our Mohammad “Waa Sayidah” “Waa

Mohammadah”. Goodbye! ‘may ALLAH be with You’ Oh prophet. Fatima started weeping. How

was the situation of the Prophet's coddied daughter? How was Your situation that day, my

Chiefess, Oh Zahra’? As if you are yearning and whining, your heart doesn’t calm down nor do

your tears cease, day and night, as if She is saying...

Oh Thou who art throwing soil back, bury me with Him......I cannot see the house empty of His face

Life is QIfficuit Without HiMMl.......coouuusemismeeeeeneeenr after the prophet | don’t want this low
life

That day the seven skies WaVed..............in the seventh sky, Gabriel cried, Al-Mustafo died

May ALLAH gives you a great reward, Oh Ali...may you be rewarded with the chosen’s loss Oh ‘dahilbab’

{Dzhilbiab: one of mam Ali's nicknames given to Him after pulling Khaybar’s door of the Jews’ castle}

ALLAH AKBAR (glorifying ALLAH)! The prophet died while His head was in the lap of "Amirul

Mu’ minin’ the commander of believers {PbuT). Usually the one who dies, his beloveds would be

present around him, his mother, his father, his brother, his children. Welll The prophet’s head

was in ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’s lap, Lady Al-Zahra’s head was in Amirul Mu'minin’s lap, the head of

commander of believers Ali (PbuH) was in Al-Hassan’s lap (PbuH). But my heart is burning for
the sake of Abi Abdellah. Who was present with Him and took His head {in his lap}?! Yes. His

face remained over a pillow made of the dust {of Karbala}.

After that, ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ got up, bathed {the pure body of} the prophet {the ritual bath of

dead}, enshrouded Him and prayed over Him {the prayer established for the dead}. If only, the

day of Ashoura, He was present to take care of the preparation of His son Al-Hussein (PbuH)

(for burial)! ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ enshrouded the prophet with three shrouds. If only one shroud

of these, was given to Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) to be enshrouded with! May my father and

my mother be His ransom, He remained plundered, undressed. Oh, Yes! He had a shroud of

dust, He had a shroud of blood, and He had another shroud of darts, and that mat whereupon

Al-Imam ‘Zeinul-Abidin’ Ali bin Al-Hussein (PbuT} put Him, was His fourth shroud.

(1) “Surat Al-Doha” verse: 5.

After that, ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ prayed over the body of the Prophet (PbuH). Yet, my heart is

burning for You, Oh Aba Abdellah Al-Hussein. May my father and my mother be His ransom, He

remained three days, thrown down on the dust and nobody came to him for the sake of calling

{and asking} to perform the {ritual} prayer over His body {the ritual prayer for dead}. May my

soul be a sacrifice for Him,He died oppressed, estranged and lonely. Oh, yes. The swords of the

folk have prayed over His pure corpse..

Some of the narrations says that the prophet used to go out to Mecca's gates to call people

unto the worship of ALLAH. ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ came to the house of the Prophet (PbuH), He

asked “Khadija” {the prophet’s wife (PbuH)) about Him, yet, She wasn’t aware of His place, so

He said: Oh Khadija, bring water and food with You. Then, She came with ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’

until they walked out of Mecca. He said to Her, Oh Khadija, You search in the valley and I will

search in the mountains perhaps we find Him. Thus, Khadija put Her hands on her head and

started to roam in the valley while calling Oh Mohammad, Oh ALLAH's Prophet, Oh the beloved

of my heart, in which valley are you cast down? Oh the beloved of ALLAH. The prophet (PbuH)

was atop the mountain and Angel ‘Gabriel’ was with him, so the angel looked at ‘Khadija’ and

said; Oh prophet, this is ‘Khadija’ call her so that She approaches You because she has caused

the angels of the sky to weep for Her condition. Thus, the prophet called Her. She came toward

him. When She saw him in that state, stricken with stones and blood is flowing from His feet,

She threw Herself upon him.

i say, Khadija has caused the angels to weep although she wasn’t alone, she was with ‘Amirui

Mu’minin’ and the prophet was looking at her. | do not know how was the condition of the

angels the day of Ashoura, when Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) went out, roaming in Karbala’s valley,

putting ten fingers upon Her head and calling out; Oh my grandfather, Oh ALLAH's prophet,

may the king of Heavens bless You. This is Your Hussein, under the open sky. His limbs are

severed! He is bloodstained; His head is cut off from the nape! and His turban and His clothes

are stripped!...
O’ father the soul of Hussein passed away out of the stabbing...and I am Zeinab crying, brother Oh Ye
wha is slain

Yes! She caused the enemies to weep for her condition the time when she was running in the

desert of Karbala, passing through the victims until She reached her brother...

Oh...people, from where is the way to the riverside, show me

my brothers Abbus and Hussein

He called Her, Oh Zeinasb..................... Here | am Hussein, Oh Zeinab, | am Hussein

Oh... my beloved if they let me choose, | would have stayed with Ye

Oh Ye light of my eye, | would have sot near Thy grave and announced Thy death
But if I stayed who will guard {ond treat with kindness} Thy orphans

When the cameleer urges forward and lashes Thern with the whip

Oh Karbala, they were forbearing and they were patient

And they were all deprived of water

The household of ‘Taha’; Which crime have they done?!

Oh {tell me} when they were killed how much (there was}

Blood that streamed and tears thot ran over Thy dust

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hastens the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the

age - PbuH) and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers) and his aids and the ones detesting

his enemies and hurrying into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH, send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and his household and save us from Thyself,

protect us through thyself, take us not away from Thyself! For, He whom Thou protectest stays

safe, he whom Thou guidest knows, and he whom Thou bringest nearer to Thyself takes the

spoils {and the gains}...Oh ALLAH, send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His household, and

spare us the cutting edge of time's turning changes, the snares’ evil of the Shaitans, and the

bitterness of the sovereign’s aggression! Oh Thou most merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings be

upon Mohammad and his pure Household.

The second whiff

‘Majlis’ of truthful Fatima Az-Zahra’

may ALLAH’s peace be upon her

In the name of ALLAH, the Gracious, the Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You my master and my lord, Oh ALLAH’s Messenger; May ALLAH'S

blessings be upon you and your brother and cousin Ali bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you

my master and upon Your sweetheart and Your beloved Fatima Al-Zahra’, whose rib was broken, whose

fetus was aborted, whose right was usurped and whose grave is still hidden until now. May ALLAH

curses the ones who oppressed, struck and hurt You. Oh, Would that we were with You so that we could

attain our end and won great fortune!

Oh visitor of the land of Al-baki’, | entrust to thee @ Will ............ Kiss the dust of Az-Zohra’ for me

If the graves’ scents resembled to each others....Follow the process of determination through {each
one’s} disasters’

All the Imams were killed around Her... With poison whereas She was killed out of heartbreak and
ordeals

Cover thy face with dust, for, it MiGht.......ceunw.r......disclose to thee the afflictive stories

When thou smell the dust of Al-Batoul’s grave................ o sound fraught with weeping grieves thee

O father, Thy folk wasn’t loyal to the will..O father, they coused my children to hecome orphans after
Thy departure

They have broken my ribs and they have aborted.......the fetus with a squeeze which has {really}
tortured me

My master, Oh ‘Sahibul Zaman’ Al-Mahdi the master of the age, whenever you hear the mention of Your

mother Bibi Fatima (PbuH), your tears are shed over Your cheek. Perhaps you are among us now,

hearing us, so we offer to You our absolute condolences.

For the sake of ALLAH is Thy patience, Oh Ye who is only one left of Ahmad’s progeny

Ye are crying tears of blood in place of tears for Bibi Fatima

Az-Zahra® answers Ye, Oh yes! {indeed} my son

{ am always suffering in my tomb, 0’ son

As ifthe utterance of the Imam of the age (AHR) is:

0Oh...Do know! My mother Az-Zahraa'.....1 am the most one who knows about Thy state

Because | am the master of the command.............. | carry the patience in my chest

But my patience has caused me to fall apart..................My eye is always weeping

For that rib and that fracture..............oo........And this is my heart burnt by the doors firebrand and the
fire

Oh...when will Ye appear, Oh Ye who will take revenge {for Her}.......When will Thy light shine upon this
universe

And Ye call out, Who broke the rib of my mother Az-730133" cervoerrer seen. Who are those who
moved Her distress

Who usurped Her right and caused Her to have an abortion........... Who has stricken Her cheek and Her
forehead
ALLAH (TwT) said in his perfect, precious and wise book: In the name ot ALLAH, Most Gracious, Most

Merciful “Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates and your kinsfolk and

property which you have acquired, and the slackness of trade which you fear and dwellings which you

like, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings

about His command: and Allah does not guide the transgressing people”

Just as what was mentioned quoting the Prophet (PbuH): “Certainly, no slave could be considered that

he believed until | become more beloved to him than his family and My progeny more beloved to him

than his...” ?. The thing that moves the essence and the soul of the human is love and passion. So when

the individual loves something or someone, he strives for him. So as much as this love was toward the

persan, he will be ready to sacrifice and to offer to him. And because the human does not love nor

become attached to anything besides the one he sees and considers as his perfection and the aim that

he is yearning for, thus, the beloved represents the most perfect and complete thing to be loved and

adored. There are lots of people who viewed the world as their beloved and their lover and they

thought that it is the perfection and the absolute happiness, this is because they looked with one eye.

For, when the human opens one eye, he sees half of the truth which is the earthly life, and therefore he

will wark to have it because he considers it as his completeness and his desired happiness. And He will

spend every dear and precious thing for its sake. However, if he opened both of his eyes, he will see the

whole truth, this world and the afterworld. And if he was endowed with insight, he will find that the

world and all what exists in it is will disappear and will die, because what is in it runs out “what is with

you runs out and what is with ALLAH lasts” ® as what ALLAH (T) said.

Hence, the human works for the sake of His state in the afterlife and direct himself to what is lasting.

Thus, his heart doesn’t become attached to what is vanishing and limited. And that doesn’t mean to

leave the world but what is required is not to direct one’s heart into it, not even a little bit. So just as

what ‘Amirut Mu’ minin’ the Commander of believers (PbuH) said: “Behold! World's love and ALLAH'S

love can never be grouped”. Just as what was mentioned quoting Him (PbuH): “Work for your life as if

you are living forever, and work for your afterlife as if you will die tomorrow” ©.
And when the heart becomes attached to the afterlife, it is actually getting attached to its people and its

commanders, who are the impeccable pure Household ‘Ahlulbayt’, may ALLAH's blessings be upon

Them all. And when he loves and adores Them, he reaches the state of becoming extinct” in them and in

their manifestations “Thy names are called along with other names. Thy figures appear among other

humans, Thy souls rest with other souls, Thy beings existed side by side with other beings, and Thy

traditions are cited with other traditions” © which means the human becomes in a state of Jove and

infatuation for Their ciose friends ‘Awliya’ and their ‘Shial’ followers, then they love the more perfect,

and then the more perfect {and close to Them (PbuT)}. Because loving and adoring Them (PbuT) exists

and happen originally but loving and adoring the others exits and occurs as a result {of their love (PbuT)}

and this is the prophet’s ‘Hadeeth’ (PbuH): “No slave could be considered that he believed until |

(1) Surat Al-Nahl verse: 96.

(2) Surat Al-Tawbah verse: 24,

{3} “Al-Amali”: for Al-Sodouk, P.334.

(4) “Mostadrak Al-Wasa’el”: J12, P.42. :

(5) “Mostadrak Al-Wasa’el”: J1, P.146.

(6) “Fil Ziyarat Al-Jamiaa Al-kabirah”. |

become more beloved to him than himself, my family mare beloved to him than his own and my

progeny more beloved to him than his”. So, the basis of real love whereupon ALLAH has created us is

theirs (PbuT) and through it the human is considered to be a believer and he may therefore realize and

possess belief in the faith truly.

He said, He to whom belongs might, in this blessed Surah: “O you who believe! do not make friends with

a people with whom Allah is wrath” ©, where He invites us to disconnect all links with those whom

ALLAH has become angry with. And where there is a divine wroth, it is surely a result of the wroth of

Az-Zahra (PbuH). And it was mentioned in the news: “Lo! Our mother Fatima was truthful, the daughter

of a sent prophet. She died wrath with a people. Thereupon, we are wrath on account of Her anger” 2

So if we are claiming to be from the followers ‘Shiah’ of ‘Ahlulbayt’, we should be angry for their anger

and we should ponder over this verse that we repeat dozens of times in each prayer, every day: “Keep

us on the right path, the path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not {the path} of those

upon whom Thy wrath is brought down nor of those who go astray” 5) We are begging ALLAH not to be

among those whom Az-Zahra' (PbuH) has become angry with. And as what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq

(PbuH) says: “the breath of He who is grieved due to our grievance is an act of praising and his sorrow

for our sake is an act of worship”. This breath is praising because it praises the pain of their grievance

and the injustice that befell them, and this distress is like worshipping because it is their distress (PbuT).

And this doesn’t happen unless there was a royal contact and connection between the adorer and the

beloved. Further, concerning the reward of he who loves them, “Jaber” tells us quoting “Abi Jaafar”

(PbuH) that He said: “Oh Jaber, | swear by ALLAH, that day (the day of resurrection), (Fatima Az-Zahra',

peace be upon her), will pick out Her ‘Shiah’ followers and her lovers just like how the bird picks out the

good grains from the bad ones. So if her ‘Shialy came with Her unto the door of the Garden, ALLAH casts

into their hearts {an inspiration} to turn around, so when they turn around ALLAH (AwJ} says: Oh my

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: 1.39, P.4Z.

{2) “Biharul Anwar”: J.27, P.58.

(3) “Surat Al-Mumtahanah” verse: 13.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: 1.28, P.316.

(5) "Surat Al-Fatiha” verses: 6-7.

beloveds, why are you turning around whilst Fatima my beloved’s daughter has interceded for you? So

they say: Oh God, we would love our value to be known in this day. So ALLAH says: Oh my beloveds, go

back and look at whoever loved you for Fatima’s love, whoever fed you for Fatima’s love, whoever

clothed you on its account, look at who made you drink {some water} for Her love, look at who

prevented {Gheeba} backbiting from being done against you for the love of Fatima, take his hand and

take him in to the Garden. Abou-Jaafar, may ALLAH's peace on him, says: By ALLAH, none of the people

would be left except for the disheliever’ (doubt and doesn’t accept the truth as it is}, the infidel or the

hypocrite”. Because anything that was spent for the sake of the beloved guides to very high ranks,

even if the lover doesn’t ask anything and doesn’t strive to reach anything save his beloved, looking at

him and sitting with him. For, the adorer wants nothing except for looking into ALLAH'S face (TwT). And

if they gave him paradises, “Al-Hur Al-"Ayn” "“large-eyed beautiful ones™ and palaces, he would not

choose anyone or anything in place of sitting with Mohammad bin Abdellah or Al-Hussein bin Ali, Bibi

Fatima, Al-Hassan and ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ the Commander of believers {PbuH).

Let us enter to the house of Bibi atima (PbuH}, to stand next to the burnt door, this door wherefrom

nothing but heartbreaks and troubles have come to us, to see with the eye of the heart what happened

to our Chiefess Az-Zahra’ (PbuH). The cursed one along with his group gathered, went to Az-Zahra's

house (PbuH) and shouted: Open the door or | will burn it over you. They said to him: Fatima is present

inthe house! He said: So what?! ALLAH AKBAR!® (glorified be the Lord’s name), how dare they do that to

you, Oh, you who is a part of the prophet?! Al-Zahra' (PbuH) stood up talking to them perhaps they

might take into consideration Her father {when dealing with Her as the prophet’s daughter}. So She

stood up behind the door. But the cursed one kindled the fire in the firewood and they burned the door.

Thus, the fire reached Bibi Fatima Az-Zahra' {and burned Her (PbuH) with its fire-tongs}. Then, a group of

hypocrites entered and dragged ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ the Commander of believers (Pbu H) enchained,
from

his dwelling while Al-Zahra’, peace be upon her, was behind the door. The cursed one says: | looked at

the house, | didn't saw Fatima. So | felt She js behind the door, so | strongly kicked the door, | took the

whip from “Qunfoz”, may ALLAH curse him, and | struck her with it until that hurt Her. | heard moaning

and crying from Her, 50 1 was close to be soften, except that | have remembered Ali's grudges, and the
fact of quenching His sword from the blood of the bold men of the Arabs, and Mohammad’s scheme and

magic, thus, | squeezed Her between the wall and the door. {and there was a brad in the door, so it

pierced Her chest until it pulled Her inwards {to pieces}, broke Her rib, and induced the abortion of Her

fetus} and | heard Her saying: Oh father, Oh ALLAH’s prophet , this is what was done to Your beloved

and Your daughter!!

Oh . . Our sighing for Your calamity, Oh the plant of sweet-basil’ of the Holy Prophet (sweet-basil:

Expression to show the dearness of Fatima to the prophet}

I'went to the door but without a veil..............the filthy one felt my presence when | stood behind it

He squeezed me, thus, Al-Muhsin was aborted, my chest was stricken,

My rib was broken and | lost hope of my fetus

There was several calls for help” for Az-Zahra’. The first appeal was for Her father the Messenger (PbuH)

where She called Him out: Father, Oh ALLAH'S Messenger, this is what was done to Your beloved and

Your sweetheart Fatima,

{1} "Tafsir Al-Furat”; P.298.

|
And the other appeal was for Her husband the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ Ali (PbuH}:

Oh.. Az-Zahra' cried:

Oh Ali they were striking me, Oh Ali they were striking me

Oh Ali, they came to me while | was falling and my back was seen

Saying to Him, Oh ‘dahilbab’, I am a part of the prophet

My rib was broken by the door and my tears are flowing

My fetus became covered with His blood and saying with a gentle reproof...Oh Father, Oh Ali, Ye have
left me

Oh hero, | stood up while the brad was in my breast......l saw your state, | wasn't able to have patience

Oh Ali, Muhsin is covered with His blood -

{Muhsin: Bibi Fatimo’s fetus’ name (PbuH), dahilbab: Al-imam Ali (PbuH)}

As for the third appeal, it was for “Fidah”", may ALLAH be pleased with Her, {bibi Fatima Az-Zahra's

servant (PbuH)}. she said to Her: Oh Fidha, take me to You, and draw me to Your chest. For, by ALLAH,

they have caused me to have an abortion. Fidha arrived. She saw Her in that state, the brad is in Her

breast and blood is flowing from it. Az-Zahra' turned around {for whom are you looking my Chiefess?},

She saw before Her “Umul-Masa’ib” “the mother of disasters” Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon

Her, She said: My daughter, where is Your father Ali? What Bibi Zeinab {PbuH) will answer Her? Mother,

they dragged Him of the house. As if Bibi Fatima {Pbutl) called for the help of ‘Sahibul Zaman’ the

master of the age (PbuH), saying: Oh the knight of ‘Al-Hijaz’, reach me! Oh Aba-Salih Al-Mahdi, reach

me! {help mel}

The narration says that our chiefess Az-Zahra’ (PbuH) remained after that incident, sick, ill, Her head was

swathed, stretched out over Her bed until the day of Her martyrdom, where She started to entrust Her

will to "Amirul Mu'minin’ (PbuR), and Her utterance is:

Oh Abal Hassan, | want to entrust a will to Ye......first will, they must not be present in my funeral

And my body, bury it in the dark night...............Oh Abal Hassan, they must be unaware of the place of
my grave

On the tub of washing , do not bath me, Oh Haidar

{Abal Hassan, Haidar: Al-lmam Ali {Pbuti)}

There is also another will for Az-Zahra’ (PbuH)..

Turn me over slowly. See..my rib is broken........Oh Abal Hassan, take care of the orphans

Of Zeinab, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein

The narrations say that the day of Her martyrdom (PbuH), She came to Her children Al-Hassan and

Al-Hussein (PbuT). She washed their heads and said to them: My kids, Oh my dears, go to the grave of

Your grandfather ALLAH’s Holy Messenger (PbuH). After that, She drew near to Asmaa’ {saying}: Oh

Asmaa’, | will enter to this chamber to pray and to recite Al-Quran. So you shall be hearing my voice. If

not, then be aware that | have followed my father ALLAH’s Messenger (PbuH) {I passed away}. Bibi

Az-Zahra’ (PbuH) entered to Her room to recite Al-Quran a verse after another, and Asmaa’ was listening
to Her voice. While She was in such a condition, as if Az-Zahra's voice has stopped. Asmaa’ moved

forward to the door, She called out: Oh Zahra’, She didn’t answer Her. She says: | called Her out Oh

mother of Al-Hassan, She didn’t answer me. Oh mother of Al-Hussein, | heard no answer. So | entered

tothe room, as if Fatima is stretched out toward “Al-kiblah”” (the direction of prayer) and the cloak is

over her face. | uncovered the cloak from above Her, | moved Her She didn’t move. Thus, the soul of

Fatima has left this world...

Oh ... the Prophet's daughter died suffering due to Her sickness

Oh Ali, may ALLAH give Ye a great reward for this calamity

Her ribs are broken, Alas! Thy sorrow for Her

Thy age has afflicted You with the Prophet's Joss and today with Her

Asmaa’ says: So! wept and stayed confused. What am | going to say for Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein?
While

I was like that, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) returned and called out: Oh Asmaa’ where is our mother

Fatima (PbuH)? She said: Oh my masters, Your mother is asleep, they said: Oh Asmaa’, what is going to

make our mother to fall asleep in such an hour. Al-Hussein entered to His mother and threw Himself

upon Her..Mother, talk to me! | am your beloved Al-Hussein. | am Your dear, Abou Abdellah! When She

didn’t answer Him, He called out: Brother, Oh Aba-Muhammad, Gh Al-Hassan, may ALLAH gives You a

great reward’ for {the loss of} our mother Az-Zahra’ because She passed away...

Oh mother, we remained after orphons after Thy departure........Oh mother the age has shot us with its
darts

After Thy departure we are not sleeping the night

50 Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) went to the mosque, crying. People received Them and said: what is

making you cry, Oh sons of ALLAH's Messenger? Maybe you have seen the place of Your grandfather

empty so you have wept? They said: no but our mother Fatima (PbuH) has died. When ‘Amirul

Mu’minin’ Ali {PbuH) heard the news, He fell down to the ground swooned while saying: Who shail
console me now, daughter of Muhammad? {You used to console me} so who will take your place now?

Ali came to the house. He entered to Az-Zahra’s room (PbuH), sat near Her, took Her head and put it in

His lap, and started to talk to Her: Oh Zahra’ talk to me, Oh daughter of the chosen Mohammad ‘Al-

Mustafa’ talk to me, Oh daughter of He who led the angels of the sky in prayer talk to me, and She is not

answering. Then He shouted: Oh Zahra’ talk to me, for, I am Your cousin Ali. Tears started to run over

His cheeks and from Him unto Bibi Fatima’s face {PbuH). At that moment, She opened Her eyes while

saying, | was not wronged as much as You were, Oh Ali. For, you are the first oppressed. The narration

says that when people heard the news, and it was then at the sunset, they came to the dwelling of Ali

(PbuH) to participate in the burial of Az-Zahra’ (PbuH). Abou-Thar went out to them and said: the burial

of our chiefess was postponed until tomorrow, then Ali (PbuH) put her on the washing tub” (where

corpses are bathed, the ritual Islamic bath). He sat near Her and started to shed His tears and while He

was bathing Her, He took a seat alone in a corner, and started to weep. Al-Hassan (PbuH) on His right,

Al-Hussein (PbuH) on His left, and Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) before Him. Asmaa’ said: Sir! Finish bathing Her

and then weep for Her separation. He said: Oh, Asmaa’! While | was washing {the pure body of} Fatima,

my hand passed by one of Her ribs, so | found it broken and She didn’t tell me so that my pain wouldn't

increase. My master, Oh Ali! This is one of Az-Zahra’s ribs (PbuH) broken and You didn’t bear it. So My

master, how would Your condition have been, if you have seen Your son Al-Hussein while His ribs are

broken out of the horses’ hooves.

Oh Haidar, Ye has borne nat to see one rib {broken}

Thus, how would Thy condition have been, if Ye were present in ‘At-Tofouf’

Seeing how the swords have dismembered His -pure- body

Ly
{tofouf: the plain, Karbala}

Then He called out: My son Hassan, my son Hussein, Oh Zeinab, Oh Um Kolthoum, take pleasure in the

presence’ of Your mother Fatima {see Her for the last time). It is the farewell and the meeting shall be in

the paradise. Al-Hassan approached Her while kissing Her cheeks, and Al-Hussein kissed Her forehead

while saying: Mother talk to me before my soul leaves my body, mother convey the Salaam from us on

our grandfather ALLAH's Messenger, and tell Him that we have become orphans and estranged after

Your departure.

Ali says: | saw Fatima, peace on Her, groaning and yearning {for them}, She took her hands out of the

shroud and drew Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) to Her chest. Thus, as if a sound from the sky {saying},

Oh Ali, drive Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein away of Their mother, for, they have caused the angels of

Heavens to weep.

As if the two Imams, may ALLAH’s peace be upon hem, says:

Talk to me mother and answer me.........who is going to solace me after Thy departure

Who is gaing to comfort me, to wipe the tears of my eyes... and to cure the distress of my injured heart

The Funeral of Az-Zahra’ (PbuH) was carried to Al-Bakii’” (a land in Saudi Arabia) and the Commander of

believers ‘Amirul Mu minin’ {PbuR) buried Her, then He returned home before the rise of the daybreak.

So when the morning arrived, people came in groups and gathered at the door of ‘Amirul Mu minin’s

house (PbuH), and the first and the second cursed {men} were ahead of Them. Al-Mokdad went out to

them, and said: Oh people, leave. The daughter of ALLAH’s Messenger was buried yesterday. So Omar,

may ALLAH curse him, got mad and turned around to Abou baker and said: Don’t you see Ali and how

He has envied and wronged us? Dan’t You see Him, how He has buried the daughter of ALLAH'S

messenger secretly at night and prohibited us from praying over Her and escorting Her to Her final

resting place? So Al-Mokdad turned around to him and said: Oh Omar, no! The issue is not as what you
have mentioned. Bibi Fatima commended to Ali {the mission of} burying Her at night so that you two

don’t come to Her funeral and you don’t witness the prayer over Her, because She died angry with both

of you. Omar's anger increased due to the saying of Al-Mokdad, so he took the cane and started to

strike Al-Mokdad on His head and his back while Al-Mokdad is bowing His head to the ground until Omar

got tired of striking. Thus, Al-Mokdad raised his head and said: Strike me, Oh Omar! For, | am not more

sublime than my Chiefess Fatima Az-Zahra’, the da ughter of ALLAH's Messenger (PbuH). Didn't you

strike Her until you have broken Her rib, aborted Her fetus and struck Her on the eye? Oh Omar, strike

me just as how you were striking Bibi Fatima the daughter of Muhammad (PbuH). Didn't you squeeze

Her between the wall and the door such that the brad pulled Her inwards {to pieces}? And Ali {(PbuH)

buried Her yesterday while blood is running from Her broken rib.

Due to the striking of the cane, She had no strength nor power left

until She died out of Her heartbreak, woe unto me! Yet, woes help not

Ali bathed and enshrouded Her with His own hand and buried Her at night

Then He returned deploring and regretting Her loss

Moreover, everyday, ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ Ali (PbuH) used to go to Her grave, sit near it as She has

recommended that He does. One of the nights, He heard a sound from inside the grave saying: Oh Ali,

go back to the house. So when the Commander of the believers returned, He found Bibi Zeinab (PbuH)

sitting at the doorsill, tears are flowing over Her cheeks, and She is looking at the brad and saying: Oh
brad! How did you find my mother’s breast? Oh brad! how did you pierce the inwards of my mother

Fatima?

Oh Haidar, for the sake of ALLAH, go to Zeinab.......... wipe Her tears off and comfort Her

I'am afraid on my daughter to die out of her weeping...and then who shall guard and treat Hussein's kids
kindly

Woe unto a folk who fought Ahmod’s daughter......they violated Her guard” (refuge) before Moh
~~ ..sad’s burial

50 She started calling out with a grieved hegrt.......... which disasters Shall | avoid with my endurance

He is my partner in catastrophes as long as I shall live

{the guard might be Her husband Imam Ali (PbuH) or Her noble dwelling and sanctuary} -

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH, the High, the magnificent

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman" {the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters” (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

inta His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon Mohammad and his household... Oh ALLAH, | seek refuge in Thee from

guarding badly over those who are in our hands, failing to thank they who have done good to us, aiding

an unjust, deserting someone troubled, wanting what is by no means rightfully ours, and speaking about

knowiedge without having knowledge, for the sake of Viohammad and his pure househoid. May ALLAH

sends His blessings upon Mohammad and His household.

—-

rE Tre—

The third whiff

‘Majlis’ of Al-lmam ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ Ali

the Commander of believers

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH’s Messenger. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You and

upon Your empoisoned slain Household. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You my master and upon Your

successor and Your beloved Ali bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You my Lord, Oh the

Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’, Oh You who was born inside ‘Al-Kaabah'” (located in Mecca,

whereto Muslims turn their faces in prayers), Oh the martyr of the prayer niche ‘Shahid e-Mihrab’. May

ALLAH curse the ones who oppressed You. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end

and won great fortune!

Oh my beloved, Oh Ali bin Abi Taleb. My master and my lord Oh ‘Amirul Mu’minin’*, do You give the

permission to a poor person who is standing at Your door, hoping to draw near You? My lord, Oh Ali,

these are the days of Your martyrdom. My lord, | was searching for a place wherein a mourning

gathering is convened for You, yet | didn’t find one. | was searching for a lover seeking Your memorial

gathering, yet [ didn’t find. Master, | was searching for a partisan of Yours who died out of his choking

torment but | found no one. My lord, where are Your ‘Shiaa’ followers so that | follow their example?

Where are Your lovers to follow in their steps? My master, Oh ‘Amirul Mu’minin’, Fatima (PbuH) used to

go from a partisan’s house to another, asking them: Don’t you want to convene mourning gatherings for

my husband Ali whom ALLAH has named ‘Aliyan’, the High? My ‘Shiaa’ followers, where do you go?

Which gatherings are you attending? Aren't you saying that you are Our ‘Shiaa’ followers? Don’t you

ascribe yourselves to us? Why am | not seeing your tears flowing? Why am | not seeing You convening

memorial gatherings? Why am | not seeing You moaning and lamenting Your lord Ali? have | come to
the

wrong place?! Are you not my ‘Shiaa’ followers?! Or you just knock our doors so that We fulfill your

needs and help you, and you do not solace us in our adversities.

My chiefess, Oh Zahra’, we ask for Your forgiveness. My chiefess, we came today, bowing” (lowering)

our heads before You. My chiefess, | know that if a dear person to us died we would convene for him
the
memorial gatherings ‘Majlis’ until the fortieth day after his death. Yet my Chiefess, these are the days of

the martyrdom of ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ the Commander of believers (PbuH), and we didn’t hold the

memorial ceremonies for him but for one or two days. | ask you, my Lady? How is the condition of the

master of the age ‘Al-Mahdi’ (PbuH) who goes from one house to another, and from one place to

another, without finding memorial ceremonies held for His grandfather ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali? My

master and my lord, Oh master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’, may ALLAH give You a great reward for the

martyrdom of your grandfather the Commander of believers, the one separates people and distribute

them to the Garden or to the hell, the lord of monotheists Ali bin Abi Taleb {PbuH). We came to You, my

master, to share the mourning, the memorial and the weeping with You and to lament, wail and sob for

a longtime. For, today we will cry with You, my master, over Bibi Zeinab and Her orphanhood. My lord,

Oh the rising Imam of Mohammad’s Household, we put you to oath by Ali ‘Ai-Murtada’ (PbuH) to look at

us and to wipe with Your hand an our hearts and to have compassion for us’ (have mercy upon).

Let us do penance for our faults, and let our tears flow on our cheeks. Let us help Bibi Fatima, may

ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Her:

Oh my eye, shed abundant tears and please me......... Weep over the Commonder of believers

Weep over the best one who faced death......... He is surely its knight, He is who mounted the ship

He who used to fast the midday and to stand....... Whispering unto ALLAH, the Lord of the worlds, {His
entire} night

He is a truthful pious and righteous Imam.......a {legal} scholar who possesses knowledge and faith

Fy
0’ This is who stayed overnight in the bed {of the Holy Prophet} ta protect His brother

And cared not about the struggle of the unbelievers

He was gone after the Prophet's departure, may myself be a sacrifice for... Abal-Hassan’, the best of the
righteous

If thou would receive the face of Aba-Hussein *.....You would surely see a full moon appealing to the
viewers

We were just fine before killing Him...........For, we were seeing {in Him} the lord ALLAH'S Messenger
omong us

By ALLAH, | will not forget Ali... and His perfect prayer among those who bow down )

Thus, report to Mu’ awiya bin Harb........... May the eyes of the ones rejoicing at Our misfortune never be
delighted

Say to the ones gloating over Our grief: without haste...Lo] Those who are gloating will surely face the
same pain as

Ours

Is it in the fasting month that Ye have distressed us with....the loss of the best one of the creatures
altogether

Oh. lots of regret for the loss of "hamil jar”

The blood of the head was shed in the prayer niche “Al-Mihrab’

His funeral ceremanies were held at the lesser Bairam’ holiday

The men and the Jinn have held mourning ceremonies for Him

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It was mentioned quoting the noble Messenger (PbuH): “there is for ALLAH, in the days of your age,

some whiffs. So be exposed to it and do not turn away from it”

These days with what they hold of truths, lessons and meanings, is like divine whiffs that appear to us

and flow on us from the Holy essence of ‘ALLAH’ (JwA).

Each one of us would be exposed to these whiffs as much as his love, his passion and his recognition {in

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH)}, or like what they say, as much as his existential receptacle’. And it is known that the

reason that causes us to accept and survey these whiffs and to be realized {acquire our real existence}

through it is the fact of separating ourselves and keeping away from this world, renouncing worldly

pleasures, leaving the attachment and the clinging to any of its vanities and not being directed to

ourselves, our ego and our egoism:

There is an ego disputing with me which is standing between Ye and me

{Would Ye please} pull out with Thy Subtlety my ego from the discord

Thereupon, what stands between these divine whiffs and us is our ego, and nothing else. Pulling out this

ego cannot be done but with the Subtlety of ALLAH which is the ‘Wilayat’ guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’

(PbuT) {and staying loyal to it}. Surely, the sorrow and the regret take place when we die and our sight

becomes sharp just “but now We have removed from you your veil, so your sight today is sharp” 2.

Then, we would see the truth of what was happening around us whilst we were heedless of it. So we

would witness that Fatima Az-Zahraa’, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Her, used truly to sit in

every mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ convened for Her son Al-Hussein (PbuH), yet we were not certain of it

nor have we believed it. That moment, the sadness’ begins but then the regret will not be helpful. For,

everything would be over “On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest”. The truths of

everyone would become apparent and manifest and the noble Messenger {PbuH) has already indicated

the reason, through His saying: “Were it not that the ‘shaitans’ swarm around the heart of the human

being, He would certainly see the kingdom {of ALLAH)” ©.

And how aren’t you expecting from the ‘shaitans’ devils to swarm around our hearts while we are

turning away from the Household of Mohammad (PbuH). Yet even more, we backbite their ‘Shiah’

followers, we mention them in a bad way and we bring their defects into light. In fact, the reason of this

is nothing except for our infatuation with the love of this world and its beauties. Thus, until when we will

be pleased with this?

Consequently, we will not be able to see the kingdom of heavens and earths, and we will not be able to

see the Prophet Mohammad and His pure Household, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon them

all. For what reason? This is due to the fact that our figure is human whilst our hearts are that of an

animal, just like what the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ (PbuH) said: “...{Verily} their figure

is that of a human whilst their heart is that of an animal” ®. Or it is because we are from those on whom

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.67, P.221

(2) “Surat Qaf”, verse: 22.

(3) “Surat At-Tarik”, verse: 9.

(4) “Awali alali”: Vol.4, P.113.

(5) “Biharu! Anwar”: Vol2, P.56.

this ‘Quranic’ verse could be applied “They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off

from the path” ® Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), we were not created for the sake of consuming food

and drink nor to be occupied with the clothing and with getting married. However, we were created

only for the sake of the truth whereto we should be connected and attached and which is Mohammad

and His household, our ascension and our means of nearness to ALLAH. That is why, we should prepare

our provision for our journey to the exalted kingdom wherefrom we have descended and whereto we

will return “Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely return” in one condition, to have an

abundant and great provision. Similarly to what Al-imam Ali (PbuH) said: “Make provision {for

yourselves}. For, the call was made for you to depart {of this world}. Oh, Alas! How little is the provision!

Oh, Alas} How far is the journey!” ©). Hence, congratulations for the one whose provision was the

passionate Jove of Ali Bin Abi Taleb, Bibi Fatima the daughter of Mohammad and Their blessed children

(PbuT). Good for him who doesn’t have in his provision but the blessings of being extinct in Al-Hussein

Bin Ali (PbuH), being loyal to him, Joving Him, adoring Him and detesting His enemies.

That moment, ALLAH would show this partisan His love and would pay Him fully his reward/reckoning,

just as what was mentioned in the Holy ‘Hadeeth’” quoting ALLAH {AwlJ): “Oh Mohammad, | have

pledged that he whom [ love, 1 would cast down the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) into his heart”. and

that is because the Holy Prophet (PbuH) said: * indeed, the book title of a believer is the love of Ali Bin

Abi Taleb” ® and accordingly detesting His enemies.

Only the believer is the one who may love Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH): “Oh Ali, loving You is surely as

believing and accepting the faith whereas hating you is in fact as renouncing it" ©! However, the

unbeliever doesn’t love him. As for the examined believer, He is whom ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ Ali (PbuH}

describes to ‘Salman’ and ‘Jundob’, saying: “the examined believer is the one whom nothing of our

matter reaches Him but ALLAH would expand His breast for Him {relieved His mind} to accept it, and he

neither doubt nor mistrust {it}

Therefore, whoever wanted to know whether he is a believer or not, let Him suggest and offer to his

heart, the guardianship and the love of the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’'minin’ (PbuH), and let
Him examine carefully his condition, his acceptance and his submission before mentioning the excellent

virtues and graces of Ali (PbuH). So if he accepted it, congratulations to him on his faith. If he didn't, let

him then ask his mother about the identity of his father. For, just as what was mentioned in the news in

an approved and a valued source and narrated by the ‘Sunnites’” and the ‘Shiah’ bath “Oh All, Indeed,

none {of the creatures} hates You except for the love child or he who was born after an intercourse

made whilst his mother is during the menstrual discharge” I.

Moreover, it is well know that this love is a constitutive {a genetic} matter and not a legislative issue

{love is not actually a law that could be made}, and the partisan of *Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) cannot abandon it.

(1) “Surat Al-Furkan”, verse: 44,

(2) "surat Al-Baqara”, verse: 156.

(3) “A'famul Din”: P.150.

(4) “Biharut Anwar”: Vol.27, P.142.

(5) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.29, P.42.

(6) "Al-Hidaya Al-Kubra”: P.431.

(7) “Wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.2, P.319.

For that reason, Al-lmam Ali (PbuH) says: “If | would hit the noise of the believer by this sword of mine

for the sake of making him hate me, he will certainly never do it. Whereas if | would bestow {all the

blessings, the welfares and the beauties of} the world upon the disbeliever, he will not love me” 1),

ALLAH doesn’t give this love but to the best creatures and as what was mentioned it strikes the fetus in

his mother’s womb.

It was mentioned in the news that Abdullah bin Omar said: | was hearing when they asked ALLAH's Holy

Messenger (PbuH), in which language Your God have spoken to You, the night of Your ascension to the

seven heavens? He (PbuH) replied:

“He talked to me in Ali Bin Abi Taleb’s language (PbuH). Thus, He inspired me to say: Oh God! Was it

You who were speaking to me or Ali? He (SWT) said: Oh Ahmad! | am something that is not similar to
any

other. | cannot be measured to people and I cannot be described with the likenesses. | have created
You

from My Own light and | have created Ali from Your light and | looked unto the innermost feelings of

Your heart, | found none dearer to You than Ali Bin Abi Taleb, Thereupon, | talked to You in His

language” (tongue) se that Your heart becomes serene’ {calm)” @,

The poet says:

My loyalty to the prince of bees ‘Amirun-Nahl’ suffices me..........at death, when they bath and enshroud
me

Before shaping me my clay was blunged......with Haidar’s love, thus, how are ye expecting from the fire
to burn me?

May ALLAH never punish my mother, for she drank

Fram the successor of the Prophet's love and fed me with it through the milk
!'had also a father whe was fond of Aba Hassan......so | have become out of Him and Her, fond of Aba
Hassan

ALLAH's Holy Messenger (PbuH) used to say repeatedly “Indeed, looking unto Ali is {an act of} worship

so as mentioning Him. And ALLAH accept not the faith of a servant but through taking Him for Guardian

{and befriending Him} and disconnecting all links” with His enemies” Hence, faith cannot be described

as perfect and complete but with the presence of both the allegiance {towards Imam Ali {PbuH)} and the

disassociation {with the enemies of Alj (PbuH)} together.

He aise said in another narration: “0° people, whoso wants to put out ALLAH’s wrath and that the

Almighty accepts his works, let Him look at Al. For, looking at Him increases one’s faith and loving Him

dissolves the sins just like how the fire melts the lead”.

Let us stop at this corner that will uncover te us some of the “Wala'li” secrets of the guardianship. It was

mentioned in the news quoting Abi Hurayrah, he said: | saw ‘Mo’az bin jabal’ looking at the face of Ali

(PbuH) persistently. | said to Him: you are jooking at Him constantly as if you have never seen Him? So

{1) “Biharul Anwar’: Vol.34, P.50.

(2) “Al-Qatra”.

(3) “Biharu! Anwar”: vol.38, P.198.

“o
He replied: | have heard ALLAH'S Holy Messenger (PbuH) saying: “Indeed, looking unto the face of Ali
Bin

Abi Taleb is {an act of} worship”.

Further, quoting him too, he said: ALLAH's Holy Messenger (PbuH) said in a ‘Hadeeth’: ... “Do You want

me to inform you of the person who {acquired} the great gain’ (booty) and for whom ALLAH (T) has

prepared, goodly things kept for him in the stores of the throne. They replied: Oh ALLAH's Messenger,

yes! He (PbuH) said: look unto the one drawing near you. So they did it, as if a man of a shabby look

from the ‘Ansar’ helpers {approaching}.

ALLAH’s Messenger (PbuH) said: This day, some goad deeds and obedience {pertaining to} him have

ascended unto the heavens. If {these deeds and obedience} were distributed among all the people of

the earth and the heavens, the least portion of each one from it, would be the forgiveness of his sins

and entailing the Garden to him. They said: Oh Messenger! Through which deed {he acquired that}?

So the Holy Prophet (PbuH) said: Ask him to tell you about what he did today. Thus, the Messenger’s

companions (PbuH) came to him and said: Congratulations to you on what the Messenger of ALLAH (T)

has given you of good news. What have you done this day of yours so that these goodly things were

written down to you?

The man replied: | am not aware that | did anything except that | went out of my house and | had a

need, which | was late to carry out. So | was scared of missing it. Thus, | said within myself, { will

substitute it by looking at the face of Ali Bin Abi Taleb”.

Hence, the Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH) said: “Yes, by ALLAH! It is {an act of} worship. And what a {great}

waorship!! Then the Holy Prophet turned to the man and said: Oh ALLAH’s servant, you went out willing

to attain food for your children and you have missed it. So you substituted it by looking at Ali Bin Abi

Taleb’s face. You are a lover of Him and you believe in his excellent virtues {and graces}. Surely, that is

better for you than if the whole werld was red gold and you spent it for the sake of ALLAH. You will
intercede as much as the number of the breaths you have respired during your walk towards Him, for

one thousand {person for each breath} that ALLAH will release from the Hell through your intercession”

@)

And quoting Him (PbuH}, He said: “He among you who wants a life in this world {that leads to the}

salvation with me and being safe from the temptations and the trials, let Him be stick to the

guardianship “Wilayat’ of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)".

It was related that one day, ALLAH’s Holy Messenger (PbuH) looked at the Commander of believers

‘Arnirul Mu’minin’ (Phu) and said: “Ch Ali! Lol Your likeness in my nation ‘Ummah’ is surely as the

likeness of {the exclamation of} “Say: He, Allah, is one” {Surat Al-lkhlas). Whoso reads it once is as if he

read the third of ‘Al-Quran’. Whoso reads it twice is as if he read the two thirds of ‘Al-Quran’, and whoso

reads it thrice is as if he finished reading ‘Al-Quran’. For, he who loves you {through declaring and

confirming it} with his tongue has in fact completed the third of the faith. He who loves you {through

declaring and confirming it} with his tongue and with his heart, has then completed the two thirds of the

faith, and he who loves you {through helping, working for the sake of this love and realizing it} by his

1. “pl-katra: Al’Amali”.
hand, with his heart and {through declaring and confirming it} with his tongue has surely completed the

-perfect- faith. | swear by He who rightfully appointed me a Prophet, if people of the earth love you just

like the people of heavens, ALLAH would by no mezns chastise anyone in the hell. Oh Ali, {the

Archangel} Gabriel has given me good news quoting the Lord of the worlds; He said unto me: Oh

Mohammad, convey good news to Your brother Ali that | will not chastise the one who befriends Him

{and takes Him for Guardian} and | will not be merciful toward the one who contracts His enmity” %).

He (PbuH) also said: “Lo! if people were united on the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb, surely ALLAH wouldnt

have created the hell” @_f people were united on that love, the hellfire would never have been created

at all.

Every night, the wife of “Malek e-Ashtar” used to see Him awake until the daybreak. One day, She asked

Him, why do you stay up {all the night}? He said: Oh ALLAH's servant, | stay up perhaps | may hear the

voice of Ali Bin Abi Taleb’s whispering {unto ALLAH (Aw)} from between ‘Al-Kufaa’ palm trees. Each

night, Malek used to stay up in a hope of hearing the voice of Ali's whispering to ALLAH.

Hence, let us stand before this oppressed Imam and the first estranged lonely. By ALLAH, I ask you,

aren't you longing for His shrine? if we have seen only His shrine and we are not able to support the

separation, so how about if we have seen Ali (PbuH) himself? ...

Isn't there anyone who wants to hear the moaning of Bibi Fatima (PbuH)? Isn't there anyone who wants

to hear the voice of Zeinab’s whining {PbuH) or the groaning of Al-Hussein Bin Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)?

My master, Oh master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’, you are waiting the moment we will begin the

mourning gathering ‘Majlis’. But master how could we begin whilst our hearts are not directed towards

the calamity. My master, look at us, show Your kindness to us, we the needy. Oh my lord, our hearts are

still not directed towards the catastrophe, which means we will not be able to sit with Bibi Fatima

(PbuH) and weep like Her. My master, what have we done? What have we carried over our backs of sins

such that we were prohibited from this noble deed”? Oh Ali, my master, maybe You have driven me
away of Your door, thus, my heart became unfeeling” (hardhearted), and my tears dried out? Oh

Master, maybe you didn’t find me a lover of yours secretly and openly? Maybe You didn’t find me

weeping, these days? Why until now, my heart didn’t feel sympathy and my tears weren't shed over my

cheeks? Gh Ali, my Master, maybe You have driven me out of Your mourning assembly and You have

dismissed me from serving You? Oh Lord, maybe You do not like to hear my moaning. Maybe You don’t

like to hear my weeping. Maybe You don’t like to hear my groaning. Oh Ali, my Lord, Oh ‘dahilbab’’, for

the sake of Bibi Zeinab {PbuH), let me reach Your door and make me become extinct {in You and Your

passion}. My ford Oh ‘Amirul Mu’ minir’, | put You to oath that You take my soul in this ‘Majlis’, because

it cannot live without You. My lord, for the sake of Bibi Zeinab {PbuH) {do it}; My master, what is the

reason of living in the world whilst | am distant from You? My lord, if You will not be merciful toward

me, so who else will be? Oh Ali, if You didn't look at me, whom else is going to do it? My master, my

lord, my heart has surely survived through Your lave, and | have soothed the pain of fear on me through

it and through Your mention and remembrance. My lord, Oh Ali, aren't You going to feel for my state?

My lord, You do not drive someone who asks you away of Your door and You do not dash the hopes of

someone asking You. He who asks You, You surely give him, and he who doesn’t ask You, You are

1. “Masharikul Anwar”: P.56.

2. “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.39, P.247.

gracious enough to grant him. My lord, here You are, watching me while { am being carried off from

everywhere, in this land. | find not a lovera friend or a beloved. My lord, my own self is against me so as

all of the people. The moment they would hear me mentioning You with my tongue, they begin to

shower me with beatings. My master, Oh Ali, which kind of love and passion are You, Oh lord!! My lord,

the ‘shaitans’ are against us so as the people. My lord, aren’t You going to allow us to enter in Your

presence’? Since a period, |, the needy, received neither a messenger nor a salutation nor any news

from Your land. Since a period, master Oh Ali Bin Abi Taleb, | was prohibited from sitting in Your

presence. Yet, | don’t know the reason. Since a period, Ch Ali, | was prohibited from kissing Your

doorsills. Since a long time, Oh Ali, my eyes haven't seen Your ‘Mihrab’ prayer niche. Since a long time, |

am waiting the moment You will allow me to enter to Your place? When will You give me the permission

to enter unto the place You were bathed in {the ritual ablution of the dead body}? When will You give

me the permission to sit in the place where Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein {PbuT) used to sit? My lord, Oh Ali,

if You left me, who will help me? My lord, Oh Al, if You left me, people will offend me. My lord, I put

You to oath by the Holy Messenger of ALLAH, by Fatima and by Her broken rib, | put You to oath by the

brad that pierced Her breast and shredded Her inwards. Oh Commander of the believers ‘Amirul

Mu’ minin’, my lord, would You {please} come to our assembly and wipe on the hearts of ours, the

orphans. My master, | put You to oath by the tear of Bibi Zeinab and the moaning of Bibi little Fatima

‘As-Sughra’, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Them, that You lock unto us, Oh lord! My master,

1 put You to oath by the Glory of ALLAH {to doit}, Oh Ali.

My master, Oh Commander of the believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’, we will not hold the mourning gathering

until You would show up among us. Oh Ali Bin Abi Taleb, we will by no means hold the mourning

ceremony until You are present. Would You {please} come and hold the mourning gathering for

Yourself. My Lord, tell us about the disasters that befell You. Oh Lord Ali bin Abi Taleb, tell us about Your

estrangement and loneliness throughout those years. Not while You were living estranged with the

cursed ones. Oh Ali Bin Abi Taleb, tell us about the estrangement wherein You are living now among

Your own ‘Shiah’ followers. You are my beloved Oh Ali...

My lord, why when | used to hear Your name before, my soul used to wander off as if it will leave my

body? My lord, maybe when you have seen the people offending me, You wanted to go out of my

existence? My lord, Come! Let them blame me for Your love, Oh Ali. Didn't they blame ALLAH’s Holy

Messenger (PbuH)? Haven't they accused Him of being mad because He was infatuated with Your love?

My lord, Oh Ali, Come and tell me who has forbidden You from sitting under his shade so that You would

take shelter from the heavy rain? My lord, teil me who tied You up with ropes? Oh Ali, would that they

had tied me up before they did to you. Lord Oh Ali, | wish that sword had stricken my head before it did

to Yours. My lord, what is the benefit of being alive after Your departure, Oh lord? The close and the

distant ones are hurting us now. For, our father had gone. Our guardian passed away.

Come! Let us look with the eye of the heart at the state of the Commander of believers ‘Amirul

Mu’minin’, the nineteenth night of the month of Ramadan.

‘Om koulthoum’ says, my father stayed up all that night while He is standing to pray bow, prostrate

Himself and supplicate {ALLAH}. He used to go out to the courtyard, lock at the sky and say: By ALLAH,

you arent lying and you cannot be accused of lying. This is certainly the night whereof my beloved

ALLAH's Messenger (PbuH) has promised me. Then He put His clothes on willing to go to the ‘Masjid’.

There was some geese in the house. The moment they saw Him, they started to flutter and to screech at

His face. Oh Master, the animals were not pleased with Your assassination whilst the humans were
pleased. He said: There is no God but ALLAH, these screechings will be {indeed} followed by wailings. So

when He reached the door of the house, His noble apron was untied. Thus, He started to chant, saying:

Be prepared for death because............ death is drawing nigh to Ye

Do not be frightened of it.....when it would draw near Ye

For, just like the time has caused Ye to Jaugp......the time will cause Ye to cry as well

He (PbuH) arrived to the ‘Majid’, He ascended the minaret’ while exclaiming with His voice: ALLAH

AKBAR' {ALLAH is Great / ALLAH is above all descriptions} such that there was not a single house in

‘Al-Kufah’" but Al's voice (PbuH) entered to it. Then he passed by the people sleeping in the ‘Masjid’

while saying: {come to} prayer, {come to} prayer, may ALLAH have mercy on you, until He approached

“Ibn Muljam” saying: “stand to prayer, Oh my killer. After that, ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ started His prayer.

“Ibn Muljam” stood at the pillar which Al-lmam was praying near. He gave Him time until He prayed the

first ‘rak’aa’” (the first prostration in Salat). When He raised up His noble head after the first bow, as if

the cursed struck the head of Al-imam with his sword. So the strike fell on the same place where He

stroke “Omar bin wid Al-Amiri””" (Omar bin wid Al-Amiri: the infidel who showed up to fight with Al-

Imam Ali (PbuH) in the day of ‘Al-khandak’, the trench). Thus, the head of Al-imam was split until the

place of prostration and blood started to flow from it whilst He is saying: In the name of ALLAH and by

ALLAH and | will certainly die while following the religion of ALLAH’s Prophet Religion. By the God of “Al-

Kaaba’, {indeed} | have succeeded. And He recited the noble verse “From it We created you and into it

We shall send you back and from it will We raise you a second time” ®, They say seas sank, the earth

was shaken, the sky was convulsed, the doors of the ‘Masjids’ were closed and the angels cried in the

sky. {Further} a dark black wind blew and the Archangel Gabriel stood between the earth and the

heaven announcing His death and calling out: Lo! By ALLAH, the pillars of guidance have been

demolished and the firmest handle {of faith} “Al-"Urwa Al-Withka” has been broken off. Lo! Al-Mustafa’s

cousin’ was killed, ‘Al-Mujtaba’ the chosen successor {of Prophet {PbuH)} was murdered. Ali ‘Al-

Murtada’ was slain. The most unblessed hac killed Him.

People gathered while crying: Oh our master ‘Waa Sayidah”, Oh our Ali “Waa Aliyah’.
Oh Ye who faces death, {how could the unblest} approaches Ye....whilst death shakes when it hears by
Thy name

How could the sword dyes Thy white hair with blood......Lo! Thy “Shial’ followers kept striking their
cheeks

The Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ returned home carried {by His sons and companions}.

When they became close to the house, Al-Imam said to them: Put me down here while His tears are

running over His cheeks. They said to Him: Oh ‘Amiru! Mu’'minin’, what for? He said to them: | don’t

want Zeinab to see me like this and therefore Her heart would become broken. Oh master, Oh ‘Amirul

Mu'minin’, | say, would that Your own eyes have seen how did they take Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) out of Her

tent while the Fatimides ‘Al-Fawatim’” (PbuH) are whining. They entered Him to the dwelling. When Bibi

Zeinab (PbuH) saw Him, His head is split and blood is running over His beard, as if She says:

Oh ... Zeinab cried and struck Her breost......Oh Ye who are Her soul, Oh the rose of Her life

She whined and cried, Oh Ye who are approaching.....who is the one Ye are carrying

1 am hearing weeping and crying from Thy direction...Oh good fellows, | fear that my Father was
stricken

When Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein heard Her......they shouted: Oh Zeinab, increase the moaning

(1) Surat Taha, the verse: 55,

Thus, people clamored weeping and wailing, and the tears of ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ flowed over His cheeks.

That night, everyone was around Ali (PbuH), Bibi Zeinab at His Head and Al-Hassan and AlHussein

(PbuT) around Him. He opened His eyes after He was unconscious and said: Let everyone present in the

house go out and let Fatima’s children stay. Aboul Fadel {PbuH} was willing to go out. Yet, ‘Amirul

Mu’ mini’ called Him out: where are You going? He replied: My master, you have said, let everyone

present in the house go out and let Fatima’s children {PbuH) stay. My mother is not Fatima. My mother

is ‘Umul-Banin’ {mother of the four sons}. Thereupon, He said: Lo! You are the eye of Az-Zahra’, Oh Abal

Fadel Then He started to commend His children with certain wills and then He turned around to Abil

Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH), pointed at the reasonable Zeinab ‘Al-Akeela’ (PbuH) and said: | entrust Your

sister Zeinab Al-Hawraa’ to You. Al-Abbas said: Oh father, {I promise} | will make You content. After that

the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ (PbuH) called out: ALLAH is my “Kaliph”" among you

(ALLAH is my substitute to guard You after my death) and Allah is sufficient for me and most excellent is

He, the Protector. Zeinab (PbuH) started striking on Her face. Al-Hussein started to look at ‘Amirul

Mu’ minin’ and weep, and Al-Hassan to strike on His head. As if Al-lmam extended His legs and hands,

and His pure soul left His noble body. May ALLAH’s mercy be upon he who calls out Oh our Ali ‘Waa

Aliyah’, Oh our Imam ‘Waa Imamah’.

Oh ... Hussein's father completed not His fasting month......... lesser Bairam has come while His children
are orphans

Lesser Bairam has come, would God it had never done it.........Would God His crescent appeared not in
Qur sky

We are occupied with Our funeral and mourning ceremonies......on account of the catastrophe that has
befallen us

The narration says that when Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) finished along with a group of specific

companions from burying ‘Amirul Mu’minir’, they passed by a ruined place in ‘Al-Kufa’ {Iraq}, so they

heard moans. There was a man weeping as the person bereaved of a child. They asked him about his
condition, he said: | am an estranged lonely man. | have no family and | have come to this town one
year

ago. Each night, a person brings me some food to eat and He sits with me, so He cheers me up and

consoles me and | have missed him since three days. So they said: Describe Him? He said: | am blind.

However, | had never asked Him about His name but He used to tell me, | am doing that to seek
ALLAH’s

pleasure. He keeps on glorifying and praising {the Almighty}, exclaiming “ALLAH AKBAR” and saying

“there is no God but ALLAH” So they said: He is surely the Commander of believer ‘Amirul Mu’minin’.

The most unblessed {of the creatures} has made us suffer His loss and here we are returning from His

burial. The moment the man heard that, he started to strike his head to the ground, to pour dust and to

cry the shouts of the ones bereaved of a child. Therefore, he caused all who were present to weep. Then

he said to them: | ask You for the sake of ALLAH, Your grandfather ALLAH’s Holy Messenger, and Your

father the ‘Wali’ of ALLAH that You take me to His grave so that | renew the covenant with Him. For, my

living has become embittered on account of killing Him and my life has become troubled {and

distressed} after burying Him. When he arrived to the grave of ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’, he started to roll his

body in it and to pour dust upon his head until he fainted {Oh...Where is the grave of ‘Amirul Mu'minin’

so that we roll our bodies {on it} and pour dust upon our faces}. When he recovered consciousness, he

raised his hands up to the sky and said: Oh ALLAH, I ask You for the sake of He who dwells in this shining

grave that Yau join me to Him and take my soul unto Your Excellency. For, | cannot support parting with

Him. Therefore, ALLAH responded to His supplication and his soul departed from the world. So they

prepared him and buried him near ‘Amirul Mu’minin’,

If that was the condition of this man on account of the Commander of believer's loss, thus, master, how

was the condition of Your orphans in those nights? How was the condition of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH)? Asif

She is wailing and weeping for a long time and Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein {PbuT) are calling out: Oh our

Ali ‘Waa Aliyah’.

Oh ...the prayer niche has been empty for lwo days............. Oh Father, how much nights are dismal

Rocks have crumbled out of the moaning of Our lord...Oh dear, | hope the day of Thy death has never
arrived

Master, Oh "Amirul Mu’minin’, Who is there {to take care of} the orphans? Who is there {to take care

and help} the poor people? Who is there {to help and console} the widows? Oh lord, it was painful for

You to see the orphans’ tears so You used to wipe it off with Your own hands. Master, who is going to

wipe off the tears of Your ‘Shiah’ followers and Your orphans? One of the narrations says that a man

entered to "Al-Kufa’, the day of ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ (PbuH) martyrdom. Whenever he encountered a

child, he used to see him crying, thus, he asked him: Who is Your father? So he would reply: Ali Bin Abi

Taleb. Surely, Oh Master, all of us are Your orphans. We will by no means forget You as much as days

would last.

Oh Ali, | forgot Ye not, Oh Ye who represents my {whole} life and all of my family

Ye are cherished and present before my eye all the time, Oh father of Hussein

Alas! my sorrow for the pious lord................ father of the pure ones, the pure Haidar ‘Az-Zaki’

There is na power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)}

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers) and his aids and the ones detesting his enemies and the

ones hurrying into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send your blessings upon Mohammad and His household. Oh ALLAH, Ye have created us from

fraiity, buiit us from weakness, and began us from a mean water. We have no power except through Thy

strength. We have no strength except through Thy aid. Therefore, confirm us through granting us

success, point us the right way with Thy pointing and render the eyes of our hearts blind before

everything that opposes Thy love Oh Ye most merciful and may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon

Mohammad and His pure Household

eer

The fourth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the chosen Al-Imam Al-Hassan ‘Al-Mujtaba’

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon You, Oh my master and my lord, Oh ALLAH'S Holy Messenger. May

ALLAH’s blessings be upon You and upon Your murdered empoisoned Household. May the Almighty’s

blessings be upon You and upon Your successor and beloved Ali Bin Abi Taleb. May the Almighty send

His blessings upon You, Oh the chosen Al-Hassan Al-Mujtaba, Oh You empoisoned Imam. May ALLAH

curse the ones who oppressed You..

ALLAH AKBAR, what a sorrowful day!............ wherein the sanctity of this religion has been violated

Le! ‘Az-Zaki” had gone, O' Ye wha are His lovers lament and weep over Him...for, these are the angels
weeping

He was gone and His inwards were cut into pieces......... He started to spit them up out of his mouth into
the troy

Stand up and hide the ‘tray talk’ from Her ...La! | am the pure Al-Hussan sighing and sympathizing {with
Her}

Announce to Az-Zahra’ the death of Her heart's soul......... I fear that Her sad heart become broken into
pieces

I'sigh for Your coffin whilst the enemies were a tacking it.........with the remarkable and hidden spiteful
darts

Oh myself grieves at Al-Hussein regretfully.......while He was calling out in a wailing and a moaning tone

Oh...this night, the memorial ceremony of the empoisoned Imam will be held

Enter whilst Thy tears are flowing over Him continuously

! have never seen anyone inflicted as the infliction of Al-Hassan’s liver

Lo! They were shooting the coffin of the pure Lady’s son with darts

My chiefess, Oh Zahra’, today we shall look for one of Your wounds. Oh my Chiefess, this is the day of

Your son Al-Hassan’s death (PbuH). Oh Chiefess, Oh Zahra’, May ALLAH give You a great reward. They
say, when the day of resurrection comes, Fatima {PbuH) comes holding Al-Hassan with Her right hand

and Al-Hussein (PbuT) with Her left. The shirt of Al-Hassan (PbuH) that is stained with poison will be on

Her right shoulder, and Al-Hussein’s bloodstained shirt will be on Her left. She says: Oh ALLAH, judge

between the killers of my sons and me!

Oh Zohra’l Lament Thy sons whilst Thy heart is hurt

One of Them had gone out of poison and the other died through being slain

Oh Zahraa’! Stand up and see with Thy own eyes Al-Hussein thrown down {on the ground}

He has not been bathed {the ritual bath of dead} nor enshrouded, Lo! He was thrown down on the
ground ’
ALLAHs Holy Messenger (PbuH) said: “Verily, everything has a basis and the basis of Al-Islam is the love,

of us, the members of ‘Ahlulbayt™” ,

The love of “Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) is the basis of ALLAH'S religion (AwJ), and He (T) grants it only to the elite

of His friends and saints. We should know that it is possible to lead ourselves mentally into a level

wherein we can have the knowledge of Mohammad and His household, may ALLAH’s blessings and

peace be upon Them. Yet, we cannot enter to our heart as much as the measure of a single atom of this

knowledge because this is in the hand of ALLAH.

Originally, the heart's issues are by no means in our hands. In fact, all of the existence is in ALLAH'S

hand. Far, He is the Opener {of the gates of profits} and the sealer. He is the First, the Last, the Manifest

and the Hidden. He has everything in His own hand. And every opening or sealing is in Their hands, may

ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Them. “ALLAH started with us so that He close also with us” 2 The

maximum we have in our hand is to think but the process of regulating {the affairs} is not in it. This

process is in His Excellency’s hand (Awl). As for us, we can talk about the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ but we can

neither lead ourselves into it nor engrave it in our heart. For, this love is from ALLAH (T) “Verily,

{attaining to} the knowledge cannot {happen} through learning a lot. Yet, the recognition is a light that

ALLAH casts into the heart of whom He wants to guide {to the truth and the right pathy” 8) We should

also know that ALLAH’s will is not related to anything. It is possible for someone who doesn’t own this

recognition in His mind, that ALLAH casts it in His heart. There is no law that determines the entrance of

this knowledge and this luminous recognition and enlightenment into the heart. However, this depends

on the fact of not contradicting or opposing Them inwardly and outwardly. “Therefore he who turns

away from You will surely miss the aim {and will deviate from the straight path}, he who closely adhere

to You will surely reach the destination and he who fails short of that which is as it ought to be in Your

case compare and contrast to lower in grade will certainly destroy himself” ®t was mentioned in the

‘Hadeeth’ that ‘Al-Mufdil’ said to Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadik (PbuH): “Oh lord! Who are the ones falling

short of that which is as it ought to be in Your case compare and contrast to lower in grade? He (PbuH)

replied: Oh Mufdil, they are those whom ALLAH has guided to the grace of our knowledge {and

recognition} and has revealed to them our secret, so they raised a doubt about us, denied our
{excellent} virtues and said; ALLAH would have never given them His authority and His cognition’

(recognition)” ©.

Thus, we should not advance Them {concerning the way of believing in the graces and the virtues that

pertains to Them (PbuT)} so we would become exaggerators nor should we fall behind Them

{concerning the same thing} so we would become failing short of knowing and recognizing Them.

Therefore, we must stick and hold fast to Them (PbuT). The Comma nder of believers ‘Amirul Mu minin’

(PbuH) says: “{Verily} whoso sticks to us reaches the destination and whoso pursues a different path

than ours sinks. Our lovers will certainly obtain lots of mercy from ALLAH and He (T) will surely send {a

great} wrath on the ones who dislike us...” Whoso sticks to us means he who laid hold on the firmest

handle of ‘Al-Islam’ “Al-‘Urwa Al-Wiska” which shall never break off. Clinging to this cable means holding

(1) Al-Kafi: Vol.2, P.46.

(2) Quoting “Amirul Mu'minin” (PbuH): “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.65. P.61.

(3) "Munyat Al-Marid”: P.167.

(4) Al-Fakih: Vol.2, P.6S.

(5) “Al-Hidaya Al-Kubra”: P.431.

fast to it “And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah” ®, and They (PbuT) themselves are the

firmest handle and the strong cable of ALLAH. Moreover, it was mentioned quoting Him, He (PbuH) said:

“He who loves us {sincerely} with his heart, helps us through his tongue and fights our enemies by his

own hand with us, is certainly with us in our degree” {in heavens}”. For, we are not among Their lovers if

we have not yet paid one cent in their way and we didn’t sacrifice everything we have {heart, mind, soul

and life} for them “No slave could be considered that he believed until | become dearer to him than his

own family and My progeny more beloved to him than his...” © as what ALLAH’s Holy Messenger {PbuH)

have said.

Is this how a lover could be known? If we were lovers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and lovers of Al-lmam

Al-Hussein {PbuH) we must ask ourselves, what have we sacrificed for Him so far? If we wanted to treat

Them fairly without even being lovers or adorers, we should {ask ourselves} how much ALLAH has given

us of money and boons? Did we give half of what we own to Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) and left the

other half for us? | am talking here about being fair and not about love. And if we didn’t treat Them

fairly, we must bear the domination of the people and the shaitans’ tyrants over us, and that of our own

self that commands us {to do evil} “Behold! If you defend us not and treat us not fairly, the tyrants will

surely overcome you” . For that reason, he who pretends that he loves Them and until now he didn’t

sacrifice every dear and precious thing for Their (PbuT) sake, has certainly lied. Further, have we shared

the money that ALLAH (T) has granted us equally with Al-lmam Al-Hussein and ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)? Yet, If

we want to talk from the side of preferring Al-lmam to us, we should give Al-lmam Al-Hussein all of what

we own, even if we will become poor. This is the altruism that Aboul-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH) has taught

us in Karbala, whereas He didn’t drink water. This is indeed the passion and the absurd fondness.

Look how many people commit themselves to mutual social visits. They take with them the most

expensive gifts for the one whom they are visiting. However, do we present any offering before

‘Ahlulbayt” (PbuT) when we visit Them (PbuT) and when we enter in Their presence and to Their

gatherings ‘Majlis’? Let us ask ourselves, why do we enter to Their assemblies and mourning gatherings

with empty hands? Are we ready to serve in Their gatherings ‘Majalis’? And it is well known that this
service is for Them (PbuT). Did we write a book talking about ‘Ahtulbayt’ (PbuT)? Or have we
contributed

to the printing or the publishing any book {of Them (PbuT}}? Did we buy some books that talks about

Them and we distributed it to the people so that they would have recognition {in Them (PbuT)} and love

for Them (PbuT)? He who pretends that he loves ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and he didn't yet truly realized these

things is surely a liar. Is this how real love would be? For that reason, Al-lmam (PbuH) said: “Whoso

loves us with his heart and helps us through his tongue but doesn’t fight our enemies, his rank is inferior

{to ours} in one degree, and whoso loves us with his heart but doesn’t help us through his tongue nor by

his hand, {his place} is in the Garden”. This is the rank of he who loves ‘Ahlulhayt’ (PbuT) only with his

heart, yet without the apparition of this love or its translation into action. It was mentioned in the news

that “Verily, he who loves something, mentions it a lot”. He who loves something always talks about it.

We claim that we iove Al-lmam, so how many ‘Majlis’ have we convened for Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH)

so far in our houses? However, when someone of my household dies, how many mourning assembly do

we convene for him and until when? Let no one of us claims that he loves Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)

while he is not translating this love into action. ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ (PbuH) says: "Verily, whoso hates us

with his heart, aids against us through his tongue and his hand, is surely in hell with our enemy. And

(1) Surat Al-lmran, the verse: 103.

(2) “lal Al-Shara’ii”; Vol.1, P.140.

(3) “Tahf Al-'Okoul”: P.237.

whoso hates us with his heart and doesn’t aid against us through his tongue nor by his hand, is {simply}

in hell” ™. Nobody ever thinks that the day of resurrection, he will smell the fragrance of Al-lmam

{PbuH) while he doesn’t love Him (PbuH) sincerely and honestly, “And that man shall have nothing but

what he strives for” ©.

In addition, from the thing that confirms one’s love for ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) is to dignify and value Their

progeny. For, itis desirable to let the 'Syed’” sit in the center of the gathering ‘Majlis’ and it is also

desirable that everyone stands up for any ‘Syed’ who enters to that place, even if he was a transgressor.

Thus, we should stand up out of respect for him and for ALLAH's Holy Messenger (PbuH). This

dignification and exaltedness is for ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT). However, oneself appears in this place and raises

an objection the moment we want to apply this thing. It becomes problematic, doubts and shows love

towards leadership. We remember here the narration that says “3 person of Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq’s

progeny (PbuH), called Al-Hussein Bin Al-Hassan Bin Jaafar, used to drink wine publicly in Qum’ (Iran).

One day, he went to the house of Ahmad bin 15’haq Al-ash’aari who was an agent in the religious

endowment of Qum ‘Al-Awaqaf {to fulfill} a need, he didn’t give him the permission, so Bin Jaafar

returned home sorrowed. Ahmad bin 1s’haq went {later} to visit the holy land ‘Al-Hajj’. When he
reached

‘Samuraa’ (a region in Iraq, “Surra Man Ra’a” the Arabic translation of its meaning is: He who sees {it}

becomes delighted), he asked the permission of Abi Mohammad Al-Hassan Al-‘Askari’ to enter, yet He

(PbhuH) didn’t give it to him. Thus, Ahmad wept for so long out of that and implored Al-imam {PbuH)

earnestly until He gave him the permission. When he entered, he said: Oh son of the Holy Messenger,

whv have You forbidden me from entering to You whilst | am from Your ‘Shiah’ followers and Your

partisans? He (PbuH) said: “{I did it} because you drove our cousin away of your door”. Ahmad wept,

and swore by ALLAH that He didn’t forbid Him from entering unto him but to turn from drinking wine.

He said: You are true, but they should be honored and respected anyhow. You must not degrade

{dishonor} or underestimate them because they derive their origin from us. Otherwise, you become

among the losers” E

This jove should appear in Their (PbuT) lover's existence and on his tongue. For, when the ALLAH’s Holy

Messenger (PbuH) used to sitin an assembly, He used to say to them: “{You may} adorn your assemblies

with making mention of Ali Bin Abi Taleb”. They have detested the Commander of believers ‘Amirul

iu’ minin’ (PbuH), and for that reason, the verse was sent down “And those who disbelieve would

almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad”.

Do we mention ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and talk about them wherever we go even if | will be violated,

dishonored and hurt? {blessed is the one who gets hurt for the sake of ALLAH}. At that time, the lover

appears. ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ (PbuH) told ‘Maytham At-Tammar’: “Oh Maytham! They will call you to

disconnect ail links with me {and to renounce me}. They will cut off your hands, your legs and your

tongue. He said: isn't that {going to happen} out of love for You? He said: yes. He said: Thus, | do not

care”. Why do we become cowardly when it comes to showing our love far ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) and we

do not have the courage to declare it? Originally, the lover doesn’t think but of his beloved. He doesn't

think of anything other than Him. Verily, this is the lover. This is the adorer and the Imam of the age

‘Imam Az-Zaman’ (PbuH) wants us to be like that. Does the person whose concerns are the worldly

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, P.88.

(2) Surat An-Najm, the verse: 39.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vo!.50, P.323.

4) “Surat Al-Kalam”, the verse: 51.

matters from consuming food and drink, being occupied with the clothing and getting married is he

whose concern is the Garden and he wants to enter to it? That is why, if we wanted to be with them, in

their rank, we must love Them with our heart, {through declaring and confirming it} with our tongue and

with all the degrees of our existence “Verily, whoso loves us {sincerely} with his heart, aids us through

his tongue and fights our enemies by his own hand with us, is surely with us in our degree {in heavens)”.

These days, we are in the month of Muharram and there are some signs of the lover in this month, What

have | sacrificed of money, time, tears and pain in my heart and _.. for Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)? May

my father, my mother, my family, my money and | be Your ransom, Oh Aba Abdellah. What did | offer?

Do talk about Them (PbuT) in every place | sit or | backbite the ‘Shiah’ followers of Ali Bin Abi Taleb

(PbuH), | watch television and | stay up all the nights without any benefit?

It was mentioned is the news that while Al-lmam Al-Hussein was on his way to Karbala, He met a man

called “Abdollah bin Al-hor Al-hanafi®. So He (PbuH) asked for his help and support. The man said: By

ALLAH, Oh son of the ALLAH's Messenger, if | would have to defend You | would certainly be the first to

be killed in Your presencs. However, this is my horse. Take it to You! By ALLAH, | have never mounted it

seeking anything but | reached it. Further, whenever someone wanted {to catch} me, | escaped on it. So

take it! Thereupon, Al-Hussein (PbuH) turned His face away from Him, then He said: “we are neither in

need of you nor of your horse, and | do not take the misleaders for aiders” ™, “And they do not spend

but while they are unwilling” * “So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts till

the day when they shall meet Him” ®)_ it is the same thing for us. If someone wanted to buy something,

he pays its price while being happy. Yet, if he wanted to spend for the sake of Al-lmam Al-Hussein

(PbuH) he pays unwillingly or he spends and reminds the athers of his favor “0 you who believe! do not

make your charity worthless by reproach and injury”. None should remind anybody of his favor, and if

Fam working or serving in the mourning gatherings Majlis’, | am actually serving the Commander of

believers ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ (PbuH) and Lady Az-Zahra’ (PbuH).

We must reconsider our recognition {in ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)} and our loyalty {to Them (PbuT)}. It was

mentioned in the news: A man entered to Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH), He (PhuH) said to him: “from

where is the man {from where are you}?” he said: | am among Your lovers and Your partisans. Al-lmam
said to him: “Lol Whenever ALLAH loves a servant, He befriends him. And whenever He befriends him,

He entails the Garden to him”. Then He looked at him and said: “From which kind of the lovers of ours

are you?” the man kept quiet. Then “Sadeer” and he is one of Al-tmam’s companions (PbuH) said to

Him, how many kind of lovers do You have? He (PbuH) said: “Our lovers are of three categories: A

category that loves us publicly but doesn’t love us secretly {they talk about ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) th rough

their tongues only, but privately, they are occupied with the worldly love}. Another category that loves

us secretly but doesn’t love us publicly {they love Them (PbuT) with their hearts anly without declaring

and confirming it through their tongues and their hands}. Another one loves us secretly and publicly,

they are the highest type {their place shall be in the most high rank and position}. Lo! They have drunk

fromthe fresh sweet ‘Al-Furat’ water {Al-Kauthar}. They have the earliest books {sent by ALLAH} and

they possess its knowledge, the sound judgment’ (capability to separate evil from good in clear words)

and the reason of {all} reasons. Verily, they are the highest type. The poverty, the neediness and all

kinds of afflictions rush to them faster than the horses’ race. The misery, the distress and {the

(1) “Al-Amaali”: the thirtieth assembly ‘Majlis’, P94.

(2) “Surat Al-Tawba”, the verse: P.53.

(3) “Surat Al-Tawba”, the verse: P.77.

(4) "Surat Al-Tawba”, the verse: P.264.

OD
adversities} have afflicted them and they were shaken seduced and tried. Thus, they were scattered in

all the far lands while some of them are injured and some others are slaughtered {love has a price and

these things are the price of attaining the ‘Wilayat’ Guardianship and the loyalty to it}. It is because of

them that ALLAH cures the sick and enriches the destitute. ALLAH helps you due to them {if you wanted

ALLAH to cure and help you, seek one of these people}. Further, it rains on their account {which means

that the sky rains for their sake} and the

Al-mighty provides you {with the means of subsistence} on their account. They are in fact the least in

number, the greatest in value and importance in the estimation of ALLAH. The second category is the

lower type. They love us publicly yet they follow the steps of the kings. They declare to be with us with

their tongues but they use their swords against us {and

as what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) said: Lo! May ALLAH kill a nation ‘Ummah’ that killed You by the

hands and through the tongues” For, kings love the leadership. They treat people with arrogance,

superiority and underestimation ... these people deliver speeches on the pulpits and talk about

‘Ahlulbay?’ (PbuT) but their performance on the ground is similar to that of the king. However, the {true}

lover leads an ascetic life and doesn’t possess such characteristics). The third category is the lions’ type;

they are the meanest category. They love us secretly yet they doesn’t love us publicly. {just like the one

who gets married from someone of another religion, from a wife who doesn’t love ‘Ahlulbayt” {PbuT). ..

By my life! if they have loved us secretly and publicly, and they are who fast the night, you would see the

signs and the effects of devotion and asceticism on their faces. The man said: am | from the ones who

love You in secret and in public? Al-imam taafar As-Sadiq {PbuH) said: The ones who love us {insuch a

manner} have some marks wherewith they are recognized. The man said: What are those marks? He

{PbuH) said: Those are natural dispositions. The first of them is that they recognized the proper

recognition of the belief in ALLAH’s oneness. They have mastered its cognizance and then the faith in

{the fact of} whom He (T) is and in his attributes. Then they recognized the limits of the faith, its truths,

its conditions {and prerequisites} and its interpretation” (21,

That is why, we should know from which category are we? Our problem is that we consider ourselves
saints. However, we are deceiving ourselves “They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and

they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive” B! For, he who loves Them secretly and

publicly, his moaning doesn’t calm nor does he sleep night and day. Those type of lovers are they who

fast for their days and stand {to pray and whisper to ALLAH} in their nights. imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH)

says: “Verily, people were divided on our basis into three parties: A party loved to wait the rising Imam

of our progeny’ {Imam Al-Hujja-may ALLAH hastens His reappearance} to obtain earthly gains (money,

power...). So they related our talking and memorized it. Yet, they failed to act in accordance with our

actions and as we have ordered. Thus, ALLAH will gather them to hell. Another party loved us, heard our

talking and acted according to our actions, as we want and as we have ordered, just to take advantage

of it for the sake of plotting against people and exploiting them. Thus, ALLAH will fill up their bellies with

fire and He will afflict them with hunger and thirst. And another party loved us, memorized our talk,

obeyed our command and didn’t act contrary to our actions {and what we have ordered}. Those are

surely frem us and we are surely from them” ©.

Moreover, He (PbuH) said to one of His 'Shiah’ while He was describing Their true lovers and adorers:

(1) “Al-Tahzib": Vol 6, P.65.

(2) “Tahf Al-Okoul”: P.237.

(3) “Surat Al-Bakara”, the verse: 9.

(4) “TahfAl-Okoul”: P.384.

“Our ‘Shiah’ followers are recognized through various natural dispositions. They are known with their

generosity, their sacrifice for the sake of the brethren and the keeping up of the fifty ‘Rak’a’ prayers’ {in

the single day}, night and day. Qur ‘Shiaa’ followers grumble not the grumbling of a dog nor are they

greedy as the greediness of a crow. They adjoin nat an enemy of us nor do they ask {their need} from

someone who hates us, even if they will die of starvation. Our ‘Shia’ followers eat not the catfish

{silurid}. They wipe not over their shoes during the ablutions ‘Wudhuy’. They attend constantly to the

midday prayer and they drink not alcohol. Hence, the man said: May | be Your ransom, where could |

find them? He (PbuH) said: at the top of the mountains and in the outskirts and when you enter to a city

ask about the one who adjoins not them nor do they adjoin Him, for, that is a believer as what ALLAH

(SwT) said: “And from the remote part of the city there came a man running” ®,

By ALLAH, Habib ‘An-Najjar’ the carpenter was alone” 2. We should think carefully from which category

we are. Whoso loves ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) should follow their example, we should pattern after Them

{PbuT}.

It was narrated quoting Bashar Al-Makari, he said: | entered to Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) in

Al-Kufa (Iraq). He offered me a plate {of food} while He was eating and said: “Oh Bashar! Draw near me.

So | approached Him. He said: come closer to me and eat. So } said: Enjoy Your meal! May | be Your

ransom. In fact, | felt jealous and zealous in my way for something that pained my heart and affected
me

deeply. He (PbuH}) said for me: For my sake, come closer to me. He said: | approached Al-lmam and ate.

So He (PbuH) said to me: inform me of what you have seen and wherefore you have felt jealous and

zealous and your heart has become in pain? He said: | saw some policemen striking the head of a
woman then they drove her to the prison while she was calling by ALLAH and His messenger for a

succorer but none have succored her. Al-Imam said: Why have they done this to her? he said: | heard

the people saying that she stumbled with her dress and when she stood up, she said may ALLAH curse

the ones who oppressed You, Oh Fatima! At that moment, the policemen surrounded her and started to

shower her with beatings then they dragged her to jail. Bashar says, thereupon, Al-imam stopped eating

and started weeping until His napkin, His barb and His chest became wet out of tears then He (PbuH)

said: Oh Bashar! Let us go to the ‘As-Sahla Masjid’ to pray to ALLAH (AwJ) and ask from Him the

salvation of this woman. Al-Imam sent one of ‘As-Shiah’ followers to the door of the ‘Sultan’ and asked

him not to return to Him until he receives {information about the lady} from someone sent {by the

‘Sultan’}. So if something happened to the woman, he would walk up to us, to the place wherein we are.

He said: we walked up to ‘As-Sahla Masjid’ and each of us prayed two “Rak’a” prayer.

Then Al-lmam Al-Sadiq (PbuH) raised His hand up to the sky to supplicate {ALLAH} and he fell down in

prostration {making obeisance} whereas | hear nothing from him but the his breathing voice. Then He

raised His head and said: Get up because the woman was released. He said, we all went out and as if the
man {the messenger of Al-lmam, (PbuH)} says, they have released her. Thus Al-Imam (PbuH} said: And

how did that happened? He said: | don’t know, but when | was standing at the door of the ‘Sultan’, a

fellow went out, caiied her out and said to her: what did you say? She said: | stumbled so | said may

ALLAH curse the anes who oppressed You, Oh Fatima! Therefore, they have done to me what they did.

So he took out two hundred ‘Dirham’” {an Arabic currency} and said: release the prince from it {from the
2

cursing). She said: nol He said: Go to your house; Thereupon, she went home. Abou Abdellah {PbuH):

She refused to take the two hundred ‘Dirham’? He said: ves, He said: By ALLAH, {She refused} whilst she
|

was in need of it! Bashar said: Thus, He took out of His pocket (PbuH) a pack wherein there was seven f

(1} “Surat Ya’ssin”, the verse: 20. ;

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.75, P.280.

‘Dinars’ {an Arabic currency} and said: Take this to Her house, convey my salutation ‘Salaam’ to her ard

pay Her these ‘Dinars’. He said: We all went and conveyed His {PbuH) ‘Salaam’ on Her. So she said: For

ALLAH's sake, tell me, Jaafar Bin Mohammad salutes me {for real}? They said: Surely! may ALLAH have

mercy upon you. By ALLAH, Jaafar Bin Mohammad conveyed his ‘Salaam’ to you and made so and so

{they narrated to her what Al-lmam has done} When He (PbuH) knew that you entered to the jail. They

say, she tore her clothes and fell down in a swoon. We taok patience until she woke up. We repeated

what we have said. She looked at us and uttered: Repeat to me what you have said. We did it, so she

tore her clothes and fell down in a swoon {another time} until she did that three times. After that, we

returned to Al-lmam and we narrated to Him what happened, so He started weeping and praying for

Her” @. indeed, this is Jove and passion.

It was mentioned in the narrations that when Al-iImam Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) returned from

the burial of the Commander of believers 'Amirul Mu’minin’ (PbuH) and they saw that blind man

weeping, moaning, yearning and crying the cry of he who is bereaved of a child, they said: “what is the

reason of your weeping? He said: There was a man who used to come to me, to console and feed me

every night. Now, three days have passed and He didn’t come. They said: Describe Him to us. So he

started to describe Him to Them, they said: Oh you {addressing the noble blind man}, we have just

returned from His burial. Thus, He tore his clothes and struck his face then he said: | put you to oath by

ALLAH to take me to His grave. When He arrived to His shrine, the sorrows of Mohammad’s Household

(PbuT) were reawakened and they started wailing and weeping. At the end, He raised His hands up to

the sky saying: Oh God! Take my soul at this moment. For, | cannot bear to live after this man”.

Where are the adorers of the master of the age and the time ‘Sahibul Asr waz Zaman’ who enjoy

nothing and who are waiting their Imam with lots of eagerness? Oh my master, are we going to be

among the true lovers {loving sincerely} with our hearts and will help You by our hands and our tongues

or we will be just like the companions of Al-lmam Al-Hassan (PbuH) who let Him down and betrayed

Him? The narration says that one of His companions entered to Him, jabbed Hirn in His flank with the

sword and said: may ALLAH’s peace be upon you, Oh You who brought humiliation to the believers. Let

us turn to ‘Al-Bakii’” with the eye of the heart, to that sacred place, to stand at the doorsills of the Holy
Messenger’s grandson and Al-Batoul's sweet basil” and to salute the master of the deserted grave
where

there is neither sanctuary nor shrine for Him. Oh Aba Mohammad, Oh Al-Hassan Bin Ali, my master,

your ‘Shiah” followers are at the entrance of ‘Al-Bakii’, looking at Your grave, wishing to hold this dust

that covers Your pure body, Oh this empoisoned body. My master, would God | was a shadow over Your

grave, if only! The narration says that Mo’awiya, may ALLAH curse him, tried to kill Al-lmam more than

one time through inserting the poison {in His (PbuH) food}. Yet, Al-lmam used to be cured of it.

However, the last time the cursed one imported this poison from Rome {from the Romans} and said {to

them} want a concentrated deadly poison. Then, he chose Al-lmam’s wife ‘Jaada bint Al-asha’ath’, may

curses be upon her, whose father, may ALLAH's curses be upon him, was an accomplice to the shedding

of Amirul Mu’minin’s blood (PbuH) and whose brother Mohammad, may ALLAH curse him, was an

accomplice to the shedding of Al-Hussein’s blood (PbuH), to carry out his crime. Mo’awiya, may curses

be upon him, asked from her to empoison Al-lmam after enticing her with a sum of money and with {a

false} promise of getting married from his son ‘yazid’, may curses be upon him. Thus, the cursed did it.

She put the poison for Al-lmam into a drink of milk whilst Allmam was fasting. When the time of fast

breaking has come, jaada offered that poisoned milk to Him and Al-Imam drank it. When the poison

[63] "Mostadrak Al-Wasa'il”: Vol.3, P.413.

circulated in His body {and took effect}, He started to writhe over His bed {out of pain}. His color

changed and He started to feel as if his bowels are being cut off with knives. Further, they used to lift the

tray full of blood from between His hands, several times a day.

Someone entered to Him while He was vomiting; he said to Him, my master will you not cure yourself?

He said: with what am | going to cure death {is there any cure for death}? I had been given poison for

three times and this is the fourth. {the situation remained like this} until the day of His martyrdom

arrived. Let us enter to the house of the Lord, the chosen Al-Hassan ‘Al-Mujtaba’ (PbuH) to see His state.

Let us console Bibi Zeinab, Al-Hussein, Al-Abbas and the 'Hashemite” for this catastrophe. Here He is,

your Imam roaming the house along its length and its breadth, due to the fever of the poison until the

pain has crippled Him and he started weltering over his bed while writhing due to the strong pain and

He turned {Himself} to ‘Al-Kiblah’". Al-imam Hussein (PbuH) entered to Him. When He saw Him in this

state, He wept so hard {Oh! console Al-Hussein with your tears} such that He fainted. So when He woke

up, Al-imam Al-Hassan said to Him: Oh Aba-Abdellah, what is causing you to cry? He said: | am weeping

because of what they have done to you. Look with your heart's eye at this scene; Al-Hussein is sitting

near His brother. Al-Hassan’s head is in Al-Hussein’s lap. The tray is between His handsand Al-Hassan

(PbuH) is spitting up His liver in pieces. Despite all that, you may hear what does Al-Hassan {PbuH) say to

Al-Hussein (PbuH)... Oh brother, do not be sad on my account. For, Your calamity is much greater than

mine so as Your catastrophe. You will be slain alone, thirsty, lonely, slaughtered near the ‘Euphrates’

riverbank, in the land of Karbala. The most unblessed of this ‘Ummah’ will ascend Your chest “There is

no day similar to Yours {in its catastrophe and greatness}, Oh Aba-Abdellahl” . . . {Oh Zahra’, this is Al-

Hassan elegizing and reciting the mourning of Al-Hussein. Oh You who attends every ‘Majlis’ convened

for Her son Al-Hussein. Aren’t You present amongst Your sons and beloveds?).

Oh...

Oh Zahra’, over whom are Ye lamenting this lamentation

Is it over the empoisoned Imam or over Hussein

She yearned and called out whilst tears are visible on Her cheek
Oh creatures, how could ye ask? Lo! They are both my sons

Whilst the lover was talking to His beloved, as if yearning and moaning {was heard from} behind the

door. Who has come? it is Bibi Al-Hawraa Zeinab {(PbuH). She came to visit Her brother.

Therefore, Al-lmam Al-Hassan (PbuH) turned around to Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH} and said: My brother

Aba-Abdellah, put this tray aside lest Bibi Zeinab doesn’t see it . . .

Oh...

Oh Hussein, take this tray away from me......... Thy sister, Oh Abau-Sajjad” has come to me

She wants, Oh brother, to bid farewell to me

Toke the tray away for fear that the trust sees my liver

| fear that She starts to yearn and my grief increase due to Her crying

This is the trust of my Father Haidar and my Grandfather

Icannot bear to see Her tears running over Her cheeks

{Abou Al-Sajjad: Imam Hussein (PbuH), the deposit: Zeinab (PbuH)}

Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) entered. She caught sight of that tray wherein the inwards of Her brother Al-Hassan

are present. She cried: Oh my brother “Waa Akhah”, Oh my Hassan “Waa Hassanah”.
Oh partisan {of Zeinab (PbuH)}, before this catastrophe, whereto does your heart and your soul ga?

What do you remember?? Maybe you have remembered the other tray that Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) saw, but

this time, the head of Al-Hussein was init. ...

Oh Abu-S ajjad’, Bibi Zeinab has two troys...one wherein the liver of Al-Hassan the delight of the eye lays

And another wherein Thy head lays, Oh Ye light of the eye, Oh Hussein

Al-lmam Al-Hassan’s Household (PbuT) of women and children gathered around Him. All this while

Al-Hussein is weeping until His voice becomes high. Thus, A-imam Al-Hassan (PbuT) would calm Him

down in order not to render the women distressed. Then He started to entrust His wills to Then and

then He said: My brother Aba-Abdellah, when | pass away, bath me {the ritual ablution of the dead} and

embalm me with the rest of the embalmment’s substances of my Grandfather the Messenger (PbuH)

because it is derived from the camphor of paradise’. Carry me upon a cot to the sanctuary of my

grandfather ALLAH's Messenger (PbuH) to renew for Him my covenant. Be aware that people will forbid

{You} to bury me near the grave of my grandfather. Hence, do not shed blood for the sake of my matter.

After that, He started to look at His children while saying may ALLAH protect You, goodbye! Surely,

ALLAH is my ‘Khalif" on You and then He uttered: May ALLAH’s peace, mercy and blessings be upon you

too, Oh my God's angels. He turned His face to the “Kiblah””, closed His eyes and His pure soul left His

hlessed body. Oh our Hassan “Waa Hassanah”, Oh our master ‘Waa Sayidah’, Oh our Imam ‘Waa

Imamah’...... Oh Zahra’! May ALLAH give You a great reward.

Oh...Lo! Al-Hassan died and the ground of Al-Medina was shaken

Right from the grave of His grandfather Al-Mustafa, they have heard His whine

Sod Bibi Az-Zahra’ was afflicted with the calamity {of His martyrdom}

Saying, why have they empoisoned yy son Al-Hassan

All this while Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) is calling out: Lo! My sorrows on Your account shall by no means cease

all my life whilst She is kissing His cheeks and weltering on Him. As for Al-Hussein (PbuH), He bathed Him
{the ritua) bath of dead}, then He enshrouded and prepared Him while His utterance is:

Would God all of us have gone as a sacrifice for Ye...Oh brother, in a condition that Ye would have
remained safe

Lo! Al-Hassan died, Oh ‘Shiah’ stand up to escort Him to His final resting place

Let us carry the coffin of Al-imam along with the ‘Hashemite’” (related to Bani Hashim, sons of Hashim).

This is Al-lmam Al-Hussein at the head of His brother's coffin, wiping off His tears. When the funeral

procession reached the ‘Masjid’ of the Holy Prophet (PbuH), Al-Imam Al-Hussein (Pbu H) prayed over

Him. Then they brought His (PbuH) casket and went to the Holy Prophet's grave. Yet the cursed woman

went out {mounting} a mule and saying: Oh Hussein! Turn Your brother back of my house; | do not want

someone whom | don’t love to enter to my house. So He shouted, take Your brother back {He (PbuH)
did

that to fulfill Alimam’s will}. However, the folk hasn't become satisfied with that only. A group of them

came and pelted Al-imam’s casket with darts...

{ have never felt happy throughout my life; | was {always} sad

Tears have never dried out in my eye; Yet it was {always} flowing

Alas! My sorrow for the coffin of Al-Hassan that was stricken with darts

Lo! They have forbidden Them to bury Him near the Lord of the creatures
As if Abal-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH) put His hand upon His sword and shouted: Oh sons of Hashem ‘Bani

Hashem”, is Al-Hassan’s funeral procession going to be pelted {with darts} while you are watching?

Thus, Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) came to Him, drew Him to His chest and said: My brother Abbas, this is

not the day of {Your death}. Lo! You have a day greater than this,

Abou-Fadel unsheathed the sword and the tears of His eyes have flowed

The moment He saw the dart struck His brother Al-Hassan’s casket

Hussein turned His eyes around and said unto Him: Oh Abou-Fadel, be patient!

For, this is surely decreed and written down and Ye shall meet a day wherein Thy hands will be severed

And the dart will be thrust in Thy eye whilst Ye are thrown down upon the dust

May ALLAH help the heart of Your Imam Al-Hussein. He came towards ‘Al-Bakii”*. He put the casket

down on the ground and pulled from it seventy darts. Here Your Imam is, distressed. Let us console Him.

Let us be present with Him in this calamity. He dug a grave for His brother and took Him down to it and

befare pouring down the dust, Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) lowered His head in the grave of His brother

{PbuH) and wept such that He bathed the dust of the tomb with the tears of His eyes JOh father of

martyrs, calm down! For, You have caused the hearts of your ‘Shiah’ to bleed due to the tears of Your

eyes}. When He put Him in His grave and poured down the dust on Him, He took off the turban of His

head -and it is the most honorable thing to be taken off for the sake of showing one’s sadness- threw it :

on the ground and then He threw Himself over the grave. As if He is saying:

Hussein is shouting whilst tears are runping......... Oh people, Al-Hassan has gone {and I have lost Him}
Would that | was the one intended to be given poison...in place of Thy heart and Ye have remained safe,
Oh brother

Wha is going to inform Al-Mustafa and pure Bibi Fatima......that Al-Hussein is crying tears of blood over
Al-Hassan

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH, the High, the great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ “Sahibul Zaman” (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers) and his aids and the ones detesting his enemies and the

ones hurrying into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH, send your blessings upon Mohammad and His household. Oh Ye whose remembrance brings

henar those who are remembering, Oh Ye whose thanking brings triumph to these who offer thanks, Oh

Ye whase obedience brings deliverance to the ones who obey {Him}, send Thy blessings upon

Mohammad and His Household, and divert our hearts by Thy remembrance from every act of

remembrance and our tongues through Thanking Thee from every act of thanking and our limbs through

Thy obedience from every act of obedience, for the sake of Mohammad and His pure Household, Oh Ye

most Merciful. May ALLAH's blessings be upon Mohammad and His Progeny.
===

The fifth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the presence of Lady Fatima,

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, in Karbala

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon vou, Oh the Messenger of ALLAH and upon your brother and your cousin

Ali Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon you and your wronged household. May ALLAH’s

blessings be upon you my master and my lord ‘Mowla’, Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh ALLAH'S expansive mercy,

Oh you who is the door of the salvation of the Ummah". May my soul and that of your ‘Shiaa’ be your

ransom, Oh Karbala’s martyr. May ALLAH curses your oppressors. Would that we were with you so that

we could attain our end and won great fortune!

The calamity of the martyr’ of ‘At-Taff" emaciated my body...embittered my life and rendered my life
unpleasant

Just when the month of ‘Ashura’ arrives...sorrows are renewed in my heart which leaves me amidst the
misfortunes

And I remember my lord Hussein and what happened......to Him because of the dirty ones in Karbala

And | didn’t forget Zeinab calling for the aid of Her Imam..Brother you were for me a fortified hold und a
protector

My brother, O whom people of illegitimate birth had slain him... and bequeathed to me a long
permanent sorrow

My brother, | was hoping to be your ransonm...... yet, they dashed all my hopes

My brother | wish | became blind and | didn't see...... your forehead and your beautiful face smeared in
the sand

And She calls out Az-Zahraa’, the doughter of Mehemmad......OR mather, my support fell down and was
shaken

Oh mother, your beloved passed away under the open sky......thrown down, slain, bathed with blood

Oh mother, lament! For, Al-Hussein’s head is upon a spear..shining like the luminous full moon when it
comes out

Lament over the neck dyed red in blood and shed......tears over the dusty cheek smeared in the sand
Lament over the body smeared with dust {and blood), which......the horses of the enemies ran over, in
Karbala

{Al-Taff: Karbala}

As if Az-Zahraa' (Phu) was watching this scene and as if she says:

Oh ye who doesn’t know me, 1 am the mother of Hassan and Hussein

I'am whom they have attacked her house and squeezed her (behind the door)

And l am whom they broke her ribs and caused her to have an abortion

I'am who called out ‘Fidha’ from behind the door

I'am whom they have slain the suckling baby of her son while he was upon his breast

And with the horses they ran over His corpse and broke His ribs

And f am the one who attends amongst the mourning gatherings of the ‘Shiaa’

And weeps aver her son who was slaughtered in ‘Al-Ghadiriya” (Karbala)

{Fidha: bibi Fatima Al-Zahroa’s servant (PbuH}}

it was mentioned in Abi Abdellah’s visit ‘written Ziyarat’ (PbuH): “Oh, how much your calamity is great

on your father, the prophet, and how much it is great on the one who knew ALLAH” ™.

The calamity of Abi Abdellah (PbuH) is great, but itis like that in the hearts of who knew ALLAH (Aw])

and knew His Prophet who said “Hussein is from me and | am from Hussein”.

So the person who didn’t find inside himself, in these days, the sorrows and the grief, and he doesn’t

feel the greatness of Aba Abdellah Al-Hussein’s calamity in his heart, it is because till now he didn't

know ALLAH and His prophet yet. Well, He is laughing, eating, drinking and sleeping as if nothing

happened. He must doubt his faith, because all of this is a proof that he doesn’t know ALLAH (Awl).

Why? Because “how much your calamity is great on the one who knew ALLAH”. Who knew ALLAH (Awl),

His tribulation will be a great one because of the martyrs’ master ‘Imam Hussein’ (PbuH) and this day

will be for Him greater than his affliction resulting from the death or the loss of His father, his mother,

his wife and his child. Because who knows ALLAH, will be stunned by that day, away from himself, but

even everyday because to Him “every day is ‘Ashoura’ and every land is Karbala”.

And each one who finds his tribulation in this world greater than His affliction because of Mohammad

and His pure household (PbuT), thus He is so much distant from ALLAH {(AwJ} and from the people of

knowledge, and it cannot be apply upon Him the noble verse “men who are true to the covenant which

they made with Allah: so of them is he who accomplished his vow, and of them is he who yet waits, and

they have not changed in the least” @ 1f we were honest in what we have promised ALLAH from loving,

knowing, and taking Mohammad and His household for gua rdian’ (for friend) which we were ordered to

do “Say: | do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives” # We would have been

now with the master of the time and the age ‘imam Al-Mahd¥’, may ALLAH (T} hastens His
reappearance,

patterning after him, weeping with Him morning and evening, until we meet death from the pain of the

catastrophe and the choking grief. But this didn’t happen till now. This is because our sins is standing

between us and that thing. With each sin we commit, we are betraying through it the covenant and the

loyalty that we have for the master of the age, may ALLAH hastens His reappearance, and that is why we
should renew our allegiance ahd our loyalty, after each time we enter under the guardianship of the

damned devil. And the partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) arrives to the status of being preserved’ {from evil

and sins} (a sort of inerrancy) and being safe from the devil through taking them (PbuT) for guardian,

and this could be obtained as much as his allegiance and his passion was. Because just as what was

mentioned quoting Al-lmam Ali Al-Hadi (PbuH) that He said to one of His friends: “Oh ‘Sahl’, our Shiaa

have a sort of protection by following our guardianship ‘Wilayat’, which if they walked with into the

depth of the overflowing seas and the bygone desert, between beasts of prey, the wolfs and the

enemies from humans and demons, they would be safe from their fears through following our

guardianship ‘Wilayat’” (staying loyal in supporting us)” 2

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) came down from the glory of ALLAH’s holiness to take us out of that dark prison. This

is Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH), His white hair was dyed with His blood. This is Fatima (PbuH), she accepted

Her rib to be broken and Her fetus to be aborted. This is Al-Hassan (PbuH), he agreed to eject His

empoisoned liver. This is Al-Hussein (PbuH),

(1) “Kamil Al-Ziyarat”: P.230.

(2) “Surat Al-Ahzab”, the verse: 23.

(3) “Surat Al-Shawra”, the verse: 23.

(4) “al-Amaali”: for Al-Sodouk, P.276.

he accepted His head to be cut and to be held upon the head of a long pike and this is Zeinab (PbuH),

she agreed to be paraded as captives although She is the ornament of her Father. But why did they

accept (PbuT) all of this? The answer is, they did all that and they've accepted it only for the sake of

ALLAH’s satisfaction (TwT), and to take us out of the darkness into the light, into their guardianship”

‘Wilayat’, to take us out of our sins so that this verse would be applied upon us “we witness that we've

became cleansed through (sticking to) your guardianship” ‘Wilayat” ©.

Yes, ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) did all of this for us. But the remaining question is did we go out of that darkness

that we've put ourselves in? Did Ali {PbuH) find an echo for all of what He has done for us? Did we pay

them back? Or He is always finding in us the betrayal of the covenant, breaching of promise, an

hesitation in abandoning this mortal life, getting {more) attached to it, leaning on it and being on

intimate terms with it instead of the real paradise, the allegiance and their ‘Wilayat’ -sticking to their

guardianship?

Is this the reason that we were created for, or is it for the sake of abandoning this life? (To go) to our

eternal residence where we sit in the presence of Abi Abdellah (PbuH)? So we don’t be on intimate

terms but with His beauty and the light of His visage? Why we do not believe till now that we are not the

ones who provides with the means of subsistence and bring up, ALLAH (T) is the Provider and the

Educator, and our worry and sorrow remains in thinking about subsistence and we put all our care in

regulating the affairs of the children. Isn't that a sort of polytheism? The time hadn’t came yet for us to

understand that we were created to reach ALLAH (TwT) through commemorating their matter and

convening mourning gatherings for Al Hussein (PbuH) and that was the saying of the prophet (PbuH) to

Fatima {PbuH): “ALLAH will create for Him ‘Shiaa’ followers who will convene mourning gatherings for

Him, generation after another”. The time hadn't come yet for us to know that people are two species,

friends of ALLAH and enemies of Him (Awl)? Yet, from which one of these species are we? Let us hear

this narration and it is an advice for us from the Commander of believers Imam Ali (PbuH). It was

mentioned in the news that ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali (PbuH) said to one of His friends when He saw him

worried: “de not let all of what keeps you busy be your kin and your children, because if they were

friends of ALLAH, ALLAH is more entitled to {look after) His friends, and if they were enemies of Him,
what have kept you busy with the enemies of ALLAH” (SwT). if life remained our biggest concern, we will

nat see the truth and we will not see things upon its reality.

Just as what the prophet {PbuH) said: “Oh ALLAH, make me see things as it is™ (on its reality and truth)

“One of the scholars says: was sitting in ‘Shikhan’ cemetery near the shrine of the impeccable lady

Fatima’ (PbuH} (the sister of Imam Ali Bin Mousa Al-Rida). As if the scholar Al-Tabtaba’i enters toward

Sheikh Abbas Al-Kummy's grave, the author of the book ‘the keys of paradises’ “Mafatihul Jinan”, which

is present in the house of each partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’. He was sorrowed and grieved, he wasn't talking

to anybody. He looked at me and saluted me then said: Oh you (sitting man), this day (and it was the

tenth of Muharram) everything is weeping over Abi-Abdellah (PbuH), so I looked at him while | am

surprised.

Hence, he said to me: even this stone, and he took a stone that was on the ground and broke it, then he

made me look at it, so | found blood running from it”.

This scholar saw the stone weeping, and this thing cannot happen to all persons except for the believer.

{1) “Al-Ziyarat Al-Mumtahanah”,

Because only the believer is the one who sees through ALLAH's eye (SWT) and this is the confirmation of

the talk ‘Al-Hadeeth: “Guard against the insight” (vision) of the believer because He looks through the

eye of ALLAH” Was for the rest of people “and they have eyes with which they do not see” ™. The

believer is capable of looking through that eye that Zeinab (PbuH) looked with, hence, She replied when

the cursed one asked Her: how did you see what ALLAH did with your Brother? She said: “I didn’t see

other than beauty”.

This is one of Lady Zeinab’s stands (PbuH). That precious honored lady whom we don't know Her

importance. Because, Zeinab (PbuH) is that s whom a lot of the biggest Gnostic knowers ‘Irfaani’ {the

ones who reached mystical levels of knowledge concerning Ahlulbayt-PbuT) say that they have received

their statuses from Her (PbuH) and from among them As-Syed Hashem Al-Haddad who says that He

received His status from His aunt Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her. For, Her importance and that

of Her household is unknown in this world and nobody could be measured to Them. The Commander of

believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali (PbuH) talks with one of His friends called Tarek’, He says to Him: “Oh

Tarek! Al-lmam is a kingly {royal} human, a divine body, a command from God and a holy spirit. He has

the high status. He is a clear light and a hidden secret. He has knowledge of what is unseen ‘Ghaib’. He

was chosen and specified by the God of the universe. He was specified and marked out in the traditions

“Hadeeth” of the truthful faithful {Prophet Moha mmad} - may ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon Him

and His household), and all of this is possessed by Mohammad and His household {whereas} not a single

sharer shares it with Them” ©. Starting from this talk, we should know that Ahlulbayt {PbuT) cannot be

measured to anybody and the same thing for their friends. That is why, for example, when it is

mentioned that seventy-two men martyrized in Karbala with Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) it is not right to

say: the same thing happened with us! One hundred of us martyrized. and if the baby of Al-imam Al-

Hussein (PbuT) martyrized in Karbala, so hundreds and thousands of our children did too. Nobody could

be measured to the martyrs of Abi Abdellah (PbuT) about whom Al-imam Al-Hussein {PbuH) said: “I have

found no friends mare obedient or loyal than mine”. So how about the children and the women of Al-

Hussein (PbuT)?!! The friends of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) cannot be measured to all the martyrs.

Those friends that Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) stands at their graves and says: “May my father, my
mother and myself be your ransom, you were pure; therefore, the land wherein you are buried has been

purified”.

ALLAH (SwT) says in His precious book “The grand night is better than a thousand months” “. If the

night of ‘Al-Qadr’, the night of power was better than one thousand months, and the month contains

thirty days and the day contains twenty four hours. So if that was the merit of the night of ‘Al-Qadr’

which is above all the nights and the months, so what do you think about the suckling baby whom if all

the children of the world were killed and pul in the scale of the balance and one drop of His blood was

put in the other scale, that of the infant Abdullah would incline! That is because the night of ‘Al-Qadr’ is

Fatima and She is better than one thousand months.

And the suckling infant is better than one thousand children because He is from that night, so how could

we measure Him to our children, and our martyrs to those of ‘Karbala’? This is just being impolite with

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: 24/123.

(2) “Surat Al-Aa’raf’, the verse: 179.

(3) “Masharik Anwar Al-Yakin”: P.114.

(4) “Surat Al-Kadr”, the verse: 3.

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) while they are the household whom even ‘Moawiya’ (Ach) says about Them “the

adult of them cannot be measured” (and cannot be compared to anybody) and the young one is an

ember that you cannot tread on”. If ‘Moawiya’ used to say that, so what shall we say ourself as ‘Shiaa’

followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ while it was mentioned in the Hadeeth “lol We are ‘Ahlulbayt’; nobody could be

measured to us” 9?

Let us stop to look at Zeinab (PbuH), Ali Bin Abi Taleb’s da ughter (PbuH), whom if people knew who She

is, they would go visiting Her crawling on the ice. Because Zeinab, Oh partisans of the household (PbuT),

cannot be measured to the prophets nor to ‘Khadija’ nor to ‘Mariam’ (PbuT) whom when angel Gabriel

told Her about what will befall Her, She said: “] wish | had died before that and that | was a forgotten

oblivion"™, as for Zeinab (PbuH) when She saw the martyrs, the friends and all of the sons of Hashem"

{‘Bani Hashem’) dead on the sand of Karbala, and She saw Al-Hussein’s body (PbuH), She put Her hand

under His pure body while saying: “Oh ALLAH, accept this sacrifice from us”. That is why nobody of the

women of the world overtops Her but Her mother Al-Zahraa’ {PbuH) and from whom She inherited

everything “may my father be your ransom, O° the one who inherited the disasters of Her mother”.

And the person who ponders over the sermon of Lady Zeinab (PbuH) in ‘Al-Kufa” (Iraq), He sees that She

included Herself in the verse of ‘purification’ in Al-Quran when She said in the gathering of Ibn-ziad, may

ALLAH curses him: “Thanks be to ALLAH who has removed the uncleanness far from us and cleansed us

with a thorough cleansing”. She included Herself with ‘Ahlul Al-Kisaa’ “the people of the cloak”

concerning whom the verse of ‘purification’ was revealed, through saying “from us” and She (PbuH) was

then (when the verse was revealed) in the Venter of Her mother Fatima (which means She was pregnant

with Her).

This talk might be polytheism and atheism for the one who doesn’t believe in the standings” (offices) of

Mohammad and His household (PbuT), for the one whom the roots of who oppose ‘Ahluibayt’ (PbuT)

have become deep-seated in him, and for the one whom his sin has encircled him, although the fact that

this saying is the ‘Shiaa” sect itself. And whoever doesn’t believe it, this ‘Hadeeth’’ could then be applied

on Him “whoso follows me martyrizes and whoso remains behind reaches not the aim {and the victory)”
® and he will nat smell the scent of Their paradise, may ALLAH's peace be upon Them.

What did Zeinab (PbuH) mean in Her sermon, in ‘Al-Kufa’ (Iraq), before Obeidallah bin ziad, may ALLAH

curses him, when She said “Thanks be to ALLAH who has removed the uncleanness far from us and

cleansed us with a thorough cleansing”? The meaning is clear and evident and it is a proof that Zeinab

(PbuH! is impeccable as a divine impeccability, granted by ALLAH (T). Because, She is their shadow

(PbuT) and they are the shadow of ALLAH.

After all these years that passed from our life, did we thought about who preserved Al-Islam, who

preserved the guardianship” of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) -true ‘Wilayat'- who preserved ‘Zeinul Abidin’ Imam
Ali

Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH) in Karbala, and through preserving Him, the rest of the nine Imams until the

master of the age and the time Al-Imam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH hastens his reappearance, were

preserved? isn't Zeinab, the daughter of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuT), the one who did that?

(1) “Basa’irul Darajat”: P.481.

(2) “Surat Mariam”, the verse: 23.

(3) “Mothirul Ahzan”: p.39.

Yes! She is that great honored woman who saw Al-lmam Zeinul Abidin (PbuH) giving Himself up’

{sacrificing himself as a ransom for Imam His father, PbuT) and emitting the last breath, when the

enemies gathered the corpses of the martyrs and started to cut off their pure heads in front of the

women and the children’s eyes. So as what the narration says, when As-Sajjad Ali Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH),

and He is the Imam {and the Chief} of patience and the one who teaches it, saw His kin just like victims,

slaughtered, and among Them the plant of sweet basil of the Prophet Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH}in a

condition that the skies cleave and the earth splits for it and the mountains fall down from it, Al-lmam

(PbuH) started to emit the last breath and to give Himself up’ (to die due to this seen as a ransom for

who were slaughtered), Bibi Al-Hawraa’ Zeinab (PbuH) saw Him in that condition, so She spoke to Him:

“Oh nephew, why am | seeing you giving yourself up, Oh the remnant of my grandfather, my father and

my brothers, | swear by ALLAH that this is a promise given by God to your grandfather and to your

father, and He made a covenant with people whom you don’t know, they are the most brave and lofty

people of this earth as pharaohs and they are known to the people of the skies, that they will collect

these severed organs and the bloodstained bodies, they will bury it and they will raise a standard {and a

sign} for the grave of your father the martyrs’ master (PbuH) in ‘At-Taff’ Karbala which its mark will

never be obliterated nor its image will be effaced ail over the centuries, the nights and the days, and the

leaders of unbelief and the partisans of error will try hard to erase it and desecrate it so it will not grow

but with elevation” (highness)”.

If Al-lmam As-Sajjad (PbuT) didn’t support the condition whereon He found His father, where He was

left three days under the open sky, His neck is slaughtered and the wind and the dust of the desert was

entering inside Him until His bowels (PbuH) dried up, so what do you think about the women of

Abi-Abdellah whom the narration mentions that when they heard the voice of Al-imam’s horse, they

went out of the tents and lady Sukeina, peace be upon Her, was ahead of Them. When She saw the

horse alone without his master, the saddle contorted and blood is flowing from Him, She hugged Him

and started to pat His foretop, to take the blood of Al-Imam in which the horse had rolled His foretop

and to ask Him: Oh horse, had my father been supplied with water or He died thirsty? So the tears of the

horse started to run over His hooves.

So when the women observed the horse distraught and the saddle contorted, they went out of the

tents, disheveling their hair, striking their cheeks and calling Al-Hussein (PbuH) by lamenting and wailing,

where is Al-Hassan? Where is Al-Hussein? Where are the sons of Al-Hussein? Being humiliated after

being honored and hastening to where Al-Hussein lay wounded, they encircled Al-Hussein. One af them

leans toward Him and hugs Him, another one overshadows Him with Her dress (She took Her dress and

started to overshadow Al-Hussein (PbuH) from the rays of the sun), anather one dyes her face with the

blood flowing from the neck (She started to take from the blood of Al-Hussein’s neck and to dye Her hair

and Her face), another one kisses Him and another resorts to him out of fear, other one went crazy out

of what had befefl her (She lost Her mind out of what She saw in Karbala) and one of them says to

where (are you going) Ch father, and another says to where (are you going) Oh our keeper?

This one says: Father Oh Hussein, when the night grows dark who will protect me? When | am thirsty

wha will quench my thirst, Father Oh Hussein? ...they say, She turned around to Her aunt Zeinab then

she said: Father, Oh Hussein! Get up and look at Zeinab, my beaten aunt. Stand up and look at my

mother who was dragged . . .

All this and ‘Sukeina’ is hugging the body of Her father Al-Hussein (PbuT) while saying: Father Oh

Hussein, who dyed your white pure hair with blood? Who cut off the noble head? And She continued

saying Father Oh Hussein, until Al-Hussein raised His hand and drew Her to His chest. Sukeina says, while
I' was like that as if a sound came out from the neck of my Father (saying) “daughter Sukeina convey the

‘Salam’” (peace, salutation) on my ‘Shiaa’ followers from me, and say to them my father had died thirsty

so remember Him, He died estranged so mourn’ Him (do “latem’ for His sake)”. .

My ‘Shia’ followers whenever you drink fresh water, remember me

or you hear by a martyr or a slain, bewail me

For, I am the grandsan who was killed without {committing} any offense

and they purposely crushed me by the horses’ hooves after killing me

And while Sukeina was hugging the body of Her Father Al-Hussein (PbuT) as if the cursed ‘shemer’”

(ACH) (the imam’s killer-may ALLAH curses him) arrived with a group of enemies. Each times they

wanted to remove ‘Sukeina’ from Her Father's lap they failed. So ‘shemer’, may ALLAH curses him,

shouted to them: woe unto you! This is the beloved of Al-Hussein, and Al-Hussein doesn’t raise His

hands from above Her. They said, so what shall we do? he said: Oh folk, flog Her with the whips. So they

started flogging this orphan while She is seeking refuge with the body of Her Father:

Father | wanted to lament on ye.............. why the enemies forbade me

Why when my eyes shed tears.......coe......... with the bottom of the spear, they struck me

Yes, | swear by ALLAH, Oh Aboul-Yema' they made me walk away from ye, against my will

Father, with or against thy Will...........ee....... ‘shemer’ have pulled me from between thy hands

But ye are excused, Oh ye the one whom they have slaughtered

{Abou AJ-Yema: imam Hussein (PbuH)}

Then the cursed one came toward Al-Hussein {(PbuH) and while he was sitting on his chest (PbuH),

‘shemer’ says: just when | put my sword on Al-Hussein’s neck, | heard the voice of a women groaning
and saying:

My beloved Oh Hussein, whose voice is this?

am present Oh Hussein my son............| wish your slaughterer have slaughtered me

Oh my lovers, Help me {mourning over} my son

The cameleer who was with Al-lmam Al-Hussein {(PbuH) says: | liked Al-Hussein’s pants and | wanted to

take it, so | hid in a place so that no one would see me, and when the night has arrived, Al-lmam was a

corpse without a head despite the scorching heat of ‘Karbala’, | went out of my hideout and walked into

Al-Hussein. He was putting His hand on His pants, thus I searched for a sword, | didn’t find one, hut |

found a piece from a sword so | took it and | started to cut off His right hand, then 1 cut off His left
hand.

The cursed one says: while | was like that | felt as if the earth is shaking and the sky is waving, and | saw

the Prophet, Fatima, the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ and Al-Hassan (PbuT) had came

toward the body of Al-Hussein (PbuH) and } heard Fatima (PbuH) weeping and saying: Oh son, Ch

Hussein “Waa Husseinah'.

The narration says in the tenth day of Muharram Fatima (PbuH) looked at Her Father, She said: Father J

Oh ALLAH's Apostle, do you give me the permission to go down to the earth to visit my son Al-Hussein?
|

He looked at Her, He said: Oh Fatima, we will go down with you, Fatima went down and sit near

Al-Hussein, She started to talk to Him:

| S—
My son Oh Hussein... Oh my son... by ALLAH! answer me... | am your mother Az-Zahraa. .. Oh son

Hussein, they kilied you, and from drinking water they forbade you, son Hussein they slaughtered you

‘while they were unaware of {the fact of} who is your mother and who is your father.

1 am the mother whom Her son was sloughtered......all the time my sorrow didn’t stop

A disaster that turns the hair of a child WhAit€..e..recveeernn. seventy corpses all of them like full
moons

In the battle, nobody buried itu. rceccereseiens and the cameleer urged to parade Zeinab while elegizing

Then She said (PbuH): Father, Oh prophet of ALLAH, do you give me the permission to dye my face with

the blood of my son so that | meet ALLAH upon that condition? So He said: Oh Fatima, dye your face
and

we will do it with you.

The prophet started to take from the blood of Al-Hussein’s neck and to dye His pure white hair.

It is narrated that there is no stone that they used to raise at that time but they found it bloodstained,

and they've found a stone upon which it is written with blood:

1 am a pearl that was sprinkled from the sky....in the day when the parents of the grandsons got married

I was clearer than silver regarding my whileness......... the blood of Al-Hussein’s neck dyed me

He was gone and by ‘Ash-Shemer’s sword his face became...covered with dust {and blood} while fixing
its edge on it

And if your eyes had only seen His cheek on the dust.....so then you would have slapped the cheek
Fatima near Him

And you would have made the tears of the eye flow on the cheeks
{the grandsons of the Prophet (PbuT): Al-Hassan & Al-Hussein’s parents (imam Ali & bibi Fatima, may
ALLAH'S

prayers and peace be upon Them}}

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporte rs” (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household. Oh ALLAH, we seek refuge in Thee

from the instigations of the accursed Shaitan, his trickery, and his tricks, from trusting his false hopes,

his promises, his delusions, and his snares, and {for fear} that he makes himself crave to lead us away

from Thy obedience and to debase us through disobeying Thee, and lest what he has shown us as

beautiful be beautiful for us and what he has shown us as hateful weigh down upon us. Oh ALLAH, drive

him away from us through worshipping Thee, throw him down through being persistent on Thy love, Oh

Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon Mohammad and His pure Household.
The sixth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the departure of Al-lmam Al-Hussein, may

ALLAH’s peace Be upon Him, from ‘Al-Medina

Al-Munawara’
In the name of ALLAH the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH send his blessings upon you, Oh ALLAH’s Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin

Ali Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH send his blessings upon you Oh my master and my lord ‘Mowla’ Oh Aba

Abdellah, the lonely stranger and wronged Imam of Karbala, Oh ye who was killed by the enemies and

your turban and your clothes were stripped. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our

end and won great fortune!

Is it true, Oh Hussein, that tomorrow my household...will bring your head without your body

Although ye are all religions’ core that was left from me

Ye are my trust that | have left with my ‘Ummah’ after my death

Nothing wept, once, till death.............. just as how myself is weeping over ye now

Is it true, that the household are slain...parched and thirsty on the river Euphrates

Is it true, that Zeinab is Without @ Veil......... and that the son of the cursed one took my daughters
captives

Is it true, that the horses of the spiteful ones trod on ye......while ye were thrown down in the desert

is it true, that ‘shemer” without lenity........co......slaughtered your neck with a sword, Oh my life

So He shed thy blood out of His grudge until He drowned the body in it...and your head is atop the spear

My body has collapsed from sorrows, surely it did.cccreeer and tears of the eye are falling on the cheeks

Oh days, | wish ye never come 0gain...... *shemer’ and my enemies are watching me
Al-tmam Ali Bin Mousa Al-Rida (PbuH) said “lo! The day of Al-Hussein’ (PbuH) {Ashoura’} has wounded

our eyelid (out of weeping a lot), shed our tears and humiliated our dear ones in the land of anguish and

affliction {Karbala'}" 1) There is no beloved {from ‘Ahlulbayt’} but was humiliated in Karbala, there is no

heart but was broken on account of the disaster of Al-Hussein (PbuH), and there is no existing thing but

has expressed that he is broken, in a way that fits His nature, his natural disposition and his truth. And

the existence will remain broken, and each dear beloved will stay humiliated until the one who honors

the friends and debases the enemy comes out. He is that lonely stranger, the master of moaning, the

master of the age and the time, may ALLAH hastens his noble reappearance, who is {always} uneasy and

restless, and the disaster of His grandfather Al-H ussein (PbuT) is showed to Him morning and evening,
so

He weeps for it blood in place of tears. That's why we should turn around to the master of the mourning

and the calamity, to send Him our consolation, and you are aware that when a mourning gathering is

convened over any dead person, all who has any relation with the family of the dead person hurries to

console them and to share with them the calamity that befell them by losing their dear beloved. Thus,

you would see them waiting the coming of the mourning’s masters to proceed to console and solace

them, and each consoler of them condoles as much as his love for the lost person is. So how if the

mourning’s master is the remnant of ALLAH “Bakiyatullah”, the master of the age and the time ‘Al-

Mahdi’, may ALLAH {SwT) hastens his noble reappearance? And how if the one over whom we are

consoling is the king of the enamored adorers, the world of existence’s king, ‘Hazrat’ Al-Hussein Bin Ali

(PbuH), the martyrs’ master? So what mourning should it be? And what consolation is it, that which we

should address?!

TT “al-Amali”; for Al-Soddouk, P.128.

The Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali (PbuH) says: “ALLAH (AwJ) looked into the earth, so

He chose us, and He chose for us Shiaa followers to stand up for us, they are happy for our happiness

and they are sad out of our sadness. . .” ®, that’s why whoever found his heart squeezed with pain,

sorrow and breakdown without even hearing the mention of the disaster (the narration), thereupon this

is glad tidings for Him. And this is the condition of the real ‘Shiaa’ follower in the relation with His

masters and His lords, the mourning’s masters, because they are His origin and he is their branch (PbuT)

and because he is their ray, indeed he was called as “Shiaa’ follower because he was created from the

ray of their light (PbuT), that’s why the pure sincere ‘Shiaa’ follower cannot oppose His masters and His

lords. Moreover, Al-lImam Jaafar As-Sadik (PbuH}) said: “commemorate our matter, may ALLAH have

mercy upon who commemorates our matter” @. This is a request from Their side (PbuT) to

commemorate their matter, and | don’t know if we are worthy of doing it, for, who are we to

commemorate their matter (PbuT)!? Anyway, they have honored us with this noble deed and they have

favored us with this preference because they are the fount of generosity and munificence. So who

commemorates their matter, the mercy of ALLAH would be sent down on Him. And you know that Al-

Imam’s supplication is accepted “. . . . may ALLAH have mercy upon who commemorates our matter”.

Al-lmam prays for everyone who commemorates their matter (PbuT) that the mercy {of ALLAH} comes

down on him.

However, this divine mercy would be sent down as much as this commemoration is, because the one

who commemorates their matter through his external side {outwardly} {through his body), this mercy

would be sent down on his external side only, and the one who commemorates their matter through his

external and internal side {outwardly and inwardly}, mercy would be sent down according to this

degree. As for the one who commemorates their matter (PbuT) through his external and internal side,

the bottom and the core of his internal side, his imagination, through his mind, his inner self, the inner

self of his soul {secretly} and through all the degrees of His existence, the divine mercy would be sent

down upon Him with its splendor and perfect form.

Yet this divine mercy cannot be sent down upon us if we didn’t stick to the disciplines of this

commemoration, and it is known that each religious duty that ALLAH (TwT) had imposed on us has its
external and its internal {hidden} disciplines. And if we werent endowed with it" (wasn’t characterized

by it), we cannot enter into the real assembly, in their presence, and our hearts cannot become

submitted, therefore, it is impossible for this divine mercy to be sent down on our hearts.

The first discipline to which we should stick, in these days, is not to commit taboos otherwise how could

you imagine entering the real ‘Majlis’ in the presence of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) and gathering near

Him and we are committing faults? And it is known that the place wherein the believers convene and

ALLAH (TwT), His messenger and his household are mentioned (PbuT) is like a ‘Masjeed’ {Mosque}.

So when we scrutinize the meaning’s essence of the ‘Masjeed’ {Mosque}, what could we conclude? |

What is the ‘Masjeed’? It is the gatherer of people, because it is what groups people on piety. And we

are now, all of us grouped in the mourning gathering of Abi Abdellah (PbuH), and Al-lmam Al-Hussein is

the gatherer of us, which means without Him we wouldn't have been gathered.

For, He Himself is a ‘Masjeed’, that is why you read in “Dua-e-Nudba” supplication “where is the

accumulator of the words of piety” !

© (1) “Jami’ul Akhbar”: P.179.

(2) “Wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.12, P.21. Ly

{3} “iharul Anwar”: Vol.99, P.106. ‘

and the one for whom this expression is intended is the proof of ALLAH ‘Al-Imam Al-Hujja’, may ALLAH

(T) hastens his reappearance, because Al-Imam is the gatherer. But be aware that whoever wanted to

enter into this ‘Masjeed’ or into this ‘Majlis’ mourning gathering, he will be immediately expelled and

that will happen the moment that he backbites one of the attendants. Because as what the prophet

(PbuH) said: “Staying in the ‘Masjeed’ is worshipping if the person didn’t make {the bad deed}, they said:

Oh prophet what is this act? He (PbuH) said: ‘Al-Gheeba’ the act of backbiting {people)” ™. That's why

let us be accountable for none but for ourselves, and let's leave the people alone just as what ALLAH (1)

said: “O believers! You are accountable for none but for yourselves; anyone who has gone astray cannot

harm you if you are on the Right Way” ™. | have came to console “Al-Mahdi Sahibul Zaman” the master

of the time (PbuH), not to look at this person how he is crying, at this one how he is screaming and at

this one and at this . . . . ? why do | follow the defects of people? Whoever follows the people's errors in

the ‘Majlis’ the mourning gathering, he will be prohibited from {feeling} the intimacy of the mourning

gathering's master (PbuH). Because it was mentioned that “Whoso follows the hidden defects {of the

people}, ALLAH would prohibit Him from the intimacies of the hearts {which causes Him neither to love

nor to be loved”™ that is why we should be careful so that our hearts don’t become severe and that our

tear don’t dry as a result and thus we don’t be from the ones weeping over Them (PbuT).

And it was mentioned quoting Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) that He said: “All weeping and grief are

abominable but weeping and being grieved on Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH)” ©.

“_,.. Then upon the purest ones of the purest ones of the household of Mohammad, the bewailers

should weep and the wailers should wail upon them. And the clamorers should clamor and the

mourners should mourn in a heart rending manner...” ® the condition of the believer should be as

weeping and being grieved and this is as the weakest form of faith.

And it was mentioned in the news, quoting Abi-Hashem Al-Jaafari, he said: Abou Ahmad, Al-lmam

Al-Hassan Al-Askari (PbuH) went out in the funeral procession of Abi Al-Hassan Al-Imam Ali Al-Hadi

(PbuH) and his shirt was torn. So a man wrote to Him: whom from among the Imams have you seen or

heard of, that He ripped His dress in such a condition? So Abou Mohammad (PbuH) wrote to Him: “Oh
idiot! And how could you know what is this, Moses had ripped {His shirt} over Aaron’ (Haroun)” ®,

Imagine, this person is being dubious concerning an impeccable Imam! What oppression is that? And it

is just the same at our present time. Many people are being dubious, opposing, doubting and denying

the positions and the virtues of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and that of their friends’ (close followers), it is just the

same problem.

In addition, it is certain that the sayings of Al-lmam, His actions, His attitude and His stand are an

argument’ (a proof) {for the people} and what He does, comes out of ALLAH'S command (Awl). | ask

you, if a mother lost her child, what does she do? If a lover lost His beloved, what does he do? Does

anybody blame Him if such an act came out of Him? And did we really know what is love and passion,

and wha is Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH) and we didn't do like our Imam?!

(1) "Biharul Anwar”: Vol.80, P.384.

(2) “Surat Al-Ma’ida”, the verse: 105.

(3) “Ghorar Al-Hikam”: P.421.

(4) “Wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.14, P.507.

(5) From “Duaa Al-Nudbah: “Mafatihul Jinan”.

(6) “Rijat Al-Kishi”: P.573.

Yet only the enamored persons are the ones who understand the truth of Karbala, what happened in it,

who resides in it and what is the truth of this Husseini’ mourning gatherings that we convene. And if we

wanted to know this thing, let's think carefully about the following request:

From the well-known things is that each religious obligation ALLAH (AwJ) has imposed on us, contains a

secret. The prayers contain a secret, ‘Az-Zakat’ {paying the poor due} as well, the pilgrimage ‘Hajj’,

‘Al-khims” . . .. each worship contains a secret. And when | am stuck to all those worships with sincerity,

t would have then grouped all the secrets and therefore | would arrive to the secret of the secret. But |

would even arrive to the secret of all secrets which is Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad -may

ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Them and Their household- and thereupon | would arrive to

ALLAH (T). However when | truly sit in the real ‘Majlis’ of Al-Imam Al-Hussein {PbuHY}, in his presence,

where Bibi Fatima Al-Zahraa, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, is present, | would then reach the secret

of all secrets, the truth of absoluteness, the absolute absoluteness, and that happens through sitting in

the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ of Al-lmam AlHussein {PbuH). 1 would have then reached the highest

ranks applied it and became realized with it, and all of this is related to the extent of my knowledge, my

love and my allegiance {to them}. However, pay attention, because there is a problem here, Al-lmam

Jaafar As-Sadik (PbuH) said when someone called Mousa bin Baker asked Him: ask from ALLAH (to grant)

me the paradise. So He (PbuH) said: “you are in paradise. So ask ALLAH not to take you out of it, they

said: may ourselves be your ransom, we are in the world” (earthly world). He (PbuH) said: don’t you

recognize our ‘imamate’ leadership? They said: Oh yes. So He said: this is the meaning of paradise,

which whoever recognize it, he will be in paradise. Thus, ask ALLAH not to strip you of it” because lots

are the ones who enter into the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ of Abi Abdellah {PbuH), vet they go out of

these gatherings very soon, but what is the reason? This is what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) shows

us through His saying: “if the sins were recurred successively, the seal would then comes regarding it”.

And this seal is like what ALLAH (T) said- upon the hearing and the eyes “Allah has set a seal upon their

hearts and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes” ?,

if the wrongdoer attended to a thousand mourning gatherings ‘Majlis’, his heart cannat be affected, and

the greatest sin is loving their enemies, and denying their positions” (statuses) and their virtues,
therefore he cannot be able to shed tears on Abi Abdellah (PbuH). The reason is that he is being impolite

because he is committing sins. Thus he will be prohibited from entering into the real gathering ‘Majlis’ of

Abi Abdeltah (PbuH), in his presence, and that’s why punishment would come. “0° my Lord! Do not

discipline me by Your punishment, And do not plot against me in Your stratagem” ©.

I say to you, if ‘Sahibul Zaman’ the master of the time {PbuH) {may ALLAH hastens his reappearance}

tame and took a seat in this place, if He sat on this pulpit, He is not in need to make you hear a

mourning gathering ‘Majlis’. It would be enough to hear from Him the word “Oh Hussein”, For, | swear

by ALLAH if He spoke only this word, our heart will not bear this, why? Because his talk is a light that

goes out from the heart to enter inside another one.

It was mentioned quoting our Imam Jaafar Al-Sadig (PbuH): He said to one of His friends and they were

at that time in the month of ‘Muharram Al-Haram’": “Oh Aba Bassir, don’t you love to be from the ones

who make Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PbuT) happy?” Abou Bassir says: At the

moment that I've heard those words from the truthful Imam of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH),

(1) "Al-Mahasin”: Vol.105, P.122.

(2) “Surat Al-Bakara”, the verse: 7.

(3) From Zeinul-Abidin’s Dua “Mafatihul Jinan”.

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| started to cry, | wasn’t able to speak on account of weeping and | continued to cry and cry, then Al-

imam (PbuH) stood up (walking) toward the oratory to pray, so | went out of his place in that situation.

So | didn’t consume any food or drink, I couldn't sleep and I've became fasting and frightened” o,

This is how the eloquent sermons do with their people. This is the condition of the Shiaa partisan of

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) in the month of ‘Muharram Al-Haram', sad, joyless and weeping, and thus ALLAH's

mercy is sent down on Him. As what Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) said: “may ALLAH have mercy upon

our ‘Shiaa’ followers, they've helped us throughout the (long) anguish and weeping and sadness over

Al-Hussein Bin Ali” ¥ that is why we need to reconsider our relation, our connection and our

commemoration for their matter (PbuT). We must console our Chiefess Fatima, may ALLAH's peace be

upon Her just as how they love themselves, and She is the one whom Her groan doesn’t calm down. So

just as what was mentioned in the narration that Fatima (PbuH) whoops’ (sobs) each day once, thus

there would be no favared angel nor a sent prophet nor a believer left but weeps out of Her whoop, . . .

_ and She doesn’t calm down but when the prophet (PbuH) comes and says to Her: daughter Fatima,
you

have distracted the angels from glorifying and hallowing {ALLAH (T}}. For, the weeping of Fatima (PbuH)

changes the movement {and the activity} of the existence, yet even one whoop of Her distracts the

angels from glorifying and haliowing {ALLAH (T}}, and what glorification is that?!

Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) says: “the breath of the one who is grieved due to our grievance is an

act of praising and his sorrow for our sake is an act of worship and keeping our secret is like striving’

[“finad’} for the sake of ALLAH”. Then he said (PbuH): “this discourse ‘Hadeeth’ should be written with

gold” ®), And the heart splits just by hearing this, so how about seeing it? {Verily} tears flow on the

cheeks out of anguish, sorrow, and regret and it is not too much if we met death from the pain of the

catastrophe.

It was mentioned in the news that Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) said: “Everything has a reward except

for the tear {that was shed} upon us” ® Because Nobody is capable of counting the reward of the tear

{shed} upon Them (PbuT) except for ALLAH (Awl). Yet why the rank of this tear is extremely high? Let's
scrutinize with our hearts this narration that was mentioned quoting Al-tmam Al-Hussein (PbuH). He

says: “l am the teardrop’s slain” ©.

It was mentioned in a narration that the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ (PbuH) looked at

His son Al-Hussein (PbuH) and said: “Oh ye, the teardrop of every believer” © The answer has came in

here which shows that this tear is {actually} Abou Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH), this teardrop is Al-lmam

Al-Hussein (PbuH). De not wipe off those tears of yours with anything and then throw it, but leave it,

wipe your face with it and roll your forehead in it. If anyone among you was sick, let Him take a drop of

those tears and let Him swallow it’, for, | swear by ALLAH that He wili be cured from his sickness. And
He

who has a grief or sorrow’ (concerns, distress) and wept aver Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT) then he

swallowed this tear, | swear by ALLAH that His heart will change (for better).

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.45, P.208.

{2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.43, P.222.

(3) “The fourty ‘Hadeeth’ on weeping on Imam AlHussein (PbuH)” {2 book).

(4) “wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.14.

(5) “Wasa’il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.14, P.422.

(6) “Kamil Al-Ziyarat”: P.108.

Because underestimating these tears is an act of disbelieving in the bounty {of ALLAH}. That is why some

of the friends’ (close and sincere followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)) convene, in the month of Ramadan, a

mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ at fast breaking time, and they weep over Al-Hussein (PbuH} and they break

the fast by taking those tears, thus, their existence would be transformed into a ‘Husseini’ existence

(related to Al-Hussein (PbuH)).

And if your heart didn’t submit yet, hear this luminous narration that disclose the secret of renewing the

sadness in the month of ‘Moharram Al-Haram’. “In each day of the month of ‘Moharram Al-Haran’, the

angels raise the garment that was plundered from Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH), and just by raising it at the

right of the throne, people start weeping and wailing in the abode of the world” {our world}, and the

mare this dress is raised the more the sorrow and weeping augment. And in the tenth day of

‘Muharram’ the angels raise it above the throne” ™. Here the grief and the sorrow augment, and the

sadness of Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PbuT) begins. For, Fatima (PbuH} is the sponsor

of the mourning (gathering) and She is the first one to begin weeping. And here the anguished persons

and the enamored ones start bewailing, striking (their chests...) and screaming and tears flow on the

cheeks, so the clamorers would then clamor, the mourners would then mourn in a heart rending

manner and the criers would then cry from the bottom of their hearts, Yaa Hussein {Oh Hussein}!

Moreover, as what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) said: “He who weeps, causes {people} to weep and

feign crying, the paradise would be entailed to Him from ALLAH” ®. And Al-imam Zeinul-Abidin Ali Bin

Al-Hussein (PbuH) said: “Any believer whom his eyes have wept a tear on account of killing Al-Hussein

Bin Ali (PbuT) until it flows over His cheeks, ALLAH would settle Him on its account in the Garden, in lofty

dwellings where he will live for ages” ® so do you want the Garden? Or do you want to sit

with your beloved and your lover Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH)? | swear by ALLAH that our hearts beat with

your remembrance’ (due to your remembrance) Oh Aba Abdellah, and Your mother Fatima (PbuH)

bears witness of this. Because She sits (in the center of) every mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ convened

over Her son Al-Hussein (PbuH) and she goes around the consolers, asking Them: where are your tears

(shed) over my son Al-Hussein? And if she came (PbuH), Her father, Her husband and Her sons will
come too, and also ‘Sahibul Zaman’ Al-Mahdi the master of the time , may ALLAH (T) hastens his noble

reappearance, who sits at every door wherein a mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ over Al-Hussein Bin Ali

(PbuT) is convened, because He is embarrassed from His mother Fatima (PbuH) who is on top of the

gathering ‘Majlis’. My master, Oh the master of the age, come and sit at this place and convene the

mourning gathering over the martyrs’ master ‘Al-lmam Hussein’ (PbuH), and inform us by yourself about

what happened in Karbala, for know nothing but a little.

We know nothing but what Al-imam Zeinul-Abidin Ali Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH) said: “the tenth of

Muharram caused the hair of my aunt Zeinab to become white and Her back to become hunched”. As

for Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH), He was speaking to one of His ‘Shiaa’ followers who asked Him

about Karbala and its disasters, He said: 0’ my ‘Shiaa’”, Surely, what we have hid from you is much

more than what we have revealed to you”.

My master, Oh Hussein, we will halt at your place, and we will stand at your door, waiting for a noble

oo (1) “Al-Khasa'is Al-Zaynabiya”.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol 45,

(3) “Kamil Al-Ziyarat”: P.100.

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look from you unto us with which you transport us to You, and you carry us to the world of your love

and your passion. My master, Oh Hussein, have you really decided to depart from ‘Al-Medina’ the city of

Your grandfather the prophet (PbuH)? Oh Master] tell us how was the farewell of your mother Az-

Zahraa’ {PbuH) and your brother the pure ‘Al-Hassan Al-Mujtaba’ (PbuH)? Oh lovers?! Look with the eye

of the heart at your lord ‘Mowla’ Al-Hussein, while standing at the grave of His mother Fatima. He wants

to say farewell to Her, and I don’t really know what happened in that place.

As if He is saying:

{ am calling you out, by your broken rib......... See, | went out of the motherland, under obligation

And | think, Oh mother, that | will be killed in the month of ‘Ashour’ ........ for, | am promised to die in
that place

And | came today to say farewell to you, Oh tenderhearted......... with a flowing tears and a wounded
heart

(the month of ‘Ashour’: Ashoura, Muharram’s month}

The narration says, then He went toward the grave of the Prophet complaining to Him, He fell on the

grave and started to smell it and to say:

“peace be upon you, Oh grandfather. | am Al-Hussein Bin Ali, | am Fatima’s son, your child, the son of

your daughter and your grandson whom you have placed me as your khalif {successor} in your Ummah

{community}. So bear witness against them, Oh prophet, that they have let me down, they have lost me,

they didn’t preserve me and this is my complaint to you until | meet you”. In the second night, Al

Hussein (PbuH) returned to the grave of His grandfather, prayed near Him and began to supplicate until

the {rise of the} morning was close. Then He put His head on the grave, as if Al-Hussein {PbuH) sees the

prophet in the world of dreams, He came to Him with a group of angels. He hugged Al-Hussein (PbuH)

into His chest, smelled His neck, kissed {Him} between the eyes, then He said to Him: “my beloved, Oh

Hussein, my sweetheart, Oh Hussein, as if | am seeing you soon, saturated in your blood, Your throat is
cut, in a land of anguish ‘Karb" and ordeal ‘Bala’, between a band from my ‘Ummah’ {community}, and

your sister Zeinab (PbuH) will be taken captive. And yet you are parched but you will not be given water

to drink, and thirsty but your thirst will not be quenched. And yet, they are hoping for my intercession,

the day of resurrection”.

The narration says that “our Imam Zeinul-Abidin Ali Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH) passed one day by the market

of butchers, where they slaughter sheep. He saw them willing to slaughter a goat; Al-Imam asked Them,

do you offer water to the sheep before he would be slaughtered? So they said to Him: we are the

assembly of butchers, we do not slaughter a goat before offering water to her. He turned His face into

Karbala and said: Father, Oh Hussein, when the mail sheep is slaughtered, water would be offered to her

and when you were slaughtered, you were prohibited from drinking it”.

Then the prophet (PbuH) said: my beloved, Oh Hussein, your mother, your father and your brother came

to me and they longing for you.

As if the prophet (PbuH) is saying:

Oh grandson, Oh Hussein......... ....1 wish | was present in the valley of Karbala, near ye

To bandage the wound present in thy heart......... and to dye my white hair (red) in thy blood

Then He said: you have exalted grades in the Gardens that you will not obtain but through martyrdom.

So Al-Hussein (PbuH) started to look at His grandfather and to say, take me unto you and make me enter

(inside) your grave, as if Al-Hussein (PbuH) is saying:

Take me unto you Oh grandpa, inside that grave...perhaps Oh grandpa, from my time's affliction | would
be relieved

Oh grandpa, take me ini to the grave with you.........fram the affliction of my time, Oh grandpa, release
ne

Oh grandpa, | swear by ALLAH the heart has melted inside me.........and the world was straitened to me

Oh grandpa, amid your tomb, take me in with you.....for, | have seen the grievance immediately after
your death

Then He went to the grave of His brother Al-Hassan and said farewell to Him, then he returned to His

house, grouped His household and narrated His dream for Them. In that day, there wasn’t anyone more

grieved and sorrowed nor more weeping {male and female weepers} than the household of the prophet,

may ALLAH’s peace be upon Them.

The narrator says then some young men of ‘Bani Hashem’ {Sons of Hashem} and on the top of Them

(Abal Fadl) Al-Abbas went out, and started to take the women out and to make Them mount on the

‘howdah’™ (camels that carry a small box wherein women sits). The narrator says: a young man went
out

and behind him there was a woman walking with calmness and veneration, so He brought Her to some

of the carriers {howdah}, | asked about Her they told me: this is Ali Al-Akbar Bin Al-Hussein and His

mother ‘Leila’. Then, another young man went out and behind him (there was) a venerable woman, He

helped Her mount one of thase carriers {howdah}, so | asked about Her, they said: this is Al-Kassim Bin

Al-Hassan’ {PbuT} and His mother ‘Ramlah’. In this way, every hour continuously, a young man goes out

and behind Him a woman or two, until a young tall man, His face is just as the lobe of a rising moon,

went out, | asked about everyone who they are, they said: as for the young man, He is the moon of the

tribe (of ‘Bani Hashem’) Abou Al-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH} and as for the two women, they are the

daughters of Ali, the reasonable Zeinab “Al-Akila’ and ‘Um-Kolthourn’ (PbuT), Al-Abbas (Pbuh) had

(previously) entered to Her and said, Sister stand up and mount the she-camel .

Under this condition of honor, veneration and loftiness, Zeinab went out of ‘Al-Medina’ {the city of the
prophet, (PbuH)}, the standard {Alam} of Abil Fadel Al-Abbas {PbuT) was overshadowing Her, fluttering

above Her head and Her brathers were surrounding her. She went out honored and revered. But | sigh

for You, Oh Zeinab, how have you returned to ‘Al-Medina’ the city of your grandfather the prophet {in

which condition}? Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, returned with Her back humped, Her hair

that became white and Her body that wasted away (from grief). She came back with a broken heart and

mind, and the sorrow and pain’s fire is present in the heart. Firstly, the heartbreak of the farewell of Her

brother Al-Hussein (PbuT) and secondly because of what She has encountered (in the way) from

‘Karbala’ {Iraq} to’ As-Sham’ {Syria} from the bitterness of captivity, grievance, abuse, whips’ hurting and

from insulting Her father the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu'minin Ali" (PbuT). Zeinab (Pbul) came

back and Her back bears witness of what happened to Her\When She arrived to the neighborhood of

‘Bani Hashem {sons of Hashem}, She called out the children and gathered the orphans, She said to

Them: hold the black standards and wear the sorrows. The children started to ask: Aunt, what is the

news? She said to Them: receive this man coming toward us. He was Her brother Mohammad Bin

Al-Hanafiya. the children said: Aunt Zeinab, did Karbala leave anything for us? She said: yes. this is my

brother Mohammad Bin Al-Hanafiya. When the children heard that, they ran toward Him, they threw

themselves in His lap while saying: Uncle, Oh Mohammad! we came (back) to you orphans. Thereupon,

He struck His face while calling out: {Wa Akhah! Wa Husseinah!} Oh my brother! Oh my Hussein! until

He fainted. Thereupon, people called out Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin Ali Bin Al-Hussein {(PbuH) while saying:

stand up, Oh Alil Reach your uncle before His soul leaves His body. Al-tmam (PbuH) approached Him,

put the head of His uncle in His lap and started to weep, thus, the tears of Al-lmam started to fall on His
uncle's face. Mohammad Bin Al-Hanafiya woke up and said, my son Ali, where is your father Al-Hussein?

Al-lmam looked at Him and said: Uncle, Oh Mohammad! Me too, | have came (back) to you an orphan.

And while they were like that, as if Al-Hawraa’ Zeinab (PbuH) came to talk to Al-lmam. Mohammad Bin

Al-Hanafiva turned around to Them and said: whose voice is that? Are you the Hashemite Zeinab {Al-

Hashemiya }? She said: Oh brother No! | am Zeinab the captive prisoner.

Oh...I've walked (through) the way that | have never walked before...and I've accompanied the killer of
my brother

When the ruler came | provoked his arrogance......... he insulted my father and denied His guardianship

As if She is telling Her brother about what happened, and her utterance:

Oh brother! | swear by ALLAH ‘as-shemer’ wronged me......he struck me upon my back and ubused me

His heart wasn't broken (for my case) nor he had mercy upon me...... and the wrong, Oh brother,
exhausted me

My beloveds! if what had befallen you was anything other than death

1 would have reproved mildly, yet death cannot be admonished

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ {the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

May ALLAH's blessings be upon Mohammad and His household . . Oh ALLAH, Ye have charged me

concerning myself with that which belongs more to Thee than to me. Thy power over it and over me

surpasses mine. Hence, give me in myself what makes Thee pleased with me and take for Thyself Thy

good pleasure in my self's well-being: By Thy mercy Oh Ye must merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings be
upon Mohammad and His household.
The seventh whiff

‘Majlis’ of the sick Lady Fatima ‘Al-‘Alila’

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Her

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In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon you, Oh Allah's Messenger, and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you my lord “Mowla’, Oh Aba-Abdellah. Oh you lonely

stranger, Oh you wronged imam of Karbala. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you and upon your ill, sad,

lonely stranger, daughter Fatima ‘Al-‘Alila’. May ALLAH curses your oppressors from the first and latter

generations. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

Is it for affiictions and illnesses that thou art leaving me............ or is it for disasters and pain that thou
art doing that

Oh father! if thou traveled who will have mercy upon me...... and who will protect me from fears and
terrors

if my body temperature increased...is there anything but thy palm that may supply me with the water of
the spring

thou art aware of what exists inside the soul, Oh Father....so how could thou leave me, Oh thou wish of
my soul

Alone, the beloveds and thy abode art deserted... and each corner in it will capture me

there they are its nooks, reminding me of ye..........and there they are its walls telling me about ye

And that is the picture of Abdullah before my eyes........... Dh father, as if He is talking tenderly to me
from inside it

how could | farget Him I wish the eye didn’t s€ee.........thy departure, would that | was buried at that
moment

This is Sukeina | won’t forget Her intimacy......... and how She used to console me over my affliction

And my Aunt, how could | forget Her and She possessed............ my heart, if She left who will remedy
me
Oh Karbala, thou tookest everyone in a hurry...from me, and those who used to console me aren’t with
me anymore

Oh...how come the age took them away from my eye.....'m sick and my lamentation doesn’t decrease
after Them

{ want to appeal to my family, whom | have after their departure.....when they remained slain in ‘Al-
Ghadiriya’

Oh... ye people why my family left me............. in a foreign land, they went away and missed me

Due to the separation of my family my eyes have become [217]; Tc R— my back is bent and I've lost
patience
ALLAH (TwT) in His precious wise book “and there is not a thing but with us are the treasures of it, and

we do not send it down but in a known measure” ® the treasure of everything in this world is with

ALLAH (Awl) and in His hand, for example: Karbala, the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’” (PbuT), monotheism, the

guardianship’ {Wilayat}, the infallibility, the purity, the boons and means of living, all these things and

others are present in ALLAH’ stores.

Let's halt at the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) to talk about it or about Karbala, and let's start from this

blessed verse. Karbala which we are engaged with -the process of- knowing it and for its sake we are

attending these mourning gatherings is from ALLAH (Awl). “and there is not a thing” and Karbala is a

thing “and there is not a thing but with us are the treasures” of it”. ALLAH {AwJ) has with Him the

treasures and the stores of Karbala and He sends it down on each person according to his own intention

and to his real demand and to His love and passion, just as what He {ALLAH (T)} said: “And He gives you

of all that you ask Him” ® He {actually} gives us what we ask Him for. But not what we ask him for

through this tongue of ours, from where words come out. Because how many person asking (for this

love} through his tongue forever, he will not be given this love, but it will be given to the person who

asked for it through his heart and the truth of his existence.

Our Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) says to one of His friends: “Oh Bin An-Nu'man, lo! We are ‘Ahlulbayt’,

ALLAH sends our love down from the sky from treasures {that exists} under the ‘Arsh’ throne just as the

treasures of gold and silver, and He doesn’t send it down but according to a measure” why according

to a measure? Because this -process of- sending (it) down, depends on the condition of the persan

asking for this love. Each one of us should look at himself and watch it; does He ask more for material

boons and means of living or for the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)? Does he ask more to be in a good health

and relaxed” (at ease) or he asks for the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)? Does he ask for paradise or for

monotheism and ‘Wilayat’ the guardianship? Or what does he ask for? Because the God of the universe

gives us what we ask for. The love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) isn’t available for everyone but only the best of

the creatures obtain it “and He doesn’t give it but to the best of the creatures” . ., That is why “He who

finds, in His heart, the chill of our love, let Him pray for His mother, because She didn’t betray His

father"™. For, the love of the household of Mohammad is a boon from ALLAH {AwJ) and he who finds it,
let Him thank ALLAH (T) and His mother.

Al-iImam Mohammad Al-Bakir (PbuH) says to one of His friends: “Thank ALLAH for the {first and}

foremost of the graces and when He was asked what is the foremost of the graces? He said: the

guardianship ‘Wilayat” ©, because it is the foremast and the hindmost of the graces and its external

and its internal {hidden} side.

Moreover, as what was mentioned in the sayings of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) ‘Hadeeth’: “Lo! ALLAH has made

our guardianship ‘Wilayat’, we ‘Ahlulbayt’, the axis of Al-Quran” ©. However, only the best of the

creatures

(1) "Surat Al-Bujur”, the verse: 21.

(2) “Surat Ibrahim”, the verse: 34.

{3) “Tahf Al-‘Okoul”: P.313.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vo!.27, P.46,

(5) Al-Amali.

(6) “Al-Katra”.
Would be given this Jove and this friendship ‘Wilayat’. And it is the same regarding their ‘Ziarat’ Visit

{PbuT) and being present in these mourning gatherings. For, do you think that any person is able to sit in

these gatherings? Yet only the best of the creatures sit and persist in it and the issue lies in here.

Thus, love comes down from ALLAH (Awl) and this is a gift, a grace, a mercy and compassion from Him

(Awl). Take notice of this. In “Dua An-Nudbah”, we ask from ALLAH {AwJ) to give us the affection and

the compassion of the Imam of the age Al-Mahdi “Sahibul Zaman’, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance, “and bestow on us His affection, His compassion and His supplication” with mentioning

the fact that everything comes down by the hand of ALLAH, “Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou

givest the kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever Thou

pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest in Thine hand is

the good; surety, Thou hast power over all things.” "; is there any sovereignty greater than that of the

love of the pure impeccable household of the Prophet (PbuT)? For, where is the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ that

you want and with whom? Actually, it is present in the hand of ALLAH, same thing for the guardianship

‘Wilayat’, it exists in ALLAH’s hand.

Look at how most of the people in the month of Muharram move from one place to another, looking for

a mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ where they would be on intimate terms with it and their hearts would be

affected by it. Hence, the month of Muharram ends while they are still searching and looking for (this).

Although what we are looking for, exists within ourselves. Because as what was mentioned quoting the

Apostle of ALLAH ‘Jesus’ (PbuH): “knowledge isn’t in the sky so that it would come down on you and it

isn't inside the earth so that it would come out to you, but itis blunged with yourselves. Thereupon,

adopt the manners of spiritual people, you find {then} that knowledge”. Also, as what He {ALLAH (M3

said: “And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?” @ And obtaining the truth depends on what is

hidden in our interior, as what He {ALLAH (T)} said: “surely Allah does not change the condition of a

people until they change their own condition” @,

This allegiance to ‘Ahlulbayt’ and this love for Them (PbuT), ALLAH (TwT) gives them according to what
does each person request and ask for and according to his willingness. And He won't be given more than

His willingness because He cannot bear (it).

Lady ‘Shah Zanan’ “Shahrbano”, Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin’s mother (PbuH) came to Al-imam Al-Hussein

{PbuT) and said to Him: my master and my lord ‘Mowla’ Aba Abdellah, show me your truth’ (reality). He

said: Ch you honored and venerated {Lady}, you will not support that, She said to Him: Yea, verily, yea!

(declaring that She has this ability}, and She put Him to oath by His mother Fatima (PbuH). Therefore, He

showed Her something of His truth. As if She fainted {at once} and She died; so ALLAH (TwT) gave Her

life {back}. “but when his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain He made it crumble and Musa fell

down in a swoon” ®, ‘Shah Zanan’ became in a swoon just as Moses (PbuH) with a difference that

Moses fell down in a swoon due to the light of Salman or the light of one of the ‘Ash-shia Al-karoubiyin’”

(close followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ who became blown out and extinct in Karbala) . Yet our chiefess ‘Shah

Zana’, may ALLAH be pleased upon Her, She {fell down} in a swoon due to the light of Al-Hussein

{PbuH). so ponder over {that}. . ., thereupon, did we know ourselves wha is Al-imam Al-Hussein {PbuH)

(1) “Surat Al-imran”, the verse: 26.

(2) “Surat Al-Zariyat”, the verse: 21.

(3) “Surat Al-Raad”, the verse:1l.

(4) “Surat Al-A’raf”, the verse: 143.

and how is He and we didn’t swoon and we didn’t do as what ‘Shah Zanan’ -may ALLAH be pleased with

Her- did? }

It was mentioned quoting Al-lmam {Ali Bin Al-Hussein} Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) that He said: “if we would

have appeared in the form wherein we are {truly}, no one would see us but would pass away”

It was mentioned quoting Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadik (PbuH) that He said to ‘Al-Mufdil’: “if we were given

the permission to let people know our status in the estimation of ALLAH and our nearness {and rank} we

have near Him’, you wouldn’t have bore it” 2.

The same situation that happened with ‘Shahrbano’ happened with Ar-Rabab’ {(PbuH) and Her request

about seeing the truth of Al-Imam {PbuT). However, do you know how She died (PbuH)? they say, when

they took the captivated {women} carried, Al-Rabab saw what the rays of the sun did with the body

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) and how His pure body became black due to the rays of the sunshine. Our

imam Zeinul-Abidin’ (PbuH) says: Ar-Rabab was sitting in a house, in Al-Medina, that doesn’t preserve

Her from heat nor from cold until She died. This is just because She had seen that scene. She knows who

Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT) is, but as for ourselves, we don’t know Him. ! swear by ALLAH if we knew

AlFlmam Al-Hussein (PbuH), we would have done just like what His companions did.

The companions of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuT) knew Him. That is why they said to Him: Master Aba

Abdellah, may our fathers, our mothers, our children and ourselves be your ransom. Thus, He looked at

Zeinab (PbuT) and said to Her: “Oh Zeinab, theres no good in living after these (folks)” ©.

Al-Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) says: “a man came to Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH), he said: talk to me

about your superiority {lofty ranks} which ALLAH has given you. He said (PbuH): you cannot bear
carrying

it", he said: Nay {! do}, talk to me Oh son of the Prophet, ! do support it. Therefore, He talked tc Him

about a saying ‘Hadeeth’. So just when Al-Hussein (PbuH) finished His talk, the head of the man and his

beard became white and He forgot the saying. Thereupon, Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said: ALLAH’s
mercy has overtaken Him where He forgot the saying”. What did He said to him? He mentioned one

of His virtues, just one. Do we know Aba Abdellah!1?? We know nothing. We just know the world”

(earthly life), that’s why we turn toward it and we strive for it and we work hard for its sake. However, if
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we knew Al-Hussein (PbuH) we would turn toward Him and strive to Him. We know that if a disaster

befell us, we pray and supplicate and implore every night and every moment. We do not get tired or

bored, and our tears run over our Cheeks, thus, we become occupied with ourselves instead of being

occupied with the disaster and the passion’ (strong love, becoming infatuated with..) of Al-Hussein

(PbuH) and with {the fact of} becoming extinct in the love of ALLAH (Awl).

Weeping is equivalent to the knowledge {you have about Al-Imam}, and the sorrow is equivalent to

knowledge. Look at the majority of the people, you will see that what is important to them is to wear

LS

(1) “Al-Asrar Al-Husseiniya”: for Sheikh Al-lhsa’i )

(2) “Al-Mokhtasar”: P.128. |

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.44, P.373. J

(4) “Al-Khard'iij": Vol.2, P.795.

black {clothes} only and the external” (outward) matters related to ‘Ashoura’, and this is good and

required. However, this is not enough. The consolation must be external through wearing black {clothes}

and internal through being sorrowed and grieved, so as what He {ALLAH (T)} said: “[We take our] colour

from Allah, and who is better than Allah at coloring” m,

The person whom ALLAH loves, dyes his heart black “your funeral ceremony is in my heart, Oh Hussein”.

Even if the mourning {gatherings} of Al-Hussein (PbuH) stopped outwardly, the mourning of Al-imam Al-

Hussein would never stop in his existence. Why? Because His heart is a “Huseiniya®” (the main place

where we convene mourning gatherings over Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH)) and a funeral ceremony

where mourning gatherings are convened for Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH).

The human could obtain this love through {striving to obtain it} and he could attain it without striving, as

a gift from ALLAH (T). Because love is a boon that runs after you and you strive for it. For, it was

mentioned that the most hateful thing to Zuhair {bnul-Qayn’” (one of Al-Hussein’s companions -peace

on Them- who was martyred in Karbala) was to see Al-imam Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT). And He used to

run from Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) wherever He made a stop’. Yet Al-lmam {PbuH) summoned him the

first time, the second and the third . . . and in the last one, Al-lmam (PbuH) went to Him by Himself.

ALLAH AKBAR'! {to exclaim ALLAH is great!), did you see how much the mercy of ALLAH is expansive? Oh

ALLAH’s expansive mercy, Oh you who is the door of the salvation of ‘Al-Ummah’” {the nation} (the

<alvation of the Islamic community), My beloved, Oh Aba Abdellah, you sent for Zuhair bnul-Qayn many

times and He didn’t come. | wonder, did you send for us {just} once so that we come to you master, Ch

Hussein Bin Ali?

Because, by ALLAH, Oh lord ‘Mowla’, we increased in nothing, in this life, but in grief, sorrow, sadness

and estrangement {loneliness}.

The narration says that when Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) went to ‘Zuhair’ and summoned Him, Zuhair

went out of His wife's tent as ‘Zuhair’ but He has returned to it {as} ‘Hussein’ and this is what the

concept of extinction is.

“Lol We are ‘Ahlulbayt’, ALLAH sends our love down from the sky from treasures {that exists} under the

‘Arsh’ throne just as the treasures of gold and silver. He doesn’t send it down but according to a

measure. He doesn’t give it but to the best of the creatures. And He has a cloud just like that of the rain.

So if ALLAH wanted to favor with it the ones whom He loves of His creatures, He gave the permission for

that cloud, thus, it pours down just as how the clouds pour, so it strikes the fetus in the womb of his

mother” 7%.

This is the love that is sent down from the treasures of the ‘Arsh’ throne, so it strikes the fetus in the

womb of his mother. When the scholar ‘Al-Majlisi’ was asked about the reason of his attainment, his

advancement and the highness of his rank, He said: {that was} through the ‘Duaa’ supplication of my

father, for whom | have presented a situation in one of the nights and the voice of my weeping had
risen

in those moments. So He prayed for me to be from the servants of the household of Mohammad (PbuT).

This boon {and blessing} is from ALLAH (Awl). So if we don't have this love let us raise our children upon

it. Pay attention, “the firmest handles of the faith are loving {anything or anyone} for the sake of ALLAH

(1) “Surat Al-Bakara”, the verse: 138.

(2) “Tahful Okoul”, P.312.

and detesting {anything or anyone} for His sake” ®, Just as what was mentioned quoting the prophet

{PbuH), because love alone is not enough. Yet the completeness of love is to detest their enemies. lust

as what Al-ilmam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) said: “Whoso claims that he loves us and didn’t disconnect all

links with our enemy” (disowning them), has lied” ?. It was mentioned also “the completeness of {the

process of} taking {’Ahlulbayt’} for guardian’ is to disconnect all links {with their enemies}”. Thereupon,

whoever locked at his heart and didn’t find in it hatred for Their enemies, let him be aware that there is

a defect and weakness in His love. As much as there is loyalty to the friends of ALLAH {saints} in your

heart, the disassociation with the enemies of the Al-Mighty should equals it and “he who shunned to

curse they whom ALLAH have cursed {considering it as a sin}, may ALLAH’s curse be upon Him” ® as

what the praphet (PbuH) said.

Moreover, it was mentioned in the news that the Commander of believers“Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali (PbuH)

was walking. As if He sees a tailor tailoring while he is humming. Al-imam said to Him: “Oh you (calling

out the person)! if you were reciting Al-Quran {that} would have been better. Your voice is beautiful. The

man said: My master, Oh the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu'minin’, | don’t know how to read

Al-Quran {well}. The narration says that He approached Him and whispered something in His ear. The

tailor says: | don’t know what He said to me and from that moment | have learnt Al-Quran by heart”.

This love is cast in the heart all at once, but will the Jove that we have stay and last? It was mentioned in

one of the narrations quoting Abi Al-Hassan (PbuH) that He said to one of His friends: “ALLAH has

created the prophets with the Prophecy so they wouldn't be but prophets. And He has created the

believers with faith so they wouldn’t be but believers. And He loaned unto a folk the faith. Thus, if He

wants He would perfect it for Then and if He wants He would strip Them of it”. {Then} He (PbuH) said:

‘and concerning them the verse “here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure” ® haven taken

place, and He said: “Lo! {That} person, his faith was lodged {with him} and when he lied on us, He was

stripped of it” ©,

So do you think that if we found the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb in the heart of one of us that it is over and

that he reached {Them (PbuT)}?. . ..

ALLAH may have loaned unto him it but when he lies on ALLAH and on ‘Ahlulbayt’” (PbuH), He {ALLAH,

(AwJ)} would strip him of this faith . . . . ALLAH AKBAR!™ (Exclaiming: ALLAH is great!) what a loss!

Imagine that! We seek the protection of ALLAH from being raised up the day of resurrection while we

are stripped of this faith, and from looking at Abi Abdellah (PbuH) and saying this is whom we used to

love. we have become now from the ones who dislike Him.

ALLAH (T) said: “Then as for him who gives away and guards [against evil], And accepts the best” '® what

is the best? The best is the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ {of ‘Ahiutbayt’ and sticking to it}, which means - and

He believed in the guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’, the ‘Wilayat’ “We will facilitate for him the easy end.” 7.

(1) “Al-Kafi”: Vol.2, P.125.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, P.58.

(3) “Al-Fawa’id Al-tosiya”: P.560.

(4) “Surat Al-An’asm”, the verse: 98.

) “Al-Kafi”: Vol.2, P.418.

(6) “Surat Al-Layl”, the verse: 5-6.

} “Surat Al-Layl”, the verse: 7.

what did He give (the one mentioned in the noble verse)? He gave the sincere intention. ALLAH wants

from us just one thing, which is to have sincere intentions. Now we are sitting in this mourning gathering

‘Majlis’, | swear by ALLAH if our intentions were sincere, the divine mercy with its splendor and perfect

form would have been sent down upon us. Just as what was mentioned in ‘Hadis e-Kisaa' the talk of the

cloak” “mercy will descend upon them! And angels will encircle them asking Allah the forgiveness of

their sins until the assembly disperses!” but this thing is dependent on the sincere intention. Are we

truly ready, no matter how much we were violated and alienated in this life, with no kin and no land to

shelter us even if we were cut off into pieces as ‘Maytham At-Tammar’, do we consider all of this

unimportant for us? And what is really important for us is to obtain in this mourning gathering ‘Majlis’

the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) and {the chance of} serving Them (PbuT)? Is this all of what concerns and

worries (grieves) us or what?

The Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin Ali” {PbuH) says to “Maytham At-Tammar”: “Oh

Maytham, how would your case be if your hands, your legs and your tongue were cut off. He said:

master, {is this going to happen} out of love for You? He said: yes, He said: Then, | do nat care”. That is

why our utterance must always be: May my father, my mother, my family, my children and my money

be your ransom, Oh Aba Abdellah, so that Fatima {PbuH) the daughter of Mohammad become pleased

with us.

It was narrated that someone said to Al-imam Jaafar Al-Sadig (PbuH): My master and lord ‘Mowla’ when

you were in my house last night and | have invited you to the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ of Abi

Abdellah (PbuH), You were sitting at the center of the ‘Majlis’, but | have seen you {all of a sudden}

standing up and sitting at the door? He said: “Oh you {addressing the asker}, | was sitting but when my

grandmother Fatima, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, entered | was embarrassed from Her, | stood up

out of veneration for Her and | sat down at the door”.

That's why when characters like that of ‘Maytham At-Tammar’ ar anyone else from among the

companions are found in the partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’” (PbuT) (Ahlulbayt’s follower), that would be the
time when He will be permitted to enter into Karbala and Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) would give Him to

drink from His own hand a cup of a sweet cool drink after which no thirstis left.

In the tenth of Muharram, they prohibited Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH), His household (PbuT) and His

companions from water. Thus, the friends became like lunatics and it is known that just as how the

water is denied outwardly, it is {also} prohibited inwardly, and this is the thing that they couldn't

support. They knew that they will not drink from this water but after martyrdom. For that reason, they

have proceeded one by one, asking the permission for fighting and the partisans of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)

must know this matter because it is applicable to Them.

The friends were thirsty and Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) was the one who is quenching their thirst just as

how the honored prophet (PbuH) used to do with Him where He used to feed Him by putting His

forefinger in His pure mouth or His tongue as what another narration says.

+ was mentioned also that He {PbuH) used to do {what we have mentioned above} with His friends. It

was mentioned quoting Mohammad Bin Sannan quoting Al-Mufdil Bin Omar, He said: Abou Abdellah

said: “when Al-Hussein and His friends were prohibited from water He called out among Them, whoever

was thirsty, let Him come {to me}. Thus, His friends came to Him one by one, He put His Thumb in the

mouth of one of them, so they started to drink one after the other until everyone's thirst was quenched.

Thereupon, some of Them said, we swear by ALLAH that we have drank a drink that nobody among the
creatures had ever drank from it, in the abode of this world {Dharud-Dunya}. And when they got

prepared for the fight in the next day, Al-Hussein (PbuH) made Them to sit —at the sunset- one by one,

calling them out by Their names and Their fathers’ names. So He fed Them, ate with Them from the food

of the Garden” and gave them to drink from its drink” ™ but when Ali Al-Akbar came to ask for water, Al-

Imam Al-Hussein {(PbuT) said ta Him; put your tongue on mine “hence, what is the relation between the

water and the tongue” .. . ? When Ali put his tongue in the mouth of His father, He found it dry!

Because the strange thing is that even Al-Hussein (PbuH} was thirsty. The one who enters into the world

of love and passion must not imagine that each time He gets thirsty He will find water. The one who

wanted to enter to Karbala, it is possible that His thirst becomes more intense and wouldn’t be

quenched until He dies.

Some of the narrations say that Al-Hussein (PbuH) comes to some of the believers at their death, and He

gives Them to drink with His own hand a drink of water. My master, Oh Aba Abdellah, we are the thirsty

ones {of yours}, so don’t take us out of this world until our thirst become quenched with the most

perfect {fullest} cup of yours, because whom have we other than you my master, Oh you door of the

repentance {forgiveness} of sinful persons?.

My master, Oh Hussein, when we will be from the ones who don’t nead to hear a mourning gathering

‘Majlis’ or to know what happened in Karbala, to weep over you and bewail you {striking their chests for

you}. Yet it would be enough for Them to hear by your name so that they meet death from the pain of

the catastrophe, so that the word “Hussein” alone becomes a mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ for Them?

My Chiefess Oh Zeinab, the moment that we -ourselves- hear with the name of Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuR)

our sorrows rouse and our pains move, so how if it was {coming out} of your pure mouth?

This is the caravan of your lord ‘Mowla’ Al-Hussein, it has resolved to leave. This is the farewell and the

encounter will be in paradise. This is the separation and the meeting is (at) the day of resurrection. As if

‘Um Al-Banin’, ‘Um Salama’, Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiya and others started to circumambulate around

the martyrs’ master and Their utterance is, where {are you going} Oh our protector? Where {are you
going} Oh our hope? There is no doubt my master and my lord Oh ‘Sahibul Zaman’, that you are

standing up somewhere, looking at the caravan of the sons of Hashim ‘Bani Hashem’, with an eye full of

tears, a sad looks and a broken heart. They are leaving with {no chance of} returning. As if you are

looking at Zeinab, seeing Abal Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuT) taking care of your beloved and protecting Her, but

it is so soon that your sighs and your moans will rise, Oh master. How it wouldn't and you are watching

the departure of Your grandfather Al-Hussein (PbuT) with His women and His children. My lord ‘Mowla’,

for the sake of sick Fatima ‘Al-‘Alila’ accept our excuse from us on account of failing short of that which

is as it ought to be in your case compare and contrast to lower in grade and exceeding the proper

bounds of good manners with you. Master, if cur sins will stand between You and us, { ask You by {the

event when} Al-Hussein bid farewell to ill Fatima ‘Al-‘Alila’, | ask you by Zeinab’s departure from ‘Al-

Madina’ the city of Her grandfather honored, that you make these tears of ours an atonement for our

sins and that you pat our heads just as how Al-Hussein (PbuH) did on Fatima’s. let us bid farewell to Al-

Hussein with Fatima, at the door of the house. As if She is standing at the door, looking at Her father Al-

Hussein (PbuH) and tears are running on Her cheeks, Why? Because there is a feeling {coming} from the

bottom {of Herself} telling Her that this is the farewell and there is no meeting after it. She went to Her

father while saying: Father Oh Hussein, you will leave me alone estranged in this land? Father Oh

(1) “Madinatul Ma’ajiz”: Vol.3, N.33, P.463.

Hussein, take me with you. And Her utterance: t am your soul Fatima and you will leave me Oh dear

{father}....

Oh father Hussein take me with ye........after ye, Oh family, may my eyes become blind

Alone, in this homeland, leaves me not......... | am sick and the body is burning out of the poison

| wonder what would our Imam Al-Hussein with the tender heart do? He sees the tears of His daughter

while She is sick. He returned to Her, hugged Her into His chest, kissed Her, and as if He says to Her:

Daughter, do not burn my heart out of heartbreak with your tears. Daughter Fatima, when | reach my

residence, | will send your uncle Al-Abbas or your brother Ali to carry you to us:

Woe! When Hussein heard Her........He returned from the ‘Howdah’ toward Her

He sat down near Her consoling Her.........and due to the separation, He {started to} solace Her

Saying to Her Oh the light of my eyes........ do not shed thy tear

Fatima said: Father Oh Hussein, myself is telling me that there is no meeting with you after this day.

However, Oh Father, wait for me an hour so that | could bid farewell to my uncles, my aunts, my

brothers and my sisters. So He said: do it, Oh daughter. Fatima came {while} roaming around the

“howdah” {Camels that carry a small box to carry women and children on). She bid farewell to Her aunt

Zeinab, to Her aunt little Zeinab ‘As-Sughra’, to ‘Um Kulthoum’, to Her sister Sakina and to Fatima

Rukaya until She arrived lo Lhe ‘Howdah’ of Her mother ‘Ar-Rabab’. She extended Her hand, took Her

brother the suckling baby Abdullah from the lap of His mother, hugged Him into Her chest and started to

kiss Him ...

She says to Him, good-bye Oh my eyes... my brother how could Ye leave me alone

By ALLAH, do not leave me alone........... | swear by ALLAH, my strength collapsed on account of thy
separation

The caravan left and Fatima stayed alone , sitting each day at the door of the dwelling, waiting for the
return of Her kin until She waited for so long. {then} as if an Arab of the desert came. Thus, Fatima wrote

a letter to Her father and sent it with Him. When the Bedouin arrived to Karbala, He asked about

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) and He (PbuH) was {then} alone, lonely, turning His eyes to the right and to

the left, calling out the beloved and the friends. So this man delivered the letter to Al-Hussein (PbuH).

When He read it, He went to the camp, He called out: Oh Zeinab, Oh Um Kulthoum, they said: Brother

Aba Abdellah what is the news? He said: Come. The letter has arrived and the disaster became greater.

Zeinab said to Him: Brother, as for the disaster we are within it, but from who is the letter? He said to

Her: Sister Zeinab, this is the letter of my daughter Fatima. She wants us to return to Her. She salutes

Her uncle Al-Abbas and here He is lain down at the ‘AlKami’ river {the Fuphrates} without arms and the

arrow is thrust in His eye. She salutes Her brother Ali Al-Akbar and here He is severed into pieces and

She salutes Her brother the suckling baby Abdullah [yet} His throat is cut. Fatima stayed waiting for an

answer to Her letter . . .. When am | going to join You O' father, so that 1 get my acquisition! . ..

The answer arrived to Her after some days... . However, what is this answer? She heard the announcer

of death announcing the death {of Her Father and Her family (PbuT)} in the city ‘Al-Medina’.

When Fatima heard the voice of the death announcer, as if She opened the door of Her house. And as if

She sees blackness coming from a distance. The more this blackness approaches the more Fatima felt

with the agony and the pain. She looked closely, As if it is Her aunt Zeinab coming toward Her and Her

back is humped. The moment that She saw Her, She said to Her: Aunt Zeinab, where is my father

Al-Hussein? Aunt Zeinab, where is my uncle Aboul Fadel Al-Abbas? Aunt, where is Ali Al-Akbar and the
suckling baby? Zeinab hugged Her into Her chest and Her tears started to run over Her cheeks, while Her

back is bent, She is heart-broken and talking with a weak voice. My daughter Fatima, may ALLAH gives

you a great reward {for the loss of} your father Al-Hussein. We've left Him in the land of Karbala, a

corpse without head, may ALLAH gives you a great reward {for the loss of} your uncle Al-Abbas and your

brother Abdellah. As if Fatima turned Her face toward Her father Al-Hussein:

Father every person who has an absentee, He returns to Him

and I'm the grieved one whom they hove slaughtered Her guardian

ye have disappeared all at the same time

when will ye return home

I swear by ALLAH | will sit at the pathway of the riding camels

And I will ask the ones departing and the ones coming

Every person having absentees, they return

And my absentee is buried in the sepulcher

There js no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord “Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman'’ {the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH, send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household and place our fathers, our mothers,

our children, our family and wives, our siblings, our near relatives and the believer among our neighbors,

male and female, in a refuge impregnable to him, a safeguarding fortress, a shielding cave. Clothe them

in shields that protect them {from Him} and grant them arms to cut him down. Oh ALLAH, include

everyone who witnesses to Thee as God, devotes himself faithfully to Thy oneness, contracted the

enmity of him through the reality of servanthood and seeks Thy help against him through the

recognition of the divine science in that, for the sake of Mohammad and His pure household, Gh Ye

most Merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Household. |
Lm —

PN
The eighth whiff

‘Majlis’ of Muslim Bin Akil

May ALLAH's peace be upon Him

fn the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH's Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh my tord ‘Mowla’ Aba Abdellah. May ALLAH's

blessings be upon you and upon your cousin Muslim Bin Akil, Oh you estranged one of Al-Kufa® {iraq},

Oh you alienated one of your home. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh the one who consoled Al-

Hussein, with His estrangement {and loneliness} and with His thirst. May ALLAH curses the ones who

oppressed you. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

And over Him the eyes shed the tears......... He is the purpose of the path for the believers

And the prophet wept over Him abundantly out of grief... from the depth of His heart He poured {tears}
on Him

Saying, to ALLAH | complain........about what my household will see after my departure

Sa weep over whom Ahmad wept for Him out of grief.........before He was born from ¢ longtime

And Al-Hussein and the household wept over Him when...His death notice arrived to Them, with
abundant tears

It was a great day upon Al-Hussein.........and upon the household. What a terrific day!

As if the daughter of Muslim (PbuH), when She heard about the martyrdom of Her father, She addressed

Her call to Her uncle Al-Hussein (PbuH):

Oh... my heart has carried a trace.........why are Ye putting your hand on my head

Oh uncle this is o sign that | have become orphan............ I guess my father was killed and has left me

{Ahmad: the Prophet Mohammad (PbuH), Her uncle: Imam Hussein (PbuH)}
ALLAH (T) said in His decisive precious and wise book, in the name of ALLAH the most Gracious, the most

Merciful, “O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and

let not the (avowed) beguiiler beguile you with regard to Allah”. We have become in this life wherein

we were created, prisoners on account of being distant from ALLAH (Awl). Just like the silkworm who

spins over herself what she {usually} does, then she dies. We are incapable of reaching the Excellency of

His holiness. Our hands are incapable of reaching His cordiality. Qur love for ourselves and for this world

has blocked us from {reaching} His love, His passion and His guardianship ‘Wilayat’. And our devilish

deeds have caused our hearts to desert {the fact of} being directed into His noble face. We have spun

for aurselves the chains of remoteness and desertion, thus, we have become chained and imprisoned,

unless a divine beam comes to us and attracts us {through} a heavenly attraction with which we become

stunned from ourselves and we devote ourselves to ALLAH (Awl), {as} a perfect attention “Oh God!

Grant me perfect attention towards Thee; open the esoteric eyes of my hearts so that they could

witness Thy glory and piercing through the veils of celestial lights may connect them with the Absolute

Source of Majesty; let our souls achieve the union with Thy Exalted Holy Essence.” ? Thereupon, it is

possible through devoting ourselves to ALLAH (T) that we see and witness by our heart the truth of

Mohammad and Ali and Fatima. And when we ask nothing except for -ALLAH- the Originator (Awl), we

pierce through the veils of celestial lights, we become connected with the Absolute Source of ALLAH’s

(1) “Surat Fatir”, the verse: 5.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: 91/98.

Majesty, we would become extinct and we become stunned with His hidden secret and we approach

from the Ali-Highest {ALLAH (T)}. And this cannot happen except when we stop and halt at Karbala and if

we enter to it. Because the process of extinction happens there, where firstly our deeds would become
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extinct in that of the martyrs’ master, then our characters in His (PbuH), then ourselves would become

vanished, stunned and extinct in His being (PbuH}. And because His being is extinct in that of ALLAH

(Awl), thereupon, through {the fact of} becoming extinct in Him, may ALLAH's blessings be upon Him,

we would become as we have reached the state of extinction {and fusion} in ALLAH's own divine

oneness {essence} (TWT), and as what one of the ‘Gnostic’ knowers ‘Arif’ said to one of His students:

“you {may} have an existence” amounting to {the fact of} professing belief in the unity of ALLAH".

But whoever wanted to stop and halt at Karbala, what happened to the martyrs’ master {PbuH) will

happen to Him, each one according to his existential receptacle. where He will be stripped, violated and

displaced’ {he will be made homeless), and this is what the saying quoting Al-lmam Muhammad

Al-Baker (PhuH) assures, when a man said to Him: “l swear by ALLAH that 1 love you ‘Ahlulbayt’". He

{AlImamy} said to Him (PbuH) so take the afflictions {as your} garment, because | swear by ALLAH it

{runs} toward us and toward our Shiaa faster than the torrential stream in the valley. The afflictions start

{running} to us then to you, and the comfort starts {inclosing} us then you” And quoting ‘Abi thar Al-

Ghafari’ (RAA) in explaining His word {ALLAH's word (T)}: “And most surely | am most Forgiving to him

who repents and believes and does good, then continues to follow the right direction” 2 He said: (the

fact of the belief in the verse) Believing in what Mohammad (PbuH) came with. And {about} “does good

deeds”, He said: doing the religious obligations, Then He continued to follow the right direction which is

the love of Mohammad and His household. And He said | heard the Prophet (PbuH) saying: “Our lover

will be always banished, hurt, alone, beaten, expelled, accused of lying, aggrieved, His eye is weepy and

He is heartsick, until He dies, and that is so much little for the sake of ALLAH” @,

And after becoming vanished and stunned with the being of Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT), we become as we

have taken ourselves out of nothingness into the existence, and there will be an existence for us, there

in the Hereafter, amounting to the extinction and the fusion that we have in the being of Al-lmam
Al-Hussein (PbuH). And if this {process of} vanishing and extinction wasn’t available for us, that would be

due to {the fact of} loving ourselves “loving life" {in this world} (earthly existence) is the head of each

sin” “. And as what was mentioned in the saying: “the help comes down from the sky amounting to the

hoard” **, which means as much as the hoard is, the love from ALLAH (AwJ) would come, and as much
as

the love and the knowledge are, the dissolution and the unity would come. At that moment, we go out

of the nothingness of the world {earthly existence} into the existence {of the Hereafter) into the

existence of Al-Hussein, may ALLAH’s blessings be upon Him.

We should know that all of us ate from that tree (of which Adam ate) without the permission of ALLAH

{T) which brought us down from that world “Get down from here all of you," We said at the time of

Adam’s departure from Paradise. “Henceforth there shall come to you guidance from Me, those who

accept and follow it shall have nothing to fear orto regret” ©. This tree is expressed through the status

(1) “Biharul Anwar”.

(2) “Surat Taha”, the verse: 82.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, P.198.

(4) “Moustadrak Al-Wasa'il”: Vol.12, P.38.

(5) “Man La Yahdiraho Alfakih”: Vol.3, P.166.

(6) “Surat Al-Baqara”, the verse: 38.

and office of Mohammad and His household (PbuT). That's why we should purify ourselves from our sin,

but how this purity is realized? “Then bear witness that | am cleansed through {sticking to} your

guardianship” ‘Wilayat'”, Because the purification of the great sin happens through loving Fatima (PbuH)

and sticking to Her guardianship.

All the knowledge and the information that we learn and study is worthless except when it take us out

of the darkness {and lead us} into the absolute light, into the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ of Mohammad and

His household (PbuT), and till now, with all of what we have {already} known, we don’t know anything.

Yet the question is, has our interior been realized with what we have learned and comprehended and

applied it?.

We heard a lot of what happened in Karbala and if we were really alive, just by hearing a single

mourning gathering ‘Majlis’, it would happen to us what happened to ‘Ahlul-Kahf the people of the

cave. So what was that thing which they've heard so that they died all of them in a single moment and

they woke up in a single moment {too}? Our Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) says: “if you knew the

greatness of this disaster, your souls would have met death”.

We have been called out for leaving, and our supply {needed the moment that we meet His Glory and

for our way to reach Him (T)} is scanty. The narrations says that when the age of the human becomes

thirty, he is called out with a call, and when He reaches the forties, ALLAH orders His angels to press

{and insist} on Him and that is for the sake of the argument that would be laid on Him completely, and

then either He will be raised {from the dead} a prophet or a unblessed.

The age became short and our days have become limited in number. So if our eyes till now didn’t

witness the rising Irnam the household of Mohammad ‘Al-Ka’im’ Al-lmam Al- Mahdi, may ALLAH (T)

hastens His reappearance, this means that we are not yet within the divine presence {we are still out of

the real divine presence}.

Because with each mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ we hear, ourselves must become vanished, extinct and
expired according to one of the degrees, but as long as we are seeing ourselves we will not see the

beautiful thing, so as what that ‘Gnostic’ knower ‘Arif’ says:

There is an ego disputing with me which is standing between Ye and me

{Would Ye please} pull out with Thy Subtlety my ego from the discord

This vanishing is followed by the wakefulness, which is {the fact of} living with Them (PbuT). Because the

wakefulness is to stay after the extinction” that al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) had taught us, He (PbuH)

who went to Karbala to teach the enamored persons how to adore and to teach the monotheists how to

profess the unity of ALLAH. To teach the lover how to love “Oh ALLAH, | have left the creatures

altogether on account of your passion, and | have caused the children to become orphans so that |

would see you. Thus, even if you would cut me off with love into pieces, the heart will never incline to

anyone beside you”.

But this learning has some conditions. the first condition is the sacrifice “He who sacrifices His heart,

blood and soul for our sake” ®, this is the saying of AHlmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) that He is still repeating it

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.44, P.366.

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till now. But is there anyone listening? He hears it only “who has a heart, and can hear and witness”. If

we were from the people {followers} of the hearts, we would have heard it and responded to it. And if

ALLAH knew that there is good in us, He would have made us hear “(if) Had Allah perceived any virtue in

them He would have indeed endowed them with hearing. (if) Had he made them (those without virtue)

hear, they would have turned away and refused to listen” @

nat turn anyone away from your door, may ALLAH’s peace be upon you all.

Our Imam Jaafar As-Sadeq {PbuH) says “He whom ALLAH intended good for Him, He threw in His heart

the love of Al-Hussein Bin Ali {PbuH) and the love of visiting Him” @

This day as what it is known for the writers of the bloody fights is the day of Muslim Bin Akil who was

the first one to died as a martyr with Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuT).jAfter reaching Al-Kufa {iraq} whose

people betrayed Him, after they have fallen the son of the Prophet's daughter behind {they have turn

away from Him} and they have become {persons who} prefers money to supporting the religion of

Mohammad (PbuH). Muslim became alone, walking in the alleys of Al-Kufa, He finds no one to indicate

Him to the road. And after thirst has exhausted Him, He stood up before one of the houses. The owner

of the house felt with His presence, She was called ‘Tawa’a’ Let us stand up, with the eye of the heart,

with Muslim at the door of that venerable woman ‘Tawa’a’, to resort to Muslim and to learn from Him

how to love and to sacrifice for our Imam (PbuH), how to be sincere, how to comfort the imam of our

age (AHR) in His alienation and loneliness through ours and to pray that we don’t be like the people of

Al-Kufa, and we fall our Imam behind” and turn away from Him (PbuH). . .

1 wonder, are we going to betray you, Oh master of the age (AHR)...

Are we going to call you out and {then} fight you... .?! If we were like that, thereupon, take our souls at

this hour.

“The narrations say Tawa’a went out supposing that this is Her son and as if She sees a revered master
standing up at the door of Her house. She said to Him: Oh you servant of ALLAH, what do you want? He

said to Her: (Oh) slave of ALLAH, could | have a drink of water?.

She brought water for Him. He drank then She entered to Her house. And after moments, She returned

to the door so She found Him still standing. She said to Him: Oh you {calling to the person}, didn’t you

drink water? He said: yes. She said: so go to your family, to your house and to your clan.

When Muslim heard by {the terms} family and clan, He remembered Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH), He

remembered Fatima Al-Zahraa’ (PbuH), He remembered Al-Hassan (PbuH}, He remembered the lonely

estranged Hussein {PbuH), this is His clan. ,

(1) “Surat Qaf”, the verse: 37.

(2) “Surat Al-Anfal”, the verse: 23.

(3) “Wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.12, P.436.

“$0 He said to Her and tears are flowing over His cheeks: (Oh) slave of ALLAH, | am lonely estranged, |

have no family nor a clan in this land. | don’t know why did He cry? Did He remember the calamity of

Fatima (PbuH) or the alienation and loneliness of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)?!. »

He says to Her and His tears are {flowing} abundantiy......... 1am a lonely estranged, | have neither
family nor clan

An estranged and my uncles are in another land.........and there is no confusion same as mine 1

He said to Her: Could you do me a favor and perhaps | will reward you at the day of resurrection? She

said to Him: Oh slave ALLAH, who are you to reward me, the day of resurrection? .

“He said: | am Muslim Bin Akil Bin Abi Taleb, the messenger of Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT). These people

have accused me of lying and they brought me out of my country, then they betrayed me and they

didn’t helped me {and backed me up} and they left me alone. She took Him in to Her dwelling She

offered Him some food, He didn’t eat. This is the last night {from His life} and tomorrow shall be the

meeting. He spent it with praying and supplicating until the dawn. And This woman had a son whom the

money of ibn Ziad (may ALLAH curses him) has allured him. When He knew that Muslim is present in

their house, he told ‘ubeidallah bin ziad’ {may ALLAH curses him). So the cursed one sent a number of

enemies and they have besieged the house. Tawa’a told Him {Muslim} about that and said to Him: |

didn’t see that you have slept last night. He said to Her: Be aware that | have slept, so | saw my uncle
the

Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin Ali’ (PbuH), {I didn’t see Him since years) and He was saying

to me hurry up, hurry up, be fast {in your arrival} to us, and | suppose nothing except that this is my last

day. So He went out resolved on fighting. The enemies started to gather against Him from all directions.

A command is striking Him with stones, and another with shafts and darts. The narration says that the

women of people of Al-Kufa banded together and started to strike Muslim with stones from the roofs of

their houses and Tawa'a was standing up and there was in Her hand a glass of water, while She says:

Master drink water, so He drinks and returns to fight them. And while He was like that, they dug for Him

a pit and hid it with dust and while He was fighting them He fell in the pit. Thus, they surrounded Him
from every side, they enchained Him and they took Him to ibn ziad . . .

This {happened} while Tawa'a is talking to Muslim, how am | going to look at the face of your uncle Ali

Bin Abi Taleb, willl you be killed and you are my guest? And Her utterance...

She kept calling them out Oh people of Al-Kufa, hove mercy on Him...this is the nephew of Al-Karrar
don’t drag Him

She yelled, Oh Muslim how great my shame is on thy account......... lam a woman, weak, | cannot
protect you

{Al-Karrar: imam Ali (PbuH)}

The narration says that blood was running from the mouth of Muslim, as if He wanted to console Aba

Abdellah (PbuT) with the dart that struck His mouth. Muslim said: give me a drink of water. Each time He

wanted to drink, the receptacle becomes filled with blood. Muslim through this request of His, He

wanted to know if He reached the status where He became himself and Al-imam {as} one person in

reality. Thus, He asked for a glass of water to view the extent of His unity with His beloved and how

much He was engraved with the being of Al-Hussein (PbuH). Otherwise, the effects of the world of

nature don’t affect at any time the existence of the friends {of ALLAH}. “=

And how could Muslim drinks and His beloved will be prohibited from water, burning and dying thirsty?

As if He turned toward Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) while saying:

How could | drink, master, and you die thirsty? Then Muslim cried, so they said to Him: {is it possible

that} someone like you cries? He said: | swear by ALLAH, 1 am not crying over myself, but | am crying

over my family {that is} coming, | cry for Al-Hussein and Al-Abbas, | cry for Zeinab and the children...

Oh... where is the one who is {capable of} reaching

the land of right now and tells Hussein

Muslim is alone He has no helper

They tied His hands {behind His back}, and He continued to turn the eye {looking for a defender}

As if Muslim, may ALLAH be pleased with Him says at that moment:

Oh Hussein go back don’t come to me......the people of Al-Kufa betrayed me after pledging allegiance to
me

And to the dissolute ibn ziad they handed me over......while you are distant from me Oh my family

Then they went up with Him to the top of the castle. They said to Him: do you have a need, He said: yes,

He turned His face toward the direction Al-Hussein while saying: may ALLAH’s peace be upon You, Oh

Aba Abdellah. May ALLAH’s peace be upon You Oh son of the Prophet. May ALLAH’s peace be upon You

Oh son the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuT).

To you | send my Salaam, Oh “Aboul Yemma”......... and this is the end of my life Oh my Imam

From above the castle, they have thrown me, thirsty........alone and the oppressors encircled me

{Aboul Yemma: Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)}

Let us salute with Muslim our beloved Al-Hussein (PbuT). May ALLAH’s peace be upon You, Oh Aba
Abdellah. May ALLAH’s peace be upon You, Oh son the Prophet. Tawa'a was waiting what will they do

with Muslim? As if they cut His head off and throw it from above the castle. So He fell on the ground, a

corpse without head . . . may ALLAH's mercy be upon whoever calls out Oh Muslim Oh you lonely

estranged one ‘Waa Muslimah, Waa Gharibah’. . . but the disaster was when the news arrived to our

imam Al-Hussein (PbuH). For, the calamity of Muslim was the first one to make Aba Abdellah and Zeinab

{PbuT) weep. Muslim had a daughter named ‘Hamida’, so Al-imam (PbuT) called Her out. When She

entered the tent, sometimes Zeinab (PbuH) looks at Her and weeps and sometimes Um Koulthoum

looks at Her and weeps. Al-Imam started playing with Her. He made Her sit in His lap and He started

patting Her head with His hand and caring for Her. Thereupon, She felt that there is something wrong,

She said: Oh uncle, why am | seeing that you are caring for me as if lam an orphans. did anything bad

happen to my father?

Oh uncle teil me, my father......... didn’t appear among us from a longtime

And there is no news coming from Him to us......... Oh uncle maybe they slaughtered my father

How the condition Al-Hussein (PbuH) would be in these moments. He felt pity for Her and He said: my

child, don’t be sad. Yet if your father was stricken {passed away} {indeed} | am Your father and my

daughters are your sisters . . .

Al-Hussein heard Her moan and sympathized with Her...and started to call out Oh Zeinab silence Her

Oh sister She broke my heart with Her talk........She is an orphan and orphanhood is difficult for the child

The same situation happened to Sukeina, may ALLAR’s peace be upon Her, She said to Him: Father Oh

Hussein get off the back of your horse. Thus, Al-lmam (PbuH) did it. She wanted from Him to treat Her
just as they treat the orphans. So She asked Him to sit down on the ground and She sat in His lap. Then

She took His hand and started to pat Her head with it, as if She is saying: father Oh Hussein, pat my head

as you do with orphans. Father Oh Hussein, after an hour who will pat my head? After an hour the

slashing of the lashes will pat my head. After an hour there will be no one whose heart will be softened

for me. | will see no one but ‘shemer’ and omar bin saad surrounding me, insulting me, and striking me.

Father Oh Hussein, this is the last time that I call you out, Oh Hussein, and you answer me with

sympathy and tenderness but after an hour {no one will answer Her after an hour, because the head of

Al-Hussein will be on the head of a long spear) . . ..

Ch....

If I cried Oh father, they strikes me...........and if | called out your name, Oh Hussein, they insufts me

And out of beating my back became swollen ........... and from weeping my eyes became blind

Master, Oh Aba Abdellah, be tranquil. Now you are patting the head of Sukeina (PbuH) but after

moments Zeinab (PbuH) will pat the heads of the children and the orphans. {After the death of Al-

Hussein (PbuH)} every child was calling out, aunt Zeinab where is my brother? Aunt Zeinab where is my

father?

Oh...Zeinab patted their heads while calling out

Brother, | swear by ALLAH, | have become bewildered on occount of thy orphans

Oh Hussein I have no strength {to bear) your separation

Oh brother, Would that my soul leaves with you!

She didn’t weep because She wasn’t confident of Her uncle {that He will secure Her}

Nay! and not because of the agonizing grief {that exists} inside Her

But She is weeping for fear that

She might become without Her father and Her uncle

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters” (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His household and waken me to remember Thee in

times of heedlessness, use me in Thy obedience in days of disregard, open a smooth path for me to Thy

love, and complete for me thereby the goodness of the world and the Hereafter, by Thy mercy Oh Ye

most merciful. May ALLAH blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Household.
The ninth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the companions of Al-imam Al-Hussein

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

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In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH’s Messenger and upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You, Oh Aba Abdellah. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you

and upon the souls who had gathered in your camp, strided along with you, in your journey, {who joined

your caravan and became submitted}, and who died with you’. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You, Oh

you loyal friends. Verily, you were pure; therefore, the land wherein you are buried has been purified.

May ALLAH curses the ones who oppressed you. Would that we were with you so that we could attain

our end and won great fortune!

FASTEN

The mare you blame me, the more | weep......... Oh my friends, when | mention Habib. >

Oh our sweetheart, any time thy disaster........was mentioned by the elegizing poets, it ‘splits the hearts

Oh ye lonely who defended a lonely ...... where there was no helper seen nor anyone responding {to His
call}

ye have sold o precious being so He bought it......... from ye the one who originated the beings, blessed
is the winning

It is not strange that ye have supported Al-Hussein...Yet it would have been strange if ye had turned
away from Him

“Oh ye secretary of Al-Hussein ye have attained a rank........that its frogrance and its scent increase each
moment 5 Te i
. How many anguishes have ye driven away of the Prophet's grandson...after everything ye have faced C
our beloved

The day wherein ye were stricken, is a day. ..cosnsnn... {0S if} Toha and Al-Murtado were stricken in it

Oh ye victim whom afflicted the heart of Hussein...................whose heart will not melt out of His
remembrance?

{Habib: Hussein's friend (PbuH), who originated the beings: ALLAH (7), Taha and Al-Murtada: the
prophet and

Imam Ali (PbuH))}

-.and when they mention ye tears would flow

#s....and my cheek remained in place of yours on the ground

Oh... thy funeral ceremony is in my heart, Q Hussein..

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{wish my heart would have been stricken instead of y

Thine
We are sitting today in the mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ of those companions who sacrificed their souls,

their bodies and their families for the martyrs’ master Aba Abdellah (PbuH). We want to learn from

Them how to become true companions and defenders, asking from them {to learn} how the lover deals

with His beloved, and how does the slave defends His master and His lord ‘Mowla’.

Those are the friends who deserted life in this world including everything in it for the sake of drinking

one drop of that water that quenched their thirst. Those are the righteous ones who would strive all

their lives for {the purpose that} their beloved gives them a drink of water.

The strange thing is that even the martyrs’ master Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) was thirsty in Karbala, and

His companions {PbuT) wanted and were looking for water. But which water {is that}, and which drink?

It is the water and the drink that ‘Ali Al-Akbar’ told us about in His saying: “a drink after which | will

never be thirsty anymore”. and the water after which no thirst is left is the water of ‘Al-Kauthar’ (Al

Kauthar: a river in the paradise). It was mentioned quoting Al-lmam Ali Ar-Rida {PbuH) when they asked

Him about Al-Hussein (PbuH) and that He was killed thirsty, He said: “Wait, from where did you get

that? {Whereas} ALLAH (T) had already sent to Him four angels ofthe mighty ones, they descended to

Him and said: ALLAH and His messenger convey the peacefon you and’ they say {for you}, choose if you

like, You could either choose the life {in this world} entirely and we shall empower you over each enemy

of Yours, or you {choose} to be raised to us? So Al-Hussein (PbuH) said: | convey the peace on ALLAH
and

on the Prophet. Nay, {| choose} to be raised to Him, and they hand in to Him a drink of water, thus, He

drank it. So they said to Him: You will never be thirsty after it anymore” ® The same thing for the

companions (RAA); they didn’t wait until the day of resurrection to drink from this water from the hand

of the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’ minin’ Ali (PbuH) who gives His lovers to drink in the

"doomsday, but they drank-from it in the world before they. left. They drank from this water in this
world

before the Hereafter “Their Lord will slake their thirst with a pure drink” @, % Lee

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This water is the pure drink that he human continues all his life to look for}, and we will stay parched

and thirsty until the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad ‘Al-Qa’im Al-Mahdi’, may ALLAH (T)

hastens His reappearance, comes and quench our thirst from the most perfect {fullest} cup of His with a

drink after which we will never be thirsty anymore.

And the reason of this confusion, desperation and conflict that we feel is because we didn’t drink yet

from this cup; because that cup is dedicated ta the righteous ones only “Lo! the righteous shall drink of a

cup whereof the mixture is of water of Kafur {camphorwater)” ® Thereupon, who are the righteous

ones? The singular form of this word {in Arabic} is “Bir” ‘righteous’, so we should be righteous, but with

whom we should be righteous? "Me and Ali are the parents of this nation ‘Ummah”” - Co CH

We should be righteous with our parents. That is why, He who was searching for this water in life, He

will find it neither in marriage nor in {bringing} children nor with a family, nor in money, nor in work,

because initially it is not present with anybody at all. It is present with Ali Bin Abi Taleb {(PbuH) only.

Because He is the one who gives His lovers to drink from the river of "Al-Kauthar’. . .

oz md Ate EAR Af. Net rE i. GENER Waa

) “Al-Thaqib Fil Manakib”: Vol.1, P.327.

} “Surat Al-Insan”, the verse: 21.

} “Surat Al-Insan”, the verse: 5.

) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.16, P.95.
Do you know why ALLAH (T) granted Al-Hur Bin Zaid Ar-Riyahi” (one of Al-Hussein’s friend, PbuH) the

success to repent? Because He was a lover of Mohammad and His household, and especially because of

His respect for the name of pure truthful Fatima (PbuH), where He said to Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH})

when He said to Him: “may your mother loses you, Oh Hur. . . . | swear by ALLAH, Oh Hussein, there is
no

way to mention Your mother but in the best way of which anyone is capable”

ALLAH (T) grants the lover the success to repent, and ALLAH (AwlJ) purifies Him through various kinds of

afflictions in this life as what was mentioned in the narrations. And He who wasn't cleansed in this life,
REVATIO Oe

the pressure will be exerted on him at death. And the operation of purification would be completed 4

regarding some people in the world of ‘Al-Barzakh’ {time and space barrier that comes between death

and the doomsday, a place where dead would be gathered waiting the day of resurrection), so that he

would come in the day of resurrection, meet His lord ‘Mowla’ and he would be given to drink of a sweet

cool drink.

We have entered now to this gathering ‘Majlis’. But do we know the truth of what is happening in this

mourning gathering? And what does change in the universe on account of it? And what does change in

the hearts? Nobody knows, because what Ahlulbayt (PbuT) only declared and revealed to us is that

weeping over Al-Hussein destroys the great sins.

Ahlulbayt didn’t brought into view more than. Only ALLAH (T) is the one who knows what these

mourning gatherings do and what is their truth that will be revealed, the day of resurrection.

Fatima (PbuH) attends these gatherings, so what could be greater than that? Fatima the daughter of

Mohammad (PbuT) attends each mourning gathering convened over Al-Hussein Bin Ali {(PbuH). So is
there anything greater than Fatima’s presence {(PbuH)?! Pay attention, everything that exists with us

perishes and runs out but what exists with ALLAH (Aw) doesn’t run out or perish. “Whatever is with you

is transitory and what is with Allah is everlasting” ©. And even people of the sky do not stay as what our

Imam Al- Hussgi in (PbuH) said to Zeinab (PbuH): “Oh sister, Be careful of your duty to Allah, You may
find

5 consolationwibh ALLAH and be aware that people of the earth dies and people of the sky ‘da riot
remain.”

And everything is perishable except for the face of ALLAH . . ®. Only what is with ALLAH (Aw)) is

imperishable, but everything else is perishable. Yet, what is there with ALLAH?

y Tas

ALLAH has mdhammad and the household of Mohammad, and they are the imperishable «es as what

Ali Bin Abi Taleb {PbuH) said. “but the Face of your Lard will remain full of Majesty and Glory” @ They

are (PbuT) the face of ALLAH (T) just as what was mentioned in the supplication ‘Duaa e-Nudbah’

“where is the countenance of ALLAH through which the friends attend towards Him”. It was mentioned
3

quoting Al-lmam Mohammad Al-Bakir (PbuH) that He said: “we are the decisive argument of ALLAH

‘Hujjatollah’, the door of ALLAH, the tongue’ of ALLAH, the face of ALLAH, we are the eye of ALLAH

among His creatures and we are the guardians who are in authority of the command of ALLAH among

His slaves” ®. And that is because they are the ones that became extinct in ALLAH (Awl). Their souls,

their beings, and themselves has become extinct in ALLAH (TwT), and He (SwT) has bestowed Them
upon us and has brought Them down from His Exalted holy essence into this life.

(1) “Nafas Al-Mahmoum”: P.171.

(2) “Surat Al-Nahl”, the verse: 96.

(3) “Al-Irshad”: P.215-216.

(4) “Surat Al-Rahman”, the verse: 27.

(5) “Basa’irul Darajat”: Val.1, D.3, P.75.

For, they are the most precious and dear thing with ALLAH (Aw) and He gave it to us. But what did the

folk do with Them? There is among Them whom they have empoisoned, and there is among Them

whom they dyed His white hair red with blood. And from Them whom they cut off His head and raised it

upon the head of a long spear. There is from Them whom they have paraded {in the streets} from one

country to another. And there is among Them whom they have slashed with the whips until His back

became black.

This is the precious Islam. It cost very expensive until it reached us. It did not reach us easily. For, its

price was paid very expensive. Just as everything the human being wants, he should pay its price; the

price of Al-Islam was paid by Mohammad (PbuH), for, He said: “there is no prophet who was hurt as |

as” ™. Its price was that the white hair of Ali Bin Abi Taleb was dyed red with blood. This Islam, to

reach us, had cost the rib of Fatima -peace be upon Her- the daughter of Mohammad (PbuT) to be

broken and Al-Mohsin to be aborted and to be out of Her womb. And She accepted that so that the

precious Islam reaches us. It had cost even more than that. This Islam to reach us had cost the

empoisoned liver of Al-Hassan to be ejected and the head of Al-Hussein Bin Ali to be cut off and to be

crushed under the hooves of the horses and His heart to be burnt {out of sorrow} same as what was

done to His tents.

This Islam, to reach us had cost Zeinab the daughter of Ali to be taken 3 captive {to be paraded in the

streets} while She is the mast precious thing to Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuT). He sacrificed Her for the sake of

“conveying the precious Islam {to make it arrive to us}. This Islam had cost Mousa Bin Jaafar Al-Kathim

rN . (PbuH) to stay all of His life injail. it cost that they (PbuT) be empaisoned, killed, displaced, banished
and

~ alienated. And what did we do ourselves on the other side? How did we proceed {to repay} Them, may

ALLAH’s peace be upon Them? And how did we pay them back what they have done with us? We should
think about this matter deeply.

We are the ones who get confused in the way of repaying any person who has sacrificed {anything} for

our sake, and we don’t know how to reward him. Shouldn’t we think about how to reward Them, may

ALLAH's peace be upon Them? They offered what they did for us, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Them, to

take us out from that dark prison, from the darkness into the light. And all Their striving was to break

the chains of the warld {earthly life} and the seif and to drive it away from us, to carry us to ALLAH and

they were never niggardly with us concerning anything . . . . That is why, the less thing we could do if we

wanted to pay Them back and to enter to these mourning gatherings and in their presence ‘Majlis’ is to

take off our shoes’ “Take off your shoes, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa” Because He who thinks

about his concerns and his worries cannot enter to the real ‘Majlis’ of Abi Abdellah (PbuH) {to be} in his

presence.

Our Imam the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH) -may ALLAH hastens His reappearance- says

according to the explanation of this verse: “Take off your shoes, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa”:

There was in the heart of Moses Bin Imran’ somewhat of love for His wife and His children. So ALLAH

(TwT) said: “Take off your shoes”, because it is not possible for a person to love twa things. Love is for

one {thing} which is ALLAH (AwlJ). And when we love Mohammad or Ali or Fatima we are loving in fact

one person and not fourteen impeccable beings “lo! we are all One, from the same light” © ©) and they
are

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.39, P.55.

(2) "Surat Taha”, the verse: 12.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.26, P.16.

{the ones} extinct in ALLAH (Awl), so love is one”... . Moreover, “the heart of the believer is the ‘Arsh’

throne of {ALLAH} the Most Gracious. Thereupon, lodge not in it other than ALLAH”

Oh partisans of ‘Ahlulbayt’, the proof on the fact that we haven't entered yet into the gathering ‘Majlis’

of Abi Abdellah {PbuH} is that we think about the end of this gathering “let not the concern of anyone of

you be the end of the verse” ®, Just as what Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) said. So why don’t we become like

the people of the cave, who have taken refuge in the cave and they never came out of it?? But the love

of life {in this world} has penetrated into our hearts so we loved it and we became enamored of it.

However, did we thought about what are we going to answer Fatima the daughter of Mohammad

(PbuT), the day of resurrection, when She says my ‘Shiaa’ followers, this life which you have loved, have

taken my beloved Zeinab (PbuH) {as} captive {and paraded Her in the streets}. My ‘Shiaa’, this life of

which you've became enamored, killed my son the martyrs’ master” {PbuH). Thereupon, did we know

with which eye She will look at us, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her? Our Imam the master of the age

{PbuH) doesn’t want defenders who think about themselves. He doesn’t want defenders who think

about their families and their children. He wants defenders who say to Him just as what one of Al-

Hussein's defenders (PbuT) said “I have substituted my family for another and my beloveds for others

and my children for others” {He substituted all this for Al-lmam and the beloveds of Al-Imam}. He wants

defenders who think about Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, wha think about Ali (PbuH).

The narrations say that the standard of the Imam of the age ‘Imamu-Zaman’ Al-Mahdi (PbuH) is
written. )

on it “Ya Litharatel Hussein” Oh! forthe revenge of Al-Hpssein”. The enamoured person.den’t-think-but-:

of His beloved. He doesn’t think about marriage, or about work, or about all of this life. Life isn’t His first

concern. Yet His concern and His worry {His grief} and His thinking are only about His beloved and }

sweetheart the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH). Someone met Al-imam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH
~~ {a%

(T} hastens His honorable reappearance, in the ‘Masjid” of Jamkran, and the sorrow is visible on His face
4

and He said to Him that all of who is present have nothing but worldly and material needs but look at
that “Hajj’ {old man} who has no need but the hastening of my reappearance.

One the companions of Al-Imam Al-Hussein {PbuT) was emitting the last breath and blood blocked His

eyes, {thus} He wasn’t capable of seeing anything. The martyrs’ master (PbuH) came toward Him, put His

noble cheek on His, so He opened His eyes and said: lo! Who is like me {whereas} Al-Hussein Bin Alj

{PbuT) is putting His cheek on mine.

Abiss was the chief of His folk and His clan. He stepped into the battlefield, He fought the enemies, yet

He longed for the encounter {encountering His absolute beloved} thus He wasn’t capable of bearing

anymore. Thereupon, He threw His sword and His shield. Only the enamored knows why Abiss acted like

this. People of the world {who still cares for life in this world} said to Abiss, what is happening with You

Oh Abiss, did you become lunatic? So He said to Them: “| swear by ALLAH, the love of Al-Hussein has

made me insane”.

For ALLAH’s sake, {to answer me} who is madly in love with the rising Imam of the household of

Mohammad? What is love:for the people of the world {worldly existence}? For them, love means the

love of a person towards another, the love of the man towards a woman, a child, money... etc.

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pa ee TRE

(1) “Osoul Al-kafi”: Vol.1

(2) "Al-Kafi”: Vol.2, P.614.

However, if we asked the companions of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) what does love and passion mean

to Them? They say: Passion means Mohammad, passion means Ali, passion means Hussein, passion

means Zeinab. This is passion and this is love. Love makes {the lover} blind and deaf. The adorer sees ow
Ee ;

and hears nothing but His beloved. He sees nathing but Him “tigre is no governor in the existence bgt.

Him” {there is no ruler who may affect anything in the existence or in the heart of a lover but the

beloved ‘ALLAH’ (T), ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}. The companions of Al-imam Al-Hussein {PbuT) used to eat if He

ate and if He abstained from eating they did the same. And if He drank they drink, They do not precede

Him in speech nor in doing nor in a commandment nor in anything just as They {Ahiulbayt (PbuT)} are

with ALLAH (T) “They do not precede Him in speech and [only] according to His commandment do they

act” ®,

vet, of what are we thinking and of what the master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (AHR) is? What do we

love and what does He? What is our concern and our worry in this world and what is His? We are not

adorers of the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad (PbuT), because it is impossible for just one

moment to pass {over} the adorer without thinking of His beloved. He doesn’t forget Him at all because

He never leave His heart. That is why the adorers of ‘Sahibul Zaman’, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance, say to Him: Peace be upon you whenever you stand (or undertake the mission), peace be

upon You whenever You sit. Each moment they salute Him, and the salutation ‘Salaam’ of the friends is

not like ours. Their salutation is the passion “that night is the night of Peace, till the break of dawn” ?.

peace be upon You whenever You recite Al-Quran. Peace be upon You whenever You recite and

elucidate, peace be upon You whenever You genuflect and prostrate {yourself for ALLAH (M)}. Each

moment they long for their beloved and their sweetheart and they don’t feel bored at all, per contra

they always speak to their lover. They are always in a state of conveying Salaam {and salutation}

because they are with Him at every instant “and He is with you wherever you are” 2
That is why the friends of Al-Hussein {PbuH) didn’t support leaving Him and wanted to die before He

does. They have sacrificed their blood, their hearts, their souls and themselves for the sake of their

beloved. They have set their hearts and their minds on the encounter of ALLAH and they moved and

kept away from life. And these are the two conditions required for entering to Karbala as what

Al-Hussein (PbuH) said “He who {is ready} to sacrifice his blood, heart and soul for us and was setting his

heart and his mind on the encounter of ALLAH, let Him depart with us, For, | am leaving in the morning

“Insha’ Allah’ {If ALLAH wills}” @ Also, they are the two conditions required for entering into the

mourning gathering of Al-Hussein (PbuH).

So the first condition is to sacrifice the blood, hearts and souls. May my mother, my father, my family,

my children and myself be your ransom, Oh Aba Abdellah. And the second condition is adjusting oneself

to the encounter of ALLAH not to the ove of life in this world, because the love of ALLAH and the love of

life in this world cannot be grouped in one heart “Allah has not put two hearts in a person's body” =

They mention that in the tenth day of Muharram, Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) told His companions that

He will be killed and His women will be paraded in the streets and He said to Them: “If someone has

(1) “Surat Al-Anbiyaa™, the verse: 20.

(2) “Surat Al-Qadr”, the verse: 5.

(3) “Surat Al-Hadid”, the verse: 4.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.44, P.366.

(5) “Surat Al-Ahzab”, the verse: 4.

among the ones who are departing with Him, a woman, let Him take Her to Her family. Thus, Ali Bin

Muzahir stood up and said: Oh master, why? He said (PbuH): my women will be taken captives after

killing me and 1 fear on your women from being captured. So Ali Bin Muzahir went to His tent. His wife

stood up out of veneration for Him. She welcomed Him and smiled at His face. So He told Her, keep me

from smiling. She said to Him, Oh son of Muzahir ‘Bin Muzahiv’, | have heard the estranged {son} of

Fatima {Imam Hussein (PbuH)}, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, delivering a speech among you and I've

heard at the end of it, humming and mumbling {hence} I didn’t know what was He saying? He said: Oh

you {addressing the asker}, Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to us that if someone has among the ones who are

departing with Him, a woman, let Him take Her to Her cousins because | will be killed tomorrow and my

women will be taken captives {paraded in the streets}. She said: So what you are going to do? He said:

get up to subjoin you to your cousins Sons of Assaad ‘Bani Assaad’. She stood up, struck Her head by the

pillar of the tent and said: | swear by ALLAH, you weren't fair with me, Oh Bin Muzahir, are you happy

with the daughter of the prophet being captured while | am safe from that? Are you happy with {the

tragedy of} stripping Zeinab of Her veil and | stay covered with mine? Are you happy with {the fact of}

robbing the earrings of Bibi Fatima’s daughters while | stay ornamented with mine? Are you happy {with

the fact that} your face turns white” before the prophet and my face turns black” before Fatima (PbuH)?

Thereupon, | swear by ALLAH {that} you will solace the men and we will console the women. Thus, Ali

Bin Muzahir returned to Al-Hussein (PbuH) weeping, He said (PbuH): what caused you to cry, Oh Ali? He

said: my wife insisted on consoling You {and He told Him about what happened), thus, Al-Hussein wept

(PbuH) and said: May you be rewarded from us good {for your pure intentions)”

As for Hilal Bin Nafee’, Al-lImam said to Him: “Why don’t you pass between these two mountains, in
your

time, so that you save yourself”. Hilal threw Himself on the feet of Abi Abdellah while kissing Them and

saying: May my mother lose me if | did that Gh Aba Abdellah. | swear by ALLAH who bestowed You on

me that | will not leave you, master Aba Abdellah. Hilal says, then Al-Hussein (PbuH) left me and
entered

the tent of His sister Zeinab (PbuH) and started to talk to Her, it didn’t take long before She chocked in

tears and called out: Oh my brother, Oh my Hussein, Oh you estranged lonely. Then, She said: Oh my
brother, have you known from Your friends what are their intentions? He said to Her: “I swear, | have

{tested them} and told them how hard it would be, yet 1 didn’t find in them but the souls of brave

heroes. They are resolved on sticking to me and defending me even if they will meet death with which

they are intimate just as how the suckling baby is with His mother”. Hilal says | was hearing Her

discourse from behind the tent so | wept and | returned to Habib Bin Muzahir and told Him about what

happened.

Habib stood up and {started} speaking to His friends until He stopped amidst the camp of the Prophet's

daughters. Then He called out: may ALLAH'S peace be upon You, Oh our kinsfolk, May ALLAH'S peace be

upon You Ch our ladies. These are the swords of your men. They took upon themselves not to stab it

but into the chests of who ever desired to tyrannize {and harm} you. So Al-Imam (PbuH) went out while

saying: “may ALLAH rewards you good {for your pure intentions)”.

in the tenth day of Muharram the companions of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) headed {to the battlefield}

one after the other rushing to martyrize. One of Them called Wahab Bin Hamam who was with his

mother and his wife headed {to fight}. He stepped into the battlefield and attacked the enemies until He

killed a group (of them). Then He returned to His mother and His wife, he stood up at her tent, and said:

are you pleased with me, mother? She said: No, | swear by ALLAH Oh son, | will not be pleased until you

(1) "M2’ali Al-Sibtayn”: Vol.1, P.341.

be killed bes;de Al-Hussein Bin Ali {for his cause}. His wife said to Him: For ALLAH'’s sake, Oh Wahab, do

not distress out of {loosing} you. So His mother locked at Him while saying: do not listen to Her

discourse, go back, Oh san, and fight beside the son of the Prophet (PbuT). Make my face turn white

before Fatima Al-Zahraa’ (PbuH). Thus, you would be an intercessor for me the day of resurrection.

Wahab returned and he continued to fight until His hands were severed. So as if He sees his wife rushing

toward Him, carrying by Her hand a tent’s pole and saying: May my father and my mother be your

ransom, fight for the pure good ones, defend the tents {and the women} of the family of the prophet

{from being attacked by the enemies}. He came to Her and said: From an hour you were forbidding me

from fighting so what drove you to this? She said: | saw something that made me restless {and

incapable of bearing it}. It made me insane and caused my heart to shake and to be troubled. He said:

what is it? She said: | have heard AL-Hussein (PbuH) saying, is there any defender to defend us? Is there

any helper who might help us? Is there any helper who might defend the tents of family of the Prophet

{from being attacked}? Oh Wahab fight for Al-Hussein (PbuH). Oh Wahab sacrifice your soul for His sake.

Oh Wahab He is Al-Hussein, the son of Ali and Fatima (PbuT). Ch Wahab 1 will not return until | die with

you and She died with Him, may ALLAH be pleased with Them.

Then another one of the companions of Al-Hussein mounted His horse willing to step into the

battlefield. His mother called Him out, She said: Son stop for just an instant, He stopped. She said to

Him, | carried you in my womb nine months and | have rights upon you. | want a favor from you, He
said:

what is it, oh mother? She said: When you arrive to my master Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein {PbuH), salute

Him on behalf of me and do not forget to intercede for me with Al-Zahraa (PbuH) in Lhe day of

resurrection.

Moreover, when Muslim Bin Awsajah headed towards the enemies, He killed a great number of them

until they killed Him {while he is} on the ground. Thus, Al-Hussein (PbuH) came to Him along with Habib

Bin Muzahir. But when Abo Abdellah went to the death of His brother Abal Fadel (PbuH), was there
anyone with Him... ?! Yet, who was with Him when they attacked the tents and terrified the children

and the women .... 7?!

They arrived to Muslim, Al-Hussein (PbuH) {stood} at His right and Habib at His left. Al-Hussein said to

Him (PbuH): may ALLAH's mercy be upon you Oh Mustim “of them some have completed their vow

through sacrificing their lives, and some others are waiting for

it, and have not changed their determination in the least” ™ (Surat Al-Ahzab, The Trench (Coalition), the

verse: 23). Habib said to Muslim: your death is painful for me, receive good news of the paradise. So

Muslim said to Him: May ALLAH gives you glad tidings of {all} good. Thus, Habib said: if only | {wasn’t

sure} that | am foliowing you, and | will die in the wake of you {starting from} this hour of mine, 1 would

have loved that you entrust to my charge what you care about. Muslim looked at Him while tears are

running over His cheeks and He said: Oh yes, | have a will {to entrust it to you}. (Habib asked) what is it?

He pointed by His hand at Al-Hussein (PbuH) while saying: | commend you with that estranged lonely,

fight for Him. Thereupon, Habib said: You may become tranquil and peagetul {| will do,ith Oh Muslim.

Cal oy Gar gate

When Habib wanted to step into the battlefield, He bound His head, stood beside Al-Hussein (PbuH),

and said: May ALLAH’s peace be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah, peace be upon you Oh son of the Prophet,

Good-bye, while tears are running over His cheeks. Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to Him: why are you weeping,

Oh Habib? He said: My master, | swear by ALLAH, | am not weeping for myself but | am doing that over
Sukeina, may ALLAH's peace be upon Them). But Nay! the misfortune killed you and the perfidious time

betrayed you. Otherwise, you would never fails short of defending me, (each time | used to summon

you, you used to answer my cail), Lo! we are Allah's and Lo! unto Him we are returning.

They say the bodies of martyrs started to shake and to tremble in their place as if they are saying we are

here! at Your service! Oh Hussein,

And you, don’t you want to comply with Al-Hussein? we are here, at your service] Oh Hussein...

Oh...Oh you Joyal people the sorrow out of your separationp,........ has increased when you rested on
the earth

How could 1 be patient and my eyes are seeing........... all of you slain Oh you zealous cavalry

The narration says while Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) was standing up before He steps into the

attlefield, as if Sukeina calls Him out: Father Oh Hussein, I am thirsty, | want to drink. He said to Her:

My child, you are aware that there is no water in our camp. She said to Him: father, I know that you can

bring water. They say, He took Her hand unto behind one of the tents, then Al-lmam struck the ground

by His leg, so water {started} to well from between His legs (PbuH). Sukeina started to look at that

water, flowing on the ground. Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to Her: My daughter Sukeina, this is the

water so drink if you want, but be aware that if you drank my ‘Shiaa’ followers will be thirsty at the day

of resurrection. If you drank, Oh Sukeina my ‘Shiza’ will suffer thirst at the Judgment day. Thus, Sukeina

didn’t drink and abstained from doing it. My lady, Oh Sukeina, why didn’t you drink water? My chiefess,

Oh Sukeina, why have you stayed thirsty and you haven't savored water? All of this was for our sake my

chiefess. Yet how could we repay you, Oh my Chiefess?

The narration says, in the eleventh night of Muharram, Sukeina went to the death of Her father

Al-Hussein (PbuH) and threw Herself upon His body. As if She hears a voice coming out of His noble

neck. What does it say? Itis His will {addressed} to His Shiaa ‘followers’, Oh you lovers of Al-Hussein:
My ‘Shia’ followers whenever you drink fresh water, remember me...... or you hear by a martyr or a
slain, bewail me

Oh father due to your separation | have forsaken the pleasure of living......... after your loss, Oh father, |
cannot live

For what reason you were slaughtered At the riverside??.........would that water didn’t sweeten nor flow
after you

The estranged lonely is not {really} the one alienated from his Sfamily.and his home

Nay! the estranged lonely is the one who was alienated {and remained dead without} being bathed and
shrouded
There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon Mohammad and His household. My Lord, my faults have silenced me

and my speech has been cut off. | have no argument, for | am the captive of my own affliction, the

hostage to my works, the frequenter of my own sin, the confused in my purposed way, the thwarted. |

have brought myself to a halt in the halting place of the debased wrongdoer, the halting place of the

unblesset and insolent, they who think lightly of Thy promise. Oh Lord, thereupon, have mercy upon me

by Thy mercy, for the sake of Mohammad and His pure household. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be

upon Mohammad and His Household.

The tenth whiff

‘Majlis’ of Lord ‘Mowla’ Ali Al-Akbar

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH’s Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh father of freemen, Oh Hussein,

Oh father of revolutionists. Oh you estranged lonely {Imam} of Karbala. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon

you and upon your son Ali Al-Akbar who looks like the Prophet and who is the heart of Al-Batoul ‘Az-

Zahraa’, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her. May ALLAH curses the ones who oppressed you. Would that

we were with you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

Saying to my eye that is filled with tears......... are there some more {to shed}, Oh ye eye

Oh soul, {wish ye) die on account of grief and sorrows......... Oh my eye shed the abundant burning tears

As if Al-Hussein is calling out {just like} tomorrow. ............ Oh ye nights of reunion {with the beloveds}
return to us

And His tears are running and in his inward............ resides the heartbreaks of a molten infatuated heart

As if His tear is uttering with SOrTOws.............. Son, {your} loss has exhausted me

1 begged you, Oh Ali, to stay alive in the wake of {my departure}...to bury my corpse in the sepulcher

To walk behind my coffin while weeping..................... just as how the son weeps over the departed
{father}

ALLAH! Alas for the heart of Al-Hussein............... suffering and melted out of sadness

Oh my son, Oh Ali, Oh the light of the eye.........where are the wounds that befell you? Oh, where are
they?

Oh my son, Oh my sweetheart and my dear one.........I wish, Oh son, that you come to me
And you sit in front of me, before my eyes......... | swear, what is predestined stood between you and
me
This day is, as what is prevalent for the writes of the bloody fight {of Karbala} is the day of Ali Al-Akbar,

the dear son {and the soul} of Al-Hussein (PbuH). Who is Ali Al-Akbar? What is His status and rank in the

estimation of ALLAH (T)? We should seek this knowledge from Him {PbuH), because as much as we have

knowledge about Him {PbuH) He would look at us and we would obtain something of His abstract’

{incorporeal) {and spiritual} statuses and ranks. And all of this is dependent on our honest request and

upon giving {it} ta us {as} alms.

It was mentioned in the narrations that Ali Al-Akbar was the one who resembled the most with the holy

Prophet. As what the martyrs’ master (PbuH) said: “Oh ALLAH, bear witness that the one who resembled

the most with your prophet Mohammad (PbuH) in terms of His {physical} constitution, his {natural}

disposition and His eloquence, headed {to fight} them”. Do you know what does the one who resembles

the most with the holy prophet Mohammad (PbuH) in terms of His {physical} constitution, His {natural}

disposition and His eloquence means? It means that His {physical} constitution was just as that of the

Prophet, the same physical appearance, and His {natural} disposition was just as Mohammad Bin

Abdellah’s (PbuH) whom ALLAH described Him in His precious book {saying} “You are of the highest

noble character”. Which means Ali Al-Akbar was of the highest noble character. Also, His eloquence is

as that of Mohammad Bin Abdellah, who {was described in the Quran} “Nor doth he speak of (his own)

desire. It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired” @ which means Ali Al-Akbar was like that.

From the well-known things is that Ali Al-Akbar is the only one, from among all who has martyrized in

Karbala, whom the Prophet Mohammad Bin Abdellah {PbuH) gave Him to drink. And this indicates His

supreme standing, rank and {disposition} . . .

Because the one who used to quench the thirst of the daughters of Al-Imarn Ai-Hussein and His

companions (PbuT) was Abou Fadel Al-Abbas. And some of them Al-Hussein (PbuH) used to give them to

drink. However, Ali Al-Akbar specifically, the one who gave him to drink was the holy Prophet (PbuH),

where He said: “This is my grandfather the prophet. He has quenched my thirst from the most perfect

{fullest} cup of His with a drink after which I will never be thirsty anymore”,
Apparently, did the Prophet come and give Ali Al-Akbar to drink? No. But He came to Him with that

water which they express as the elixir, because the thirst of Ali Al-Akbar was {that of} the unification, the

guardianship ‘Wilayat’, the love and the extinction’ {in God}. Oh ALLAH, endow us {with that}.

It was mentioned in the Hadeeth' quoting the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” Ali Bin Abi

Taleb (PbuH), He said: “There is with ALLAH (T) for His friends, a drink, {from which} if they drank, they

become besotted. If they became besotted they become delighted . . | If they arrived they become

connected, and if they became connected, there would be no difference between Them and Their

beloved” 1,

(1) “Surat Al-Qalam”, the verse: 4.

(2) “Surat Al-Najm”, the verse:3-4.

(3) "Al-Mahaba Fil Kitab Wal Sunnah”.

According to this narration, there is no difference between Ali Al-Akbar and the prophet (PbuH) in terms

of the {physical} constitution, the {natural} disposition and the eloguence, even if there was a difference

apparently, because He (PbuH) cannot be measured to anybody. For that reason, if you were looking at

Ali Al-Akbar, Whom would you see Him? You would see Him Mohammad Bin Abdeliah.

in fact, there is no name nor description {or portrait} for Ali Al-Akbar before His grandfather the chosen

(PbuH). This is the love, the passion and the extinction {in God} and the fusion . Ali Al-Akbar has become

extinct in Mohammad Bin Abdellah {PbuH), and according to the narrations, this status was affirmed for

no one save Ali Al-Akbar, and ALLAH is the only one who knows and who is aware of the rank of Ali Al-

Akbar. Also, it was mentioned in the news that when Ali Al-Akbar stepped into the battlefield, Sukeina,

Zeinab and Um Kaulthoum intercepted Him, and they surrounded His horse to forbid Him from walking.

He raised His head and looked at Al-lmam Al-Hussein, as if He is saying to Him: Father, you speak to

Them . . . Thereupon, Al-imam Al-Hussein spoke to Them and said: “Leave Him, for, He is more deeply

in touch with the ultimate truth of ALLAH”, so they left Him to step into the battlefield. The status of

Ali Al-Akbar is unknown in this world and it is known that the real ‘Shiaa’ doctrine will appear with the

master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” Al-lmam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH {T) hastens His reappearance, and

then, lots {of people} will say, you have brought to us a new religion. And the narrations show that most

of the {legal} scholars of the ‘Shiaa’ are the ones who will demonstrate against Al-lmam, may ALLAH (T)

hastens His reappearance. He (PbuH) is the one who will disclose all the truths and the ‘Wala'it” ranks

and statuses. He will show who is Ali Al-Akbar ‘elder Ali’, Ali Al-Asghar ‘small Ali", and who are the

daughters, the wives and the friends of Al-Hussein (PbuT). And the truth is that even the rank and the

standing of the holy Prophet (PbuH) is unknown, because it is from the invisible, unseen {things} and

nobody knows it “Oh Ali, nobody knew ALLAH but me and you, nobody knew me but ALLAH and you and

nobody knew you but ALLAH and me” ® just as what was mentioned quoting the prophet (PbuH).

Our Chiefess Zeinab (PbuH) is like Ali Al-Akbar too, Her status is unknown, and here we cite the

difference between Her status and that of Her mother (PbuT). “May my father be the ransom of the one

who inherited the calamities of Her mother”. She inherited all the disasters from Her mother Fatima,
may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, but did Zeinab just inherited the calamities and the afflictions of Her

caother?! And She didn’t inherit the statuses from Her mother Fatima, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her?

Definitely, She has inherited everything from Her. The poor person who owns nothing suddenly His

father gives Him everything, he becomes rich. Zeinab used to own nothing, however, She inherited

everything from Her mother. Initially, there is nothing that exists with Fatima and doesn’t exist with

Zeinab (PbuT). Although the impeccability of Her mother is not like Her, because She is the shadow of

Her mother, may ALLAH's peace be upon Them. It was mentioned quoting Al-imam Zeinul-Abidin ‘Ali Bin

Al-Hussein’ (PbuH) about Her {PbuH): “Aunt Zeinab, Indeed, you are a scholar without being tutored {by

a teacher} and a person of understanding without being made to understand {by any ordinary mortal}”.

What does a scholar without a teacher means? It means She wasn’t tutored by the prophet or the

Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin Al’, may ALLAH's blessings be upon Them, or by anyone

because Her teacher is ALLAH (T). It means that She has the granted knowledge {directly given by ALLAH

(T)} and this is higher than the inherited knowledge and that which is from ALLAH (T) and taught by Him

(SwT), and you are a person of understanding without being made to understand? It means that you

(1) “Biharul Anwar”,

need no one to teach you or to make you understand, your knowledge and your understanding are

granted {to you} by ALLAH.

Moreover, consider carefully Her Shrine from the apparent side, is it known? Again no, a narration says

that it exists in ‘Al-Medina’ the city of the prophet (PbuH). Another says that it exists in Egypt and

another in Syria ‘Ash-Shaam’. Thus, from the external side, {the place of} Her shrine is unknown and the

external side constitute an indication and a clue for the interior side {the core}.

Thereupon, could Her status be known from the interior side {the core}? As for example, the secret of

Hadeeth ‘Al-Kisaa’ the talk of the cloak is in Zeinab (PbuH). And this is a matter of taste {a personal

thing} which nothing may grasp it save an attentive and wise ear and no one could understand it but its

people, wherein the expression {below} was mentioned:

“..I' smell a fragrance so sweet and so pure as that of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah.”, they were

all attracted ta this odor, but whose scent was the one that attracted Them?.

One of the friends” (close adherents) asked the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” {PbuH) -may ALLAH

{T) hastens His reappearance- in dreams: what is the secret hidden in this cloak? And for which reason

when Fatima came with the ‘Yemeni’ cloak and covered the holy Prophet (PbuH) with it, his face was

shining like a full moon with its glory and splendor? He said to Him (PbuH): “this cloak is the one which

Fatima and the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin”, may ALLAH’s peace be upon them, were

putting {on them} when the light of Zeinab {PbuH) was settled inside Her mother Fatima (PbuH), so a

fragrance of Musk emanated of which somewhat appeared in this cloak”.

That is why Ali Bin Abi Taieb, Al-imam Al-Hassan and Al-imam Al-Hussein {PbuT), ail of Them said to

Fatima, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her: | smell a fragrance so sweet and so pure as that of my Prophet

of ALLAH (PbuH). the word “as” is an article of comparison. So what does the fragrance of the holy

Prophet (PbuH) means? Did the prophet externally used to perfume himself {with a particular

fragrance}? And Ali Bin Abi Taleb, Al-lmam Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) smelled this external
fragrance from a {far} distance? Certainly not, because the fragrance of Mohammad Bin Abdellah in the

upper kingdom” {of ALLAH} has a distinguishing peculiarity, and for that reason all of Them came and

was attracted to this scent, because the fragrance of mercy has appeared. And usually this scent appears

from no one save a prophet or someone who has a {considerable} rank and standing in the estimation of

ALLAH (Awl). And when we ask ALLAH (T) for the sake of Fatima, Her father, Her husband and Her sons

and the secret hidden in Her {to give us our request}, we are (actually) asking Him by the secret hidden

inside Fatima which is Zeinab (PbuH) with whom She was pregnant at that time {at the time when they

sit together under the ‘Yemeni’ cloak}.

50 do we really know Zeinab (PbuH)? One of the friends says that in the day of resurrection, when the

truths are disclosed, all the friends” (close adherents) will know that the abstract spiritual statuses that

they obtained was from that of Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her. They are taking from Her

properties, and they will discover that the Commander of believers (PbuH) “Amirul Mu’minin” used to

have recourse to one of the ranks of Zeinab (PbuH) in case if He wanted to disclose any office {or a}

standing for any of His {close} adherents. Because “Amirul Mu’minin” cannot disclose His offices and His

standings and He cannot show the truths for the people but through an existing thing which people are
capable of supporting. And there is no one closer to the ‘Shiaa’’ than Zeinab (PbuH), and this is what is

meant by the fact that He used to have recourse to Her, may ALLAH’s peace be upon both of Them.

As a simple example that clarifies the idea and the demand, when we pull a wire from the electric pillar

and we {directly} joint to it a lamp, it will absolutely blow up. And it will not support it because it doesn’t

have the capability and the aptitude, that is why we are in need of a converter to get the electricity

through it.

All the statuses that the friends’ (close followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (3s)) got is from Her, may ALLAH’s peace

be upon Her, because they cannot support {getting} directly from Mohammad and Ali, may ALLAH's

blessings and peace be upon both of Them. That is why, She herself was the intermediary of {the

process of} emanation to reach ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), for, She is, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, the

intermediary of {the process of} emanation between Ahlulbayt (PbuT) and us, and She is the maker of

Karbala. If it wasn’t for Her the religion wouldnt have been guarded and the blood of Al-imam Al-

Hussein (PbuH) would have been shed in vain. And Her work and what She did in Karbala shows the

measure of Her unification” {Her belief in the unity of the Originator {T)} and Her guardianship ‘Wilayat

of Al-lmam’ (PbuT).

Did Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, have ever seen Herself {as} a captivated prisoner in

Karbala?! No...

She used to see Herself {as} Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH) and this is the unification and the extinction” {in

God} “and if they became connected, there would be no difference between Them and Their beloved”.

The body of Abou Al-Fadel Al-Abbas refused to drink water. Why? Because His body has become extinct

in Al-Hussein (PbuH). As what was mentioned in ‘Ziyara e-Jamia’ “Your figures appeared among other

humans and your souls rest with other souls”. | say, if their matter which is their doings and the

apparent side of them is like that, whereas we cannot support it or believe in it but if ALLAH wills, then,

how about their beings, their essence, their interior {hidden core} and their truths? That is why, they
said “the discourse ‘Hadeeth’ of ‘Ahlulbayt’ is difficult, deemed difficult. No one could bearitbut a

favoured angel, or a sent prophet, or a slave whose heart ALLAH hath proven unto faith” 1 we know

nothing about Them, but we turn with our hearts toward Hazrat Ali Al-Akbar and we ask from Him this

boon and this knowledge. One of the narrations says that in the tenth day of Muharram Al-Imam Al-

Hussein (PbuH) looked at the sun that disappeared so He wanted to pray, He said to His son Ali Al-Akbar:

Son call among us to prayer ‘Athan’. He said: Father, since our departure from Mecca, Al-Hajjaj Bin

Masrouk was the one who calls to prayer for you, thus, for what reason 1 will be the caller ‘Mu’athin’

today? He said (PbuH): Oh son, | want to bid farewell to the voice of my grandfather the prophet of

ALLAH {PbuH). Also, it was narrated that one day, a Christian came to the city ‘Al-Medina’ after seeing in

dreams that he wanted to salute Prophet Jesus, yet the Prophet commanded him to salute the last of

the prophets Mohammad (PbuH). Thereupon, this man came to Al-Medina to salute a man from the

household of the Prophet (PbuH). He arrived to Al-lmam Al-Hussein and He bent over His feet kissing

Them, then, He narrated His dream to Al-Imam. Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to Him: did you saw my

grandfather the prophet of ALLAH {PbuH)? The man said: yes. Oh son of the Prophet, Al-lmam said then:

do-you like me to bring to you His analogue? The man said: yes. Thereupon, Al-lmam called His son Ali

Al-Akbar and He was {then} a small child. Al-Imam put Him in His lap. When that Christian Jooked at Him

He fainted. When He woke up Al-lmam said to Him: Oh you {addressing the person}, does this son of

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.2, P.189.

mine resemble with my grandfather (PbuH) the Apostle of ALLAH {T)? So the man said: Certainly, |
swear

by ALLAH, Oh son of the Apostle of God. So Al-Imam said: Oh you {addressing the person}, if you had

just like this child and a thorn struck Him, what would you do? The man said: | would die. Al-Hussein

(PbuH} said: 1 am informing you that | will see this son of mine severed into pieces by the swords.

Thereupon, doesn’t the martyrs’ master (PbuH) have the right to wish death after Him {His demise}

where He said, Lo! The world has no meaning after your departure, Oh son? Come on! let us enter with

the eyes of our hearts into Karbala, into the place that bereaved Mohammad Bin Abdellah (PbuH) of His

household. The narrations say when Ali Al-Akbar went ahead to the battlefield the eyes of Al-imam

Al-Hussein (PbuH) were filled with tears. Then He raised His hands up to the sky and said: “Oh ALLAH,

bear witness against these folks, that the one who resembled the most with your prophet Mohammad

{PbuH) in terms of His {physical} constitution, his {natural} disposition and His eloquence, headed {to

fight} them. And when we used to long for your prophet Mohammad, we used to look at His face. Oh

ALLAH forbid them {from} the blessings of the earth, cause division among them {a thorough division},

scatter them the utmost scattering. Make them to follow different ways and make never the governors

be pleased with them. For, they have sent for us to defend us. Then they aggressed against us and

fought us. Then He shouted: Oh son of Saad ‘Bin Saad’, may ALLAH cut off your lineage, may He never

blesses any matter of yours, and may He invest with power someone that slaughters you {while you are}

on your bed after my departure, just as you have cut off mine and you didn’t keep {and respect} my

blood relationship to the prophet”. All this and Ali Al-Akbar is saying:

lam Ali Bin Al-Hussein Bin Ali

The house of ALLAH and we are closer to ALLAH"s Prophet

By ALLAH, a bastard shail by no means be Our ruler

don’t you see how | am defending my father

" He started to confront the enemies one after another. He strikes them one stroke so they die. The

mother of Ali Al-Akbar ‘Leila’ was standing at the entrance of the tent, observing the lineaments of

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH). While She was like that, His colour changed (PbuH). Leila said to Him: Aba
Abdellah, | see that your face has changed. Did something wrong happen to my son? He said: No, but

someone of whom i am worried about Him headed {to fight my son}. Thereupon, pray for your son

because | have heard my grandfather the prophet of ALLAH saying that God answers the prayers of the

mother concerning Her child. Leila entered the tent and started to say: Oh Ye who brought joseph back

to Jacob, Oh Ye who brought Moses back from His absence, bring my son Ali back to me, then, She

fainted. Ali Al-Akbar returned to A-Imam Al-Hussein, but in what condition? {He returned} saying:

Father Oh Hussein, the thirst has killed me. Do you know what thirst {is that}? And which water was Ali

Al-Akbar asking for?

Oh my master, Oh master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (AHR) can we say to you like what Ali Al-Akbar

said? The thirst, the thirst...Oh our lord ‘Mowla’ “Sahibul Zaman”.
Oh “Sahitul Zaman” reach us, For, we have neither... agreeable mention nor living is pleasant anymore

Nights of waiting has prolonged.........sa is there an end for these nights, Oh son of the pure Imam

Father Oh Hussein, the thirst has killed me and the heavy metal exhausted me. Do you know what is this

metal for Ali Al-Akbar? [tis this world, which is nverburdening Him and prohibiting Him from the ariival’,

is there any way to get a drink of water so that | get stronger in fighting the enemies? Our Iria

Al-Hussein (PbuH) wept and said: Alas! It is hard for your grandfather Al-Mostafa, for Aii Al-Mcrtada,

and for your father that you ask them and they don’t answer you, and you appeal for their help and they

don’t succor you. Oh son, give me your tongue. Put it on mine. For, | often used to suck the tongue of

your grandfather the Apostle. So when Ali put His tongue in His father’s mouth, He said: Father Oh

Hussein, your tongue is more dry than mine. Then, He gave Him (PbuH) His ring to put it in His mouth,

while Al-Hussein is saying to Him: | hope that you enter not into evening {before} your grandfather

quenches your thirst from the most perfect {fullest} cup of his with a drink after which you never be

thirsty anymorefThen He said: Oh Son, enter to your mother Leila because She is about to die in Her

tent. Ali Al-Akbar went to Her. He started to pat Her head while His tears are falling on the face of His

mother. Leila woke up and found Her son Ali before Her. He kissed Her between Her eyes’ and said:

Mother aren't you looking at those women standing at the entrance of tent, each woman is proud

before Az-Zahraa’ of the head of her son or that of her husband or that of her brother? Thereupon, Leila
—

said: Oh son go, may ALLAH turns your face white” as how you have done with mine before Az-Zahraa'.

As if She is saying

Oh Ali, Oh my eyes......... I was full of hope but I was disappointed

How do ye accept, Oh son, to abandon me......... and to leave me lamenting {on ye} daily and nightly

Ali returned to the battlefield and attacked the enemies another time until He killed a great number of

them, but as if someone strikes Him with a shaft on His head and he killed Him #. . may ALLAH’s mercy

be the one who calls out, Oh Ali “Wa Aliyah”. They started to hit Him with their swords until He got
embraced His horse. Yet, His horse took Him to the camp of His enemies so they severed Him into

pieces. He fell upon the ground while He is calling out with a weak voice: Father Oh Hussein, peace be

upon You. This is my grandfather the Apostle of ALLAH and my {other} grandfather Ali Al-Murtada, and

this is my grandmother Khadija, my {other} grandmother Fatima Az-Zahraa’, and my uncle Al-Hassan,

they came to me and they are longing for you.

/ When Al-lmam heard the voice of His son and his sweetheart, He rushed into Him while calling out as

loud as he could “My son Ali”... AHlmam Al-Hussein reached Him. He saw Him in that condition, while

He is severed into pieces. He sat near Him and started to wipe the blood and the dust of His face while

saying: My son Ali, may ALLAH curses the folk who killed you. Oh how dare they do {all this} against

ALLAH and offend the sanctity of the prophet!! And His eyes is shedding abundant tears. Ali was

{emitting} the last breath of life. He turned to the right He smiled. Then He turned to the left He cried.

Al-lmam Al-Hussein, (PbuH) said to Him: Son, what is the news?

He said: Father Oh Hussein, | turned to the right, | saw my grandfather the Apostle of ALLAH and there

was in His hand a cup from which | have drank. But then I turned to the left, | saw my grandmother

Fatima locking at you and weeping. Wherever you go She goes with you and wherever you come She

comes with You 2nd She is saying my son Oh Hussein, Oh my Hussein “Waa Hussaynah” Oh you

estranged lonely “Waa Gharibah”.

Iam present, Oh Hussein, Oh my son........\Would that your slaughterer has slain me!
The narrations say that Al-Hussein {PbuH) became at the point of death next to His Son Ali Al-Akbar, but

then a woman came out of the tent, whose countenance eclipsed the sun. She sat down next to Ali

while calling out, Oh my beloved Oh my Ali Oh my heart “Waz Habibah, Waa Aliyah, Waa thamarata

- ~~ fou'adah”. She fell-on Him and started to smell Him and to dye Her lace with His blood. When the

martyrs’ master saw Her, He said: Sister Zeinab return to the camp and don’t make the enemies gloat

over our grief, As if She says:

Oh... leave me Oh brother Hussein near Him............ feel os if the tears of my eye are the wounds” of His
body

Ali is my eyes, | want to draw Him to my chest..........and to carry Him with ye to the tents, Oh Hussein

Oh ye light of my eye, be lenient toward my heart

Are ye not the one whom I encompassed with yearning

And | keep ye from the mishaps {from the} east and the west

Oh ye who resembles the most with the Prophet regarding His courtesy and his constitution

After ye the honored women wept for a long time

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’" (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his househoid.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad snd His household. Oh ALLAH Make us love what we

dislike of Thy decree and make easy for us what we deem difficult in Thy decision! Inspire us to yield to

that which Ye bring upon us by Thy pleasure, lest we love the retardation of what Ye have hastened and

the hastening of what Ye have delayed, dislike what Ye loved and choose what Ye dislike, by Thy mercy
Oh Ye most merciful; may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His progeny.
The eleventh whiff

"Majlis" of Hazrat Aboul-Fadel Al-Abbas

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

in the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, ithe most Merciful

May ALLAH'S blessings be upon You Oh ALLAH'S Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah and upon Your brother, the moon

of the clan {of Bani Hashem} Abai-Fade! Al-Abbas, the one responsible of securing Bibi Zeinab (PbuH)

and the standard bearer “Alamdar”. May ALLAH curse the ones wha oppressed you from the first and

the fater {generations}. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end and won great

fortune!

My back bent due to the great {disaster} that befell me......... Oh ye who are the most faithful brethren
and friends

Then He turned toward the tents while calling out.

Zeinab called Him out and passion is in Her heart..

Are ye not hearing what Sukeina is saying...

-...this is the farewell and there shall be no second one

-.may my soul be thy ransom, Oh Chief of the existence

-.....Uncle, wha will protect me the day when they will capture us

Who will help me going through the orphanage and rescue me from the oppression of the enemies
{save ye}

Today all my views of hoping {thy help} were frustrated

Uncle, wher: | would draw near thy body wishing .

to kiss it, they struck me with their lashes

Uncle, how can | be patient and ye were left mangled

unciothed without being bathed” or enshrouded

Oh ...Oh Abbas Oh ye most earnest

Does thy manners accepteth that | would be taken captive {paraded in the streets}

Brother, | became enormously bewildered!

Oh Ye whom the earnestness of ALLAH appeared through Him, {Verily}! was walking defiled

From Taiba’ | came along with ye and ye are the one who brought me

And the {female} sister cannot be left {alone}, with whom have Ye left me

Take a seat, Oh brother. Look at my back

Ye will see the scolding whips that caused me to swell

Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadiq {PbuH) says: “the best of the deeds is to be dutiful’ (to revere, being righteous

toward Them {PbuT)) toward Fatima and Her progeny”

The subject that we are going to talk about starts from a work that is recommended to do before the

prayers which is “Al-Athan” {calling to prayers}, wherein we acknowledge {our belief in} the monotheism

{the unity of ALLAH}, the prophethood {of Mohammad (PbuH)} and the Imamate {leadership of the

twelve imams (PbuT)}. We say “ALLAH AKBAR, ALLAH AKBAR {ALLAH (SwT) is great than any

description}. | bear witness that there is no God but ALLAH {we say it twice}. | bear witness that

Mohammad is the Apostle of ALLAH {we say it twice}. i bear witness that Ali is the ‘Wali’ of ALLAH (the

saint of ALLAH, the guardian) {we say it twice}. Then we say, the time of prayer has come {twice}, itis

time for a good work {twice}. It is time for the best of all works {twice}. We will stop here to look at this

expression. We ask, what is the best of all deeds? Al-lmam As-Sadiq (PbuH) answers us: “The best of the

deeds isto be dutiful toward Fatima and Her progeny” ". As what ALLAH {T) said in His noble book: “By

no means shall you attain to righteousness until you spend [benevolently] out of what you love” © And

according to what had preceded, the best rank that the human being could reach is that of the

righteousness {which is the dutifulness}, and specifically revering and being dutiful toward Fatima

(PbuH). To reach this rank, it is required from us to spend out of what we love as what the noble verse is

saying. That is why it was mentioned in the {written Visit} ‘Ziarat’ of Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH): “May

my father, my mother, myself, my children and my money be your ransom, Oh Aba Abdellah”. That is

why a man should spend what he has and what he loves before ALLAH (AwlJ). Thereupon, ALLAH gives

him in return what He (T) has and what He (T) loves, which is Ali, Fatima, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein and

Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon Them. ALLAH (T) said in His noble book: “Those who have done

good deeds shall be rewarded with what is better and shall be secured from the terror of that Day” a

What is that good deed which if the human did, ALLAH (Awl) would give him something better than it

and He would make Him to be secured from the great fearful event, the day of resurrection? The

beloved Al-Mustafa (PbuH) answers us: “loving Ali is a good deed which no evil one would harm beside

it" 1 Whoever brings a good deed, which is the love of Ali {PbuH), He shall have what is better than it.
And what is better here is that Ali (PbuH) will love Him. This is the status that the ones who reached the

rank of righteousness would obtain, where they are called “the righteous” as what He (T) said: “But,

surely the record of the righteous is in “llliyeen (register of exalted ones)” © The singular form of the

word “Al-Abrar” the righteous ones {in Arabic} is “Bir”. As for the singular form of the word ‘llliyeen’, it is

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol8l, P.134.

(2) The same previous resource.

(3) “Surat Al-imran”, the verse: 92.

} “Surat An-Namt{”, the verse: 89.

(5) “Owali Al-la"ali”: Vol .4, P.68.

} “Surat Al-Mutaffifin”, the verse: 18.

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reach that rank? and what they have done to arrive?

LLAH (T) said: “And their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink” ® Verily, these anes has arrived,

after their God had slaked their thirst with that drink. That is why when we drink from it, we will reach

the rank of righteousness and dutifulness. Yet, who is the one who supplies {people} with it?

From the known things that the word “lord” doesn’t always mean the name of the Al-Mighty “ALLAH”. It

might mean the master, the educator or the king, and this is what the discourse of prophet Joseph

{addressing} that prisoner whom He has already informed of the interpretation of the dream that he

saw, assures where He (PbuH) said to Him: “Mention me to your lord” ® and what is meant by the

“lord” here is the king, the Chief of Egypt.

And it is well-known that the thirsty persons search always for the water that guenches their thirst

without getting bored or tired, until they reach the one who gives them to drink just as how the thirsty

ones of Karbala were. And the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin” (PbuH) has specified in His

saying the ones who will drink from this drink that belongs only to the friends {of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}:

“There is with ALLAH (T) for His friends, a-drink, {from which} if they drank; they become besotted”. And

the drunkenness {here} is the intense love whereas the lover would be called by the term “crazy” due to

the His intense love {when He loves someone, He becomes fond of Him}. Yet, they said about the holy

Prophet of ALLAH (PbuH) that someone besides His Lord has taught Him {the religion} and that He is a

madman because He was {passionately} fond of the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH).

When Abiss Ash-Shakiri stepped into the battlefield, He fought the enemies and killed a great number of

them. Then He threw His sword and His shield and went to the battleground, they said to Him: have you

gone mad, Oh Abiss? He said to them: Aye! The love of Al-Hussein made me insane. He sees and hears

none save Al-Hussein (PbuH). He saw nothing in this life but His beloved and His sweetheart. This is what

tie Gnostic “Irfaniis” who recognizes ALLAH (T) express by the term “drunkenness”. It is the infatuation,

and we cannot leave this life except when we drink from this cup and from this drink. It is the same for

the dervishes’ (a humble poor person) present in Iran for example, where they say about them that they
are lunatic. For, they see nothing in this life but their beloved Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH). In this context, it

is narrated that one of the “religious authority” ‘Marjaa’” whom people used to step aside for the sake

of opening the road for Him when He passes, went to Syed Ali Al-Kadi, one of the biggest Gnostic ‘Irfanii’

cognizant of ALLAH (T), and He asked Him To show Him the walk to seek after ALLAH. When He entered

to the Syed, As-Syed Ali Al-Kadi remained sitting. The ‘Marjaa’” saluted Him and sat down next to Him.

Then one of the dervishes entered. The Syed stood up, received Him; hugged Him.and made {the man}

to sit down next to Him. After that, He asked from the ‘Marjaa’ to prepare a water pipe” (hubble-
bubkble)

for the dervish. Thereupon, the ‘Marjaa’ said to Him: is it me who shall prepare the water pipe for this

{dervish} while | am a ‘Marjaa’? So Syed Ali Al-Kadi said to Him: when you discipline yourself, return to

me.

Those dervishes walk on the streets while they are repeating Ali, Ali my lord, Ali Oh Ali, Ali Oh Ali. They

make mention of Ali Ben Abi Taleb (PbuH) {which is what they do mention always}, because mentioning

and remembering Him as what the prophet (PbuH) said is {an act of} worship. This is the fact of being }

besotted with the love of Ali. Yet, did we know what the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb is and our case didn’t

(1) “Surat Al-lnsan, Ad-Dahr”, the verse: 21, J

(2} “Surat Youssef”, the verse: 42.

become as the ones besotted and stupefied with Him and when they mention Him (PbuH)?

Ask the ones who went to Karbala and An-Najaf {Iraq}, what they were feeling when they returnad

tome? And what do they feel when they hear by the mention of Ali and Al-H ussein (PbuT)? What

happens to Them? And how much they feel burning {from inside} when they know that someone is

going to visit the sacred Shrines of our imams (PbuT). What is the reason of all this? Is it because

someone gave them a drop of water, or showed them that water, or He whispered in their ears

something or gazed at them one look that changed their existence? The person leaves and abandons

life in this world, keeps away from it and become attached to the exalted Chiefs as much as He drinks

from this drink which is the water of ‘Al-Kauthar’".

When Ali Al-Akbar said: “This is my grandfather the Prophet of ALLAH, He had quenched my thirst fram

the most perfect {fullest} cup of His, with a drink after which I will never be thirsty anymore”. Was He

thirsty from the external {material} side? Or what does He really want? He mentioned what does He

want, “a drink after which 1 will never be thirsty anymore”. Apparently, did anyone see the prophet

giving Him to drink water? Absolutely not, and this means that Ali Al-Akbar didn't taste or seek the

~—waler that we know externally {from the material side}. And according tc the above, the water that
He EE

{PbuH) asked for and He got it would be this drink “There is with ALLAH (T) for His friends, a drink, {from

which} if they drank, they become besotted. If they became besotted, they become delighted. If they

wecame delighted, they become comfortable. If they became comfortable, they become fused” {fused
in

His {SwT) truth, in Al-lmam}. If they became fused, they become mere. If they became mere, they seek

{their aim, their beloved}. If they sought, they find. If they found, they arrive. If they arrived they

become connected, and if they became connected, there would be no difference between Them and

Their beloved” . Thereupon, the ego and the egoism would vanish from between Them {between the

lover and the beloved} and they become one truth. And what confirms this matter, the discourse of

“Amirul Muminin” when He spoke these words unto His son Al-Hassan (PbuT) “.... I have found you a

part of me, Nay! but | have found you the whole of me to an extent that if something befell you, it
would befall me and as if death drew nigh to you, it would draw nigh to me” *. in this context, they

quoted that someone came to Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) and said to Him: | am {suffering from} a

state of depression, which | cannot support. Al-Imam (PbuR) answered Him: “That is from us. Our
‘Shiaa’

followers become happy on account of our happiness and they become sad on account of our sadness.”

®) And today, anyone of us becomes depressed without knowing the reason. The truth is that ‘Imam E-

Zaman’ (PbuH), the Imam of the age {AHR), a friend or a lover of Him might be sad. Hence, we are

capable of recognizing His condition, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance, through our hearts. That

is if we were true partisans {of Him}, heart and soul.

It was mentioned in the news that someone asked the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu'minin”

(PbuH): in what place will your graves be, at which place will you be buried? He answers Him: “Our

(1) “Sahifatul Abrar"”.

(2) "Al-Manakib”: Vol.4, P.37.

(3) “Ghorar Al-Hokom”: P.118,

graves {exist} in the hearts of our ‘Shiaa’. This is the meaning of what we {always} repeat in the

Hussaini mourning gatherings “your funeral ceremony is in my heart, Oh Hussein”. If we wanted to

salute Al-lmam Al-Hussein (Pbut), let us put our hands upon our hearts and say, peace be upon you Oh

Aba Abdeliah. Sa if we found the chill of their lave in our hearts, that is because their graves exit in it

“their graves {exist} in the heart of He who is loyal to them and sticks to their guardianship ‘Wilayat’,

This Hadeeth’ shows that the condition far the grave of Al-lmams (PbuT) to exist in our hearts is

{sticking ta} (their guardianship Wilayat’ and having allégiance toward Them (PbuT)). This thing is for the

‘Shiaa’ follower whois a {real} partisan” and not for the ‘Shiaa’ followers only. And there is a clear

difference between the Shiaa follower who may not have been affected by his sect {Shiaa schoal of

thought} with anything save with the lineage {having parents from the Shiaa sect} and the Shiaa follower

the {real} partisan who isthe examined faithful whom the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin”

(PbuH) describes Him for Salman ane Jundob, saying: “the examined believer is the one whom nothing

of our matter” (Hadeeth, virtues and standings) reached Him but ALLAH would expand His breast for
Him

{relieved His mind} to accept it, and He didn’t doubt nor mistrust {it}.” *) Which means He doesn’t

suspect a single one of the standings and the ranks of the Mohammadi and Alawi truth” and this is the

true and correct knowledge, and this is the pure religion {the sincere obedience}.

ft was narrated in the {written Visit} Ziarat of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) “may ALLAH's peace be upon

the angels of my God who are encircling the shrine of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)”. Yet, where is His

grave? It is in your heart, Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’, who is enamored of his lord and who sacrifices his

heart, sou! and blood for His sake. Therefore, which place the angels encircle? They are encircling the

hearts of the Shiaa followers and the partisans of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH). Pay attention, the grave from

the external side is an solid body, lifeless, and Al-lmam doesn’t speak through it. However, He (PbuH)

can speak through the tongue of His friends and his partisans who became extinct in Him with al] the

degrees of their existence. That is why, search for one of them. But as what was mentioned they are

more rare than the red sulfur. Because as what Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) said: “we have with each

adherent friend’, an eye {that is looking at the creatures}, an ear {that hears them}, a speaking tongue

and a hand that is stretched out”,

't was mentioned that the prophet {PbuH) used to say “each time | long for the fragrance of the
paradise

I' would smell my daughter Fatima” ®. He said also: “looking at Ali is {an act of} worshipping” ®. Since

the graves of the Imams are in the heart of the partisan believer, thereupon, looking at His face is {an act

of} worship. That is why, it was mentioned quoting Them (PbuT) “looking at the face of the believer is

{an act of} worshipping”. As what the prophet (PbuH) said: “Oh Ali, loving vou is {as} believing” (it is a

faith).

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’, Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) headed to Karbala to teach the enamored ones

how to adore, and to teach who seek the belief in ALLAH's oneness and unity {the truth} how to profess

betief in the unity of God. And this belief cannot be known but through Karbala. For, you start from it,

through it and {moving} towards it.

Look at the Chief of monotheists. How was His condition in Karbala? The narration says: Each time one

of His friends martyrizes, the ones who remained of them used to look at His face so they see its

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.26, P.1.

(2) “Al-Tawhid”: P.117.

(3) “"Biharul Anwar”; Vol.38, P.198.

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lurninosity incressing and thereupon, they marvels at His matter. Thus, He said to Them: “what eases

everything befalling me is thai it is in the sight of ALLAH".

Wher the cursed ‘ash-shemear’ sat down upon the body of Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein (Phu) and started to

severe His pure body. The utterance of the king of monotheists and enamored ones was: “0 God! Even

if you would cut me off with love into pieces, the heart will never incline to other than you” “as if the

world has never existed and the hereafter is everlasting” m,

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’, do not think that they (PbuT) are incapable of killing their enemies. They have

the capability to do that and ALLAH gave it to Them. Yet, they dealt with people according to what is

apparent {to an apparent clear argument}. It was mentioned ina narration that when Al-imam Al-

Hussein (PbuH) headed to Karbala, the angels descended to Him and said: we fought with the Prophet

{PbuH) in {the battles of} ‘Bader’ and ‘Uhod”. Thereupon, command us Oh son of the Prophet. So He

said: “Nay! But you will come after they kill me to ask forgiveness far my visitors”. Then, a group of the

Jinn descended to him and said: command us Oh son of the Prophet. For, we can annihilate them. Al-

imam said: “I swear by ALLAH. We have the capability to accomplish that more than you do. However,

who shall live, let him live while relying on an {apparent} clear argument and wha shall die, let Him die

while relying on an {apparent} clear argument {too}’. Because Al-lmam didn’t use His ‘Wilaya E-

takwiniya’ “universal leadership” (his leadership over all the creatures and the whole existence, the

power granted by ALLAH to do anything Al-lmam wants with the universe, everything obeys Him )

although He was capable of doing that with what ALLAH granted Him. The same thing happened when

they dragged the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin” (PbuH) from the house and Fatima
(PbuH)

was squeezed behind the door. She {PbuH) went after Ali (PbuH) and She was resolved on cursing the

folk. Thus “Amirul Mu’minin” Ali sent Salman, may ALLAH be pleased with Him, to Her. He said {to Him}:

“Oh Salman, say to Fatima, your father was sent as a mercy for the peoples, so do not be as a wrath

upon Them”. That is how the divine mercy appeared and that is how the contentment with the

predestination appeared.

This is their case, yet if we wanted to know ours and how much our faith, our patience and our
endurance is let us look at ourselves. If anyone of us was tried with any affliction, he starts to knock the

doors {of people to seek help}, he doesn’t leave anybody and he starts objecting, why ALLAH is doing

this and that to me?? However, every time afflictions became more intense on Al-Imam Al-Hussein

{PbuH), in the land of Karbala, He used to say: “Oh ALLAH, Are you satisfied? take {any sacrifice you

want} for the sake of becoming satisfied” until He remained single and alone so ALLAH made Him reach

the rank of satisfaction and this is the highest rank “O fully satisfied soul! Return to your Lord, well

pleased with Him and well-pleasing to Him” ® and ‘well pleased’ and ‘well-pleasing’ are from the titles

of the pure truthful lady Az-Zahraa’ (PbuH). “So enter among my servants, and enter into my Garden” 2)

Who are the servants of ALLAH save Mohammad and His household? “Glory be to Him Who took His

devotee (Muhammad) one night” @ {thereupon} oneself enters into the presence of the Prophet

Mohammad (PbuH) and into the presence of Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH) and they are the true

) “Biharul Anwar”; Vol.45, P.&7.

) “Surat Al-Fajr”, the verse: 27-28.

3) "Surat Al-Fajr”, the verse: 25-30.

} “Surat Al-lsraa”, the verse: 1.

servants of ALLAH,

in this context, they narrate that one of the scholars was giving a lesson speaking in it about the Garden,

‘Al-Hur Al-Ayn’ the “large-eyed beautiful ones” and the immortal youths, One of the attendants stood

up and said to Him: Our master, is Abou Abdeliah (PbuH) present in this Garden about which you are

talking? He answered Him: Certainly. Thereu pon, the person said: that is quiet sufficient for us, then He

left the assembly. This is the case of the enamoured person who wants nothing save His beloved.

As what was mentioned in a narration, some of the Hours" complained to ALLAH that there is for us

people of whom you have promised us, so where are they? Thus, ALLAH (T) uncovers the veil, so as if

they are sitting with Al-Hussein Bin Alj (PbuH). Their beloveds, their partners (husbands and wives) and

their children call them out, come to us, so they choose nothing in place of sitting in the presence of

Al-Hussein; neither the paradise, nor the “large-eyed beautiful ones”. Those are the ones truly

enamored of Al-Hussein (PbuH) ...

Here we can understand and recognize the meaning of the narration that says: “The Garden longs for

Salman’ more than He {himself} longs for it” ™, why? Because Salman sought the truth, professing belief

inthe unity of ALLAH {the unification}, the guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’ ‘Wilayat’, and nothing else. He

used to count the steps of the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuH) and to tread in it. This

is the lover and this is the enamored person. One of the narrations mentions that when “Amirul

Mu'minin” came to “Al-Mada’in” (the cities) to bury Selman Al-Farisi, the moment that He raised from

above him the cover that was enveloping him, Salman sat down. so Ali the Commander (PbuH) said to

Hirn: Oh Salman return just like you were. Thereupon, He went back just like He was {dead}. This is the

love and the passion that caused the children of Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuT) to ask apparently for water,

and when they give it to Them they used to throw it upon the ground although they were thirsty. That is

because there is no difference between the lover {them} and the beloved {Al-Hussein}. It is true that the

body is parched, yet they cannot drink {water} because the discourse ‘Al-Hadeeth’ says “if they became

connected, there would be no difference between Them and Their beloved”. That is why when Abou Al-

Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH) took with His hand, as much of water as fills it, to drink, He threw it back, because
there is no difference between Him and Al-Hussein Bin Ali. He used to see Himself {as} Al-Hussein

{(PbuH). Didn't Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) say when He stepped toward the death of His brother Al-

Abbas (PbuH): “Now my back has been broken” even though Al-Abbas is one person and Al-Hussein is

another?

What does this love, this extinction and fusion means? They became fused and extinct in each other so

they have become one. The fact that Al-lmam’s back is broken means that His body is that of Abi Al-

Fadel (PbuH), and nobody thinks that the back of Al-tmam has been broken and that was over. Yet it is

still broken until now, for, there a sort of “coming into force” {which makes the effect and the breaking

continuous} in this existence and His back (PbuH) has been broken just after the departure of the one

responsible of securing and maintaining Bibi Zeinab (PbuT).

The narration says that when Al-imam Al-Hussein reached Karbala He said: what is the name of this

land? they said: ‘Nineveh’, He asked: does it have another name? They said: ‘Al-Ghadiriya’. So Al-Imam

kept asking until an old man came. He said: My master Aba Abdellah they call this land “Karbala”.

(1) “Biharul Anwar’: Val.22, P.341.

herefore He (PbuH) said: this is where we will stop. Then He said: Oh ALLAH, | seek refuge with you

Sener ‘Al-Kark’ and ‘Al-Balaa’ {from anguish and afflictions}.

Abou Al-Fadel Ai-Abbas has borne the anguish in place of His brother “Oh ye who relieved His brother

Al-Hussein from the anguish” and after His martyrdom, Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) became the hearer

ofthe anguish and the affliction. What is the anguish? it is the fact of taking Bibi Zeinab daughter of Ali

Birt Abi Taleb as a captive prisoner {being paraded inthe streets} (PbuHj).

it was mentioned quoting Al-imam Ali As-Sajjad Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH) that He said “may ALLAH have

mercy upon my uncle Al-Abbas He was endowed with insight {discerning}’.

if the enemies used to look at Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas, they used to run away from Him. All their concern

was to blind His eyes, because they cannot look at them, and that is because the Commander of

believers “Amirul Mu'minin” Ali Bin Abi Taleb appears in the eyes of Abou Al-Fadel Al-Abbas. For that

reason, one gaze at one of the enemies was enough to cause him to run away, to be startled and to

fzint. That is why they say that He used not to strike anyone but killed Him.

They say Al-Abbas (PbuH} headed towards the battlefield, He took the water skin (bottie as a leather

bag, {Mashk}) and walked towards the riverbank, He scatter across the soldiers and killed {some of

them}. Then, He dismounted His horse and He was thirsty {and burning} just like firebrands. Thus, He

rook with His hand, as much of water as fills it to fill up the bottle and to drink. However, He did not do

that but to view and to examine the extent as to how much Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) fills His

existence, and to discern that there is no one {and nothing} inside himself save Al-Hussein (PbuH).

Thereupon, He took with His hand as much of water as fills it not for the sake of drinking because He is

thirsty, but as what we have said to view and to examine the truth of the unity happening between Al-

Hussein and Him (PbuT). Then He threw the water from His hand and filled the water skin, and as if He

says:
How could I drink and my brather Hussein is thirsty........ same as Sukeina, the women and the suckling
babies

He went to the camp, thus ibn saad spoke to His soldiers: Oh soldiers, if one drop of water reached

Al-Huseein He will annihilate you until the last one. Strike the water skin with arrows. All this and

Al-Hussein was looking out for the standard of Abi Al-Fade! Al-Abbas (PbuH) and the reasonable Zeinab

‘al-Akeela’ (PbuH) was standing next to Him. After {several} moments, She saw the face of Al-Hussein

changing. She asked: Brother, what is the news? He said: my Sister, they have hindered His way. The

narration says when Al-Abbas was returning to the camp, a cursed one waylaid Him from behind a palm

tree, and thus, He struck Him on the right arm so He severed it. He held the water skin with His left and

a5 if another cursed one struck Him on His left arm so he cut it. He held the water skin with His teeth but

where is the disaster? An arrow struck it so the water was spilled. Al-Abbas stood up bewildered, what is

He going to do? While He was like that, an arrow hit one of His eyes and blinded it. Oh partisan of

‘Ahlulbayt’, hear {about} this disaster from Al-Abbas (PbuH) where ‘Ayatullah’ Syed Al-Qazwini saw Him

in the dream. Abou Al-Fadel {PbuH) said to Him: Be aware Oh Syed, when they severed my arms with

their betrayal, oppression and aggression, they pelted me with arrows just like how the rain falls down,

and they struck me with darts. Thereupon, one of the arrows struck my eye so | tried to take it out and

to push it away of my eve. But as | had no hand, | mightily moved my head for the sake of making the

arrow fall from it. But every time | used to move my head, the arrow wasn’t coming out from it, per

contra, the turban fell from {above} my head. At that moment, | raised my knee and | approached my
head to take the arrow out with it, as if | was taken aback with a struck of an Iron pole upon my head,

which leaded me to fall down the back of my horse into the ground

I will say to you, if the cavalryman fell into the ground, with what He would receive it? {just imagine}

how much is there more than that, Al-Abbas had neither hands to fight with nor eyes to look through!

He fell upon the ground prostrate. He received it with His forehead, thus it was split and blood {started

to} flow from it. They say: when He fell down upon the ground, we heard the voice of a woman calling

out “my son Abbas”. Do you know who is She?

Indeed, I am present Oh Abbas Oh my son.........| wish your slaughterer had slain me

When He fell upon the ground, He called out with a weak voice: Peace be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah,

brother Oh Hussein, reach your brother! That was the first time wherein He calls Him, my brother. He

always used to say to Him, my master. . .

When Al-Hussein heard the voice of His brother, He rushed toward Him. The narrator says as if

Al-Hussein dismounted the back of His horse, took up something from the ground and started to kiss it

and to smell it. Then He walked a few steps, He held another thing and He did the same thing. The

narrator says, we looked at Al-Hussein, what is He doing? As if He is kissing the hands of Abi Al-Fadel

Al-Abbas. Then He went toward His brother Al-Abbas (PbuH), but in which condition? He was putting His

hand on His back while calling out: Now my back has been broken, now my soldiers were dispersed; now

my enemy is rejoicing at my misfortune. He saw Him in that state, the hands are severed, the forehead

Is bruised, the arrow is thrust in the eye, as if He (PbuH) says:

My back has been broken Oh Abbas and ye are the one who broke it

lam thy brother, how could ye leave thy brother

Ye are the one who bring water and ye are responsible of maintaining {Riki Zeinab}

How could ye leave reasonable Zeinab "Al-Akila’ among Umaya’s progeny with no one to secure Her!
{Umaya’s progeny: Bani Umeyah (the cursed ones sons of Umeyah})

He started to take out the arrows that were shot {as the rainfall} toward the body of Al-Abbas. Then He

sat near Him. Al-Abbas thought that this is one of the enemies who wants to behead Him. Thus, He said:

Oh you {addressing His demand}, do not cut off my head before my brother Al-Hussein arrives so that |

say farewell to Him and He bids farewell to me. As if Al-Hussein calls cut: Brother Abbas, | am your

. brother Al-Hussein. Al-Hussein put the head of Al-Abbas in His lap, so Al-Abbas took it back to the

ground and the same thing {happened} in the second and in the third time. Hence, Al-Hussein said to

Him: this is the farewell Oh brother, { want to enjoy you {your présence}. So Al-Abbas said: Oh brother,

Oh Hussein, if t put my head in your lap, after {a few} moments, in whose lap your head will be? My

master, Oh Aba Al-Fadel Al-Abbas, sleep peacefully. For, this is the head of Al-Hussein in the hands of

Bibi Zeinab {PbuH). As if Al-Abbas has a will {to commend} Al-Hussein (PbuH) with:

Oh...saying to Him, brother conveys my salutation to the sad {Zeinab}

tell ler not to come toward the guardian of the stondard

{1) “Al-Khasa'is Al-Abasiya”: P.183,

Ris hands are severed and they shot His eye with the arrow

end His head was smashed with the {Iron} pole

While Al-Hussein was speaking to Him, as if Abi Al-Fade! Al-Abbas breathed His last and His sou! left this

world. May ALLAH have mercy upon the ones who call out: Oh Abbas, Oh my master “Waa Abbasah,

Waa Sayedah”.

It didn’t pass more than an hour before the return of Al-Hussein into the camp, {He returned} walking on

His feet, riding His horse behind Him and wiping His tears... His daughter Sukeina received Him: Father

Oh Hussein, where is my uncle Al-Abbas? So He wept aloud and said: Daughter may ALLAH gives you a

great reward on account of the loss of your uncle Al-Abbas, for, | left Him upon the shore of ‘Al-Algami”

(riverbank of the Euphrates), His hands are severed and His forehead is bruised.

Oh... He telis Her Oh Sukeina Abbas is gone.........| swear by ALLAH He who honors {me} is gone

Alas! | asked for water and jt didn’t reach me........ my uncle left me and didn’t return to me

Would that death has drawn nigh to me before Him.................Would that this day didn’t pass by my
mind

Then#d=Hussein-came toward-the tent of Al-Abbas-and-dropped-ts-pillar-\When-Zeinab-saw that She

——

cried: Alas! We have become losl aller your {departure}, Oh Aba Al-Fadel . . . Hence, the voices {of the

household} became high weeping, crying and wailing . .. and the utterance of Al-Hawraa’ Zeinab (PbuH)

is:

Oh... Zeinab tells Him

i will cry over ye Oh ye who are sleeping in ‘At-Tofouf” J— Oh brother, Oh ye whose head and hands
were cut off

Would God Haidar Al-Karrar sees {this scenej......... and sees ye thrown down near the river
The most one who deserves people to weep over Him......... is a youth wha caused Al-Hussein to weep in
Karbala

He is His brother and the son of His father Ali......... {Alas!} Abou Al-Fadel is bloodstained

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’" (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His, bless me with the desire to serve Thee for the

sake of my condition in the afterlife, such that | know the honesty of it in my heart, be dominated by the

asceticism whilst being in this world, perform good deeds with eagerness and be secure from evil deeds

in fear and fright. Give me a light wherewith | may walk among people, be guided in the {dark} shadows

and seek enlightenment in doubts and uncertainties, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH'S

blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Household.

The twelfth whiff

‘Majlis” of Al-Qasim Bin Al-Imam Al-Hassan

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In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings le upon You Oh ALLAH's Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleh. May AlLAH's blessings be upon you and your murdered slain children. May ALLAH'S

blessings be upon You, Oh Aba Abdellah and upon your nephew Al-Qasim Bin Al-Hassan Al-Mujtaba {son

of the chosen Al-Hassan}. May ALLAH curses the ones who oppressed You. Would that we were with you

so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

Oh my eye burst into blood {in place of tears)........ for the son of pure Hassan ‘Az-Zakr’, Oh my heart
cleave

smeared in the sand {and His blood}, When Ramla saw Him She cried...O my heart O my delight O ye
light of my eye

{ wished not to stov {alive} while you are......... lying down upan the highland near the rocks and the
stones

Son, {how come} you die thirsty near the bank of the river Euphrates......... while | drink clear water non-
tarnished

Son, you have left an agonized mother......... watching the stars of darkness at night while staying up

Oh may ALLAH helps the heart of ‘As-Sibt’ when He was looking at Him...a person who reached not
twenty years old

And as if the utterance of Ramla the mother of Al-Qasim is:

Oh son say net they traveled without bidding farewell to me..and despite the scorching heat of Karbala
they left me
Oh son {it is true} the body left you but the heart is WIth YOUi.eeeeeinnne if it was in my hand | would
have stayed with you
ALLAH (T) said in His precious book: “We have revealed the Quan which is a healing and a mercy to the

believers” V,

We will seek in this mourning gathering the blessing of this narration through reading it, which is a cure

for all the levels of our existence. Thus, He who {suffers from} a bodily sickness or from an incorporeal

{spiritual} sickness in himself and his heart, let him know that his cure resides in this narration.

Quoting one of the companions of Al-imam Joffar As-Sadiq (PbuH) He said: | departed unto the city
while

I'was in pain...So they said to Al-tmam As-Sadiq (PbuH); Mohammad Bin Muslim is in pain. Thereupon,

Abou Jaafar {Al-Imam Al-Baker} (PbuH) sent to me with a lad, a drink covered with a tissue, (Al-imam

sent the drink to cure Him). The man says: the lad gave it to me and said: drink it, because He {PbuH) has

commanded me not to leave until you drink it (Al-imam ordered me not to abandon you until you drink
it

before me). | did it and all of a sudden the fragrance of Musk {emanated} from it, as if it is a cool tasty

drink. When | drank it, the lad said to me, my master tells you if you did it come {with me}. So | thought

about what He said to me and before that, | wasn’t capable of getting up on my leg. Therefore, when
the

drink became in my stomach, I became energetic at once, (which means at the same time). So | came to

His door and | asked the permission {to enter} {after His body was cured Al-Imam called Him to enter to

Him because there js other things that need to he clarified and there is another cure). | entered to Him

while | am crying. | saluted Him and kissed His hand and His head, so He said to me: “Oh Mohammad,

what is causing you to cry?” | said: may | become Your ransom. | am weeping out of my estrangement
{/

am lonely alienated in this life) of the far distance and of the small capability of staying near You to lock

at you’ (the lover longs always to look at his beloved). Hence, He said to me: “As for the small capability,

this is how ALLAH has made our friends and the ones wha love us. He has made the affliction to rush

towards them” and this is by way of a test to {examine} the truth of this Jover “Do the people think that

they will be left alone on saying "We believe," and that they will not be tested?” ?'. “As for what you

have mentioned of estrangement, in this world and within this retrograde {reversed} creation, the
believer is estranged until He goes out of this abode into the mercy of ALLAH”. “the world is the prison

of the believer and the Garden of the disbeliever” ©.

{Could the person be at ease in the prison? The comfort and the happiness cannot come together in the

world and in the hereafter. This is impossible, because the love of ALLAH and the love of the world

cannot be grouped in the saime heart, and each one who feels estranged, he is along the lines of Abi

Abdellah {PbuH).

“... As for what you have mentioned of the far distance you are along the lines of Abi Abdellah (PbuH)

{whois} in a distant land at the Euphrates. And as for what you have mentioned of your love to be close

to us and to look at us and that you have no capability of doing that, ALLAH knows what is in your heart

and your reward is upon Him".

{He who was among us truly enamored of imam e-Zaman (PbuH) the Imam of the age (AHR), and He is

oo (1) “Surat Al-Israa”, the verse: 82,

(2) “Surat Al-Ankabout”, the verse; 2.

(3) "Wasa'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.16, P.17, quoting the prophet (Peace on Him).
=

Then He said to me: “do you come to the grave of Al-Hussein (PbuH)?” | said yes with fearand dread.

waiting the moment that He sees Him in it. His recompense and His reward is upon ALLAH and He is the

one whe will befriend Him) then He said to me: “do you come to the Shrine of Al-Hussein {PbuH)?”,

{Here the Imam gives Him the medicament ond the cure io the estrangement, the sickness and ta olf of

what this companion narrated, and He mentioned for Him that his cure is visiting the grave of Al-Hussein

(PbuH).

He who feels among you with the estrangement and the remoteness from Imam e-Zaman (PbuR) the

imam of the age (AHR) and feels with agony and pain in this world, the single solution is to visit the
grave

of Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH). Originally, there isn’t any second medicament or solution at all, and He will

not reach the truth without it. And if there wos another solution, Al-lmam would have mentioned it

“Abundance diverts you; Until you come to the graves” % and if we are still diverted with the abundance

of children, money and worldly matters, we will face the various kinds of afflictions “if your breasts

become straitened in you, visit the people of the graves”. Is there any grave greater than theirs (PbuT)
to

go toward it and to visit it? These graves in the verse “Until you come ta the graves” are theirs, may

ALLAH’s peace be upon Them. They are that of the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuH)

and that of Al-Hussein (PbuH) and...)

He (PbuH) said: “if {the state of fear} was stronger, the reward of it is equivalent to the fear. And He who

was in fear in His coming, ALLAH would secure {him from} His awe the day when {all} mankind stand

hefore the Lord of the worlds, and He would leave with the forgiveness and the angels would salute

Him”.
(The narration is long, we will mention it in short}, then He said: “how did you find the drink?” “Surely

the righteous shall drink of a cup the admixture of which is camphor” @, | said: | bear witness that you

are the merciful household and that you are the head of guardians. The lad came to me with what you

have sent and | wasn’t able to stand {alone} upon my leg, and | was despaired of myself. He gave me
the

drink so | didn’t find anything like its fragrance or more pleasant than its taste or more cool than it.

When | drank it the lad told me, that He {Al-imam} commanded me to tell you: “if you drank it, come to

me”. . Thus, | came to you, as if | became energetic at ance. Thereupon, thanks to ALLAH who made
you

2 mercy for your ‘Shiaa’ followers. He said: “Oh Mohammad, the drink which you took is from the clay of

Al-Hussein’s grave (PbuH) and it is the best {thing} to be cured with. We cannot abandon it. We give it to

our sons and our women and we see through it all good”, (the doctor and the medicament of the

household ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) from which they don’t refrain and with which they don’t measure anything

ic the dust of Al-Hussein’s grave (PbuH). Is there anything measured to it?).

So | said to Him: May | be your ransom, we {usually} take from it (which means from the clay) and we

cure ourselves with it. Yet, we were not cured. Why? (This question from the companion opens a wide

door about the proprieties associated with handling and dealing with the dust of Al-Hussein (PbuH). He

(PbuH) sairl: “the man takes it and brings it out of the sanctuary’ (the circle that surrounds the shrine of

Al-imam) while He is exposing it (the dust would be apparent and exposed). Thereupon, He would pass

(1) “surat Al-Takathur”, the verse: 1-2.

(2) “Surat Al-insan”, the verse: 5.

by no one of the Jinn having a disablement nor a creature nor anything that {is suffering from} a disease

and smelled it but its blessing would go away”. (it means that you are taking it in a way which its

blessing is going away in a short time. Hence, its holder would have exposed it and didn’t put a cover

upon it. Thus, if anyone of the Jinn having a disablement, a disease or a sickness passed by it, he takes its

blessing. Or any creature that {might} be passing next to it, he would smell it and {therefore} he takes its

blessing. And itis not necessary that they smell it from a short distance. That is how the blessing of

Ai-imam’s clay {PbuH) goes away) “thereupon, its blessing become for {someone} other than him, and

that with which you would be cured is in no way like this”.

{That with which we would be cured we do not take it in this way) “Were it not for what | have

mentioned to you, nothing would be wiped with it {and} no one would drink from it but he would

{certainly} recover at once”. (If He was dead, He would {certainly} wake up if He drank from the dust of

Al-fmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)) “but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells” ™ (this is the

water which if it descends over oneself it revives it) “It is naught save as the black stone. The Chiefs of

handicaps, unbelief and the pre-Islamic paganism’ (state of ignorance) came to it and no one used to

wipe oneself with it but He would wake up. It was like the white ruby so it was blackened until it ended

up in {the condition} that you saw”. Thus, | said: may | be your ransom, and how shall | work with it?

{what should | do to be cured through this dust?) He said to me: “with exposing it you are {actually}

working with it just as the others are doing. You underestimate it thus you throw it in your saddlebag

and in impure things thereupon what is existing in it that you are seeking goes away for it”. | said: You

are right, may I be your ransom . . . how could | take it as you de? He said to me: “I gave you something

of it”. I said: yes. So He said to me: “if you took it, how will you work with it?” | said to Him: | wiil take it

along with me. He said to me: “in what stuff will you keep it? | said in my clothes. He said: “then you

have returned to what you were doing. Drink from it {as much as} you need (here) with us and do not

carry it because it will not {stay} sound for vou”. Hence, He gave me from it twice so { am not aware that

I came across anything from what | had until I left 2

Well, the problem resides here. Al-lmam didn’t tell us how to take this dust, where to put it and how to

keep it. Yet, what happened to this clay? Bload that is not like any other flowed over this clay. It is the

blood of Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH) that dwelt the eternity, that which the foundation of the ‘Arsh’ {the

throne} shuddered and jolted when it spilled over the sand. It is the blood of Abil Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH),

the blood of Ali Al-Akbar (PbuH), the suckling baby {small Ali ‘Asghar’} (PbuT) and that of the

companions, the blood of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH), the captive prisoners and the daughters of ALLAH’s

messenger (PbuH). For that reason, it was honored with this honoring. The blood of Al-Qasim Bin

Al-Hassan (PbuH) whom we are sitting in His presence in this ‘Majlis’ and unte whom Al-Imam

Al-Hassan commended {the task of} seeking martyrdom beside His uncle Al-Hussein in Karbala {in His

presence} flowed over il as well.

My master, Oh Aba Abdellah, all of them wants to console you. The noble Prophet {(PbuH) wept over
you

the day you were born. . .and this is your mother Fatima, She deposited Her trust for you with lofty

{1} “Surat Al-Hajj”, the verse: 5,

{2) “Kamil Al-Ziyarat”: P.462.

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Zeinab... and this is the son of Al-Hassan has come 10 you on account of consoling vou. For, there is no

day as yours, Oh Aba Abdellah. What befell Al-Hussein Bin Ali didn't befell any of the imams {PbuT). “Lot

The day of Al-Hussein (PbuH) {Ashoura’} has wounded our eyelids and humiliated our dear ones in the

iand of anguish and affliction {Karbala’}".

The narration says in the tenth day of Muharram Al-Qasim saw Ali Al-Akbar outstretched in His tent and

He heard His uncle Al-Hussein (PbuT) saying: Alas for my estrangement, Alas! How much my defenders

are few, is there any heiper who may help us? Is there any defender who may defend us? Isn't there any

helper to aid us? Isn't there any defender ta repulse the enemy from approaching the tents of the family

of the Holy Prophet (PhuH)? As if Al-Qasem stood up to speak to Ali Al-Akbar he says to Him: Oh cousin,

} am coming to you. My lord Oh ‘Mowla’ Al-Hassan, this is Al-Qasem is coming to you. My lord, stand up

and receive Him. Al-Qasem arrived. He stood up beside Al-Hussein (PbuT) while saying: My master Aba

Abdellah, my breast became straitened and | became weary of this life.

Could we ourselves say for the master of the age (PbuH) “Sahibul Zaman”, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance, like that? My master, Oh “Sahibul Zaman”, our breast has become straitened and we

have become weary of this life and how could we stay after the departure of Al-Hussein (PbuH)?

“Al-Hussain (PbuH) looked at Him and hugged Him, sorrows were moved inside His heart, He said: my
son.

Qasem, you are the only one left from my brother Al-Hassan. He said: My master and my lord take this

will from me. Al-Hussein took it from Him. He opened it, as if it is a letter from Al-lmam Al-Hassan to His

brother Al-Hussein (PbuH). Brother Aba Abdellah, allow my son Al-Qasem to seek martyrdom in your

presence. As if He is saying, | want to be a partner with you in Karbala.

Al-Hussein (PbuH) gazed at Al-Qasem a look {full of} compassion, affection and mercy. His tears flowed

over His cheeks. As if He remembered the day when His brother Al-Hassan (PbuH) departed while He is
ejecting His empoisoned liver. Then He approached Al-Qasem, drew Him to His chest and they started to

weep until they fainted.

Oi... saying to Him Good-bye Oh my eyes................you are intending to leave me alone

Wael! It was easy for you to say Goodbye to me.......Oh my nephew, your farewell broke the heart

Al-Hussein (PbuH) stood and dressed Al-Qasem a cloth that looks like a shroud. He attired Him with the

turban of His father and He gave Him His sword, and that shows the sublimity of Al-Hassan and His rank,

also that of Al-Qasem and His standing. Al-Qasem wanted to say Good-bye to His mother Ramla, His

aunt Zeinab and His cousins (female). They surrounded Him from every side. This one {of them} says to

Him, give my brother All Al-Akbar my best regards! Another says to Him, conveys my greetings to my

uncle. However, Zeinab may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, as if She approached Him while saying, my son

Oh my nephew Qasem, when you see your father Al-Hassan conveys my greetings to Him and say to

Him that | have become estranged {lonely}. As if when the women looked at Al-Qasem, they saw in Him

His father Al-Hassan (PbuH), they all started to lament and to weep over Al-Hassan (PbuH). May ALLAH

{T) gives you a great reward my master and my lord ‘Mowla’ O chosen Hassan ‘Al-Mujtaba’. And as if

Ramla stood up and said: My son Qaserm, conveys my salutation to your father Al-Hassan. Then He

stepped into the battlefield. Hamid bin muslim says, a guy whose face is just like the lobe of a moon

headed toward us and started to strike us by the sword while saying:

If ye are denying me, | am the son of Al-Hassan........He is the grandson of the entrusted chosen Prophet
Al-Mustafa

This is Hussein like an awaiting prisoner .......amongst people who shall never be provided with the
cloud’s rain
{Al-Mustafa: the chosen Prophet Mohammod (PbuH)}

While He was fighting as heroes although His thirst and His small age and He killed a great number of

them, as if His boot strap broke. | don't forget that it was the left one. So He bent down to fix it up, as if

a cursed one took this chance and said: | swear by ALLAH I will bereave His uncle of Him. Thus, he carne

from behind Him and struck Him by the sword on His head so He fell down while calling out: Oh uncle,

Oh Aba Abdellah reach me! my salutations {Salaam} to you. When Al-Hussein (PbuT) heard the cry of Al-

Qasim, He rushed toward the battlefield and struck His killer {with His sword}. He came toward Him, He

saw Him dyed red with His blood. He said: | swear by ALLAH, it is hard for your uncle that you call Him

and He doesn’t answer you or if He does, it wouldn't help you or if He helped you, it wouldn't be useful

for vou,

assim: Al-Qasem (PbuH)}

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) wanted to raise Al-Qasim to the tent of the martyrs. He put His chest over

His and carried Him to the camp while the feet of Al-Qasim are stepping on the ground. Who is among

you that will help Al-Hussein (PbuH)? For what reason? Because the back of Al-Hussein (PbuH) became

hunched due to the greatness of the disaster. Then, He entered the tent, He put Him next to His son Ali

Al-Akbar and He sat down between Them. Sometimes He bends down over His son Al-Akbar and He

cries, Oh my Ali “Waa Aliyah” and sometimes He bends down over His nephew Al-Qasim and He cries Oh

my Qasim “Waa Qasimah” . . .

Asif Al-Hawraa Zeinab (PbuH) says: Brather Oh Aba Abdella h, may ALLAH gives you z great reward,

these women wants to enter and to weep over their children, yet your veneration is causing therm to

feel shy. Ramla entered, She started to circumambulate around Him and to dye Her face with His

flowing blood, and Her utterance is:

Oh...my son, | am the mother and ye are my child....0h my son, {indeed} the mother asks for the child
She has raised
Woe unto me! Why She was despaired concerning ye...Oh ye lonely, the day of your death has blinded
Her

Oh with what the admonition wifi benefit......... Oh ye light of my eye, your separation js out of the way

Oh ye soul of my heart, Oh ye single, Oh ye lonely.........Oh son, whom the mother wants other than Her
child

If His uncle weeps out of sadness due to His death........{therefare, Verily} a moon is weeping over a
moon

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great
3h ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowia’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - Phu)

and appoint us among his supparters (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and ‘hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

iviay ALLAH’s blessings be upon Mohammad and His household. .0 God, seal my period of life with Thy

pardon, verify my expectation in hoping for Thy compassion, smooth my ways to reach Thy good

sleasure, and render my works good in all of my states, by Thy mercy Oh ye most merciful. May ALLAH'S

blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Progeny.

The thirteenth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the suckling baby small Ali ‘Al-Asghar’

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

in tha name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you, Oh ALLAH'S Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taieh. May ALLAH's blessings be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh father of freemen, Oh Hussein,

Oh father of revolutionists. Ch you estranged lonely, Oh you wronged imam. May ALLAH’s blessings be

upon you and upon your suckling baby whose throat was cut. May ALLAH curses the ones who

appressed you. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

My ‘Shia’ followers whenever you drink fresh water, remember me......or you. hear by a martyr or a
slain, bewail me

I'm As-Sibt whom they have slain with no offence..and purposely Zrighed me'ty the horses” hooves after
killing me

if only all of you the day of Ashoura saw me...how | was seeking water for my baby ond they refused to
give me

Upon my hands they slaughtered my baby while He is Ll ...and by killing Him they afflicted me

.-\Was there_any.child-before, at the time of His obioctation.s......... ..... was gone-as my fetus in the lap
of Hisfather

i (ited Him with my hands sucking His tongue..so that His thirst would be quenched and His shine would
quench mi

the cursed ‘harmala’ hit His neck...........and | threw {His blood} with my right {hand} up to the sky

Thus saw the aL al i red: romaccount ei my eyetid ftowed, withrtears— — Term a

Li
k REIS oy

tf oy

harmo’ “the yiZarsed one who killed small Ali ‘Ai-Asghar’ (PbuH), As- hr the Ganson of the ho y¥ Prophet
(PbuH) ;

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH)}

My master, Ch master of the age “Sahibul Zaman”. . . tell me, which one of the disasters burns your

heart more, breaking the rib of your mother Az- Zahraz', the abortion of Al-Muhsin or breaking the rib of

Abi Abdellzh in Karbala and slaughtering the suckling baby . . .

Oh... two fires the folk caused to break OU cvvervvcnnire: two fires that are flaming until this day of ours

Two iF? were smashed for the household... the rib of Hussein and that of Az-Zahraa

Oh ye concealed Imam, this occultation has prolonged........and the fire of your pain is not fading away

itis {always} blazing out of the breaking of the two ribs

It was mentioned quoting “Al-lmam Al-Hujja” the proof and the claim of ALLAH (PbuH) that He said:

“lol ye understand not His matter nor ye take of His friends. {Indeed} it is a serious deep wisdom.

Warnings avail not folk who will not befieve”. What is the matter {and the command} of ALLAH that till

now the believers didn’t understand nor accept? Is their command other than that of ALLAH? It is

well-known that their matter {and their command} (PbuT) is that of ALLAH and their prohibition is His

{SWT). Yet, who is the master of the command “Sahibul Amr”? “Oh master of the command’, reach us!”

He is the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad (AHR). We do not understand their matter, may

ALLAH's peace be upon Them, because as what was mentioned “Cur matter is difficult, deemed difficult.

No one could bear it but a favoured angel, or a sent prophet, or a believer whose heart ALLAH hath

proven unto faith”

Yet, if we cannot bear their matter and their command, are we going to take from their friends? It is

known that bearing the matter and the command of the friend” of Al-lmam leads to the fact of bearing

that of Al-lmam. And he who opposes the command of the friend of Al-lmam, he will do the same thing

with the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” but even more. Because if we were {incapable of} bearing

the command of the adherent friends so far, are we going to bear that of “Sahibul Zaman”?!

't was mentioned in the ‘Hadeeth’” that people apostatized after the departure of the holy Prophet save

three: Salman, Abou Dhaar and Al-Mokdad”. The narration says that the most courageous gne was

Al-Mokdad. He was putting His hand upan His sword, gazing at the eyes of the Commander of believers

“Amirui Mu’minin” (PbuH), without thinking of anything save waiting for the command of His beloved

and His lover. He doesn’t object or question: how come the Commander was dragged out of the house?

How did He let them do what they did with Lady Az-Zahraa’ (PbuH) while He has with Him the great

name {of ALLAH}? how and how... The whole issue for Him is that when the Commander Ali (PbuH)

orders Him to unsheathe His sword to do it, and if He didn’t ordered Him, He wouldn't. This is the issue's

limit. | wonder, are we like that?].

Here } will present the subject of the discussion. Am | oing to accept the command of Al-imam if He
ordered {something}? am | going to bear His command? . -We ask in this matter, does the impeccable

Imam have the right to change the religious law ‘Sharia’? The answer is that the impeccahle Imam is

himself the religious law and the prophet (PbuH) said: “the religious law is my sayings, the orders my - )
oo

conditions and the truth is myself” (my essence)”. The religious law is the sayings of the holy Prophet +.
~

“Pray as how you saw me praying” ®. :

And as what was mentioned quoting Al-lmam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH (T) hastens His reappearance “our

hearts are containers for the wil of ALLAH, so if He wills we do”. Because in their space, any dissent

for the will of ALLAH is unthinkable because they are extinct in Him and ALLAH has kept away the

uncleanness from them, purified them and made them impeccable “Allah only desires to keep away the

uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a [thorough] purifying” ®. And you

know that in the time of the Excellency of the rising Imam of Mohammad’s household's reappearance,

may ALLAH (T} hastens His reappearance,

(1) “Mostadrak Al-wasa'il”: Vol.12, P.296.

(2) "Mostadrak Al-wasa’il”: Vol.11, P.173.

{3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.82, p.279.

(4) "pala’il Al-hlmamah”: P.273.

(5} “Surat Al-Ahzab”, the verse: 33.

, there will be some tests “Do the people think thatthey will be left alone on saying "We believe," and

that they will not be tested?” ™ One of those tests as what was mentioned in the narrations is that

when the rising Imam (PbuH} comes out {of his occultation}, He will change ‘Al-kibiah’ the direction of

prayers into Karbala’, and our discussion here is not the source of the narration’s script and whether the

narration is right or not? But the aim is {to known}, does the impeccable Imam have the right tc change

the religious law? What will be my stand {and my attitude} regarding the master of the age “Imam

e-Zaman” {PbuH)? Haven't we heard the narration that says that He will come with a new religion? The

problem of the ‘Shiaa’ followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ is that they consider what they were raised upon and not

the saying or the doing of the impeccable Imam as the right thing. And for that reason they will consider

what Al-lmam Al-Mahdi will say as a new religion and that it is not the right one.

From here, a lot {of people} will say to Him “go back from where You have came. We are not in need of

vou” and they will not support His matter. With having knowledge of {the fact that} to know what ALLAH

wants from me, | should return to the impeccable Imam {as a source and reference}. Because He isthe

one who will guide me “through us ALLAH is worshipped and through us ALLAH is known”®), “whoso

desires closeness to Allah in fact makes a beginning with you and whoso professes belief in His unity in

_ fact takes afteryou’ 2. There are many tests that the master of the age “imam e-Zaman” will. do. Erom

these exams what was mentioned in this narration and what some people might not accept. Sheikh

Abadi mentions it. (He is) the professor of Al-lmam Al-Khumeini, may ALLAH be pleased with Him, who

when He mentioned His name in the book of “Al-Arba’ouna Hadithan” ‘the forty talks’, He says about

Him: Our professor Shah Abadi may my soul be His ransom...

The narration says that when the rising Imam, may ALLAH (T) hastens His reappearance comes out {of

the occultation}, He comes to the place where Abou baker, Uthman and Omar, may ALLAH curses them,

were buried. He brings them out of their graves, yet lo! their bodies appear as if they have just been

Huried. For this reason 2 part of the ‘Shiaa’ followers of Al-lmam would say, if these people didn’t have a

venerable grace {and honor} in the estimation of ALLAH, their bodies wouldn't have been kept {as it was

the moment of their burial}. Thereupon, they stand against Al-imam of this age “Imam e-Zaman”. The
narration continues, then ‘Imam e-Zaman’ takes them, crucifies them on dry palms and crucifies them

50 the dry palms become green, whereupon, another group stands against Al-Imam. In fact {all} thisis a

trial, because Al-lmam of the age “Imam e-Zama n” (AHR) wants to uncover the hidden secrets “on the

Day when the hidden secrets will be brought to scrutiny”, which means the day when the truths of

hat which we have hidden in ourselves appear. Finally, Al-imam burns them and scatters their ashes in

the air. Thus, it would lighten and all of the world would thunder as it has never done before and the

rain {starts to} pour down heavily.

“post of them will be from the former and a few from the later generations” BY “With firm words, Allah

makes the believers steadfast” ®. The true believer and partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ {(PbuH) doesn’t quake nor

the wind shakes Him. However, the test and the trial increase them in.certitude and firmness. the

Smallest number {of people} will remain with ‘Imam e-Zamar'. The reason; of those who left Him is that

{1) “Surat Al-Ankabout”, the verse: 2.

(2) “Al-Kafi": Vol.1, P.145.

(3) “Al-Tahzib”: Vol.6, P.99.

(4) “surat Al-Tarik”, the verse: 9.

(5) "Surat Al-Waqi’a”, the verses: 13-14.

(6) “suratibrahim”, the verse: 27.

they didn’t bear His matter {and His command}. And there is a narration that says: ‘Imam e-Zaman’

{PbuH) shows three hundred and thirteen of the leaders, muniments of a letter sealed with a sealing

from Mohammad Bin Abdellah (PhuH). The narration doesn’t report what is present in this letter.

However, when He reads it to Them, they would startle and draw back of Him { and leave Him} just as

how the sheep startles {when they become afraid}. Thus, nobody stays with Him save the secreta ry and

eleven captains. Thereupon, they wander in the earth so they don’t find a “Hujjab” {someone who is the

proof and the claim of ALLAH) save Him. So they go back to Him and Al-lmam (PbuH) demonstrates for

Them the truth of the matter and clarifies it for Them, thus they return to Him.

i "Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) wanted to show their standing and rank entirely, certainly nobody would stay with

them. “Our matter is difficult, deemed difficult. No one could bear it, not even a favoured angei nora

sent prophet nor a believer whose heart ALLAH hath proven unto faith” \. it was mentioned quoting Ali

{PbuH]} His saying “Verily, nothing of our knowledge has come out unto ye except for a norn-coupled
“A”

fetter’ {of the Arabic alphabet)” @ (the meaning of the expression in Arabic is that with all what we

know about Ahlulbayt, it didn’t came out of Ahlulbayt’s knowledge and science but in the measure of

one letter which is the non-coupled letter A of the alphabetic letters in Arabic and eveness than this

ietter). That is why they deal with us as normal humans. “Had it not been that the ALLAH'S command

can nevei be subverted and His secret can never be exposed, our right upon you would have certainly

become so clear such that your minds would have become astonished on its account and your doubts

and uncertainties would have vanished. However, what ALLAH had pleased, decreed and written down

would surely happen and nothing except that. Verily, Our God has formed us and we, in our turn, have

formed the created beings, afterwards. Were it not tor the affection We have for you so as the mercy

and the good We desire for you, We would have then said nothing to you due to the fact of being busy

with....”. This is the discourse of the master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (AHR) for Sheikh Al-Mufid. Yet,

they are occupied with whom? They are occupied with the truth of the divine essence (TwT), with the

hidden unseen.

One of the narrations says that one of the people came and kneeled over the knees of Al-imam of the
age “imam e-Zaman”, may ALLAH (T) hastens His reappearance, while kissing Them. So He turned

around to His companions and said to Them cut off his head. He is a hypocrite. And we think that this

person {of the people} is faithful and religious? Thus, are we going to support something like that?

Therefore, let us pay attention. If until now we ourselves are incapable of bearing neither the command

ofthe friend” and accepting it nor the command of the impeccable Imam, so how do we want to reach

the matter and the command of ALLAH and the unity? And which unity is that? That is why “Oh Ali, no

- one knew ALLAH save me and you” ®. One of the stories narrated quoting 4 sacred sublime Gnostic

knower ‘Arif in Iran, Sheikh Bahjate, may ALLAH protect Him, that He used to pray the morning prayer

shortly before the sunrise, and this means that He finishes the morning prayer while the sun is shining.

Thus, people started violating and hurting this knowing Gnostic scholar as to how He delays His prayer

to that time while He isa scholar, until the moment when one of the brothers who are among the

{iranian revolutionist} guards clarified the issue and said: Al-lmam Al-Khomeini asked from the Sheikh to

keep guards with Him who shall accompany Him because there is somebody who is watching Him and

wants ta kill Him. However, the Sheikh didn’t accept at that time so Al-lmam said ta Him: I do not permit

(1) “Basa’irul Darajat”.

(2) “Basa’irul Darajat”; Vol.8, P.508

(3) “Ta'wil Al-Ayat”: P.145.

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for vou to go out at night. If you wanted to go out let it be during the day. Thus, the scholar was praying

rhe Wiarning Prayer at home then He used to go to the mosque when the sun rises. This is the truth of

the issue. Yet, what did the people do? This is the problem of the human being. He measures

(2verything) he sees according to his thinking, hence, he violates the others, he molest them and he

cannot bear that this human might have an excuse and an argument i ‘Al-Qurar’ the book of ALLAH (T)

and in ‘As-Sunnak’ the tradition and the law of the prophet and he didn’t see it.

We even ourselves measure ALLAH (Awl) according to our thinking. ALLAH has admonished Prophet

Moses (PbuH), with paying attention to the fact that the admonishment is a thing and the dispraise is

another. He said to Him: Pharaoh called for your help seventy times. Yet, if he called me for aid just one

time, 1 would have succored him. Here is the absolute mercy. Here, ALLAH {TwT) shows the Prophet

Moses the difference between the mercy of Moses and His absolute mercy {that is} Mohammad and His

household. Also, this mercy was revealed when they dragged the Commander of believers “Amirul

Mu’ minin” (Phu) {out of His house} and they done what they did {from oppression and violation} to

Fatima while She is saying leave my cousin alone or | will uncover my head for the sake of praying {to

ALLAK (T)}. When the Commander of believers saw Her, He sent Salman tg Her for the purpose of telling

Her, vour father was sent as.a mercy for the people thus do not be as a wrath upon them.

Look at the absolute mercy. Even at this moment, “Amirul Mu’minin” is being merciful with them. He

doesn’t want to bring the affliction down over them He didn’t use ‘Wilaya E-takwiniya’ “universal

leadership” although He was able to do that. And this is what happened in Karbala when the

deputations of angels came to defend Abi Abdellah (PbuH).

Oh lovers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), whaoso wants the mercy of ALLAH, they are His mercy. Whoso desires

closeness to Allah in fact makes a beginning with Them and whoso wants His command {and His matter}

in fact holds fast to that which they say, order and do {their course} and hangs on to their ‘Wilayat’

guardianship. it was mentioned in the sacred discourse ‘Hadeeth’ “Oh Mohammad, | have imposed the
prayers upon my servant and | have released the sick person from it. | have imposed upon my servants

ro love Ali Bin Abi Taleb, so there is no excuse at all for anyone concerning it”. The prayers, ‘Al-Hajj’

pilgrimage, fasting and ‘Az-Zakat' the almsgiving, the servant is released from it in several cases.

However, the servant can never be released from {sticking to} the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ of Ali Bin Abi

Taleb. That is why Al-lmam Ali (PbuH) says to His companions when the enemies force them to

disconnect alt links with Him {and to renounce Him} “If they asked you to insult you may dome. For, itis

z 7 ket for me and a salvation for you, butif they asked you to deny me, don't do it, for the reason that

Cwias born as a believer by birth and | have preceded {everyone} into believing {in the truth} and flying

{and becoming 2 ‘Muhajir’ for ALLAH'S sakey’ ", ,

\Whoso takes them for guardian must pay the price of this guardianship. This is Lady Zeinab (PbuH) with

2 what befell Her in Karbala, Obeidallah bin ziad, may ALLAH curses him, says to Her, how did you find

what ALLAH has done to your brother? She answers Him “I swear by ALLAH, | find it naught save

beautiful”.

One of the narrations reports that “Monkar” says to “Nakir” when they come in to a {dead} person;

leave Him alone, | smell the fragrance of Ali Bin Abi Taleb {emanating} from Him. Also, one of the
friends

of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) says that one of the angels deputized by the angel of death ‘Azrael’, came to one of

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Val.3S, P.325.

the martyrs willing to take His soul. Yet the angel was startled when He saw Him.

Why? Because when He looked at the face of this martyr, He saw somewhat of the features of Ali Bin

Abi Taleb’s face {PbuH). He said to Him: | want to take your soul. As if He is asking His permission

“Among the believers there are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah”. So the martyr

said to Him: If you did it, will I stay in love with Ali {PbuH)? the angel of death answered Him: certainly,

Se He said to Him: Oh Ali, take it while He is repeating the mention of -Ya Ali Ya Ali {Oh Ali} by His

tongue. When the adorers of Ali Bin Abi Taleb see Him at the moment of their death, they would breath

their last and their soul would settle {at once} with Ali Bin Abi Taleb, because He is the one who takes it

and He is the ane who bestows it {on us} too.

Where are the adorers of Ali Ben Abi Taleb? Where are those who whisper unto Him day and night?!

Where are those who are burning {from inside} out of their yearning to see Him?

Hear the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu'minin” {PbuH) while He is speaking about the master of

the age “Sahibul Zaman” (AHR); He says Oh ... Oh ... how much | am yearning for seeing Him. “Amirul

Mu’minin” is sighing out of the yea rning to see the master of the time and the age and He wasn’t born

at that time yet. However, the master of the age is present now, who is saying Oh ... Oh ... how much |

am yearning for seeing Him? Who wants to see the honorable, noble, handsome lurninous face of

“Bakiyatullah”’ (AHR)? Our tmam Jaafar As-Sadiq speaks to Him, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance “0 Master, your occultation has caused me insomnia . . * where are the adorers of the

master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” ?!!

Oh master of the command reach us, for, we have no agreeable mention nor living is pleasant anymore.

Nights of waiting has prolonged. So is there an end for these nights, Oh son of the pure Imam?!

The adorers of Al-lmam of this age want neither life {in this world} nor the hereafter. For, they don't

enjoy {performing} an obligatory prayer or fasting or pilgrimage or almsgiving ‘Az-Zakat’ or anything

from the matters of the world or that of hereafter because they are free.
imagine that death overtakes us without seeing the master of the age “Imam Al-Mahd{” (AHR)! Is there

anything greater than this disaster? Are we going to die and we didn’t see our Chief yet and till now we

didn’t smell His fragrance and we heard neither a sigh at breath nor (any) whispering from Him?

O Master, where are you, Oh the one who honors the friends and debases the enemy? And who are the

friends? Aren’t they Zeinab and Sukeina (PbuT)?

! wonder where are you, Oh master of the age ‘Sahibul Zaman’? Behold! Here He is sitting in the

morning and the evening lamenting and weeping. “I will, therefore, lament you morning and evening,

and | will weep for you blood in place of tears”.

One of the narrations says that the master of the command (AHR) steps out of the Kaaba leaning His

back on it vigilant and fearful. He steps out of the same place from where our Chiefess Fatima daughter

of Asaad ‘Bint Asaad’, the mother of the Commander of believers, may ALLAH (T) be pleased with Her

came out after giving birth to Al-lmam (PbuH) The wall will split for Him just as it did for Her. The

narrations say that He steps out the tenth day of Muharram, in the day when the martyrs’ master Al-

Husscin {PbuB) was killed. When He reappears, He put His sword over His shoulder, while Angel

(1) “Surat Al-Ahzab”, the verse: 23.

‘Michael’ on His right and Angel “Israfil’ on His left. Gabriel calls out between the sky and the earth: Al-

Mighdi of the household of Mohammad has reappeared. The narration says, then He comes to the grave

of His grandfather the prophet of ALLAH and He says: “| am the awaited Al-Mahdi and He indicates the

grave of His mother Fatima and He is aware of {rhe place of} Her grave, He says: Oh people judge

between me and the ones who killed my mother Fatima”. How our Chiefess Fatima, may ALLAH’s peace

be upon Her, was killed? They entered to Her inte Her house, squeezed Her behind the wall and the

door and thrust the brad in Her chest while She is calling out: Oh Fidha, take me unto you, and hugme

fito your chest. Because-.swear-by ALLAH, they have caused me to have an abortiont As if a caller cries,

Oh people step aside, as if two revered covered women come toward Al-lmam. Gne of them salutes Al-

Imam and says: Gh master of the command, 1 am your mother Fatima daughter of Asaad ‘Bint Asaad’

and the other one says: | am your mother Khadija-tul Kubra. Thus, Lady Khadija presents for the awaited

Imam something {placed} in a wrapped tatter. Al-imam opens that tatter and calls out: Oh people, this is

Al-Mohsin son of Fatima who was killed between the wall and the door. What is the fault of this baby?

At that moment, He puts His cheek over the grave of His mother and cries: “Oh my Fatima” “Waa

Fatimatah”.JThen He comes toward the land of Karbala and His tears (PbuH) are descending over His

cheeks. He enters into the place where Abou Abdellah is buried, while saying: May ALLAH's peace be

upon You, Oh grandfather. Therefore, a voice comes out from inside the shrine, peace be upon you, Oh

my son. Your reappearance was delayed till now {after} the enemies have broken my thoracic cavity.

Then, He digs (PbuH) by His sword near the grave of Al-Hussein (PbuH) and He brings out a small baby

whose throat is cut while He is a corpse without head.

Thus, Al-lmam lifts Him and says : Oh God, what is the fault of that baby so that His throat would be cut

off? This is an indication about the rank of small Ali ‘Al-Asghar’. Who is small Ali Al-Asghar so that the

raster of the age “Sahibul Zaman” would take Him out by His hand? Then He says: Oh ye people, my

grandfather Al-Hussein was killed thirsty in Karbala. Oh ye people, they left my grandfather Al-Hussein

unclothed in Karbala. Oh ye people, they have crushed my grandfather Al-Hussein with oppression and

aggression”.
As if the companions of Al-lmam Al-Mahdi (PbuH) when “Tofouf e-Ghadiriya” Karbala appears to them

and they see the dome {of the shrine} of Al-Hussein. They fall over the ground and start to cover their

faces with the dust that they were always longing for, This dust upon which Al-Hussein Bin Ali

martyrized. As if they are looking for the whip that with which Sukeina was hurt to throw themselves on

it. They search for the whip that struck the back of Bibi Zeinab and they would start to strike their bodies

with those whips. How come they wouldn’t do that when they would see the veil of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH)?

iF Habib Bin Muzahir started to pour dust upon His face and His mouth when He knew that Zeinab is

saluting Him. Thus, what the condition of those companions would be when they would see the place

whereon Zeinab treaded while She was running between the death of Al-lmam Al-Hussein and that of

Aba Al-Fadel (PbuT).

The narrations say that after the companions of Al-lmam {PbuT) and sons of Hashem ‘Banou Hashem’

were killed. Al-Hussein stayed single and alone while seeking a defender and a helper and calling out:

Isn't there any defender who may defend us? Isn't there any defender to repulse the enemy from

approaching the tents of the family of the Holy Prophet (PbuH)? As if the voice of the suckling baby

became high crying, may my soul be your ransom master Aba Abdellah. Even the babies want to answer

your call. Bibi Zeinab took Him from His mother and gave Him to Her brother Al-Hussein while saying:

Brother Oh Aba Abdellah, the breast of His mother supplles no more milk. Al-lmam Al-Hussein look Him,

put Him in His lap and started kissing Him. This is the last time wherein He sees His child. He stepped

into the battlefield while saying: woe for these folks if your grandfather the chosen Al-Mustafa was an

opponent for them the day of resurrection. Then, He brought Him toward them, asking for water, He
said: O people, you have killed my brothers and my children and there is no one l2ft save this haby.

Aren’t you looking at Him how He is-flaming out of thirst without committing any fault against you? So

give Him a drink of water. The soldiers differed in their opinions. Some of them said: if it was the offence

of the adults so what is the fault of this baby? Some of them said: kill Him, don’t leava anyone for this

household {at all} and don’t leave any of them upon the earth. When omar bin saad, may ALLAH curses

nim, heard that, he shouted: woe unto vou ‘harmala’l cut off the conflict of the folk, ‘harmala’ says: |

looked at the suckling baby. | didn’t know where should | shoot the shaft because the child was

swaddled by a swaddle. Until {the moment} when the wind blew, thus, | saw His neck shining over the

upper arm of His father Al-Hussein (PbuH) just like a silver jug, thereupon, | shoot Him with an dart such

that | cut His throat off. His blood started to flow on Him and on the cloth of His father. They said to

Him: woe unto you ‘harmala’l don’t you have any mercy? Didn’t you feel compassion {for Him}? He said:

I swear by ALLAH | did, I felt {for Him}, because when I struck Him and He was in the lap of His father, He

fett with the temperature of the dart {inside His neck}. He took His hands out of the swaddle, embraced

the neck of His father the martyrs’ master and started fluttering just as a slaughtered bird. Al-Hussein

put His hand under the neck of the suckling child, and when it was filled with blood, He raised His hands

up to the sky and said: “what eases everything befalling me is that itis in thy sight, O ALLAH”. The

farrator says: Al-lImam Al-Hussein (PbuM) returned with His child same as how He has come {in the first

time, while He is} under His cloth. Sukeina was standing up, waiting Her father to return. When She saw

Him, She rushed toward Him and said: Father, perhaps you have given my brother to drink water and

You brought us the rest of it? So Al-Hussein {PbuT) said: Here your brother is, His throat is cut.

Oh father yols tock the baby to give Him water to drink......yau brought Him slain by the shaft of the
enemies

Erother, what is the fault that yo have committed.......... water was present but you were forbidden of
drinking it

2)

Vhey say that each time Al-imam Al-Hussein reached the tent of Ar-Rabab, He used to return without

entering. Why? Because He cannot tell Ar-Rabab about what happened while She is expecting Her baby
who drank the water. He stood up bewildered at the door of the tent, then He called out, sister Zeinab

Oh mother of disasters’. She went out of the tent. He said to Her, sister help me. She came toward Him

to see the suckling baby so She saw Him bloodstained, and they started digging a pit in the ground.

When Al-imam Al-Hussein was intending to put Him in the grave, His mother Ar-Rabab went out

because She wasn't hearing the crying of the baby anymore, so She thought they gave Him to drink

water. But when She looked at Him, She saw the baby slaughtered, the dart is thrust in His neck, His

swaddle is stained with blood, So She looked at the martyrs’ master while saying: Master Aba Abdellah,

stop for me for an instant until | bid farewell to my child. She came toward Him and hugged Him into
Her

chest while saying: My son Ali, you were the one who used to cheer me up during my loneliness and my

gloominess and to console me when | would become bewildered with grief and worries. . .

Oh...I am the mother and | got tired while raising you.........I used to stay up all night near your bed

{ wished Oh Abdullah you would grow [27 on account of your separation my heart was embittered

They sent you back abloctated with an shaft......... Oh ye who left forbidden from {drinking} water

After you, the pleasure of sleeping will be forbidden {for mej........and | will weep over you with a poinful
heart

They say ibn ziad started to reward each one who killed a victim in Karbala and brought His head to him.

So ‘harmala’ started to search for the suckling baby to cut off His head and bring it to ibn ziad. They say

he started digging near the camp so he found the baby. Thus, He slaughtered Him and He raised His

head on along spear...

UY
Ir the eleventh night of Muharram, Ar-Rabab saw in Her dreams that She is shaking the bed of Her son.

She woke up from Her slumber, os if she sees the bed void of Her baby...

in this night, the reasonable ‘Al-Akila’ Zeinab missed Ar-Rabab. She started searching for Her among the

women, She didn't find Her. Thus, She went to the place where the suckling baby was buried. She heard

yearning and groaning. The reasonable ‘Al-Akila’ Zeinab approached Her, She said to Her, what are you

deing Rabab? So She said to Bibi Zeinab (PbuT): My Lady, when they allowed the water for us and |

drank from it, {the milk of} my bossom flowed abundantly, thus my breast ached me. So i said, | {may}

come to my baby Ali, perhaps | found a spark of life within Him. However, He is slaughtered and His

throat is cut off.

And as if the utterance of Ar-Rabab:

Alas for me! Oh son Oh Abdullah Oh ye light of the eye...my heart is burning as fire on your account, Oh
son

if only you could return home, Oh s0M...............] would {surely} be happy with ye and my heart would
be delighted

i wish the shaft struck my heart... JR ns __.instead of seeing you slaughtered, Oh son

You have caused me to become blind, wmable ofiseelng' my y path [PTS out Qilementng and weeping
over ver you

What is the condition of His aunt und Her sorrows......out of the fire {flaming) inside Her and the tears of
Her eyelids

When She saw His death, She became bewildered...................She resolved to bath Him with the tears of
Her eyes

So blood undertook {the process of} bathing Him in Her place

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great
Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘“Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’” (the master of the age -
PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters. (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH pray on Mohammad and His Household. . .O ALLAH, Ye have tried us with lack of trust in our

provisions and the expectation of long terms {of life}, until we begged for provisions from they who are

provided {by Ye} and craved in our expectations the life-spans of the long-lived. Thus, send Thy blessings

upon Mohammad and His Progeny, grant us a true certainty that will suffice us the seeking burden, and

inspire us with an honest trust that will release us from the hardship of exertion, by Thy mercy, Oh Ye

most merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Household.
The fourteenth whiff

The martyrdom of Al-imam Abou Abdellah Al-Hussein

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

in the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon You Oh ALLAH's Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You Oh my master and my lord, Oh father of freemen, Oh

father of revolutionists. Oh vou estranged lonely, Oh you oppressed, Oh you thirsty Imam of Karbala

lord Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh ALLAH’s expansive mercy, Oh you who is the door of the salvation of the

‘Ummah’”. May my soul and the souls of your ‘Shiaa’ followers be your ransom Oh martyr of Karbala.

May ALLAH curses the ones who oppressed you from the first and the last {generations}. Would that we

were with you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

The disaster of Al-Hussein caused me to Weep........v.cereneas increased my sorrow and inflamed my

grief

It made me heartbroken and cut my depth to pieces..............it left over in my heart a flame of fire

| remember Hussein in Karbala..................when the enemies encircled Him from all places

Alas! My sorrow for Him, an estranged who has no one......... who has no defender {alone} among the
enemies

Alas! My sigh for Him, when He called the folk: woe unto yel.....be merciful with me O progeny of Ziad”
and ‘sufyan’

So they shoot Him with an shaft {that hit} the middle of His neck.....He fell into the ground and His eye is
on the fire

{His} horse started announcing His death and bewailing Him......headed toward the women, weeping-
with sorrows

Oh...from where am | going to bring water, from where......I have no tears left to quench your thirst, Oh
Hussein

Oh brother the tear of the eye dried Up........oesrin. and the folk are {standing in} two ranges at the river
bank
"I bear witness that, Verily, your blood has dwelt the eternity, and the foundation of the ‘Arsh’ {the

throne} shuddered and jolted when your blood spilled over the sand. And all creatures have wept for it

along with the seven skies, the seven grounds and all what exists in them, all what exists between them,

all who are moving restlessly in the paradise and the hell of our God's creation, and all of what is seen

and what is unseen”. With these words, Al-lmam Ali Bin Al-Hussein Zeirul Abidin (PbuT) used to visit

Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) and He is the one who saw with the eye of the heart and the truth all of

what happened in Karbala. For, Al-lmam Zeinul Abidin {(PbuH) bears witness that the blood of His father

Al-Hussein (PbuH) has dwelt the eternity, and the foundation of the ‘Arsh’ {the throne} shuddered and

jolted when it spilled over the sand, and all creatures from ‘Jinn’, humankind, angels, plants and solid

bodies have wept for it. Yet about the human beings how could it be that the righteous along with the

dissolute have wept over the martyrs’ master (PbuH)? Someone sees the scholar ‘Ulemah’

Ad-Derbandi, author of the book “Iksirul Ibadat” the elixir of worships, in dreams. So He asks Him about

this issue, He says to Him: when we come to this life and we come out of the wombs of our mothers, we

cry weather we wanted to do that or we refused it. And if we didn’t cry, they would hit us so that we do

it otherwise we would die. Thus, all human beings at the beginning of their advent {into this world} and

the condition of their entrance into it, is to cry over the martyrs’ master (PbuH).

From the well-known things is that there is a difference between the knowledge, the certainty and the

witness, which means between knowing a matter and witnessing it. And when the human witnesses it,

that would be called, viewing through witnessing. For, when we say for example: i bear witness that

there is no God but ALLAH, it means that we know, we recognize, we become certain and we witness

that there is no God but ALLAH. And if we didn’t have {the level of} witness and we have only the

knowledge or the cognizance or the certainty about ALLAH (T), this means that till now we are not

among the true believers.

When “Al-Athan” the call to prayer is raised at the beginning of the prayer time, He starts first with the

testimony of professing belief in the unity of ALLAH, then the testimony of the prophethood then that of

the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ of Al-Imam Ali {and ‘Ahlulbayt’} (PbuT) comes after that. Because He who
doesn’t have witness in all those degrees cannot be considered as a godly faithful as a {thorough} pure

and absolute godliness toward ALLAH (T) that leads Him to the absolute truth.

One of the Gnostic knowers ‘Irfanii’ who is Syed Haidar Al-Aamali divides the Gardens into {several}

degrees so He says: the lowest degree contains in it the madmen and the ones who failed short of

{working regarding the knowledge they were given and fulfilling their duties} who were in the world.

And they are the ones who have learnt {the knowledge} yet they didn’t work according to it. and their

example in the noble Quran “The example of those who were charged with the Torah, but failed to carry

out their obligations, is that of a donkey who is carrying books and does not know what is in those

books”? Does this donkey benefit from what He is ca rrying from those books? Of course not, same as

the one who carries the knowledge of Mohammad and His household, may ALLAH'S blessings and peace

be upon Them yet without work according to it. So He is just the example of those who carried the

Torah with their minds and they didn’t carry it with their hearts, That is why, Ali (PbuH) said: “whoso the
i

outer side of Him regarding {the application and the fact of holding fast to} my guardianship "Wilayat’ is

above the inner side of Him, {verily} His scales are light” and ALLAH says in His noble book: “And as for

him whose measure of good deeds is light, His abode shall be the abyss” @ {

(1) “AkKafi”:Vol4,P575. ]

(2) “Surat Al-Jomo3a”, the verse: 5. Bl

(3) “Surat Al-Qari'aa”, the verse: 8-9.

For that reason, we say that those who were {present} in the battle of Karbala were two kinds. One kind

{of people} who had an outer knowledge regarding Al-Imam Al-Hussein {(PbuH) yet they don't have {the

jeve) of} witnessing, and another kind {of people} who have {the level of} certainty and witnessing. Omar

hin saad, may Al LAH {T) curses him, was among the ones who used ta know Him (PbuH) only outwardly.

He was from the companions of Al-imam (PhuH) and the result of his knowledge was that he abandoned

Al-Imam for the seke of being the governor of Al-Ray province. Which means for the sake of the worldly

existence, whereas if he had {the level of} certainty and witnessing, he would never have abandoned

Yim at all. And our condition will be the same if we didn’t own this witnessing.

sunlight.

We are the ones driving pure truthful Fatima (PbuH) away from our mourning gathering through coming

to this ‘Majlis’ without having belief in all those information or without being certain of it.

It Is possible that some of the companions of Al-lmam Al-Hussein in Karbala used to have, at the

beginning, {some} love for life in this world. However, when Al-Imam (PbuH) used to tell them about the

disaster of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) they used immediately to reach a condition wherein they hate staying in

the world and their souls join the exalted assembly’ (the highest Chiefs).

it is known for everyone the fact as to how was the path of Al-Hur Bin Zayd Al-Riyahi. Who has

awakened Him? They say what awakened Him was a word which Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to

Him: “may your mother lose you, Oh Hur”. Here as what they say, Al-Hur wanted to answer Al-Imam

with the same thing He (PbuH) said. However, when He wanted to talk, He remembered that the

mother of Al-Hussein is Bibi Fatima (PbuH). And the word “remembered” here comes in the meaning of

witnessing not recalling. In fact, Al-Hur have seen Bibi Fatima (PbuH) and He was one of Her lovers, thus,

She is the one who has awakened Him. Witnessing Her is the thing that jeaded Him to leave the army of

omar bin saad, may ALLAH curses him, and to join Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH).

Also ‘Habib Bin Mozahir’, He was weeping. So Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to Him: what is making
you cry Oh Habib. It is possible that you may have remembered the family, the beloveds and the

children? So Habib said to Him: My master and my lord ‘Mowla’, | have substituted my family for

another and my beloveds for others and my children for others. Then Al-lmam (PbuH) said: so for what

reason are you weeping Oh Habib? He answered Him: lam weeping for the woman standing behind

you, {for} what will befall Her after your departure? Al-Hussein (PbuH) turned around so He saw-Bibi-

Zeinab (PbuH). Habib was among the people {who reached the level} of witnessing and who saw what

will happen to Zeinab (PbuH).

Why the companions of Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuT) didn’t want to martyrize after Him? Because they

didn't want to see the women as captive prisoners {paraded in the streets). Initially, when the
companions heard about the disaster of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) and what will befall Her, They started

coming forward to seek from Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) the permission to martyrize. it is the same for

us as well. When we recognize and witness the truth of what happened, we will seek the departure from

this world and life {in it} will die in our existence and it is the one whereof ALLAH (T) said after the death

Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) “my beloved Hussein, may the world vanishes after {your death)”.

When Al-Hussein (PbuH) told Abou Al-Fadel Al-Abbag (PbuH) about what will befall Bibi Zeinab (PbuHj},

He asked the permission to bring water for the children. He mounted His hoarse, took the water skin
and

headed toward the enemies while He was completely aware of {the fact} that He will not return. He

decided to martyrize. He detested life in this world with all what isin it, and that is just when He heard

about what will happen to Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her.

Someone asks our lord ‘Mowla’ “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH) the master of the age (AHR) {when He saw Him}

in dreams: My master and my lord, over what are you weeping blood in place of tears, morning and

evening? Is it over the disaster of Ali Al-Akbar? He {PbuH) said: Nay. If Ali Al-Akbar was present He would

have wept on it blood in place of tears. So He said to Him: is it over the catastrophe of Al-Abbas (PbuH)?

He said: Nay. If Abou Al-Fadel {PbuH) was present, He would have wept on it blood in place of tears. So

He said to Him: My master and lord, is it over the calamity of Abi Abdellah (PbuH)? He said (PbuH): Nay.

If Abou Abdellah was present, He would have wept an it blood in place of tears. He said: then, my t

master and my lord, over which calamity are you weeping? Thereupon, Al-lmam, may ALLAH (T) hastens

His reappearance, said: | am weeping for taking my aunt Zeinab (PbuH) as a captive prisoner from
Karbala {Iraq} unto Ash- Sham {Syria} {for parading Her in the streets).

All the companions, when they knew about the catastrophe of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH), they decided to join

the exalted assembly, and it is the same case for the martyrs. As for ourselves, if we stayed as we are,

we will not be written down’ (chosen) among the martyrs who go away of this world.

This is not only the case of the companions. These animals which we don’t give them any value, they

used to know Aba Abdellah (PbuH), because the scholar ‘Ulemah’ Al-Majlisi says: when Al-lmam

Al-Hussein (PbuH) reached the land of Karbala, His horse stopped moving, so they tried to drag Him {by

force} for the sake of making him enter, but they didn’t succeed. Until Al-Imam changed seven horses,

all of them used to stop and to refrain from entering into the land of Karbala, and that is because the

animals were not pleased with killing Abi Abdellah (PbuH} whereas human beings were pleased with

that.

Al-lmam Ali Bin Mousa Ar-Rida {PbuH) says: “He was slaughtered (Abou Abdellah) same as how the goat

is”. Imagine when the butcher wants to slaughter a goat, all the attendants wait for that moment

when the mail sheep will be slain. Like this, Abou Abdellah was slaughtered. There was not a single

person objecting, nay but everybody was waiting for the moment that His honorable head will be cut

off? |

Even the solid bodies were not pleased with killing Him (PbuH). They say that when the cursed ‘shemer

bin thi aljawshan’ wanted to behead Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) and started with the process of

slaughtering, the Iron sword became pliant” (suppled). At that moment the cursed one panicked. A

{1) “Wasi'il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.14, P.503. J

vet Al-imam Al-Hussein locked at his sword and commanded it to return as how ALLAH (T) created Him.

{nereupon the slaughtering operation took place.

ALLAH AKBAR'! the salid bodies and the animals didn’t agree upon killing you, my lord, Yet the human

beings wanted to kill you? And they were pleased with that! {the situation remained as it is} untit the

moment they surrounded Him in large numbers from all sides. They weakened Him by inflicting wounds

thereupon He fell on the ground, knocked down, while giving Himself up . Bibi Zeinab came toward Him.

She saw Him in that case, so She called out: are you my brother? Are you the light of my eye? Are you

the son of the chosen Mohammad ‘Al-Mustafa’ and Ali ‘Al-Mortada’? Then She put Her hands under His

honorable back, She raised Her eyes up to the sky and said: Oh ALLAH, accept this sacrifice from us. And

then She said: Brother Oh Hussein, talk to me, for the sake of our grandiather the {holy} Prophet.

Brother, tatk to me, for the sake of our father Ali. Yet She heard no answer from Him. At that moment,

She put him to oath by someone dear to His heart. She said: Brother Oh Hussein, | put you to oath by

our mother Fatima, talk to me. Just when Al-Hussein heard by the name of His mother ‘Az-Zahraa’

{PbuH), He opened one of His eyes because blood hardened over the other one and said: Sister Zeinab,

you have broken my heart and you have increased my anguish more than it was. Sister Zeinab return to

the camp and keep the kids and the children on behalf of me. And while Zeinab was speaking to Her

srother Al-Hussein, as If omar bin saad, may ALLAH curses him, came with sume of his men willing to ill

Al-Husscin (PbuH). Zeinab shouted: woe unto you Oh son of saad! Is Abou Abdellah going to be slain

while you are looking at Him? Is there not even a single Muslim among you? Is there not even a single

person among you who may fear ALLAH through us? Is there anyone who answered you my Chiefess, Oh

Zeinab? Yea, verily. The voice of ‘shemer bin thil jawshan’ answered Her while saying: step aside from

Him, Oh Zeinab. he hit Her between Her shoulders with a spear, then, he struck Her by his leg so She fell

upon the ground, fainted.

By ALLAH, Oh ‘shemer’ leave Him......... don’t slaughter the sweetheart

Aren't you hearing His sisters........lamenting and wailing over Him, Oh ‘shemer’

When you slaughter our guardian Hussein......... unto where would these women go
However, Oh ‘Shiaa’ followers of Al-Hussein, when Lhe lover bids farewell to His beloved, He looks unto

His face, unto His eyes. As for Zeinab, where is the head of Her brother to bid farewell to? She woke up

of Her swoon, She found Her brother a corpse without head.

Chiefess, Oh Zeinab they have prohibited you even from this valediction . ..

She shouted: Oh my brother, Oh my Hussein “Waa Akhaah, Waa Hussaynah”

Oh brother with what shall I carry ye, yet where shall | take ye...brother how could | move away and
leave ye

| have become bewildered on thy account, Oh my heart............brother, with what shall | shelter ye
from the heat

Get up Oh lovers of Al-Hussein, let us bid farewell to Al-Hussein with Zeinab, are you going to say

good-bye as how Zeinab did? The Farewell has arrived. The separation has arrived.

Good-bye! Oh ye martyr of ALLAH.........ye are the light of my eye Hussein, Oh ye beloved of ALLAH

Oh...Zeinab is moaning and lamenting... weeping aver Al-Hussein with an injured heart

Brother where are we going to go... evecnmeiscsssenses after your departure, Oh our guardian

Another greal disaster befell Zeinab (PbuH) as well when She returned to the city of the holy Prophet

(PbuH) ‘Al-Medina’. How did She narrate (Pbul) this calamity to Her mother Az-Zahraa’ (PbuH), may

ALLAH’s peace be upon Them? She stood up at Her grave while calling out: Mother | have came from

Karbala, from near the grave of Abi Abdella h. Mother if they told you that Al-Hussein was slain thirsty,
Nay O mother. But | saw the spears quenching the thirst of Aba Abdellah, Mather if they told you that

Al-Hussein remained three days thrown down without being bathed or enshrouded, Nay O mother. But
|

saw the blood of His neck covering His honorable body... Mother I came to you with a present from

near the grave of Al-Hussein {the visitor of {the shrine of} Al-Hussein bring {somewhat of the} dust of Abi

Abdellah. Yet, what did Zeinab bring?). Mother, Oh Fatima, | am as {someone} who visited Al-Hussein

get up and take this present from me. As if Zeinab took out the cloth of Abi Abdellah stained with blood

... and Her utterance:

Oh Zohrao’ stand up ta see your dear Al-Hussein............. over the dust, His neck is slaughtered

And the hero Abbas became with severed hands

Oh Zahrad’, ‘shemer’ cut off the neck of your dear Hussein......and the horses of the enemies trampled
on His chest

Oh Zahrag’ they burnt the tents of your beloved Al-Husseir............ and the horses of disbelievers bruised
His bones

Yesterday, they were with me and today they are gone......they left {a burning] fire in the melancholy of
the heart

vow that if they would come back and return.........I will plant sweet basil {throughout} the way unto
Karbala

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ {the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters {+ elpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send your blessings upon Mohammad and His household and deign upon me... O God, make
my utterance be guidance, inspire me with reverential fearing, give me success in that which is purest,

and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee. Oh ALLAH, let me follow the most exemplary path and

make me live and die in Thy creed, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most merciful. May ALLAH'S blessings and peace

be upon Mohammad and His Household.

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The fifteenth whiff

© ‘Majlis’ of the attack on the camp and burning it

In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH'S Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH'S blessings be upon you Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh ALLAH's expansive mercy, Oh

you who is the door of the salvation of the ‘Ummah’. Oh you estranged lonely, Oh you oppressed, Oh

you thirsty imam of Karbala. May ALLAH curses the ones who oppressed You. Would that we were with

you so that we could attain our end and won great fortune!

This is Karbala so ask it about its people........make your tears flow in its highest unshakable mountains

Supply your eyes with the blood of the eyelids in-caseifthey-lost.........the tears or if they dried up os

Stand at the martyr ‘As-Sibt's tomb n’ say... may the ones departing after the ones coming usted Guench
your thirst

Alas! | sigh for a dead whom misfortunes struck Him......in the land of “Karbala” with its utmost
troubiing targets -

He died slain near the bank of Al-Ghadiriya................... with a thirsty heart, may its channels never be
palatable

! sacrifice the bodies that were clothed despite the swelter ...with shrouds of dust that the wind have
madeji(

Oh what a mishap in At-Taff whenever it is mentioned...my soul become as If iLis.ascending {out-of my

body}

Oh ALLAN! Alas for they whose faces were shining like the sun and their shine has vanished BN

So life and all what is in it grew dark after their departure

Alas! | sigh for the daughters of pure Bibj Fatima......shouting for ‘As-Sibt’ and the echoes are repeating
{the shout}

Pillaged, mourning Him upon the thirsty camels...nothing was left {of their veils} over them save a light
hiding them

Saying Oh ye responsible of securing the orphans, after your departure

Whom shall | -View-gs a responsible for them and for sufficing {their needs}

{As-Sibt: the grandson of the holy Prophet (PbuH} Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH), Al-Ghadiriya: Karbala, the

Euphrates),

Evening has arrived, Oh Hussein, and the fire left no tents for us

and there is no marquee” left so that these orphans would be sheltered in its shadow

Night has arrived and dreariness increased

And | have no one save orphans screaming in bewilderment

+ was mentioned in the supplication of the Commander of believers “Amirut Mu’'minin” (PbuH) which

He taught ‘Kemal! Bin Ziad”: “1 shall bemoan for Thee {for being deprived of nearness to Thee} tne

lamentation of those who are bereaved, and | shall keep on calling unto Thee: ‘where art Thou QO’
friend

of the helievers!”. There are many {kinds of} weepers. Also weeping comes according to many degrees,

among it that of the lamentation of those who are bereaved, for, there is a specific degree of weeping

for those people. Yet, how is their lamentation? The one who weeps after the departure of His beloveds

is in no way like the one who weeps in front of His beloveds while being aware that He will lose Them

after a small period. This last degree is the lamentation ot the bereft ones.

Lady Zeinab (PbuH) was seeing Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuT) before Her eyes and She was aware of the fact

that He will leave Her, thus, She was weeping over Him the lamentation of those who are bereaved. She

wnew that She will lose Him after a small period. She was Jooking at the head of Al-Hussein Bin Ali
(PbuT)

wefore Her while She is aware that She will never see it afterwards anymore. She will never see Him,

may ALLAH's peace be upon Him and Her, after this day. Alas! for your burning tears my Chiefess Oh

Zeinab! In the tenth day of Muharram, Sukeina sat down in the lap of Al-Hussein (PbuH) and started to

cry. She took His honorable hand and started to pat Her head with it. Why? Because She will soon lose

this hand. So do we cry over Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PhuT) the lamentation of those who are bereaved? If

you said that Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH) had martyrized long ago and we were not present at His time, |

say, so will we not weep over the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad (AHR) the lament of the

bereft ones?

1sn't there any lamentation as that of the bereft ones over the rising Imam of the household of

mohammad . . ..? Or we will depart from this life and {till now} we didn’t see our beloved, the only one

1aft of the household of Mohammad yet . . . ? Those weepers lament morning and evening, because

they are lamenting the lamentation of those who are bereaved. How much we have remained {till now}

in this world?! Did we saw the rising Imam of Mohammad’s household? Did we smell His fragrance?! Did
we resort to His cloak, one of these days? Did we kiss His hand?! Did our eyes gaze at His honorable,

aabie, handsome, luminous face?! Did we seek to be honored through serving Him?.

“The best of brethren is the one whom if you lost, you would not love to remain after Him” M55 what

the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin” Ali (PbuH) says. We have lost our Imam the master of

the age “Sahibul Zaman” (AHR), so why do we love to stay after Him? It is because we love someone

else. This lave that is supposed to be for the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman”, may ALLAH (T} hastens

His reappearance, has become for the world, for its problems, its worries, its sorrows and its

adornments. Our Imam the master of the command sees us {at our place}, hears our words and when

we salute Him He returns our salutation ‘Salaam’. Don’t we say in the written Visit Ziarat’ “I bear

witness that you are seeing my place, hearing my words and returning my salutation”? For ALLAH’s sake,

answer me, if Al-imam entered into this mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ and looked at our hearts, and He is

the one who knows and sees our truths and our inward thoughts and intents “And say {unto them): Act!

Allah will behold your actions, and (so will) His messenger and the believers” ¥, and He found our hearts

occupied with loving and befriending life in this world, inadvertent of loving and adoring ALLAH and

befriending Him as it should. So how will He go out? If He wanted to salute someone among us, He finds

Him occupied with life in this world. He salutes the second, He finds Him worried and grieved. What is

His worry? He doesn’t have money. He salutes another so He finds the love of women and that of the

"7 (1) “Ghorar Al-Hokom”: P.417.

{2) “Surat Al-Tawba” (The Repentance), the verse: 105

world has interpenetrated ino His heart . . . and {He finds} another attendant thinking about the

leadership. Another one, if He had a problem or an affliction befell Him, He doesn’t feel at ease with

{performing} any prayer or any ‘Duda’ supplication and He would be {constantly} uneasy. However, if

ALLAH was dwelling in this heart, the person would have never resorted to someone other than Him

(SWT). We have summoned Him in this ‘Majlis’ {saying} Oh son of Fatima come, come to us, Oh “Sahibul

Zaman”, And when He ca me, He found our hearts oriented toward the ruins of this world. We send for

Him to come to this place and then we make Him go out crying!! His weeping, morning and evening,

over the disaster of His grandfather Al-Hussein and His aunt Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon Him

and Her, is not enough, so that we ourselves {as well} cause Him to weep?!!

Someone sees the master of the command Al-Mahdi (AHR) in dreams, crying. So He asks Him, master,

for what reason are You crying? Aline was drawn on your cheeks {now} on account of weeping a lot. He

says to Him: Oh you {addressing the person}, the ignorant ones of our ‘Shiaa’ followers hurt us. We are

the ones hurting you, Oh master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (AHR). For ALLAH's sake, tell me, if our

imam the master of the command, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Him, went out of this place crying, who

is going tobe happy out of this?! Is Bibi Fatima going to be happy out of His weeping?! Is Al-Hussein

going to be happy out of this?! . . . or the devils are going to be happy for this! Lo! Are we bringing

hiappiness for the devils?! Are we causing them to be glad “Do you then wonder at this revelation, and

laugh instead of weeping?” ™. | put you to oath by ALLAH, if Mohammad Bin Abdellah (PbuH) stood up,

the day of resurrection, and asked us what did we do with the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman", what

are we going to answer Him?

Do you think that the master of the age, may ALLAH (T) hastens His reappearance doesn’t see us? How

could that be {possible} while He is the one who speaks to us in His letter to Shiekh Al-Mufid {saying}:

“Behold! Even if we were far from the abode of the oppressors in the remote place of ours, {Indeed} we

kriow thoraughly your tidings and nothing of your news is distant from us . . . we are not negligent for

{the process of} observing you nor de we forget to remember you . Otherwise, the afflictions would

nave befallen you and the enemies would have eradicated you. Thereupon, be careful of {your duty to}

ALLAH (1)... and let each one of you act according to what brings Him closer to our love and let Him
avoid what approaches Him to our hatred and our dissatisfaction because our command” {comes}

suddenly, when neither repentance would be useful for him nor regretting a sin would rescue Rim from

His punishment”. He, may ALLAH'S peace be upon Him, is waiting for us. Yet {in fact} He is waiting for

the one whose heart adores to be slaughtered and slain just like the companions of Al-Hussein (PhuH).

Are we learning from the Husseini™ biography or we are listening {to it} only? Do you find anyone wha is

madly in love with the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad {Al-Mahdi (AHR)}, as the case of

Abiss? The one who headed toward the battlefield and He was the Shiekh” of His clan, and enemies
used

to fear Him and to be awed by Him. He approached toward them yet no one combated Him, He threw

His sword... He threw His shield . . Hence, one of His friends called Him out: Oh Abiss, what happened

to you, did you become lunatic? He looked at Him and said: the love of Al-Hussein has made me insane .

Didn't Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to His friends, the tenth day of Muharram, “The night has drawn

a veil over you. Thereupon, ride {secretly} a camel. For, the folk want no ane save me”. Yet what was the

attitude of these people when their Imam let them go free from the obligation, did they leave Him? Did :

they let Him down? Did they prefer ta be governors of Al-Ray province as what the cursed omar ibn saad
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did? Did they prefer life in this world to death? Nay, but they said: are we going then to stay so that we

(1) “Surat Al-Najm”, the verse: 59 — 60.

remain alive after your departure, Oh Aba Abdellah?! All of them adored death because meeting their

naloved is in it. Thereupon, let us learn this love and this passion and how io be extinct {in Al-lmam

{PbuH}} from the companions of Al-Hussein (PbuT).

When Habib Bin Muzahir reached the land of Karbala, the place became loud, Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH'S

neace be upon Her, asked Ali Al-Alkbar: wha is the one that came? He said to Her: it is Habib Bin

Mozahir. She said: convey my greetings to Habib. Ali Al-Akbar drew near unto Habib. Hahib was still on

the back of His horse. He said to Him: Oh Habib, my aunt Zeinab conveys the greetings on You. They say,

Habib threw Himself upon the ground and started to pour dust upon His eyes and His mouth while

saying: Wha am [.....so that Zeinab the daughter of Ali salutes me? Look what does the salutation of the

beloved and the sweetheart do with the people of love and passion. Look at Habib, He said: who am | so

that Zeinab salutes me? and if | myself wanted to see “Al-Imam Al-Hujja”, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance, | must ask myself who am | to see Al-lmam Al-Hujja, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance? Habib said {that expression} just because Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her,

conveyed Her greetings on Him. Yet what is our condition and what is our attitude after {seeing} that of

Habib?

“ohibul “Ask w Zaman” the master of the age and the time is waiting for companions who are like those

who were with His grandfather Al-Hussein (PbuH), who would seek the vengeance for His grandfather

Al-Hussein and His grandmother Fatima, may ALLAR's peace be upon Her. Is this our condition?! Qur

Irnam is waiting for He who is ready to sacrifice for this precious islam, and the basis of Al-Islam is

sticking to the guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) {and having allegiance towards Them (PbuT)} where it

had reached us and it was presented to us through shedding the blood of Al-Hussein and His household

(PbuT), because Al-islam was brought by the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PbuH) and it has endured {and

persisted} on account of Al-Hussein {because of the Husseini revolution}, and you can neither waste it

nor reglect/disregard it. Furthermore, we should irrigate this Islam so that it lasts. Just like the plant

that we constantly irrigate it to grow. For that reason, Islam should be irrigated through sacrificing the

blood, the selves and the souls, similar to what happened in Karbala, because everyday is ‘Ashoura’ and
every land is Karbala. For, do you think that ‘Ashoura’ was over and we are just commemorating it? No,

it wasn't over at all, because everyone shall join the caravan of Al-Hussein Bin Ali until the reappearance

of the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad ‘Al-Mahdi’ (AHR), and who ever wanted to join this

caravan, it will befall Him what had befell the people of Karbala.

it is written on the standard of the master of the age, may ALLAH {T) hastens His reappearance, “Ya

Litharatel Hussein” Oh! We will take the revenge for Al-Hussein. For that reason, He is waiting for His

friends, the ones who look into nothing save into their beloved. He is waiting for true helpers and true

partisans who prepare {the world and the people for His reappearance}. He doesn’t want helpers who

think about their own concerns, sorrows, pain, sadness and what befall them in the life of this world,

because all of what is in the world means nothing to the {true} helpers. They do not care whether they

would draw nigh to death or it would draw near them. When they suffer an illness they say: all praise is

due to ALLAH. If they became needy, they say ail praise is due be to ALLAH. If they became rich, they

said all praise is due to ALLAH and if they were purged through an affliction, they say all praise is due to

ALLAH. They always mention it, why?! Because their beloved and their sweetheart had caused them to

forget all of what exists in this world. Those are the ones really waiting for Al-lmam. Those are the

adorers of ‘Al-Qaiim’ Al-Mahdi, the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad, may ALLAH (T) hastens

His reappearance. Each moment, they convey their peace and greetings on Him “Peace be upon you

whenever you stand (ar assume the mission), Peace be upon You whenever you sit, Peace be upon You
whenever You recite and elucidate” ¥ every time and in every condition . . .

Let us invite Him to sit in cur mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ to weep over His grandfather Al-Hussein

(PbuH). But my master, Oh master of the age’ we ask your forgiveness and we beg you to lank into our

hearts and to wipe over it in arder to take out the love of this world that exists in it.

For ALLAH’s sake, | ask you, if He entered to us, wha is going to do like what Bibi Sukeina did? Who is

going to sit on His lap, to put His honorable hand on His own head, to pat {the head} with it and to say

just like what Sukeina said: Father, Oh Hussein, am | going to become an orphan after an hour? Yes! We

are the orphans of the rising Imam of the household of Mohammad ‘Al-Qaiim’ (AHR). Do you know what

does it mean that we are orphans? We cannot live one moment without the master of the age “Sahibul

Zaman”, that is why the friends and the enamared people mentions Him each moment. My master, Oh

son of Al-Hassan reach us, master; Oh Aba Saleh, reach us; Oh the knight of Al-Hijaz, reach us . . .

However, the master of the age doesn’t enter into an impure place. He doesn’t manifest Himself unto a

heart full of love for this world. He is waiting us to purify this heart in order to enter and dwell it, Yet,

this heart cannot be purified but with water. So what is this water? Itis our tears {shed} over Al-Hussein

Bin Ali (PbuH). Because Al-Hussein is the one who purifies the hearts of His ‘Shiaa’ followers from the

iove of life in this world, isn’t He the one who sacrificed His blood for them, and His sister Bibi Zeinab

{(PbuH) was taken captive for their sake? Our Imam Ali Bin Mousa Ar-Rida (PbuH) says “Oh son of

Shabib, if you wanted to meet ALLAH while you are pure and without having sins against you, weep over

Al-Hussein Bin Ali”). When we purify our hearts through weeping over Al-Hussein Bin Ali, Bibi Fatima

the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PbuH) would then enter into this heart and weep. One of the

friends says that Fatima, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, stands on the resurrection day in the center

of the land of the resurrection, to speak to Her ‘Shiaa’ followers. My Shiaa, My ‘Shiaa’ followers, this

world that you have loved, had killed my son, the ma rtyrs’ master (PbuH}. My ‘Shiaa’, this fife that you

have adored, had taken my beloved Zeinah captive. What are we going to say for Bibi Fatima the

daughter of Mohammad (PbuT)?1.

“{ am the slain related to the tea rdrop’ {and to weeping}. They do not mention me in the presence of a

heliever but He would cry” E put my lord ‘Mola’ Hussein, neither our eyes has become swollen like the

eyes of Bibi Sukeina on account of weeping nor our arms has become swollen like the arms of Bibi

Zeinab in Karbala.

If Abou Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH) was present among you and you want to bid farewell to Him, For

ALLAH's sake, tell me, how would you cry?!! Won't you bemoan for Him the lamentation of those who

are bereaved, like what Bibi Zeinab the daughter of Ali (PhuH), may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, did?

Won't you do like what Bibi Zeinab Ali Bin Abi Taleb’s daughter (PbuT) did? On the day of resurrection,

after calling out, where are the ones who weep for fear of ALLAH, the crier calls out where are the one

who weep over Al-Hussein Bin Ali?

If Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad {PbuH), may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, entered {unto

us} and found one of us niggardly in {shedding} His tears for Al-Hussein Bin Ali, In what condition is She

going to walk out of this place?! Do you want us to leave Fatima, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her, to

(1) “Aal-Yassin's Visit’, “Mafatihul Jinan”, )

(2) “Kamil Al-Ziyarat”, )

(3) “Kamit Al-Ziyarat”.

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weep atone?! De you want us to return to this world or to stay with Her? Perhaps She might look at us

one gaze. Perhaps She might cover us with Her cloak. Perfiaps She might wipe over our hearts and

remove whatever of ili-feeling is in it.

My Chiefess, Oh Zeinab, we will halt at your place. He who is in love with Bibi Zeinab the daughter of Al,

may ALLAH's peace be upon Them, let Him hear about Her catastrophe and Her mention. Chiefess, Oh

Zeinab, we will stop at your place. We will take refuge in the whip wherewith you were stricken. My

Chiefess, Oh Zeinab we will beg the intercession from that whip wherewith you were stricken.

- “Fhe narration says that after killing the martyrs’ master (PbuH), the enemies attacked the camp of Al-

i Hussein and whatever was init, except for the women, the children and Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin "Ali Bin

~ Al-Hussein (PbuH). They set the tents on fire. At that moment, Zeinab (PbuH) entered to Her nephew

Zeinul-Abidin. She said: Oh my nephew, what are we going to do? He said: Aunt Zeinab, wear your veil

and get ready to be taken captive {ta be paraded in the streets}. Aunt Zeinab, {all of You} run away to

this desert. Thereupon, Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) started to run in the desert, saving a child from the

firetongues, and {rescuing} another ane fram the tongues of the whips, and {saving} another from under

the hooves of the harses. Almost twenty children (male and female) were killed under the hooves of the

horses and the fire burned the same number {of children}.

Zeinab was bewildered, Lo! the fire flared up in the tents

the women, young and adults, went out with Her

Yelling out oud, where are ye {loin} perished, Oh Hussein

They violated my veil and ye are the helper of the ones seeking help

She returned to the tent of Zeinul-Abidin, hamid bin muslim says: | saw a woman standing at the

entrance of the tent while the fire had reached its ends. Sometimes this woman enters and sometimes

She goes out as if She is afraid or She is hiding something in the tent. Thus, | approached Her and said:

Oh stave of ALLAH! {watch outl} the fire, the fire! Why are you standing at the entrance of the tent?
What is there anything dearer than one’s soul now? She said: O’ yes, you oppressor! | see the fire but
we

have a sick person in this tent. They entered to Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin {PbuH) while He was lain upon a

rug (carpet) so the cursed ‘shemer’ wanted to kill Him, Yet hamid bin muslim said to him: Lo! Glory be to

ALLAH, will you kill that sick person? Bibi Zeinab threw Herself at Him and said: if you wanted to kill Him

then kill me along with Him. Thereupon, they pulled the rug from under Al-lmam after stealing

everything that was in the tent. A-lmam Zeinul-Abidin became under their feet and Zeinab became

above Him.

His aunt stood up and put Her arm around Him............... saying to Him, O" ‘shemer’, have mercy on His
condition

By ALLAH, leave Him and slaughter me instead......this is All, the light of my eyel

Oh Hussein, why aren't you displaying zeal for USirrerrmmrenen fOr | am Zeinab the dear ‘Hashimite”
{princess)

They're hurting me nabody’s heart is feeling for me..Nothing is in my hand {to do} against my eon that
betrayed me

| have lost my family {that was} before Enron. Lol from where {the events] of ‘Al-Ghadiriya” came to me

Hamid bin muslim said, | saw a little girl and the fire is burning the ends of Her clothes. However, due to

the intense fear, She isn't feeling the heat of the fire and She isn’t aware unto where She must run, he

says: | approached Her willing to put out the fire {burning} Her so She got scared and said: Oh ‘Sheikh’,

don't hurt me, | am an orphan. | said to Her: Child, | will not bring to you any harm. Hence, She calmed

down and | extinguished the fire. Then She said: Oh ‘Shiekh’, are you with or against us? | said, | am

neither with you nor against you. She said: Oh ‘Shiekl, have you read Al-Quran? | said: yes, She said:
have you read His saying {ALLAN (T)} “Therefore, do not treat the orphan with harshness” 7 | said:

yes, She said: Oh ‘Shiekh’, by ALLAH, | am the orphan {girl} of Abi Abdeliah. 1 am the orhan {gis} of Al

Hussein. So | said: Child, is there any need | may carry out for you? She said: Oh ‘Shiekh’, | want you to

show me the way to ‘An-NajaF, | said: what wilt you do in ‘An-Najaf’? She said: My aunt Zeinab

mentioned to me that we have a grave {that belongs to us} there. It is the grave of my grandfather Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. | wanted to take shelter in it because my back has become black due to the whips striking

If | shouted, father Hussein, they strike me......... if i shouted, Oh Ali, they insult me

Due to the striking my bock has become swoller......... 50 as my eyes on account of weeping

{She wanted to release Her pain and Her complaints to Him) | said to Her: child, there is some distance

between you and An-Najaf, is there another need that | may carry out for you? She said: yes, show me

the body of my father Al-Hussein. Lo! The little girl of Al-Hussein doesn’t recognize the corpse of Her

father and wants someone to indicate to Her Her dad?|.

Hamid says: Thus, | brought Her to the demise of Al-Hussein and said toHer: My Child, this is the body of

your father Al-Hussein. So when She saw Him a corpse without head, She threw Herself at Him while

calling out:

Father, Oh Father, who had cut off your neck?

Father, who has made me an orphan at a young age?

Father, when the night grows dark, who will protect me?

Oh father, by ALLAH, it is terrific........to become an arphan ot a young age

the lamentation after you is valued.............. Jy the father, Oh people, is a shelter {just like a tent}

H ei |

How he would not weep while he had seen........what the eye of the sky had wept blood for jt
{1} “Surat AD-Duha” {The Glorious Morning), the verse; 9.

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There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord "Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman” {the master of the age - Pbul]

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household. My God, who can have tasted the

sweetness of Thy love, then desired another in place of Thee? Who can have become intimate with Thy

closeness, then sought removal from Thee? Oh ALLAH, place us with him whom Ye have selected for Thy

nearness and Thy friendship, purified through Thy affection and Thy love, given longing for meeting

Thee, made content with Thy decree, granted gazing upon Thy face.

Oh ALLAH, send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household and have mercy on me, by Thy

mercy 0" Ye most Merciful and may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and the

Household of Mohammad.

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The sixteenth whiff

The eleventh night of Muharram'’s assembly

(Majlis)
tn the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Mercitut

May ALLAH'S blessings be upon you Oh ALLAH's Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin All

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you and upon your oppressed Household, May ALLAH'S

blessings be upon you Oh Aba Abdellzh, and upon the veiled captivated women, shackied with Iron.

May ALLAH's blessings be upon you and upon vour sister ‘Al-Hawraa’ Zeinab, may ALLAH curses the

ones who oppressed you from the first and the later {generations}. Would that we were with you so that

we could attain our end and won great fortune!

Oh oneself wake up from this dormancy..

....the death of Al-Hussein, the son of Fatima, was announced

Oh what a disaster is it, which caused .a great calamity that never happened {before} to the religion

Al-Hussein was killed So O’ sky, weep blood..........out of being sorrowful for Him, 0" mountains split
asunder

Bibi Zeinab is lamenting the loss of Her brother.............Calling Him O’ son of the pure ones who bow
down

Today | will dye my clothes, in thy mourning.........black and | will shed abundant tears

Today they dragged me wrongfully Oh brother......and the whip hurt me along with my children

Today they flared up their fire in my dwelling... ....they have stolen {all} what was in it even my
yashmak™ {veil

\——— Be peaceful, Oh-Hussein, are ye not-seeing.... w the obscene shemer” hurt-my-ribs-with-the

whip ———-~~

| Brother why are ye turning away from Thy daughters........while ye are seeing and hearing everyone
He answered Her from above a high spear

What happened is a decreed fate therefore say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely retur

Ye are responsible of guarding the condition of the orphans so look at

what t used to do among Them and concerning their protection and do it

The utterance of Bibi ‘Al-Hawraa’ Zeinab, may ALLAR’s peace be upon Her:

Oh... brother, neither the heart accepts to forget........nor the eyes agree to sleep

Nor Thy vision is leaving me........c..c..c..ce..........nor the days are making me forget

And what is increasing my grief and my sorrow..............is the weeping of the women and the orphans
ALLAH (T) said in His precious book in the Surah “SHE THAT DISPUTETH, THE PLEADING WOMAN” (Al -

MUJADILAH), the verse twenty two: In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful “You

shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to

Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their [own] fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or

their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened

with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow,

abiding therein; Allah is woll-pieased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's

party: naw surely the party of Allah are the successful ones” true are the words of ALLAH.

This noble verse has brought to light evidently the obligation of disconnecting all links and disassociating

oneself from those who oppose ALLAH and His messenger, and that befriending them conflicts with the

act of believing in ALLAH and the last day...

Also, there are four advantages that was mentioned for the fact of the disassociation {with their

enemies}:

1- Faith would be written on the heart of the believer who denounces and denies their enemies.

And the prophet (PbuH) said “Ch Ali, loving you is as believing and accepting {the faith} and

hating you is as renouncing it”. “These are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith” and

the fact of impressing {or inscribing} was used in the noble Quran in the meaning of affirming

something, confirming and establishing itin a way that it would never come to an end “He has

ordained mercy on Himself” ¥'. Thus, the benefit from disassociating oneself {from Their

enemies} is that it makes the person's faith a firm unshakeable settled faith in the heart, that

doesn’t disappear before the trials {temptations} or in shacking situations, and He doesn’t

deviate from it at the time of the agony of death. Contrary to the believer who takes ‘Ahlulbayt’

(PbuT) for guardian but He becomes weak {and fails} facing the idea of disconnecting all links

and disassociating with the enemies of ‘Ahtulbayt’ (PbuT).

Whereas His faith is lodged {with Him}, it might be taken from Him at the first trial {temptation} in the
world, or He might deviate from it before departing from the present life.

2- The believer disconnecting all links with {the enemies of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)} is strengthened with

an inspiration from ALLAH (T) “and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him”, as

what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiqg (PbuH) said to Hisham Bin Al-Hakam in His saying: “you will always

be strengthened with the haly spirit as long as you defend us by your tongue”. This manner of

strengthening doesn’t happen save to He who is sincere and loyal towards their guardianship

‘Wilayat’ and to the fact of disassociating with their enemies {and denying them}, and He who

defends them through his heart, his tongue and his hand . . .

3- The believers disconnecting all links with {their enemies} “Allah is well pleased with them, and

they are well pleased with Him”. Their status in the Garden is that of the goodly pleasure “and

(1) "Surat Al-Ana’am”, the verse: 12.

of ell is Allah's goodly pleasure” ©) not the Garden of material biiss, anc for that let the aspirars

aspire.

4. The believers disuwning {their enemies} are “Allah's party” without the others just like what the

word of ALLAH (T) requires {as a meaning} - “these are Allah's party” - which indicates a meaning

of restriction {as to who are the party of ALLAH}, because there are two hasic elements whereon

it is based, for the believer to be considered from the party of ALLAH that shall be triumphant in

the world, and the successful ones in the Hereafter according to the Quranic point of view:

. The first one: to be from those wha takes ALLAH, His messenger and His Household

‘Ahiulbayt’ (PbuT) for guardian as what the word of ALLAH (T) indicates: “Only Allah is your Vali

and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while

they bow; And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a

guardian, then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant” @,

- second one: to be from the ones who has disconnected all links with their (PbuT) enemies no

Allah and the latter day befriending those who actin opposition lo Allah and His Messenger,

even though they were their [own] fathers, or their suns, of their brothers, or their kinsfolk;

Lhese are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened

with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers

flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him

these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones”.

Further, the True sincere act of disassociation comes in degrees that the faithful ‘Shiaa’ should strive to

abtain it, to apply it and to let it become realized in Himself as well as in His family and His society if that

was possible.
First - the emotional disassociation

“Quoting Abi Jaafar (PbuH) about the saying of ALLAH (T): “Allah has not made for any man two hearts

within him” ©, Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) said: “our love and that of our enemies cannot be grouped

together within the heart of a human, Allah has not made for any man two hearts within him so that He

igves this {one} and hates {the other}. Our lover is the one who loves us sincerely {a pure love for us} just

like how gold becomes pure through the fire, without any tarnish. Hence, whoever wants to know about

our love let Him examine His heart, so if the love of our enemies shared it with ours, then he is not from

us and we are not from him, ALLAH is their enemy along with {Angel} Gabriel and Michael, and ALLAH is

the enemy of the unbelievers”

Moreover, they said to Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadik (PbuH): “There is a person that takes you for guardian,

vet He becomes weak’ before disconnecting all links with your enemy {and disowning them}. He said:

(1) “Surat Al-Tauba”, the verse 72.

(2) “surat Al-Ma’ida” (The Table spread), the verses: 55 — 56.

(3) “Surat Al-Ahzab” (The Confederates), the verse: 4.

(4) From our Sheikh Al-Qummi’s explanation: Veol.2, P.171.

matter who they are as what the verse shows “You shall not find a people who believein
now impossible Whaoso pretends that he love us and didn’t deny our enemy, has lied”,

second - the doctrinal (ideological) disassociation

Quoting Allmam Ali Ar-Ridz (PbuH), may thousands of greetings and praise be on Him, He said: “the

perfeciness of faith is taking us for guardian {the guardianship ‘Wilayat'}, and disconnecting ali links with

our enemy”®

Quoting Al-tmam Ali Ar-Rida (PbuH), He said: “Abou Jaafar (PbuH) said: Whoso is pleased with {having} a

veil between Him and ALLAH, so that He looks at ALLAH, and ALLAH looks at Him, let Him take the

Household of Mohammad for guardian, disconnect all links with their enemy, and be guided by Al-lImam

of them {‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}, so if that happened, ALLAH would look at Him and He would look at

ALLAH" ©)

And this is the meaning of the wise Quranic verse: “You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and

the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, even though they

were their fown] fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk” *.

Third — the practical and the real disassociation

A- Do not sit with them...

ALLAH said in His noble book: “And when you see those who enter into false discourses about Our

communications {revelations}, withdraw from them until they enter into some other discourse, and if

the Shaitan causes you to forget, then do not sit after recollection with the unjust people” © And they

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) are the great sign {of ALLAH}, for, the commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin”

{PluH) said: “By ALLAH, there is no sign {of the Almighty} greater than me”. For that reason don't you

ever sit with the ones who deny the signs of ALLAH, Mohammad and the Household of Mohamrnad.
Quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH), He said: “Whoso sits with someone who carps/cavils at us, or

eulogizes someone who hates us, or communicates with someone dissociating himself from us, or stops

associating with someone who maintains close relations with us, or befriends an enemy of us, or

contracts the enmity of a friend of us’, has disbelieved in what was sent of the seven oft-repeated

{verses} and the grand Quran” ©,

B- Do not take anyone of them for friend

“And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: Ol would that | had taken a way with the

Messenger ® O woe is me! would that | had not taken such a one for a friend!1” 7

(1) From Al-Mustatrafat AS-Sharif: P.149.

(2) “from the Mustatrafat AS-Sharif’; P.149.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, P.51.

(4) “Surat Al-Mujadalah”, the verse: 23.

(5) “Surat Al-Ana’am”, the verse:63.

(6) Quoting “Al-Aamali”: P.55.

(7) "Surat Al-Furgan”, the verses; 27 — 28

Do nct feed anyone of ther or provide lodgings for him

Our imam Jaafar As-Sadik, may ALLAH's blessings he upon Him said: “He who feeds an enemy of us

{is as if} he has killed a friend of us”.

D- Do not ask forthe help of anyone of them.

Our Sheikh ‘Al-Mohadeth’ Abhass Al-Qummi narrated quoting the Commander of believers “Amirul

Mu’minin” (PbuH) that He said to & man from His ‘Shiaa’ followers: “Try hard not to {get help} from the

hand of a hypocrite. For, ALLAH {Aw)) is the one who shall reward you and them with His Garden, {the

chosen prophet} Al-Mostafa, may ALLAH's blessings be upon Him and His Household, with His

intercession, and Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein (PbuT) with {drinking from} the cistern of their grandfather”

2)

£- Do not go for judgment {in your disputes} to them or plead a case before them...

He who goes for judgment {in His disputes} to them, he has then went for judgment to the Shaitan.

ALLAH had said in His decisive book “They desire to suramon one another to the judgment of the

Shaitan, though they were commanded to deny him” ®. Oh ALLAH, damn the idols and the false deities

{the Shaitans}, for the sake of Mohammad and His Household.

£ourth ~ the intellectual and scientific disassociation

This kind of disassociation is from the most important sorts and parts, because itis the basis of the

emotional, the doctrinal {ideclogical}, and the practical and real disassociation, and it is the axis of the

true belief and doctrine, and the stronghold of the true realistic faith. Yet, even more it is the axis on the

hasis whereof the personality of the ideclogical believer is built.

it was narrated quoting Al-lmam Ali Bin Mousa Ar-Rida (PbuH) that He said: “Our ‘Shiaa’ followers are
the ones who submit themselves to our command {our matter}, who adopt and follow our ‘Hadeeth’,

and who turn against’ {and disagree with} our enemies and He who wasn't like that is not from us” @,

it was mentioned quoting Abi Abdellah (PbuH) that He said: "By ALLAH, ALLAH has not made for anyone

the choice in following other than us. Whoso agrees with us, disagrees with our enemy, and whaso

agrees with our enemy on any saying or any work, is not from us and we are not from them” 20

+ was narrated in “At-Tawgii Ash-sharif” quoting the Imam of our age, may ALLAH (T) hastens His

reappearance, in His letter to Sheikh Al-Mufid: “But as for the problems that will happen in the future,

you should refer to the narrators of our ‘Hadeeth’ for their verdicts as they are my proofs to you, and |

am the proof of ALLAH to them” ® Oh dear, pay attention to His (PbuH) word: “the narrators of our

) “Ma’anil Akhbar”: P.365:

2) “Safinatul Ibhar”: Vol.1, P.185.

) “Surat An-Nisaa™, the verse: 60.

4) “Al-Wasai'il”: Vol.18, P.83.

) "Al-Wasai'il”: Vol.18, P.85.

y “Al-Ihtijaj”: Vol.2, P.470.

‘Hadeeth”, that means that they don’t make any move, and they don’t rest once except on the basis of

upon what was mentioned from the impeccable Household of Prophet Mohammad, may ALLAH's

blessings and peace be upon Them, since they are the narrators of their traditions only, and they don’t

have any coricern about any talk or any word that is not related to Ahlulbayt (PbuT) or associated with

Them (Pbui).

Quoting Abi Jaafar Imam Mohammad Al-Baker (PbuH), He said: “Everything that didn’t come out from -

this house (the house of the Holy Prophet (PbuH) and ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)) is a falsehood” ™.

For that reason, we read in the “Ziarat-e-Jamia e-kabeera” the Visit which is narrated quoting our Imam

Ali Al-Hadi (PbuH): “Verily, truth is with you amid you in you and it always directs itself unto you. You

deserve it as it stays permanently with you. The inheritance of Prophethood is with vou. You are the

ultimate destination whereto the people should come back, to give an account of themselves befare

you. It is your privilege to separate evil from good in clear words {and sound judgments}. In the light of

ALLAH's signs guidelines you are fully aware of; because for His unavoidable decrees and plan He relies

upon you. Indeed, You are the true reflection of His light and Signs and the Authority to guide has been

granted to you.” ?

Thus, Oh lover, disassociating oneself from the enemies of the Household of the Prophet, may ALLAH’s

blessings be upon Them, enters in every affair of our religious and earthly world’s affairs . . .

And it is not limited to any time without the other. For, truth itself is the truth, and falsehood itself is the

falsehood.

The truth doesn’t go but where the claim and the proof of ALLAH (T) ‘Al-Hujja’ Bin Al-Hzassan Al-Askari,

may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon them, goes, because He is the center of the truth, its origin,

its core and its truth. . For, the disassociation with the first oppressor who unjustly and wrongfully

usurped that which rightly belonged to Mohammad and the progeny of Mohammad, may ALLAH's !

blessings and peace be upon Them, is connected in all of its cases, as the disassociation on the level of
the heart, through {professing it through} the tongue and on the level of one’s work, with disassociating

oneself from all the tyrants who oppressed Them all over the time until the day of resurrection . .

it was narrated quoting our Imam the pure “Az-Zaki” Hassan Al-Askara, may ALLAH's blessings and

peace be upon Him:

A man said to Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH): Oh son of the prophet, I am incapable of defending you through

my body, and | own nothing save disconnecting all links with your enemies and damning {and

condemning them}. Hence, how is my situation?..

50 Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) said: “my father told me, quoting His father, quoting His grandfather,

quoting the prophet (PbuH), He said who failed to defend us ‘Ahlulbayt’, then damned {and condemned}

our enemies in His prayers, He has then conveyed His voice to all the angels from the earth to the

throne ‘Arsh’. So every time this man damns our enemies with curses, they help Him, and damn the

ones He is damning, then they laud Him and say: Oh ALLAH, send Your blessings upon this slave of yours
|

(1) "Al-Mustadrak”: vol.17, P.309.

(2) "Mafatihul Jinan”: “Al-Ziyarat Al-Jamiaa”

whe did His utmost, and if He was zbie to do more than that, He would have did. Asif the

announcement from ALLAH {T): | have accepted your prayer, | have heard your call, and | sent my

blessings upon His soul that rests with other souis, and | have made Him in'my view of the elect, the

best.”

Further, it was narrated quoting our Imam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH): “. .. from the great {things} wherewith

the best angels of the barriers and the heavens come nearer and seek greater closeness {with ALLAH

{SwT) and ‘Ahluibyat’ (PbuT)}: calling for {divine} blessings on the ones who love us, ‘Ahjulbayt’, and

damning the ones who hate us” 7.

From what was narrated quoting Mousa Bin Jaafar, quoting His fathers [PbuT), He said: ALLAH'S holy

prophet (PbuH) said: "I entered to the paradise so | saw written on its door: there is no God but ALLAH,

Mohammad is the beloved of ALLAH, Ali Bin Abi Taleb is the ‘Wali’ of ALLAH” (the chosen guardian),

Zatima is the ALLAH’s servant, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein are the chosen ones of ALLAH, upon those who

hate them shall be the curse of ALLAH” 2

Alsc it was narrated quoting Al-lmam Ali Bin Mousa Ar-Rida (PbuH): “Do not eat the skylark {a bird

species}, swear at him or give him to the boys to play with, because he glorifies {ALLAH} a lot, and His

glorification is: may ALLAH curses the ones who hate the Household of Mohammad (PbuT)” as

vet words don’t stop at this degree, because the Quranic noble verses that cursed the ones who deviate

fram the truth {and from what is right} and the leaders ‘lmams’ of error, have exceeded forty verses and

ALLAH the Originator {SwT) has emphasized cursing the people of error and deviation in it. Here we

must pay attention that the noble Quran didn’t dea) with setting forth in detail the laws of the ‘Shariah’

{islamic law). However, He mentioned it over-all, in the main. He didn’t assign for each law of the

important ones of the sacred ‘Sha ria’ but a limited number of noble verses. Even with knowing about its
importance and its necessity, there are lots of important doctrinal and ideclogical requirernents

whereabout Al-Quran tatked in one or two verses despite the grandeur of those requirements.

May ALLAH have mercy upon He who worshipped Him while being certain and pondered over the words

of His lord ‘Mowla’ Mohammad Bin Ali Ai-Baker, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Them.

Quoting Abi Hamza, He said: Abcu Jaafar (PbuH) said to me: “Only he who knows ALLAH worships Him.

As for the one who doesn’t know ALLAH, he is worshipping Him in error {without following or

understanding the essential basis of worship}. 1 said: may! be Your ransom, what is {the fact of} knowing

ALLAH? He said: Believing in ALLAH (Aw]), Believing in His messenger (PbuH}, taking {Imam} Ali for

guardian, being guided by" Him and by the Imams of guidance, and turning to ALLAH {Aw]) away from

their enemy, detaching oneself from them. In this manner, ALLAH: (Aw) is known” ®,

And what was mentioned about the context is so little, and the holy Prophet of ALLAH, may ALLAH'S

blessings and peace be upon Hira and upon His oppressed household, declared frequently “acquire the

manners that pertain to ALLAH”. On top of the acquisition of the manners that belong to ALLAH, the

(1) “Mostadrakul Wasa'il”: Vol.4, P.410.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.68, P.37.

(3) “Biharul Anwar": Vol.27, P.228.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, P.273.

(5) “Al-Kafi Al-Sharif”; Vol.1, P.180.

purification of oneself exists and it is dependent on shedding tears from the eyes especially over Al-

imam Al-Hussein, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Him. Therefore, come on! Let us purify

ourselves with the tears of our eyes, through entering into their mourning gathering ‘Majlis’ and

through weeping over Them. My master, Oh Aba Abdellah, it is true that loving life in this world has

made our hearts blind and caused us to become debarred from You, But my master and my lord, we

antreat you by the tears of Bibi Zeinab and Bibi Rukeiya, by your children and the women and by your

mother Bibi Fatima that You permit for us to enter into Your gathering, in Your presence, and to take

shelter with You. Let us enter, with the eyes of our hearts, into Karbala the passion, Karbala the

captivity. Here they are the torn-off limbs of the friend and the pure Household of the holy Prophet

scattered here and there . .

Whose head is this, the one raised atop a spear? Isit Ali e-Akbar’s head, or that of Al-Qasem. . Is it the

head of Abil Fadel Al-Abbas . . Yet where are His hands? Here they are the corpses of the friends calling

us out, isn’t there any defender {to defend} the son of the holy Prophet's daughter. . .

Here they are the women bareheaded. weeping .. striking their cheeks.. and mourning for the pure

ores... Where is Ali. . Where is Al-Hassan. . Where is Al-Hussein. . Where is Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas...Oh...

Oh partisan who loves ‘“Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), be aware that they figured out from the narrations {found}

among some contexts as what the scholar Ad-Derbandi mentioned that when the women passed by the

demise of the martyrs, it was the eleventh day of Muharram after the setting, because at that time ibn

saad, may ALLAH damns him, left from Karbala to Al-Kufa {Irag) with his soldiers . . .

Oh... they brought the women out of the tent and they set fire to it. . Thus, they went out

bareheaded, plundered, barefooted, weeping and walking as captive prisoners under the humiliating

capture, while crying Oh Mohammad “Waa Mohammadaah”, Ch Ali “Waa Aliyaah”, Oh Abbas “Waa

Abbasaah”, Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynagh”. They made them pass by the demise of the martyrs. Gne

Lady sees Her brother thrown down on His back, and anather one sees Her son throw down upon His

right side and so forth, except for Aba Abdellah (PbuH). He was thrown down upon His abdomen.
Thereupon, they {started to} shout and to strike their faces . . .

The relater said: | swear by ALLAH, | can’t forget Zeinab the daughter of Ali (PbuT) while She was

mourning for Al-Hussein (PbuH) and calling out in a sad grieved tone: “Oh Mohammad, Your daughters

are taken captives, Your children are slain, winds are blowing their body, and this is Al-Hussein, His head

is cut off from the nape, stripped of His turban and His clothes . May my father be a sacrifice for He who

is neither absent so that we hope {His return} nor injured to be treated. Oh, for him who was depressed

until he passed away! Oh, for him who had been thirsty until he departed life! Oh, for him whose beard

is dropping blood!"

The relater said: By ALLAH, She caused {everyone} whether friend or enemy to weep. Then Sukeina

hugged the body of Al-Hussein (PbuH), yet some of the desert Arabs gathered around Her and dragged

Her away from Him . . .

As for Om Kolthoum, when She saw Her brother Al-Hussein thrown down and plundered, She fell from

the top of the camel to the ground and hugged Him while saying in weeping and lament: “Oh ALLAH's

Prophet, look at the body of Your son thrown down upon the ground. He is enshrouded by the sand. He

was bathed with the blood flowing from His veins, and these are His household driven as captive
prisonare and the heads of His children along with His honorable one are atop the spears just like

mouns..".

Alas! What & great catastrophe is minel. . i say if the condition of the impeccable imam, the proof and

the claim of ALLAH against all His creatures who are in the heavens and the earth was like that, so heie

Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) is, giving Himself up such that {His soul} was about to jeave His body

although He is the most patient and understanding. Further, it was narrated that “when ‘As-Sajjad

Sayidu s-Sajidin’ the master of those who prostrate {before ALLAH (SwT)} caught sight of the body of His

father, He threw Himself from the top of the camel to the ground, although He was shackled and the

{Iron} collar’ was around His neck”. Hence, how was the condition of Bibi Zeinab, may my soul be Her

ransom, and that of the females from girls and women?

There was for Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) a young daughter. From among those women, She was sitting

beside Her father, keeping a tight grip on His shoulder, and His hand was in Her lap. Sometimes She

smells His shoulder, and sometimes She puts His fingers on Her heart and at other times on Her eyes,

and She takes from His noble blood to dye Her hair and Her face while saying:

“ . Oh father, when the night grows dark who will protect me?

Oh father, they looted my earrings and my cover. Oh father, look at our uncovered heads! Look at our

sorrowful hearts! Look at my aunt who was hurt {and stricken} and at my mother who was dragged {to

the ground}!”

When | cry, father Hussein, they strike me............. when | cry, Oh Ali, they insult me

My arms have become swollen out of the striking.........s0 05 my eyes out of weeping

My master, Oh Aba Abdellah, you left ‘Al-Medina’ the city of the holy Prophet (PbuH) along with seventy

two children (male and female). And the tenth day of Muharram, your will was: “Sister Zeinab, guard the
family and the children for me”. Sleep peacetul my master, this is Zeinab guarding the trust for you. She

guarded Them even after death because the enemies didn’t allow Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) to bury

the children who died longing for you. Al-Hawraa used to undertake {the mission of} burying them. She

used to dig {the grave} for them with Her own hands. Among them are the ones who martyrized through

being burnt, and some of them due to the striking of the whips {in the walk} between Karbala and

Ash-Sham (Syria), some of them were trampled by the horses. Everyone were gazing at Her while She is

digging a hele then burying this little girl and the other. 0’ my sorrow for Her, about what She was

thinking at those moments. Is this the way of guarding the family and the children? Taking them down

to Their graves with Her own hands?

May ALLAH help your heart, my Chiefess Oh Zeinab on the account of the grievance that befell you

during Your life and which still exists till now. For, peaple accept to cry out loud weeping and wailing

due to the death and the departure of someone dear to them, but they don't accept to weep over You,

aver Your mother truthful Bibi Fatima Az-Zahraa’ and over Your family (PbuT).

My Lady Oh Zeinab, let us stop at your mention to see through the eye of the heart what happened to

You in the eleventh night of Muharram. The narrations mention that in that night, Rihi Zeinah asked

from the cursed omar bin saad to build a tent for Her for the sake of grouping the children and orphans

in it. Bibi Zeinab started to collect the children while they are looking at Her and their tears are

descending on the cheeks. Thev started asking Al-Hawraa Zeinab. This little girl says, aunt Zeinab where
is my father? That chiid says, aunt Zeinab, where is my uncle? And another one cries, aunt Zeinab,

where is my brother? ... Lo! With what is Bibi Zeinab going to answer Them? She went towards them

and started to hold each child of them, to calm Him down, to wipe off His tears and to give His heart

relief and quieten Him from weeping ..

By ALLAH, this child is crying, aunt, where is my uncle...and the other is saying {Oh} my brother left me

And what moves my pain and increases my serrow......on your account, who shall look after me

Let us move with our hearts to that tent which the reasonable ‘Al-Akila’ Zeinab and Her sister Om-

Kolthoum were guarding it. That tent which Abou Al-Fadel used constantly to guard. Zeinab said, sister,

Uh Om-Kolthoum, if someone attacked you suddenly in this night, say to him that we are the daughters

of the holy Prophet perhaps he might abstain from {hurting} us. The narration says while the reasonable

"Al-Akila’ Zeinab was guarding the tent, as if She sees a veiled cavalryman advancing toward Her. She

said to Him: Oh knight, who are you? Oh knight, if you wanted to slaughter the children, they had been

slaughtered. If you wanted to burn the tents, they had been burnt. If you wanted to slay the heroes,

they had been slain, and if you wanted to plunder the women, they had been plundered. Oh knight, 1

put you to oath by my mother Az-Zahraa to say ta me, who are you? The moment the knight heard the

fiame of Az-Zahraa, He dismounted His horse, took off the veil of His face, and said: Daughter Zeinab, |

am your father Ali, | came to guard {and to watch over} you. She said to Him: where have you been my

father? Today they slew Ali e-Akbar, today they slew Abil Fadel Al-Abbas, today they slaughtered your

beloved Al-Hussein.

Father stand up to see Hussein slain..." Father, the body of Hussein js thrown down on the ground

O’ father the soul of Hussein passed away out of the stabbing...and i am Zeinab crying, brother Oh ye
who is slain |

Moreover, what causes the heart of Bibi Al-Hawraa Zeinab to bleed is that during that night She missed

a little girl of Al-Hussein’s daughters and while She was searching far Her, as if 2 knight was roaming

around the tent, She said: Oh knight, who are you? he said: omar bin saad {may ALLAH curse him) sent
me 16 guard you in this dark night. Thereupon, Zeinab choked in tears and said: is it after the eye of the

master of the zealous, Abi Abdellah, {guarding us} that you are the one undertaking this mission? Is it

after the eye of Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas {watching over us} that you are the one undertaking this task?

Where are you, Oh the one responsible of securing and guarding Bibi Zeinab? Then She asked Him, Oh

you’, have you seen a little girl? He said: | didn’t, yet | passed by the body of the slain anes. | have
heard

near the body of Al-Hussein some weeping and yearning, so She might be Her. Zeinab went to the

battlefield, She saw the little girl {lying} upon the chest of Her father and saying: Father, when the night

descends who will protect us? The reasonable ‘Al-Akila’ Zeinah turned around to Her {and said}: my

niece, what had caused you to come {here}y.

She said to Her: Oh Aunt, when the horses attacked us, | felt afraid so | said | might seek protection
with

the bady of my father, She said: . . . how did you know that it is your father while He is a corpse without

head?

She said: Aunt, as | was walking between the slain ones, looking for the body of my father, as if a voice

{emanated} from the neck of my father calling out; daughter, come, come to me. Thereupon, | came to

Him to take shelter with Him.

Oh father, by ALLAH, itis terrific......... to become an orphan at a young age |

the lamentation after you is valued... ........ fer, the father, Oh people, is a shelter {just like o tent} /
The narration savs, as if this little girl tock the water skin and went to the river Euphrates. She filled it

with water then She came back toward the body of Her father Al-Hussein, willing to give Him wator to

drink while saying:

Father, get up to drink water. Father, Oh Hussein, You are thirsty. They have permitted us to drink water

Saying to Him, how can | drink sweet water... and my father Hussein was slain thirsty

These are yeur women, who will drive them

when they walk as captive prisoners

Does it come to mind that they are driven with scolding and striking their backs

Does it come to mind that ash-shemer is driving them while insulting their father

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us ameng his supporters (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His household, Oh ALLAH and send Thy blessings

upon their friends who acknowledge their ranks and offices, follow their path {and way of acting}, tread

in their steps, hoid firm on their firmest handle, stick to their guardianship 'Wiiayat', are guided by their

leadership ‘Imamate’, submit to their command, work hard in their obedience, wait for their days, look

with their own eyes for Them, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be

upon Mohammad and His Household.

The seventeenth whiff

The gathering of the captive prisoners in Al-Kufah

and Ash-Sham
In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH'S blessings be upon you Oh ALLAN's Messenger and upon your brother and your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon you my master and my lord ‘Mola’, Oh Aba Abdeliah, Oh

father of martyrs, Qh Hussein. Oh ALLAH’s expansive mercy, Gh you who is the door of the salvaiion of

the “Ummah’”. May ALLAH curse the ones who oppressed you. Would that we were with you so that we

could attain our end and won great fortune!

Take the tears of my eye and the fire {burning} my heart..and deem not that the lightening or the clouds
have more

Do not think that the fire of my passion will be extinguished...by the flood of those tears shed so hard

Thy disasters, Oh Household of Mohammad.......when it is mentioned | choke in folling tears

May the eyes whose tears flow not over you, become blind......while thy blood has flowed over the dust

Woe unto the heart which sorrow breaks it not to pieces...due to a war wherein the sons of “Harb” cut
ye to pieces

How can | forget your heads atop the spears.......appearing like the moons among the flaming shining
stars

How can | forget the horses’ hooves on thy bodies...and the stabbed and stricken places whereon they
trod heavily

How can | forget the blood that was spilled, the tears that were shed

and the noble pure women wha were exposed without veils

How can | forget the tents that were looted, the women that were plundered

and the hearts that melted out of fear

How can | forget setting {the tents} on fire while there is nothing in it

save youths who escaped terrified in groups

Lo! Ye had to face the killing and {the stabbing of} the darts and the spears

whereas thy women had to face being captured, taken prisoners and plundered

Due to the disasters my heart sank

and Ash-shemer by his hand has driven me unto Ash-Sham’

Does it come to mind that | walk with the rope stretched out {tying} my hands

while | am Zeinab the heartbreak of the Hashimites

The tord of pious ones who guard against evil and the Commander of believers Ali (PbuH) said:

“Lol By ALLAH, a man wha is certain of our guardianship ‘Wilayat’ is better than someone who served

ALLAH a thousand years”

ALLAH {TwT) does not look at the abundance of the worship due unto Him but He locks at the greatness

of our love and loyalty to ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PhuT) and based on it He rewards or He punishes us. Because if a

man served ALLAH a thousand year but he neither have knowledge nor is he certain of ‘Ahlulbayt’

(PbuT), His worship will benefit him nothing. It was mentioned in the ‘Hadeeth’ that “the sleeping of a

{knowing} scholar is better than the worship of a worshipper” ® and that is because the knowing scholar

owns a true knowledge but the worshipper doesn't. Although each knowing scholar is a worshipper

himself, yet not every worshipper is a knowing scholar. And there is a big difference between the

worshipper ‘Al-Aa’bid’ and the servant ‘Al-Abd’. The difference between them is as the difference

between the nonexistence and the existence.

The worshipper is the ane who accomplishes His worship due unto ALLAH without {having} knowledge.

As for the servant, he is the ane who recognizes ALLAH (Awl), which means He has knowledge and thus

he worships ALLAH so he become a worshipping servant. Therefore, each servant is a worshipper

because He doesn’t disobey or disagree with the command of His Lord, yet not every worshipper isa

{real} servant.

Most cf the people are worshippers not servants. Worshippers of ALLAH without {having} knowledge,

and it is as “Nay, we follow that on which we found our fathers” ®. However, we should know that even

knowledge alone is not enough, because it was mentioned in the news “faith is based on four things: the

knowledge, the certainty, the acceptance {the submission to ALLAH (T)} and the admission”. The

certainty, the acceptance and the admission must be present with the knowledge.

And itis known that there is a difference between ‘Al-Islam’ submitting to ALLAH and ‘Al-lmaan’ having

faith {in Him (T)}. The difference between them is evident and clear to the followers of ALLAH (Awl). For

example, abou sufyan, may ALLAH curse him and many others were from the Muslims but they were not
from the believers. And when the person bears witness of the two testimonies (that there is no God but

ALLAH, and that Mohammad is His messenger), he becomes a Muslim because this apparent witnessing

which he pronounced and declared, he guards through it his blood, his money and his honor in the

worldly existence. However, in the Hereafter, he is not a believer, and He will be treated as a hypocrite

due to the fact that his inward {belief and thoughts} and his outward doesn’t match . . .

Further, we are aware that the reward and the recompense in the Hereafter is for the {real} faith not for

{submitting to} Al-Islam. For, as what was mentioned in the news: “A man is only rewarded for the

faith”. For that reason, our knowledge must be transformed into believing then into an absolute

certainty and this certainty shall lead us to the acceptance and the submission and to the admission.

ft was narrated quoting Ai-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH): “the book of ALLAH is founded on four things:

{it is founded} on the expression, the allusion {the sign}, the grace and the essence {the truth}. As for the

(1) “Mostadrak Al-Wasa’il”: Vol.1, P.168.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.2, P.25.

(3) “Surat Lukman”, the verse: 21.

CE PE,
expression, {it is addressed} to the common people. The aliusion {is addressed} to the people of

distinction {the elite}. The grace {is addressed} to the friends {cf ALLAH (T)} and the essence is

{addressed to} the propheis”

For example, when we ourselves sit in this gathering ‘Majlis’, we hear only without pondering over what

we are hearing. We hear that Al-imam Al-Hussein (PhuH) arrived to Karbala, we hear about what

happened in Karbela, and we hear ‘Oh Ali and Oh Hussein’ and we do not understand more than those

expressions. For, they reach our ears but they do not enter inside. However, when the elite, the people

of distinction hear the narration, it is as an allusion and a sign for them {leading} to a specific knowledge.

As for example, when Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) left Mecca, no one of its own people left with Him.

That is why, it is possible to understand how much the faith and the purity of people of Mecca was at

that time. Or when Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said to His friends the tenth night of Muharram “The

night has drawn a veil over you. Thereupon, ride {secretly} a camel”. At that moment, some of those

who were with Al-lmam adopted the external outward meaning which is the expression {as it is}, and

they didn’t understand which night Al-lmam was driving at, yet His friends has understood...

Our Imam Al-Hassan Al-Askari (PbuH) says “Indeed, reaching ALLAH is a journey that cannot be achieved

save through mounting and going through the night” {possibly Al-lmam meant by the night, going

through the ahstacles, the hardships, expenmenting rt and then overcoming it}. For that reason His

friends stayed and the common people who had nothing but the worship {without knowledge} left Him.

Some of the friends {of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}are capable of seeing some revelations related to Karbala, as

for example, seeing the caravan of the captive prisoners. This degree is called the very certainty and the

first one is called the certain knowledge. As for the truths and the essences, they are called the certain

truth, they are from the ranks of the Prophet (PbuT) and they appear through the fact of the realization

of what they see {it becomes a fact}.

ft means that if He saw lady Zeinab (PbuH) heing stricken by the whip, He becomes along with the thing

He is seeing one thing, which means He becomes as if He is being stricken along with Her by that whip.

This is passion, love and extinction. That is why, fet each one of us ask himself, am | from the people

who {goes for} the expression {as it is}? Or from those who {goes for} the allusion? From which degree

am 1? and what should | do to become from the people of the truth {who goes for the essence}?!

We should ask ourselves as well, how many mourning gatherings have we attended till this day?! How

did these gatherings ‘Majlis’ affect us?! Did they change a bad temper of us? Did they change what isin

our hearts and make us enter to Karbala? Did they make us from the followers of the guardianship

‘Wilayat’ {who stick by the guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}? Did they cause us to detest life? Did they

make us from the monotheists {the people seeking the truth of ALLAH's oneness and believing in it}?

That is why, don’t think that what is intended from those gatherings ‘Majlis’ is just hearing the buried

and the hidden narrations. Nay, this is not what is aimed. Yet what is aimed is to realize and apply the

words of the impeccable Imam {to apply it practically and actually in all the degrees of oneself and one’s

existence}, which means to become ourselves along with the narration that we are hearing, one thing,

and this needs prayers, a pure intention and sincerity. ;

It is possible that the following month of Muharram comes while we are among the dead. the most

(1) “Riharul Anwar”: 89, 103.

unblessed of all is the one who enters into the gatherings in the presence of Ai-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH)

and he doesn’t become from His defenders and supporters.

Moreover, the divine whiffs circulating during the year, begin for example from the month of ‘Rajab’ and

itis the month of abandoning {all the sinful acts and the bad tempers} where ALLAH (SwT) prepares us

to enter in His presence during the month of ‘Rajab’ and ‘Shaaban’ which is the month of being

endowed with {the beauty and the truth of obeying, worshipping and whispering unto ALLAH (SwT)}

until we reach the degree of the realization through the night of ‘Al-Qader’ {the Night of Power, fate} in

the month of ‘Ramadan’ where “Therein every wise affair is made distinct” ™ and which is the month of

the manifestation {of the attributes and the lights of ALLAH unto the heart). As for the one who was

prohibited from the forgiveness in the month of ‘Ramadan’ and didn’t complete the affairs of the divine

hospitality, he has then another chance in the month of Muharram, in these ten days wherein he learns

and realizes the Karbala of Al-Hussein {PbuH), because the temperature of the partisan’s blood, heart

and soul increases in this month. And this is what the prophet (PbuH) said “there is in the heart of the

believers due to the murder of Al-Hussein (PbuH) a zeal that shall never cool off”.

Yet some people think that we enter inta the gatherings in the presence of the lord ‘Mola’ Abi Abdellah

{PbuH) just for the sake of weeping because weeping over Him causes the faults and the sins to be 3

forgiven, but we should know that this love is that of a merchant. On the other hand, the love of a noble

and a freeman isn’t like that.

You know that Al-lmam Al-Hussein {PbuH) looks at the person weeping over Him and says to Him: “Oh

weeper, if you know what ALLAH has prepared for you {as rewards and blessings}, you would have

become happy more than you were grieved” yet the answer of the enamored person is, my master

and my lord ‘Mola’ Oh Hussein:

My eye weeps you not for the sake of 6 reward......... Yet {indeed} my eye weeps for your sake
The enamored person has no existence” so that He takes into consideration the reward and the

recompense. He wants nothing in exchange for His love even if that will be happening. Per contra, He

pays attention to His beloved only and he doesn’t see anyone save Him. He doesn’t wait for a reward or

a favor from Him because as much as the reward and the favor was, it is in the estimation of the

infatuated adorer inferior {in value} to the act of looking a single look at the beauty of Al-Hussein Bin Ali

(PbuH). :

When a mother hears the news of her son's martyrdom, she starts lamenting, weeping and wailing

without knowing how did her son martyrize, and without going into details. It is the same for the

enamored person. It suffices Him {to hear) mentioning “Ya Hussein” (Oh Hussein) so that He falls down

to the ground swooned. He doesn’t need to hear the details of what happened in Karbala. Hence, where

are we regarding all this? In which degree are we? Do we truly want to change ourselves or we will leave

the Islam of Prophet Mohammad (PbuH) stranger and unfamiliar among us?

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) was estranged, and He continues to he so,
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{1) “Surat Ad-Dukhan”, the verse: 4. ]

(2) "Biharul Anwar”; Vol.25, P.376.

He martyrized the tenth day of Muharram and the disaster began. Despite that, you find the people

calling that day ‘Al-Feliah day’ (the last day of Ashura), and the issue for them ends at the tenth day

although sadness begins at that time. Then, the sorrow of Bibi Fatima (PbuH) begins. Al-Imam Al-Hussein

is estranged and His traces and signs are alienated as well. The martyrs who sacrificed everything they

had (heart, mind, soul and life) out of their love and passion to meet their beloved Abi Abdellah Al-

Hussein {PbuH) and as a sacrifice for us are among His signs. Yet where is their remembrance and their

mention? Aren't they forgotten? . .

Isn't the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (AHR), the only one left from the progeny of Al-lmam

Al-Hussein (PbuH)? Isn't our Imam lonely and estranged among us?

My master and my lord ‘Mola’ Oh master of the age, until now we didn’t see your honorable, noble,

handsome and luminous face. Till now, we didn’t have the honor to offer you a single service. My

master and my lord ‘Mola’ Oh master of the age, Oh you who is estranged among your ‘Shiaa’ followers

. Oh... Alas for Your estrangement!

For ALLAH'S sake, teli me. . . if we departed from this life and we didn’t attain the honor of serving the

"master of the age Al-lmam “Sahibul Zaman”, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance, how would our

condition be? With what will we answer ALLAH (Awl) if He asked us about our Imam and about serving

Him?l.

Would that we go out of this mourning gathering while the master of the age, may ALLAH (T) hasten His

reappearance, has looked unto us and made us among the martyrs . Would that we go out of this

‘Majlis’ gathering while we are truly Husseinies (related to Imam Hussein (PbuH), true lovers and

followers of Him}, without being worried and concerned about neither the disasters of the world and its

afflictions nor the children, the money and the circumstances. . . Because no matter what was this
disaster, it is in the sight of ALLAH, and with His content. And our utterance must be “My God take {any

sacrifice you want} for the sake of becoming satisfied”. However, facing this, our fear should be from a

great thing “they fear a day in which the hearts and eyes shall turn about” 9 This is what our imam the

master of the age (AHR) asked ALLAH {SwT) about in His prayer for us in His letter to Shiekh Al-Mufid. He

said “May Allah keep you and us safe from the mischiefs. May He grant you and us the certainty and

may He also safeguard you and us from bad consequences”.

It is possible that someone of us enters into evening as a believer but enters upon morning as a

disbeliever due to the weak faith, the uncertainty, and the absence of submission and admission which

leads to the fact of being shaken before the tests and the trials. “Do men think that they will be left

alane on saying, We believe, and not be tried?” 2 For that reason, we must step out of this test pleased

and submitted to the predestination of ALLAH...

Oh dear ones, let each one of us look unto his heart. Is he not seeing the displeasure with ALLAH in it?

Don’t we repeat always, what did He give us? Why did He do that with us? We are always or most of the

time displeased with His predestination.

(1) “Surat An-Nour”, the verse; 37.

{2) “Surat Al-Ankabout”, the verse: 2.

if we were granted the success to visit Kerbaia, we are not contenti if He {ALLAH {SwT)} granted us

spiritual and moral standings and ranks, we are not satisfied! And if He bestowed upon us the different

sorts and kinds of boons, we whine and we complain. Anyway, we are not being grateful with knowing

that “If you are grateful, | would certainly give to you more” “and very few of My servants are

grateful”

Whoever wants to enter into the spiritual and moral world, and to the world of love and passion, he

must get ready for what will befall Him and he must prepare himself {and what is necessary} just like

how the soldier prepares himself in the battles to confront the enemy. So if He wanted to break into a

garrison for the Jews, He must remove the blocking barriers. . ., and dismantle the land mines. .. and it

is possible that one of the mines explodes in His hand. . . It is the same situation in the spiritual world,

whoever wants the love of the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” Ali (PbuH) and the passion of

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), He must pierce through the veils of darkness and that of celestial lights, break into

the obstacles, and come through His self which commands Him {to do evil}, ‘Iblis’ the devil, their plot,

their stratagem and their plan.

Someone came the Commander of believers “Amirel Mu’ minin” {(PbuH), He said to Him: Oh lord ‘Mala’,
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love you. Thus, Al-lmam put His hand upan His shoulder and said (PbuH) to Him: “get ready for the

poverty and the afflictions”. Whoso wanted to be a lover and an aderer of Ali (PbuH), He will be accused

{of many false accusations} and oppressed just like how ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) were oppressed but with

keeping the difference between them’ (between the two cases).

Prophet Joseph ‘Yusuf’ was accused of fornication and He was imprisoned, why?1. Because it is not easy

to enter to the spiritual world.

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), do you know that the Household of the Holy Prophet of ALLAH (PbuT)

are still being hurt till now? Yet, do you know who is hurting Them?i. “Certainly, the ignorant of our
‘Shiaa’ followers have hurt us”. They are being harmed by their ‘Shiaa’ followers greater than being

harmed by their enemies. Because as what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) said to one of His friends:

“the good {coming} from anyone is good but surely it is more good from you due to your position

regarding us and the abomination {coming} from anyone is abhorrent but surely it is more abhorrent

from you...” ©,

Some people say that Fatima (PbuH) doesn’t need someane to help Her with Her weeping over Her son

aiter passing one thousand four hundred years over the battle of Karbala. This calamity is over. How

ironic! Isn't the heart of the rising Imam of Mohammad’s Household, may ALLAH (T) hasten His

reappearance, getting hurt from these words?! And it hurts the heart of Bibi Fatima (PbuH). Karbala

continues to exist through its meanings and concepts. For, when we come every year to Their mourning

gatherings {and we memorialize Their matter}, we are memorializing Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) (with

His attributes, His morals) who is dead in our existence {inside our hearts}, and we are putting His

enemy to death which is the ignorance in our existence. And the source of the above pretension is

nothing save the selfishness persisting in the existence of these people.

(1) “Surat Ibrahim”, the verse: 7. |

(2) “Surat As-Saba'”, the verse: 13,

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.47, P.349,

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ay master, Oh the master of the age, we are neither like Habib Bin Muzaher nor like Abbes Al-Shakiril

when will we become like Al-Mokdad, Abi Dhar and Salman?! They who stood firm on the guardianship

“Wilayat’ of Imam Ali (PbuH), the day of the mishap of the House, when all people renegade from

“Wilayat’. The bravest was Al-Mokdad, may ALLAH (SwT) be pleased with Him.

Master if we were truly from Your companions we would have then seen You. if we were truly

Husseinies (related to Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH), true followers and lovers of Him), we would have

then seen the rising Imam of the Household of Mohammad, may ALLAH (SwT) hasten His reappearance,

from a longtime. . and when we die, we would certainly return along with Him. So where are we

regarding You, Oh the master of the age? The Imam of the age doesn’t want companions who backhite

the 'Shiaa’ followers of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH). However, He wants they who covers up {the defects,

the errors} of the followers of the Commander of believers Shiaat “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuH) {in a

certain hope that one day they will become better}.

The Imam of the age doesn’t want people who think about themselves. Yet, He wants people who think

of when will Bibi Zeinab {PbuH) become released from the capture?

The Imam of the age wants companions who would fight the enernies, and till now we are still incapable

of fighting ourselves that command us {to do evil} and of triumphing over it!

So if we are still fighting ourselves till now, it means that we are not from the helpers of ‘Al-Hujjg’ the

nroof and the claim of ALLAH yet, and killing the self that commands us {to do evil}, as what one of the

friends” of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) says, cannot happen but with the sword of the Commander of believers

“Amirul Mu'minin” (PbuH). The moment we call Him out sincerely “Ya Ali” ‘Oh Ali, He (PhuH) comes and

purifies us of it and smashes it just like He smashed the idols in ‘Al-Kaaba”.

The horse of Al-tmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) didn’t bear to live after Him, thus He threw himself in the river

Euphrates. As for us, how many time have we heard that shemer ben-dhil jawshan, may the curses of

ALLAK be upon Him, struck and hurt Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) and cut off the head of Al-Hussein . .. did that
affect us asit should do. . .?L.

Why, is it because we didn’t quite perfectly believe in that? Or because Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) is not our

own sister, nor our own wife, nor our own mother...

The lover cannot even bear to hear this talking. However, we are still existent, alive. We eat, we drink,

{although} the Commander of believer “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuH) says: “The best of brethren is the one

whom if you lost, you would not love to remain after Him” 2)

For ALLAH’s sake, answer me. Where are the martyrs? . .. Where are our beloveds who were with us?!

Where is Mohammad Bin Abdellah (PbuH)? Where is Bibi Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad

{(PbuH)? {Verily} we came to this life after it is too late. For, everyone has left. We went to Al-Bakii {Al-

Medina}, yet after the time was up, we came late.

(1) “Ghorar Al-Hokom”: P.417,

We went to Karbala yet after it was too late. Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) was then in Karbala a corpse

withaut head . .. We asked about Abi Fadel Al-Abbas, they said He is at ‘e-Alkami’ river bark {the

Euphrates), while His hands are dismembered.

We asked aboul Ali e-Akbar, they said to us, He is cut to pieces. We asked about Al-Qasem, we asked

about the daughters of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (PbuT), they said they were taken captives. We asked about

the children, they said, Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) went out of Al-Medina along with seventy two kids

{male and female}, but when Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) returned to it, there was only three kids with Her. Most

of them martyrized either {out of being trampled} under the horses’ hooves or out of being burnt or due

to the throwing of darts or during captivity {in the course of their march from Al-Kufa to Syria}.

How wouldn't they martyrize {through being trampled} under the horses’ hooves while the horses has

trampled on the body of Their beloved and Their adorer?

For ALLAH’s sake, tell me, how do we accept to stay in this world that killed Mohammad and the

Household of Mohammad. . . ?L How could we Jive ir a world that killed Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)? How

could we live in a world wherein Fatima the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PbuT} is not present?

How could we live in a world wherein Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) was taken prisoner and She was brought in to

the court of ibn ziad, may ALLAH (SwT) curse him, and he was looking at Her while rejoicing at Her

misfortune. Thereupon, Al-lmam Ali As-Sajjad (PbuH) said to him: “Oh bin ziad, till when will you show

up {and debase} my aunt Zeinab among the people who knows Her and those who doesn’t”.

The narrations mention that when they brought the captive prisoners ta yazid in Ash-Sham {Syria} and

the head of Al-Hussein (Pbu H) was atop a spear, they started to let the women and the children pass

before it. They say the head of Al-lmam Al-Hussein looked at Bibi Sukeina so He smiled. He looked at

little Fatima “e-Sughra’ and smiled, He looked at Bibi Rukaya and Ar-Rabab and started to smile.
However, when He saw Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Her, He closed His eves.

Master, Oh Aba Abdellah, what have you seen so that you closed Your eyes? The narration mentions

that yazid, may ALLAH curse him, started to ask about each one of the women. There was among Them

a women covering Her face with Her hands, and there was no yashmak' aver Her. He asked whois She?

They said: She is Sukeina the daughter of Al-Hussein. Thereupon, Her eyes started tearing. So he asked

Hei: what is making you cry? She said: how could the one who doesn’t have a yashmak to cover Her face

from you with it, not cry?

One of yazid's relatives, may ALLAH curse him, painted towards little Fatima ‘e-Sughra’ and said: Oh

yazid, grant me this little girl to be a slave girl for me. 1 ask you, is there anyone among you who could

support His daughter to be a slave girl? . . . Thus, the child took shelter with the clothes of Her aunt Bibi

Zeinab, may ALLAH'S peace be upon Her. So Bibi Zeinab said to him: By ALLAH, you have lied and you

have become mean. As if Zeinab turned toward Her brother Al-Hussein . . .

Brother, by ALLAH, | have become bewildered an account of Thy orphans

Thy separation, Oh Hussein, is unbearable

We sought Ye in such a time

Then, someane at the court of yazid started to introduce the captive prisoner one by one . .

So when Bibi Ar-Rabab, the wife of Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) entered, the introducer said: my prince,

this is Ar-Rabab, Abi Abdellah’s wife.

When he heard by Her name, he came toward Fer while holding a tray wherein there is Al-Hussein's

head. Sc he said to Her: Rabab, do you know whose head is this? As if it is that of Al-Hussein. So She

wept while saying:

ft is painful for me to see Him same as it is for Him to witness you seeing me.

He confronted Ar-Rabab and opened his eye......... Thy head, Oh Aboul yemman’, was in His right }

He said to me do ye know whose head is that........ Oh | wished you were alive Oh ye protector of the
riding camel

Then he started to hurt the front teeth of Abi Abdellah with the cane. Thus, Bil Fatima the daughter of

Al-Hussein cried, aunt Zeinab, stand up and see what yazid is doing by the head of my father Al-
Husseirn.

Thereupon, Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) stood up and called out in a sad tone, there is no power nor strength but

with ALLAH, the High, the Great. The complaint {about this} is only to ALLAH. As if Zeinab {says}. . .

we

Oh Hussein when | saw Thy head............ while the cane of yazid was hurting its lip

P=

* Yes! the situation of the women and the children at the court of yazid was from the great disasters
{that

= passed} on the heart of our Imam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH). The narration mentions “one day, Abou
Hamza

Ath-thumali entered to Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH), so He found Him sad and grief-stricken. He said to

Him: Oh son of the Holy Prophet, the time hasn't come yet for your sorrow to pass and for your weeping

to decrease? My master, You are accustomed to being slain and it is a grace from ALLAH for You to die
EA as martyrs. Hasn't Your grandfather Ali Bin Abi Taleb been killed? Hasn't Your grandmother Fatima
been

killed? Hasn't Your uncle Al-Hassan been murdered? So {for} what is this weeping? Al-Imam Zeinul-

Abidin turned around to Him and said: May your striving be recompensed by ALLAH Oh Aba Hamza. As

what you have mentioned, we are accustomed to being slain and it is a grace from ALLAH for us to die as

martyrs, yet, Oh Aba Hamza, have your eyes ever seen or your ears heard of an ‘Alawi’” woman that was

taken captive before? We are accustomed to the men getting killed, yet are we accustomed to the

women being taken prisoners? Are we accustomed to setting the tents cn fire? By ALLAH, Oh Aba

Hamza, whenever | lock at my aunts and my sisters | would remember them escaping from one tent to

another while they are calling out: Oh grandfather ‘Waa Jaddah’, Oh Mohammad ‘Waa Muhammadah’

They say: when they let Al-imam As-5ajjad along with the captive prisoners pass by the demise of the

slain, and He saw His father Al-Hussein, a corpse without head, undressed, thrown down {on the

ground} against the scorching heat” of Karbala and the horses have bruised His chest and His back, the

color of Al-tmam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) changed, He started giving Himself up and His soul was about to

leave His body . . .

Oh...Hussein, Oh the longing of my soul, Oh the sighing of my sorrow

Hussein, Oh the tears flowing from the edges of my eyelids

Hussein, Oh the yearning burning in the depth of my feeling

Alas for me! Oh father, ALLAR’s peace be on ye, | have left ye

oo ————Fhat moment Fstruck m yface and said===may-thy right hand-become paralyzed, Oh-thou
who struek-Him—-———————
Serrowfully, Yet | wasn't satisfied from my farewell with ye

They let me pass by Thy body, Lo! Here Ye are,

Undressed, plundered, bruised and covered with dust {and blood}

Oh jather, may all of us had gone os a sacrifice for Ye

Take us into the grave, Oh Hussein, with Ye

Are Ye going to return to us, Oh Ye noble......... orthe Lord of Glory has decreed that Ye return not

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

intc His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings Mohammad and His household and lead my faith to be the most perfect

faith, render my certainty the most excellent certainty and take my intention to the best of intentions

and my works to the best of works. Oh ALLAH, perfect my intention through Thy gentleness, rectify my

certainty through what is present with Thee and render what is corrupt in me right with Thy power, Oh

Ye most Merciful, for the sake of Mohammad and His pure Household. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace

be upon Mohammad and His Household.

Fre ST

The eighteenth whiff

‘Majlis’ of the encounter of the captive prisoners

with ‘Hind’
In the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon you Ch ALLAH's Messenger and upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon you, Oh Aba Abdellah and upon Your oppressed slain

children. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You and upon Your pure Household. May ALLAH curse the anes

who oppressed You from the first and later {generations} and may He double up the curse upon them

and also the painful punishment He decree for them. Would that we were with you so that we could

attain our end and won great fortune!

The disaster has occurred, concerning whom we were afflicted with...so excuse us and blame us not

Have thou not know that what has befallen us.....is a great calamity that nothing resembling to it was
mentioned

This is Al-Hussein thrown down at the river bank of Karbala..... Thirsty, His cheek and His neck are
bleeding

Uncovered, without being enshrouded or bathed............... there was only the winds full of sand,

{maving from side to side unto His body}, He was Jeft {thrown} three days without being buried

Beheaded, His ribs were smashed................. And Ris back has been broken, yet it was not sat

His women were around Him and His defenders,

died out of thirst, Verily, they shall be led to ‘Alkauther’” river {In the Hereafter}

There is among Them he who was dragged to be slain under the open sky,

He whose head was atop {a spear}, he who was taken captive

He who was slipping due to His burdensome chains

And he who is covered with dust {and blood} and his hands are chained

Also a baby whom the time of His weaning has come, {yet} through the sword

Although He is at a young age, not a grown up {to be able to support}

I forgot not Bibi Zeinab while She was grieved and bewildered...among the suffering heartbroken
women

Walking towards Al-Hussein while complaining............ about what has befallen Her from the grievance
of that folk

Oh my aim Oh my wish Oh my aspiration -.Oh ye who preserves me from the disasters of the time

I forgot neither Her nor Sukeina nor Rukaya when they were weeping over Him with grief and sighing

Oh Hussein, the sorrow and the orphans have pulled my heart {apart}

They and | have become accustomed to lamenting

I continued to watch and take care of Thy women and Thy orphans

And the fire of torment in my heart remained effective

ALLAH (TwT) said in His decisive precious noble boak, “By no means shail you attain to righteousness

uritil you spend [berevolently] cut of what you love” W, Righteousness is a rank that the human being

strives to get it and he cannot attain it save when he spends out of what he loves not out of what he

hates. Yet, what is the righteousness? What is known is that the religious obligation and duty of the

partisan human, is to be dutiful {and righteous} to His parents. Being dutiful to the father and the

mother is from the obligatory duties that have a big effect on the human being in this world and the

Hereafter, whereas if he discontents them, he will obtain nothing save the anger from ALLAH and the

misery in the present life and the afterlife. Further, ALLAH has made these parents a means to create us,

and this is apparently, whereas we have true parents for the sake of whom ALLAH has created us, they

are the holy Prophet of ALLAH and the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin”, may ALLAH'S

blessings and peace be upon Them and Their household. “Oh Mohammad, were it not for you | would

have never created the planets. Were it not for Ali | would have never created You and had it not been

far Fatima, | would have never created {both} of you”. It was mentioned quoting the prophet {PbuH)

that He said: “Ali and | are the parents of this nation “Ummah” @ and we should be dutiful to Them as

well. And being granted the success to attain to Their righteousness, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace

be upon Them, cannot happen save through spending {benevolently} out of what we love, as what

ALLAH (TwT) said “By no means shall you attain to righteousness until you spend [benevalently] aut of

what you love” ® Definitely, being dutiful to the apparent parentsis a prelude to {the fact of} being

dutiful to the true parents because they are a manifestation of that parenthood and one of its degrees.

Mohammad Bin Ali (PbuH) said: “Whaoso wants to know His standing in the estimation of ALLAH, let
him

iaok at the standing {and the value} of His best parents Mohammad and Ali, may ALLAH’s blessings and

peace be upon Them, according to his own estimation”.

Aji Bin Mohammad (PbuH) said: “Whomsoever the parents relevant to His religion, Mohammad and Ali

were not more precious to Him than the parents relevant to His parentage, did not {follow and} abide by

what ALLAH has determined from what is lawful and what is unlawful, neither a little nor a lot” (24
However, the question is: where are the Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH) and the Commander of believers

“Amirul Mu minin” (Pbut) to be dutiful to Them?! The answer is: this act could be realized through

being dutiful and righteous to the Imam of our time, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance, for, He is

the only one left from the Progeny of Ahmad (PbuT), and He is the remainder of ALLAH among us {the

last surviving proof of ALLAH (SwT)}. And if we weren't dutiful toward this impeccable Imam whom His

obedience is obligatory and we were impious towards Him, we cannot obtain the rank of righteousness

and consequently we will not reach ALLAH. (TwT). Further, the recognition should precede the

righteousness, and as much as your recognition and knowledge about Al-imam was, your piety towa rds

Him {PbuH) would then be. Hence, you would have a lofty rank with ALLAH (T).

However, the required knowledge that leads us to the standing of righteousness is not the apparent

knowledge, (His name, the date of His birth, the duration of His occultation . .. etc).

(1) “Surat Al-lmran”, the verse: 92.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.16, P.95.

(3) "Surat Al-lmran”, the verse: 92.

{4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.23, P.260.

(5) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.23, P.261.

With being aware that this knowledge is required and important but the intended recognition here and

whereto the narrations refer, we may derive it from their words, may ALLAH's peace be upon Them. For,

as what was mentioned in the ‘Hadeeth’ quoting the Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH): “Whoso dies without

knowing the liam of His age, dies as the ones who were in the pre-Istamic times {as the ignorant} ®t,

Moreover, as what was narrated quoting Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH): “By ALLAH, we are the

attributes of ALLAH that {the wark} of no one is accepted save through knowing us” “. And Al-lmam Ali

(PbuH) said to Salman: “Oh Selman, woe unto he who doesn't recognize our proper recognition and

denies our {excellent} virtues” What is meant by the recognition in this narration is the true luminous

recognition, whereabout the Cornmandar of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin” and the Lord of those who

guard against evil “Maula e-Mutagin” told us in His discourse {addressed} to Salman Al-Farisi and Jundob

where He (PbuH) said: “Ok Salman, Oh Jundob, he who doesn’t recognize me through the luminous

camel is nor how is its form, were present, each one of these people will inform us of the thing that

exists in the room according to His own way. As for the partisan, he sees according to His own

perception and to His five senses. Each one sees according to the strength or the weakness of His light

{His enlightenment} as what was mentioned: “Guard against the insight” vision) of the believer because

He looks through the eye of ALLAH”. And as much as His faith is His sight would then be. Somebody may

say that it {the camel} looks like a hill because while He was feeling it, His hand has touched the back of

this camel. Another one may say another thing and another may say something else. . . Yet when the

room is lighted up, everyone will see the camel in its reality, they will recognize it and they will know

that the truth is not as what they have imagined or thought, and they will have then a true recognition

concerning this matter with them with nejther being confused nor being suspicious about it... . sg we

should recognize the Imam of our time with the true luminous recognition, so that this knowledge

transforms into certainty and this certainty should {in its turn} transform into witnessing (attestation),

which means the {exact} witnessing oi this itminous knowledge of Al-imam (PbuH). Just then, we would

reach the {level of} recognizing ALLAH (TwT).

In addition, the luminous recognition of Al-lmam is the fact of recognizing Him through the divine names

and attributes, because He is the most perfect manifestation of those divine names and attributes which
means He is the “greatest” name of ALLAH {TWT). Yet there are some degrees for this knowledge and

‘As-5alik’ the traveler on the spiritual path graduates according to the strength of His pursue, His lave

and His sincere loyalty” {towards ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)} (sticking to Their guardianship ‘Wilayat). Hence, he

starts to recognize a name after another and an attribute after another 6f the divine names and

attributes such that he would have afterwards certainty in these names and attributes, then he reaches

the {exact} witnessing of it” (of the names and the attributes).

I wonder, are we trying hard to have a true and a real connection with the Imam of the age, may ALLAH

{TWT) hasten His reappearance? It is well-known that the one who loves the mam of His age, His master

and His lord ‘Maula’ speaks to Him and whispers to Him all the time. | wonder, are we so? Is jt possible

that he who loves His belaved doesn't speak to Him but in the time of adversities? Do

(1) “Wasa'il Al-Shiga”: Vol.16, P.246.

(2) "Al-Ayashi”: Vol.2, P.42, LS.

(3) “Irashadu! Qolub”: Vol.2, P.416.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.26, P.2.

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we really miss Him? Do we really seek Him? Are we really in need of Him? Are we ready to spend and to

sacrifice every dear and precious thing to us to attain to His righteousness {t¢ become dutiful towards

Him} and to reach Him? Did His occultation caused us insomnia as it has done by our lord ‘Maula’ Imam

1aafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) who says addressing the imam of the age (PbuH): “My master, Your occultation

has caused me insomnia. It has straitened my bed to me and usurped from me my heartsease”? * And

you are aware that if we weren't connected with Him, we will not be capable of being connected with

ALLAH (Awd), because He is the unique door wherefrom you may enter {to reach ALLAH} “where is

ALLAH's gate wherefrom {everyone} should enter” {to reach ALLAH (TwT) - Duaa e-Nudbah). He who

wasn't certain of the Imam of the age’s truth (PbuH} in the present life, will not witness Him in the

afterlife. He who doesn’t have knowledge of Him here, will not recognize Him there. And he who

doesn’t have certainty in Him here, will not have certainty in Him there, for, the Hereafter is consisting

in the appearance of the deeds that we have done in the world. Thereupon, the problem lies in this

point that is why we must reconsider our way of thinking, our relation with Him (PbuH) and our practical

pursue towards Him, yet we should examine carefully how much do we believe in Him (PbuH) and let us

ask ourselves, do we think and believe that He (PbuH) sits among us, sees us and hears us, as what was

mentioned in the written Visit “Ziarat-e-AaleYassin”: “I bear witness that you are seeing my place,

hearing my words and returning my salutation”? Hence, if we have a true and real knowledge, it will

definitely lead us to the certainty, and our certainty will Jead us to the {exact} witnessing of Him, may

ALLAH’s peace and blessings be upon Him. However, in reality, we are not like that.

Whoever loves His beloved would be alone with Him because as what He {ALLAH (T)} said jn the sacred

‘Hadeeth’ “Whoso claims that he loves me and when the night descends he neglects me (slept, ignored

me, etc), has lied” 2 Look at some of the lovers’ conditions, do take the determination from them and

do learn how to become real adorers. {One day} a person wanted to know one thing from the master of

the age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH) {may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance}. So He stayed from the noon

of that day until the morning of the next sitting on the seashore while the sky is raining and He was

ready to stay at His place more for the sake of hearing one word from the Imam of His time and which

is: is He pleased with Him or not?

Syed Ibn Tawous and He is from the great ‘Shiaa’ scholars says: “l was in Samuraa’ (a region in Irag,

"Sura Man Ra’a” the Arabic translation of its meaning is: He who sees {it} becomes delighted). So |

heard, at the time before daybreak, the voice of Al-lmam Al-Huija, the claim and the poof of ALLAH (T),

reciting a supplication ‘Duaa’, sa | have memorized it. And that was Wednesday night, the thirteenth of

“thou Al-Ki'ida”, year six hundred thirty eight - of the Hegira™.

As for us, how is our connection with our Imam, our master and our lord?! The claim and the proof of

ALLAH (TWT) ‘Al-imam Al-Hujja’, peace be upon Him, says to Shiekh Al-Mufid, may His soul be blessed,

who is from the great scholars and who had the honor of meeting Al-imam Al-Hujja, may ALLAH (SwT)}

hasten His reappearance: “Do pray a lot for the hastening of the reappearance {of the master of the age

“Sahibul Zaman”} because that is your relief’. Thus, are we praying a lot for the sake of hastening the

reappearance of Al-lmam (PbuH), or we do not pray a lot for it but when things bear down on us and the

world along with its catastrophes rush madly upon us?.

Master, we are being niggardly against You in reciting the supplication ‘Duaa’, so how about our souls?!.

(1) “Mikyalul makarim”.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.13, P.329,

ALLAH (Awl) says “and they do not spend but while they are unwilling” ® which means they have spant

vet it was not accepted from them, why? Because the condition of spending is that we spend with love

and out of what we love. What does the human being love in this world more than himself, his family,

his children and his parents? We will not attain to the rank of righteousness ‘Al-Bir’ until we spend these

things as what He {ALLAH (7)} said: “By no means shall you attain to righteousness until you spend

[benevolently] out of what you love” ?. For example, the prayer that we pray, do we perform it while

being sluggish and disturbed or while being oriented {heart and soul} tc it? He (T) said: “and when they

stand up to prayer they stand up sluggishly” ®), We are not ready to spend an additional time for

prayers, and if it become long, we feel bored, why?] And the disaster is that if we missed the morning

prayer, we don’t feel that there is a grave matter that happened. However, if we lost a sum of money,

our state would be difficult to a degree that burns the hearts. If we fasted, the most beautiful moment

to us is when we hear the sundown “Adhan” {the call to prayer at the time of sunset} to eat and drink.

We worry about our bodies. We don’t like to tire them out, and we give them all what they want. We

comply with the call of our desires, our lusts and ourselves more than we accede to the call of ALLAH,

His prophet and the imams (PbuT), and that shows nothing but an untrue and insincere faith.

Why we do not pray for example the midnight prayer? Is it because we don’t want to? Nay! But itis

because ourselves love to sleep and we are not ready to spend out of what we love. The person who is

not attached to his body and to his desires and lusts is not affected by the fact of sleeping or eating or

drinking or having sexual love in a small amount because His heart is attached to His Exalted holy

essence {ALLAH (TwT)} and not to the ruins of this mortal life. “What Ali has to do with a mortal bliss and

an impermanent pleasure?!” . This body will die and will pass away and the soul is the one that will

stay, and the heart of the man and what exists in it, is what will determine His situation, His resort and

His end “Except him who comes to Allah with a heart free [from evil].” {A heart} free from this world

and what is related to it, in submission to its lords the trusted representatives of ALLAH (TwT)

Mohammad and His Household. Thus, is this soul in contact with Her Imam?! Is it in contact with ALLAH

{Awjj?! When many people see a dead person who is being taken down to the grave, do they think

about themselves how will they be taken down to this abode? They rarely think {about it} because fear

would dominate/overwhelm them because they cannot support their bodies to perish with knowing
that this body has no value and the soul is what remains. Yet that fear is due to our remoteness from

ALLAH, His prophet and His Household (FbuT). Otherwise, we would have been like Ali Bin Abi Taleb

(PbuH), eager to die “Ali Bin Abi Taleb is eager to death, the eagerness of a suckling baby towards the

milk of His mother”. Some of the martyrs’ bodies were deformed while people say, is it possible for the

figure of 3 martyr to be like that in the world? We should pay attention to what was mentioned in the

Bi ‘Hadeeth’ “If the worldly existence equals {the value of} the wing of one mosquito in the estimation of

ALLAH, He wouldn't have then given the immoral {to drink} one drink of water from it” ©. so why are we

attached to that extent to our bodies, to ourselves and to this world?! And when we wanted to spend

for the sake of ALLAH we don’t do it but while we are unwilling?! Do we content ourselves with what is |

inferior and we abandon what is better {the best}.

(1) "Surat At-Tawba”, the verse; 54.

(2) "Surat Aal-Imran”, the verse: 92. ]

{3) “Surat An-Nisaa”, the verse: 142.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.72, P.359, .

(5) “Surat Ash-Shuaraa”, the verse: 89.

pe (6) “Aalam Al-Din”: P.192. “A

Comel Let us stand up before the sublime honurable Zeineb, taking shelter with Her and asking from {ler

the salvation in this world and in the Hereafter.

My Lady, Your ‘Shiaa’ followers are at Your door. Isn't She the one whom Abou Abdeliah has entrusted

with guarding the orphans? My Lady, we are Your orphans. Therefore, teach us how to spend such that

we reach Your righteousness and the rank of being dutiful to You, join your caravan, stride along with

you, in your journey, solace your hurts and such that we would not to be of those whom ALLAH said

about “ But when He gave them out of His grace, they became niggardly of it and they turned back and

they withdrew, So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts” ®.

See through the eye of your hearts, when Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) went out of the tent and saw the head of

Abi Abdellah (PbuH) raised atop a spear and His companions and His Household dead, what did She do?

She approached Abi Abdellah (PbuH), put Her hands under His honorable breast and looked at the sky

while saying: “Oh ALLAH, accept this sacrifice from us”. This is what Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) has offered.

For ALLAH's sake, tell me, what is the thing that Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon

Her, didn’t spend?! Hadn't She seen all what happened to Her mother Az-Zahraa (PbuH)? Hadn't She

seen how did they jump on the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin” (Pbuh), tied Him up with

ropes and took Him out of the house? Hadn't She seen omar, may ALLAH curse Him, while he was

squeezing Bibi Fatima, may ALLAH’ blessings and peace be upon Her, behind the door? Didn’t She hear

the moaning of Az-Zahraa as Her inwards had stuck to the door such that She aborted ‘Al-Muhsin’? She

saw all of what happened and She had never objected to any of ALLAH’s legislative command (TwT) {a

Jaw that is made} or a constitutive one {a fundamental constitution}. Nay! But She was pleased with the

predestination of ALLAH and She was ready to spend everything to reach His (T) love.

Hadn't She seen the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin” (PbuT) while blood was flowing over

His honorable beard? Further, they carried Him to His home and when they arrived near the house, He

said to Them, take me down over here. So they asked Him: Oh Abal Hassan’, for what reason? He said to

Them: | don’t want Zeinab to see me in this state. Didn't She see Him in that condition?
Wasn't Zeinab (PbuH) present, watching Al-Imam Al-Hassan spitting up His liver?

Come, Let us stop in Karbala and to see how did Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) spend. Didn't She offer up three of

Her sons {as a sacrifice}? Didn't She offer up Her brother, the martyrs’ master? Didn't She sacrifice Her

dear Abal Fadel Al-Abbas?

Oh dears, if your tears weren't shed till now on account of these disaster, hear this catastrophe that

pained and tormented the heart of Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH’s peace be upon Her. Itis when they brought

the prisoners to Ash-Sham {Syria}. Yes, Oh father of the zealous! It hurt Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) to stop in

Syria... and as if She is saying

Oh ... why have thou degrade me O aeon....the enemies and the people, O brother, were rejoicing at my
misfortune

J will complain about thou, Oh aeon, to my father Haidar.........{He is} Abal Hassan and ‘Dahl l-bwab’

(1) “Surat At-Tawba", the verse: 76 — 77.

They say Hind the wife of yazid (ACh) wanted to visit the captive prisoners to waich them, yazid opened

for Her a special way and She went out with one of the women of Her folk, holding a chair for Her. She

drew near along with this cortege of Her. When Bibi Zeinab saw Her, She turned around to the children

and to the orphans and said to Them: Veil {Your faces} and keep silent. The one who used to serve us

has come to watch us. Hind came, they put the chair for Her, She sat down on it and started gazing at

the captive prisoners for so long and Bibi Zeinab, peace be upon Her, was among Them. So She started

weeping. She turned around to Bibi Zeinab without being aware who is She. And how is she capable of

recognizing Her?! She said: Sister, draw near me. Bibi Zeinab, peace on Her, along with the children and

the orphans approached Her, they wanted to know what does the wife of vazid wants from Them. She

said: Sister, | came to watch you but when | saw you, things have changed. You have broken my heart.

You have cut it up into pieces and | wept on account of being merciful towards You. From which city are

You? Zeinab, peace on Her, replied: we are the captive prisoners of ‘Al-Medina’ {Bibi Zeinab (PbuH)

pointing at the city of the Prophet (PbuH)}. She said: there are many cities, from which one are You? She

(PbuH) replied: from the city of the Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH). When Hind heard that, She stood upon

Her legs, turned Her face towards the city of the Messenger of ALLAH {PbuH), put Her hands upon Her

head and said: may ALLAH's peace be upon You Oh ALLAH’s Apostle, then She sat down on the ground.

Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) said to Her: Why have you left your place and sat on the ground? She said: to honor

you because you are from the town of ALLAH'S Apustle (PhuH). Yet tell me, | have in this city a family

and a house | am willing to ask You about. Bibi Zeinab, peace on Her, said: which house? She said: it is

that of my master and my lord “Maula Amirul Mu’'minin®, the Commander of believers Ali Bin Abi Taleb

{PbuH). 1 ask You about my master Abi Abdellah, about my lord ‘Maula’ Abil Fade! Al-Abbas. ask You

about Zeinab the reasonable ‘Al-Akila’, Zeinab the honor of the covered women. | ask you about Ar-

Rabab, Om Kolthoum and Sukeina. She started to ask about everyone and each time she asks about

someone, the children used to clamor weeping and wailing. When the children of Al-Hussein heard ks

those questions, they stood up walking. Bibi Zeinab, peace on Her, said to Her: Oh Hind, you have hurt

ust Oh Hind, are you asking about the house of Ali? we have left it announcing the death ofits people.

Are you asking about Al-Hussein? His {cut} head is between the hands of yazid. Are you asking about the
moon of the clan {of sons of Hashim} ‘Qumarul ‘Ashira’ Al-Abbas (PbuH)? We have left Him at the ‘e-

Alkam/’ riverbank {the Euphrates}, the dart is thrust in His eye, without hands and the standard ‘Alam’ is

beside Him.

Are you asking about Om Kolthoum? {Here} She is, the one sitting beside you. Are you asking about Ar-

Rabab? This is Ar-Rabab. Are you asking about Sukeina? This is Sukeina, the one sitting with Her head

between Her knees. Further, about whom are you asking? Are you asking about Zeinab? Oh. _ | am

Zeinab.

She Told Her, | am Zeinab, while the eye is shedding abundant tears...and those are the women, Oh ye
who is asking

I am Zeinab about whom they taik............... {about} the great disasters that embittered me

The calamities of Hussein have destroyed me...........it happened {before} my eyes and blinded me

When Hind heard that, She tore Her clothes. Then She took a stone and struck Her head with it. Thus,

blood flowed over Her face and She fainted. When She woke up, She cried: Oh Hussein “Waa

Hussaynah” . . . Oh my Imam “Waa Imamah”. . people started to shout, Oh princess, what is the matter

with you? Have you become insane? She said: may ALLAH turn your faces black, Oh people of Ash-Sha'

{Syria}! Are you happy while this is the head of Al-Hussein with yazid?! She entered to yazid barefoot

while he was in a public assembly. She said: Oh yazid, | am a servant of Ali, am a servant of Al-Husr

am a Shiite “follower of "Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)”, {does it comes to mind that} Al-Hussein’s head is raise

the door of my house? When yazid saw here in that case, he covered Her up and said: ibn ziad s!
rapidly. Thereupon, weep and lament Al-Hussein Bin Ali. She said: woe to you, Oh yazid! You are jealous

for mel Thus, why haven't you displayed seal and enthusiasin Tor the daughters of Fatima Az-7ahraa and

Ali?t you have exposed them {without their veils} and you have showed their faces! Therefore, by

ALLAH, | will not enter to your palace but when they enter with me. .

May my eye becomes blind if | returned to the house...... and I left you {out}, Oh daughters of Haidar Al-
Karrar

My heart continued to burn with fire because of you...] want to hold a mourning gathering in the house
for you

He commanded Hind when He Saw Her Weeping..........mm........to take Them with Her unto the dwelling

She took Them and Zeinab held Her mourning assembly.........for Her brothers who passed away in Al-
Ghadiriyo

Hind stood and shared Them the lamenting............... Her lamentation is that which makes you give up
the ghost

Women and their hearts are hurt because of the family......... So how wouldn’t She hold a mourning
gathering?!

Would that death could be bought.........for, living has become embittered, after the ones who departed

There jis no power nor strength hut with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ 'Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His household. My Gad, how agreeable for the

hearts are the thoughts of Thy remembrance, how sweet

travelling unto Thee through imaginations on the paths of the unseen, how pleasant the taste of Thy
love, how delightful the drink of Thy closeness! so grant us shelter from Thy casting out and Thy sending

far, and make us from the most elect of Thy knowers, the most good of Thy servants, the most truthful

of They who obey Thee, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon

Mohammad and His household.

The nineteenth whiff

‘Majlis’ of Lady Rukaya

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Her

in the name of ALLAH, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

May ALLAH'S blessings be upon You Ch ALLAH's Messenger and upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You and Your oppressed household. May ALLAH'S

blessings be upon You, Oh Aba Abdellah and upon Your daughter and the delight of Your eye Rukaya.

May my father and mother be Your ransom. Would that we were with you so that we could attain our

end and wan great fortune!

Alas! The sorrow of myself for Zeinab, bereaved...............Her heart is burning with tears and sighs

She saw of the orphanhood’s pain what burns......a disaster that can never be equaled {to any other}

A three or four years old little Qirl........vevivecicenns the perfume inspires from Her fragrant scent

She is Al-Hussein’s daughter, unfamiliar with the orphanhood...She knew not how to announce Her
father’s death

Her eye slumbered so thot She calms down Her distress............. and forgets Her calamity and Her grief

She saw Her loving father with Her own eye...............50 She got up out of what She has seen, frightened

She stood up complaining the degradation and the orphanhood to Him...Lo! Her complaint melts the
hearts

She woke up from the aggrieving sleep, weeping........Calling out, yet {no one) was responding to Her call

Dh father, Oh father, | want my father now... He was certainly protecting and doing honor to me

The crying teased the sleep of yazid.......... while he was in his palace, Thus, he woke up

He said: here it is His head, carry it t0 Her... mune. Perhaps She may substitute by it .. Perhaps
Oh...{l swear} by Your head, Oh my father, Oh the light of my eye......my moaning will not cease
throughout the time

Hew could you blame me If my eyes became blind.................out of Your separation, for, you are the light
of the eyes
twas mentioned in the noble ‘Hadeethy’ quoting Al-imam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH), He said: “He wha

visits Al-Hussein (PbuH}, and he is fully aware of His rights {and privileges}, | guarantee for him the

paradise from ALLAH". The condition to reach this paradise is to visit Al-Hussein Bin Alj {PbuH). The

condition of Lhis visit is to be fully aware of their rights (PbuT), and loving Them (PbuT} is from Their

rights; "Say: | do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives” ™. As much as the man

has recognition {of ‘Ablulbayt’ (PbuT)} Al-Imam As-Sadeq {PbuH) guarantees for him the paradise from

ALLAH in case if He visited the grave of Al-Hussein or any of Al-imams’ shrines (PbuT). Hence, the

condition is the knowledge and the recognition; yet which knowledge? It was mentioned that Al-lmam

Ali (PbuH) said to Salman and Abou-Dhar “he who doesn’t recognize me through the luminous

recognition is either a disbeliever or a doubtful” @. Also, as much as he knows and recognizes

{"Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}, his rank would then be as what the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’ minin”,

may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Him, said: “the value of each person is {equal to} what he

masters and knows well” ®,

Someone saw one of the martyrs in dreams. He said to him: Da you regret anything {you have or haven't

done} in the world? He said to him: yes, | regret the fact of not penetrating deeply into the recognition

of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) because here, the value of each one of us is measured to the extent of his

knowledge, and as much as the person loves and adores Them (PbuT), he ascends.

Every person has a goal for which he works. There is among us whose goal in this world is to reach the

Garden, so ALLAH (TwT) would lead him to it and give him what he asked from the degrees of the

paradise. Yet, the process of his perfection would be just in this degree.

Anather person’s goal is the martyrdom. Thus, ALLAH would grant it to him. Yet, the process of his

perfection would be only in the rank of martyrdom. Another one’s aim is the repentance, sc ALLAH

would lead him to the rank of repentance. However, the operaticn of his perfection would be only in

this rank. Yet, the question is: What is the deed {that can be done} through which the person may group

all the ranks: the repentance, the knowledge, the martyrdom and the Garden . .. 7) To know that, we

must ponder over thase narrations to derive and deduce this work from it, and which is love; It is the
love of Mohammad and His Household which if the partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) possessed, he has

then grouped all the good of this world and the Hereafter and he has attained to all the ranks.

The prophet {PhuH) said: “Whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s Household, dies as a martyr,

(He reaches the rank of martyrdom).

Verily, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad's household, dies {with his sins} pardoned (He

reaches the rank of forgiveness).

Verily, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s household, dies penitent (He reaches the rank of

repentance).

{1) "Surat As-Shawra”, the verse: 23.

{2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.26, P.17.

(3) "Nahjul Balagha”: P.787.

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indeed, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad's Household, dies as a believer, of a perfect faith.

(His farth is complete).

indeed, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad's Household, the angel of death then ‘Munkar’

and ‘Makir would give good news to him that he will enter to the Garden.

Verily, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s Household, will be carried to the Garden ina

procession just as the bride is carried to her hushand’s house in a procession.

verily, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s Household, ALLAH would open for Him, in His

grave, a door {leading} to the Garden.

verily, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s Household, ALLAH would assign his grave asa

piace of visitation for the angels of mercy.

indeed, whoso dies while he {truly} loves Mohammad’s Household, dies while still following the ‘Sunna’

{the traditions, the practices and the mode of life of the Holy Prophet (PbuH)}, the brethren and the

group {who stuck faithfully to the religion and the teachings of} the Messenger of ALLAH (Pbu H).

Indeed, whoso dies while he hates Mohammad’s Household, comes the day of resurrection while it is

written between his eyes: Desperate of ALLAH’s mercy.

indeed, whose dies while he hates Mohammad’s Household, dies as a disbeliever.

Indeed, whosc dies while he hates Mohammad’s Household, will not {even} smell the fragrance af the

Garden”

Thereupon, the person arrives through love, and he groups all the degrees and the ranks to arrive unto

what no eye has ever seen, nor ears has ever heard of nor had it crossed the heart of any moital.
Dua to the love of ALLAH (TwT) for Mohammad and His household, He wanted to show Them the signs

of that love, Thus, He created the earth, the sky, the planets and. . . And this is what we read in Hadeeth

e-Kisaa “the talk of the cloak” quoting ALLAH the Originator IAW}; “O’ My angels! O’ Inhabitants of My

Heavens, verily, | have not created the erected Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated {illuminating}

moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the streaming seas and the sailing ships, but for the love of

these Five who are underneath the cloak" Gabriel, the trusted angel, asked : "0’ God! Who are under

the cloak?" The Almighty answered: "They are the Household of the Prophet and the assets of

Prophethood. They are : Fatimah, her father, her husband and her two sons”. So if we wanted to reach

in this world a standing whereby we group all of the degrees and the ranks of perfection, the key to all

that is the love of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), because everything in this existence has appeared through love.

For, the world had appeared through it, all the ranks have appeared through it and the earth and the sky

were created with it. Further, all of what exists in this existence is a manifestation of ALLAH’s love (Awl)

as what was mentioned in the holy ‘Hadeeth’

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.23, P.233.

“Lol i was a hidden treasure. i loved to be known. Thus, | have created the creatures for the sake of

baing recognized” ™. The man would have a value when he loves and adores. Yet, this love is for ALLAH,

His messenger and His Household not for the world and its people.

ft was mentioned in the news that the Holy Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH), asked His companions, one

day, about the firmest handles of the faith. There was among them he who replied with the fasting.

Some others replied with the prayer. Some of Them said the pilgrimage ‘Al-Hajj’. So He (PbuH) said:

“Each one {of what you have mentioned} has an advantage but the firmest handles of the faith is to love

for the sake ALLAH, to hate for the sake of ALLAH, befriending and taking the friends {Awliya’} of ALLAH

for guardian and disconnecting all links with His enemies” ©.

However, could love and its signs and effects become realized within us just by saving we are enamored

of “Ablulbayt’ (PbuT)? Is it possible to be from Their lovers and Their adorers while we are distant from

Them (PbuT)? The true lover doesn’t forget his beloved even for one moment. He cannot bear being

distant from Him, even if the distance was far and he wasn’t able to see Him, he would always mention

and remember Him. He gets connected with that lover with every possible means and way and he

wishes to offer Him any service, even if that was at the expense of His own comfort and everything he

owns, yet, even all of His age. Thus, how is it possible that we are from the adorers of Mohammad and

His Household and till now, we don’t mention Them by our tongue, nor by our hearts, nor through our

works. Further, we neither visit Them nor memorialize their matter but slightly and seldom? We don’t

resort to Them but in the times of hardships and adversities. |s that a sign of love?!!l,

Therefore, let us look at our hearts to see the extent of our attachment and connection with Them

(PbuT). Let us try hard to strengthen it so that it would be a supply for us for a day wherein nothing of

what we have left in this world would be helpful for us. So as much as the attachment and the

connection would be, the love, the passion and the belief in ALLAH'S oneness’ is.

1 you asked, how could we obtain this love? | say, ponder over the love of a mother towards her child.
Is
there anyone who is teaching her that love? Look at the love of a child towards His family and how is

attached to them? True love cannot be possessed through acquiring it. However, {ALLAH (SwT)} casts it

down “and | cast down upon you'lovesfrom Me”? It is a treasure from ALLAH which He casts in

whoever’s heart He wants, in the pure heart that seeks this love and this knowledge honestly and

sincerely. As much as He (TwT) sees in our hearts a recognition in Them (PbuT), He casts down {Their}

love in these hearts. Further, it was mentioned in the ‘Ziyarat-e-Jamia’ : “ He made our sending blessings

upon you and befriending and being loyal to you as signs of the legitimacy of our birth, the purity of our

souls, the refinement our manners, And His forgiving our sins”. This ‘Salawat’ on Them that we proclaim

“Oh ALLAH send Your blessings upon Mohammad and His Household” is a connection, a bond, a link,

and a liaison with Them, may ALLAH's blessings be upon Them. It is as a means of refining our nature,

purifying our souls, cleansing oneself and making amends for our sins. And it grants their {PbuT)

recognition “surely Allah loves those who turn much [to Him], and He loves those who purify

themselves”,

(1) "Biharul Anwar”: Vol.84, P.198.

(2) “Al-Kafi”:Vol.2, P.125.

(3) “Surat Taha”, the verse: 39.

(8) “Surat Al-Baqara”, the verse: 222.

We reach the degree of those who turn much {to ALLAH (SwT)} and those who purify themselves

through loving Them and sending blessings upon Them. Moreover, it was narrated quoting the Hoty

Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH): “There is not a people who are mentioning Mohammad and His

Household’s {excellent} virtues (PbuT) but the angels would descend from the sky, informing them and

speaking unto them. So when they ascend unto the sky, the angels say to Them: we smell a fragrance

{emanating} from you that we have never smelled sweeter than it! They reply: We were near a pecple

who were mentioning the virtues of Mohammad and His Household {PbuT) so we have become redclent

of their fragrance. Thus, they say {to them}: Take us down to the people. So they reply: They had

dispersed. Hence, they say: Take us down unto the place wherein they were to be blessed by it,

in addition, 2s what the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman”, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance said

10 Shiekh Al-Mufid “let each man of you act according to what brings Him closer to our love”. We should

do everything that brings us closer to Them and wherewith they are pleased for the sake of pleasing

Them “The right is only that which you accepts {and are pleased with} and the wrong is only that which

you disallow {and are discontent with}”. And it is not possible to find a person that loves Them and

doesn’t visit Them, show affection to Them or ask about Them. {Indeed, this person} is not a lover.

When he has a problem, the first thing he does is to go to someone to complain His grief and His sorrow.

Sut is there anyone of us who goes and sits with the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” to complain His

grief and His sorrow to Him? You will say, where is He so that we go and complain? Haven't we heard

what He said to us: “nothing of your news is distant from us”, Haven't we heard His saying (T} “And say:

Work; so Allah will see your work and [so will] His Messenger and the believers” ® The believers are

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) because every single work that we do whether it was good or bad, they see us when

we do it. There are some narrations that say, if you have a need, write it down on a paper, plaster it and

throw it in a river or in one of the shrines of the Imams (PbuT). This act shows a connection {with Him

{AHR}. The person who loves another, asks about Him to know where He is so that He complains to Him

and becomes connected to Him.

For, love is the thing that prompts men to work. IF you loved a friend of ‘Ahlutbayt’ (PbuT) to a certain

degree, your work for His sake and your loyalty towards Him will equal this same degree. Observe, what
had prompted the martyrs to go forth seeking the martyrdom? what have they done? They did n'tdo

anything, but their passion and their love for Al-imam Al-Khomeini have incited Them to do that work.

And it is not possible to reach Their love and Their recognition (PbuT) before reaching the love of Their

friends. Whoever doesn’t find his heart fond of Their friends, let him doubt his love for Them, may

ALLAM's blessings and peace be upon Them, and let him doubt his love for Al-Imam Al-Mahdi, may

ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance.

Al-lmam Ali (PbuH) said “Salman is ALLAH’s door; Whoso denies Him, in fact renounces the faith” el,

Salman is the door to Ali (PbuH), and our door to the Imam of the age is His friends”. Thereupon, if my

love was complete and absolute, my work will be and so will my connection {with Him (PbuH)}.

What incites the human to work is love and not the contrary, “Verily one of ALLAH the Gracious’s

artrections equals the {whole} work of the jinn and the men until the day of resurrection”. This

attraction is the passion. It is {the bliss of being loyal to Them (PbuT) and sticking to} the ‘Wilayat’

guardianship. ltis love.

(1) “Biharul Anwar’: Vol.38, P.199.

(2) "Surat At-Tauba”, the verse: 105.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.22, P.374.

It was narrated in the news quoting the Haly Messenger of ALLAH (Pbul) that He said: “The jove of Ali

eats away/swallows/destroys the sins just as (how) the fire consumes the firewood”. Hence, a man gets

rid of his faults and sins by the love of the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’ rninin Ali (PbuH). He
gets

rid of every bad thing, if only that was a true love. This love and loyalty {towards Them} refines the

nature, cleanses oneself and one’s works and it is a means of atoning for the sins. Al-lmam Ali Bin Mousa

e-Rida {PbuH} said “whoso finds nathing whereby to atane for his sins, let him send blessings upon

Mohammad and His Household”. And when the human dies, the angels read the title of His book. So if

the title was the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH), they would close His book. Otherwise, they will call Him

to account hardly because the basic title is the true recognition, love and passion. It was mentioned in

the 'Hadeeth’ “the book title of the believer is the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb”.

The goal of Al-Islam is to lead men into the extreme limit, which means into the absolute happiness, the

absolute perfection, the {true and thorough} unification and into the ‘Wilayat’ and sticking to the

guardianship of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT). Moreover, as what everyone knows, in the book of ALLAH, love and

sincerity are two essential conditions to reach ALLAH (T) “Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah

will love you” ™. Hence, following the Holy Messenger (PhuH) leads to the love of ALLAH, and loving

ALLAH’s Apostle (PbuH) and His Household {(PbuT) is what leads the human to His true perfection and

compieteness “Say: | do not ask you aught in return except that he who will, may take the way tc his

Lord” ®_ “They are the {only} means to {approach} You”. For, ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) are the {only} path

{towards ALLAH} and they are the near relatives whom we should love, adore, be fond of and loyal to,

also we should befriend Them and hate Their enemies. And Their similitude (PbuT) is as what they

themselves have said: “Our likeness in the book of ALLAH is that of the niche. the niche in the lamp is

the light of Ali and Fatima, Allah guides to His light whom He pleases. And It is incumbent an ALLAH to

raise the one loves us while having a bright proof and a firm {and sure} plea. For, we are the

distinguished. We are the light and the shining brightness. We are the successors of the Prophets. We

are the children of the choice ones. We are the only ones left of the guardians and our ‘Shiaa’ followers

are the martyrs and the blissful” ©. Hence, the condition of pursuing ALLAH (T) is ioving Them (PbuT)

and when the person reaches this love and this loyalty {towards Them and Their ‘Wilayat’ guardianship}
he would then obtain high graces and charismas” and he would become from those drawn nigh {to

ALLAH (TwT)}..

We notice that there are many ‘Sufis’ mystics and from these who follow the {different} ways of

‘Sufism’, having hard works for the sake of torturing oneself. But does this lead them to the pure

absolute unification {to the truth of ALLAH'S unity}? Absolutely not, because there isn’t a true love for

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) in their hearts. all of their works will go vain like blown dust “And We will proceed to

what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust” “.

ALLAH {TwT) has commanded us to recite ‘Surah Al-Fatiha’ “The Opening” in the five prayers for the

sake of reaching the belief in His (SwT) oneness and the unification. It is indispensable to read “The

Opening” wherein there is a ‘Duaa’ supplication and a demand that “Oh ALLAH! Guide us to the right

way” ® and when Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadiq (PbuH) was asked about the explanation of this verse, He

(1) “Surat Al-lmran”, the verse: 31.

(2) “Surat Al-Forkan”, the verse: 57.

(3) “Biharut Anwar”: Vol.26, P.241.

(4). “Surat Al-Forkan®, the verse: 23.

(5) “Surat Al-Fatiha”, the verse: 6.

~
said: “{Indeed} Ali is the right way” which means “The Way of those whom You have favored; not of

those who have earned Your wrath, or of those who have lost The Way” © We begin with Them, and

they are who lead us to the unification and the belief in His oneness, "whoso desires closeness to Allah

in fact makes a beginning with you” and we seal with Them also.

“Of whet do they ask one another? About the great event, About which they differ?” ®. Whois the

Prophet ‘An-Nabii'? He is the one who prophesies. Ali (PbuH) said: “There is no event for ALLAH greater

than me” *). For, all of them, are only prophesying the ‘Wilayat’ guardianship” {of Imam Ali (PbuH)}. {in

Arabic words: event = “Nabaa” (the great event), prophet = “An-Nabi”, to prophesy: “Yonhii”; the Arabic

terms shows that all of them are related to the prophecy of the great event).

ALLAH {T) said “I swear by the time, Most surely man is in loss, Except those who believe and do good,

and enjoin on each other truth” ® The time is the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH) {may

ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance}. ALLAH (T} is swearing by it that the human is in loss except for

those who believe. And the essential trait of a believer is to enjoin on {himself and on the others} truth.

And the Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH) said: “All is with the truth and the truth is with Ali. It surely goes

with Him however He would go” * they enjoin on each other Ali's love (PbuH). When the man

recognizes the truth, he wouldn't ask about anything but they would answer him “whoso loves us and

increases in our recognition, asks us not a question but we would cast in His heart {mind} an answer to

that question”.

It is narrated that a man came to the Holy Messenger of ALLAH {PbuH) and complained to Him that He is

nat from His relationship so He said to Him (PbuH): “Love relationship is the best one”. Moreover, itis

narrated that a person came to Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) asking Him the same question, so He

{PhuH) said: “My loyalty to Ali (PbuH) {and to His guardianship} is better than my birth of His kinship” ily

If we talked about the outcomes of this love and this allegiance towards ‘Ahluibayt’ (PbuT), they are

surely abundant and great. As what was narrated quoting the Messenger of ALLAH {PbuH}, He said: “The

‘shiah’ followers of Ali are they that are the achievers, the day of resurrection” ®) Also, let us ponder
over this narration that shows a part and a brief of the standings of the ‘Shiah” followers of ‘Amirul

Mu’ minin’, the Commander of believers: “Oh Ali, {surely} | am from You and You are from me. Your
saul

is my soul, Your ‘Shiah’ followers are mine and Your friends are mine. Whoso loves Them in fact loves

me. Whoso hates Them in fact hates me. He who shows enmity towards Them is an enemy of me. Oh

Ali, {ALLAH (TwT)} will forgive Your ‘Shiah’ followers their faults and sins that they have commit. | am
the

intercessor for them, tomorrow, when | rise up to the position of great glory so give them the good

news of that. Oh Ali, Your ‘Shiak’ followers are the followers of ALLAH, Your supporters are that of His

{Excellency}, Your party are His and ALLAH’s party are the successful ones. Oh Ali, whoso takes You for

guardian {and stands by You} is happy and successful and whoso turns against You is unhappy and

1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.30, P.156.

} “Surat Al-Fatiha”, the verse: 7.

) “Surat An-Nabaa”, the verses: 1-2-3.

) “Ta’wil Al-Ayaat Al-Zahira” : P.733.

5) “Surat Al-Asr”, the verses: 1-2-3.

) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.10, P.430.

) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.39, P.299.

) “Bisharatul Mustafa”: P.19.

unfortunate. Gh Ali, ALLAH granted You the love of the poor and the weak people in the earth,

therefore, You have accepted them as brethren and they have accepted You as Their leader ‘imam’.

Thus, blessed is the one who loves You and woe to the one who detests You. Oh Ali, Your lovers will be

the neighbors of ALLAH {in His close company} in Heaven, they shall not regret anything they have left in

the world. Oh Ali, | am the friend of the one whom You befriends and | do contract the enmity of the

one whom You are His enemy. Oh Ali, give glad tidings to Your brethren that ALLAH has {surely} become

pleased with Them. . ., Oh Ali, You are ‘Amirul Mu'minin’ the Commander of believers and the leader of

“Al-Ghur Al-Muhajjalin”. You along with Your ‘Shiah’ are they who are sincere and who declare the glory

{of ALLAH}. Had it not been for You and them, the religion of ALLAH wouldn't {certainly} have been

established and revealed. Oh Ali, You and Your followers shall be in charge of the spring {‘Al-Kauthar’}.

You quench the thirst of he who loves You and You exclude he who hates You. You are they who shall be

sectire the day of the great fearful event. Oh Ali, the Garden longs for Your ‘Shiah’, the favored throne’s

bearers ask forgiveness for Them and they become happy when they {Your ‘Shiah’} come and the angels

distinguish Them with { the recitation of} ‘Duaa’ supplications {for them}. Oh Ali, Your ‘Shiah’ are they

who aspire for the degrees and they shall meet ALLAH with no sin upon them. Oh Ali, the works of Your

“Shiah’ are presented to me, each Friday, so | become glad at their good works and | ask forgiveness for

every sin. Oh Ali, You and Your ‘Shiah’ are mentioned in the ‘Torah’ ,

We ask ALLAH {TwT) to make us among the ones who stand firm on the love of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH)

and among the lovers and the adorers of the master of the time and the age ‘Sahibul Asr waz-Zaman’

Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance.

Come, let us move with the eyes of our heart to Karbala, to the catastrophe {of the little girl} that

distressed the heart of our Imam Zeinul-Abidin, caused the heart of Her aunt ‘Al-Hawra’ Zeinab to bleed,

moved the sorrows of Her grandmother's heart Fatima Az-Zahraa’ (PbuH); And made the angels stop

praising and glorifying {ALLAH (SwT)} and saving: There is no God but ALLAH. So they started to weep on

account of Her weeping...

Watch through the eyes of your hearts. Here it is the caravan of the Women of the Household's capture,
moving forward to yazid in Ash-Sham {Syria}. They have made Them stay in a ruined place’ close to the

palace of the principality. This ruined place was not {at all} protective from hot or from cold.

Further, Al-imam Al-Hussein had a little girl at four years old named ‘Rukaya’. And since the day of Her

father Al-Hussein’s martyrdom, She haven't seen Him. So that was hard for Her, She missed Her father

and every time She would ask for Him, they used to tell Her: He traveled far. For ALLAH'S sake, tell me, if

you had a little girl whose father was on a journey or he was a martyr and She wants to see Him, how

‘would you feel? What pain and torture would befall your hearts when you hear that misses Her
Dad? . . .

The situation remained so until one of the nights, Rukaya saw Her father in dreams. He made Her sit on

His lap, wiped off Her tears and soothed Her heart and Her mind. However, the gladness didn’t last. She

woke up, looked around Her, She didn’t see Her father, so She cried: Aunt Zeinab, | want my father

Al-Hussein, He was with me right now when He has drawn me to His chest . . . |

The little girl woke up while shedding abundant tears......... calling out, | want my father Hussein

Aunt Zeinab, He was near me right NOW............................saying to me, Oh daughter don’t be afraid

With His own hand He patted my head

(1) “Al-Katra”.
Aunt Zeinab, where is my Father Al-HUSSEIN o.oo ssssnssresinsinnnne HE [Ef Me alone, in the desert,
estronged

Although i am a little girl

The mourning and the crying among the women has become high in the ruined place. Bibi Rukaya has

moved through ler call, the disaster of Al-Hussein and thus burnt the hearts. The voice of weeping

reached the hearing of yazid, may ALLAI curse Him, so he said: what is the news? They replied: There is

a daughter for Al-Hussein who has woken up and She wants Her father. He, may ALLAH curse Him, said:

take Her father’s head to Her and put it before Her so that She sees it and delights in it. Thereupon, they

brought Her the nable head covered with a table napkin and put it before Her. Rukaya said: Aunt, |
don’t

want food. | want my father Al-Hussein. So they uncovered the tray for Her, as if She sees the head of

Her father Al-Hussein. She raised Him up of the tray and drew Him to Her chest. Then She put Him in Her

lap and started to wipe off the blood and the dust of His face and to kiss His slaughtered neck while

saying: Father Oh Hussein, when the night grows dark, who will protect me? Father, whois the one that

dyed You red in Your blood? Who has cut off Your throat? Father, Oh Hussein who is there {to take care

of} the little girl when She grows up? Father, Oh Hussein, Umaya’s household has caused me to become

an orphan at my young age. Father, Oh Hussein, would that Your eyes have witnessed how they dragged

my aunt Zeinab {to the ground} while the Fatimies are displaying the moaning. Father, Oh Hussein, who

is there {to help and console} the captured widows? Who is there {to soothe} the weeping eyes? Father,

Oh Hussein, who is there {to stand up for} the bareheaded women? Then She started to pat His white

hair dyed {red} in blood with Her tender hand. Yet, Whenever She wiped the blood of His white hair, it

used to return red as it was...

Saying: Father, who is the one that ascended Your chest while grabbing Your beard

Oh... Oh father, becoming an orphan is hard for me...I am the one who witnessed e-Ghadiriya’s day’

Oh father. Thy head {now} is between my hands

Thus, the wemen clamored weeping and lamenting. Then She put Her honorable mouth against His and

wept for a longtime. So the head called Her out: Daughter, {come} to me. {Come} to me. For, | am

waiting for you . ..

is there anyone who is longing for Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein (PbuH) as how Rukaya was longing for Her

father? Certainly! My master Oh Hussein, we are the ones longing for You Oh ‘Maula’ my lord and here

they are our hearts suffering due to Her remoteness from You. Thus, Master, when will the meeting and

reunion be? When will you call us to You, Master Oh Hussein?

Furthermore, Rukaya wept hardly until She fainted. They moved Her, She didn’t move. Her aunt Bibi

Zeinab approached Her and called Her out, She didn’t obtain an answer. At that moment, Al-lmam

Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) cried: Aunt Zeinab, raise the child up of Her father’s head, for, She passed away.

Therefore, the crying became high, the ruined place has become full of clamors and as if Al-lmam

Zeinub-Abidin (PbuH) calls out His aunt Zeinab through such an utterance:

Oh... Aunt Zeinab get up toward Her.....................raise Her up of the head of Her Chief

Rukaya died on account of Her crying............o........Oh Aunt, She is not breathing anymore

The head of ‘As-Sibt” is before Her.......ccune.........Alas] my heart was broken for my sister

They say they brought someone to bath Her {the ritual ablution of the dead}. She stripped Her of Her

clothes and looked at Her body that has become dark. Therefore, She asked about the Chiefess of the
caravan, thus, women pointed at Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH's biessings and peace be upon Her. when She

arrived {to Bibi ‘A)-Hawra’ (PbuH)}, she said to Her: Doesn't She have a father? Zeinab said: What for?

She said: the effects of poison are visible on the body this little girl. Thus, Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH'S

peace be upon Her, wept and said to Her: This is not the poison’s effects. It is the marks of {the striking

of} bani urnaya’s whips... .

As if Zeinab turned to Her brother Al-Hussein . . .

Ch brother Hussein, by ALLAH Ye have made me bewildered. Ye have entrusted me with orphans and |
am a women

Brother, Rukaya was weeping over Your head when She saw it

The orphan kept crying when She SAW ft..........cco......Oh brother, until She passed away

She breathed Her lost and died on Him.........when She passed away on the plane of the courtyard

They moved Her Yet She didn’t move..........Thus, As-Sajjad announced Her death to Bibi Ai-Hawraa’

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘“Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters” (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Ch ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His, bless mie with the desire to serve Thee for the

sake of my condition in the afterlife, such that | know the honesty of it in my heart, be dominated by the

asceticism whilst being in this world, perform good deeds with eagerness and be secure from evil deeds

in fear and fright. Give me a light wherewith | may walk among people, be guided ir the {dark} shadows

and seek enlightenment in doubts and uncertainties, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH’s

blessings and peace be upon Mohammad and His Household.

The twentieth whiff

The mourning gathering marking the fortieth of

Al-tmam Al-Hussein’s death

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Him

inthe name of ALLAH, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You, Oh ALLAH’s Messenger and upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali

Bin Abi aleb. May ALLAH's blessings be upon You, Oh Aba Abdellah, Oh father of martyrs, Oh Hussein,

Oh you estranged lonely, Oh you oppressed, Oh you thirsty Imam of Karbala. May my soul and that of

the ‘Shiah’ followers {of ‘Ahtulbayt’ (PbuT)} be Your ransom Oh martyr of Karbala. May ALLAH curse the

ones who oppressed You from the first and the later {generations}. Would that we were with you so that

we could attain our end and won great fortune!

Good for the visitors of Al-Hussein, for, they have obtained......... the forgiveness and blessings from
ALLAH

As if they arrived and rushed {towards His shrine}... ....In great processions that terminates not

from every land they have come and hastened {to Him}

With the striking {of chests} and lamentations of High tones

To the scene of my lord ‘Muoula’ Al-Hussein, they wenl.....and covered the foreheads with {Korbala’s}
sand

Especially, the twentieth day i" for, it was...............a terrific day thot reawakened the sorrows .

Zeinul-Abidin dnd His family have returned in it................... from Ash-Sham™ after the capture and the
anguishes

Bibi Zeinab have come while the Fatimies™ are behind Her........ Her tears were running over the cheeks

Culling out, Oh the ones who are stopping at Karbala......... Ye have buried a slain without {the use of}
earth

Have Ye sprayed water over the grave? For, He passed oway.........thirsty beside the Euphrates riverbank
So they met ‘laber’’, in the land of ‘At-Taff""...visiting {it} while being grieved, sorrowed and sighing all
the time

They held the mourning ceremony and the sorrow at His grave...and shed the teardrops over the earth

They say when the caravan of sons of Hashem’s women drew nigh and ‘Tofouf e-Karbala’ appeared, as

if Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH's blessings and peace he upon Her says:

‘Tofouf e-Ghadiriya® has appeared and the sorrow increased

Oh Sajjad, drive me unto the grave of my brother Hussein

Karbala has come into my sight and my depth was broken into small pieces

Oh ‘Shiah’, | have seen Hussein thirsty with my own eye

Oh people, from Ash-Shom We came towards the grave of Hussein

to weep and mourn for my brother whom they have slain

We want to hold the mourning ceremony at the fortieth day {after} His death

Oh my soul, Oh Ye light of the eye......... Oh Hussein, Oh Ye lamp of the throne’s light”

Quoting Abi Jaafar Mohammad Bin Ali Al-Baker (PhuH) “The top of the matter {and the command}, its

summit and its key, the door {tc reach all} things and the pleasure of the Merciful, is the obedience to

Al-lmam after recognizing Him. However, if a man stood {praying and worshipping ALLAH (TwT)} his

{entire} nights, fasted his days, gave all his money as alms, made a pilgrimage {to the House} all of his

age and didn’t recognize the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ of ALLAH so that He takes Him for guardian {and

becomes loyal to this guardianship} and {therefore} all his works would indicate and testify of Him {and

would have been done as how the true guardian has implied}, he would not have with ALLAH a right in

his reward and would not be from the people of faith” *.

The preceding ‘Hadeeth’ shows that if a man stood to pray {and worship ALLAH (SwT)} all His nights,

fasted His days forever, gave all of his money as alms and made a pilgrimage {to the House of ALLAH

(TwT)} each year, but he didn’t recognize the “Wilayat” guardianship of the trusted representative and

the ‘Walt’ of ALLAH to follow Him and remain loyal to Him, all of His work will not be beneficial to Him.

Yet, everything that he is sacrificing {materially and spiritually} should be for the sake of Al-lmam (PbuH),

as what Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) said “He who {is ready to} sacrifice everything he has {heart, soul,

mind and life} for Our sake” ®. Otherwise, he would not be from the people of faith, he has no reward

with {ALLAH} the Truth (T) and he has no recompense. Yet, he has nothing at all save the manifest loss.

The obedience ta ALLAH (Aw) cannot be completed and fulfilled before recognizing Al-Imam (PbuH), at

that moment, ALLAH would accept his worship from him. Or else, the following verse may be applied to

him “And We will proceed to what they have dofe of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered

floating dust” ©.

it was narrated that one rabbi of sons of Israel . . . served ALLAH until He became like the toothpick {due

to the immense effort he was exerting during his worship}, which means he pined away as much as he

served and worshipped ALLAH. Therefore, the Originator {ALLAH (Awl)} revealed to the Prophet of that

period, saying: Go to my slave and tell him, | will not accept that {worship} until you enter through the

door wherefrom | have commanded you to do; Which means, | want you to serve me as | myself desire

not as you do.

This story itself is as that of the satan when ALLAH ordered Him to prostrate to Adam, thus, he said to

Him: My God, | prostrate not save for You, and that is as believing in the oneness of ALLAH according to

him!! Because the satan doesn’t want to prostrate but for ALLAH (T) and for this reason he disapproved

of His command, which means he wanted to worship the Originator (T) as he himself wants, but “ALLAH

consented not to carry out things save according to the reasons . . In fact, those are (the reasons) the

Messenger of ALLAH and us” “35 what Aba Abdellah (PbuH) said. For, the satan didn’t realize that the

very same believing in the oneness of God is to prostrate to Adam because it is ALLAH’s command;

Although the prostration in fact was to Adam belonging to the kingdom of souls which means

Mohammad’ (PbuH) (lots of ‘Hadeeth’ mention that the reason as to why ALLAH (T) has ordered the

angels to prostrate to Adam is His decree to put the light of Mohammad’s Household in the loins of

Adam), and not to Adam who was created from dust {pertaining to the material existence}.

(1) “wasa’il Al-Shiaa” Voll, P.119.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.44, P.366.

(3) “Surat Al-Forgan”, the verse: 23.

(4) “Basa’irul darajat™: P.32.

Such stories don't terminate with the rabbi of sons of israel and with the satan. Till this day of ours,

many people leave the mourning gathering whilst their hearts were absent during it. For, when you

mention some of the merits of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) {even though they deem it secretly, in their heart},

they see among their virtues {PbuT) what is incompatible with believing in the divine Oneness, although

that is the belief of ALLAH’s Oneness itself.

For, ALLAH is the one who has indicated to us that door and ordered us to enter through it, saying “and

enter the gate prostrate” ™ and His noble Messenger said, “Ali is its Gate”. Therefore, whoso denies,

renounces, or usurps a single one of their virtues (PbuT) is neither a monetheist nar a worshipper of

ALLAH “May ALLAH condemn and damn the people who tried to obscure and deny Your position and

standing, purposely neglected Your rank ALLAH had ordained for You {and made know in clear terms)”

?)

Hence, ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) are “ALLAH’s Gate wherefrom {everyone} should enter” ¥ but at the same

time, they are a trial and an affliction for the human who doesn’t believe in Them and who chscures and

denies Their merits and their virtues, for, they are “the Gate whereby people are being tried” ¥, Every

single person who serves ALLAH and enters in His presence’ (Awl), in case if the Originator (T) didn’t find

int his heart Mohammad, Ali, Fatima, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein and Zeinab, may ALLAH's blessings and
peace

be upon Them all... He will take him out of His presence, saying “He said: Then get out of it, for surely

you are driven away; And surely My curse is on you to the day of judgment" ©. Unfortunately, there are

many who think that those words address the satan only. Yet, in the matter of fact, they address each

one who disobeys the command of ALLAH, and to everyone who rejects and denies the standings of

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) to whom no one is measured, neither a favored angel nor a sent prophet nor a

believer at all. These are 'Ahlulbayt’ about whom Syed Al-Khou'ii, may ALLAH have mercy on Him, says

that they own a guardianship and a leadership over all creation and all the existence besides ALLAH. This

leadership is absolute, effective and transmissible between Them. Thus, how could we measure Them

to us, though our existence is different from Theirs, cur prayer is different from Theirs, and our worship
{due to ALLAH} is different than Theirs, and our creation is {also} different than theirs, because the arigin

of our creation was from a small seed. However, Their origin is a light which ALLAH had created “ALLAH

created You in the form of light {from light}, then He made You closely attached with His throne, until He

bestowed favors upon us through sending You to this world” © “I bear witness that verily you were a

light in the sublime loins and purified wombs” 7.

The pure impeccable Household of the Holy Prophet (PbuT) are different from us in everything. And it

was mentioned in many narrations existing with us that Their (PbuT) delivery is different than ours, for,

they are born {coming out} of the thigh or the side {of Their mothers}. As what was mentioned quoting

Al-Imam Al-Hassan Al-Askari (PbuH): “Lol We are the peopie of Guardians, {Our mothers} carry us not in

the bellies, yet, They carry us in the sides. And we come out not of the wombs, yet, we come out from

the right thigh of Our mothers, because we are ALLAH's light whereto impurities attain not {and draw

(1) “Surat Al-Bagarah”, the verse: 58. nn

{2) “Ziyaral Ashours”. ’

(3) “Duaa Al-Nodba”. .

(4) “Al-Ziyarat Al-Jami3a”.

(5) “Surat Saad”, the verses: 77-78.

(6) “Al-Fakih”: Vol.2, P.613. i)

(7) “Al-Tahzib”: Vol.6, P.133.

not near)” ®, Their death is alco different than ours, because as what Ali {(PbuH) said “He who dies from

us, has died but he is not {exactly} dead. {in the sense of dying as perishing, ceasing to exist and reaching

the ending of one’s role in the world where he would be able to affect nothing in it anymore)” 2 He atso

said (PhuH): “ ...We, the people of Guardians, grow up in the single day {in a degree corresponding to}

that of the others’ growth during a whole week, and we grow in the single week {in a degree that

commensurate with} that of the growth of others during a whole year ...” 5)

Further, quoting Abi Abdeliah (PbuH), He said: “Our hearts is different from that of the people. We are

the purified and the elected. We see what people see not. We hear what they do hear not. The angels

are sent down to us during our journeys. . And there is not a single one of the six earths to the seventh

but they bring to us their news”

After all what had preceded, nobody should think of measuring Mohammad and His Household to

anyone of the people, because just as how ALLAH can never be measured to anyone, ‘Ahlutbayt’ (PbuT)

are the same. And such a saying is doubtful in the sight of many of us because we take ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)

and we measure Them according to our own minds whereas they, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be

upon Them, are extinct in the divine essence {of ALLAH (1w1)}. For, Their command is ALLAH’s {what

they have made lawful is the same to what ALLAH (T) has done}, Their interdiction is ALLAH'S {what they

have made unlawful is the same to what He (T) has done}, and Their saying is His (Awl). For that reason,

don’t be doubtful and problematic concerning the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu minin Ali’ (PbuH)

as to how did He [PbuH) allow the people to enter to the house of Bibi Fatima, may ALLAH'S blessings

and peace be upon Her. Do not object to the peacemaking that was made between Al-imam Al-Hassan

(PbuH) and mouawiya. Keep silent because your mind has not and will not support the truth of Their

work. The fact of non-understanding Their matter and Their command returns to us. As what was

mentioned in the ‘Hadeeth’ “When the servant commits a sin, he loses something of his mind that will

never return to him”. As much as the sin of the wrongdoer was it would lead to {a fact of} neither

understanding and realizing the matters nor being capable of bearing {the truth of} Their standings and

offices, Their matter and command and Their virtues. And when the five senses {and the perception} of

the ignorant fail to understand something, he denies it. He doesn’t even confess or admit his weakness,
his failure and his inability.

The angels asked The Truth {ALLAH (T)} "What! wilt Thou place in it such as shall make mischief in it and

shed blood, and we celebrate Thy praise”. The question of the angels here is for the sake of attaining

to the wisdom {of the issue} and it is not a question to object. itis the same for the human being.

Sometimes he seeks the wisdom from the work of Al-imam (PbuH) and this is something whereto there

is no objection, and sometimes he seeks from {asking} the question to object and to be doubtful and

problematic concerning the work of the impeccable Imam and this is a great problem. This is exactly

what happened with those who were in Al-Medina {the city of the Holy Prophet (PbuH}}, they objected

to Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) on account of going to Karbala while He was aware that He will martyrize.

(1) “Al-Hidaya Al-Kobra”: P.354.

(2) “Surat Al-Bagara”, the verse: 30.

(3) “Al-Hidaya Al-Kobra”: P.354.

(4) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.27, R.303.

(5) “Al-Hidaya Al-Kobra”: P.354.

Moses’s mother put Her baby in a box and threw it in the river. This is the command of ALLAH and She

was calm and confident because this is ALLAH'S will {TwT) “then cast it down into the river, then the

river shall throw him on the shore; there shall take him up one who is an enemy to Me and enemy to

him” 4 although what she did is conflicting with our minds. It is the same for the story of the dream

Abraham (PbuH) about His child {where He saw that} He was slaughtering Him. Hence, does your minds

accept that?! "O my son! surely | have seen in a dream that | should sacrifice you; consider then what

you see”? Does the mind agree with the fact of a man slaughtering His own child just because he has

seen that in dreams? Yet, that is ALLAH’s command and His will and our intellects are incapable of

knowing the reason of that. Thus, if both of Moses and the Prophet Abraham's mothers obeyed the

divine order, what about Al-imam Al-Hussein {PbuH)? How could you approve of the non-submission of

Al-Imam to the divine will, which He himself (PbuHY} has brought to light and clarified “Lo! ALLAH
pleased

to see me slain and He pleased to see Them {being taken} captives” ©,

Oh human, do not measure things according to your own mind because it is incapable of understanding

the truth of things. Be like “Al-Mukdad” (RAA) who used to regard the Commander of believers ‘Amirul

Mu’minin Ali’ (PbuH) as an absolute guardian and trusted representative {of ALLAH (SwT)} and therefore

there is no existence for Himself {as an independent being having his own decisions and being the leader

of himself} and He has no opinion before the impeccable imam {PbuH). So when the people entered to

the house of Bibi Fatima (PbuH), He kept silent and thought about nothing. Yet, He stood up waiting His

beloved to tell Him what He shall do. He remained firm and held fast to the guardianship ‘Wilayat’ of Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. He didn’t turn back from it and become renegade after the Holy Prophet's martyrdom

{PbuH), and what is meant by the apostasy is to return to the disbelief, Then, we will have no loyalty {to

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)} and we will have no recognition {of Them (PbuT)}. Thus, we should be supplied with

the true knowledge and recognition so that we don’t fall down when we are tested. So one’s rank in the

estimation of ALLAH (Awl) is in fact equivalent to the knowledge and the recognition. “The value of each

person is {equal to} what he masters and knows well” ¥ where the recognition here is that of

‘Ahlulbayt’ {(PbuT). in fact, the reason as to why ‘Al-Mokdad’ remained firm on the guardianship

‘Wilayat’ of the Commander of believers (PbuH) and His faith in it wasn’t shaken is that He was
cognizant and certain of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuH) and he had {true} witnessing of {Their truth} (PbuT), and that

is because recognizing Them is just as recognizing ALLAH. “Oh ‘Salman’, Oh "Jundob’, {Verily} recognizing

me through the luminous recognition is as recognizing ALLAH” ©.

After all this, how could we become doubtful and problematic concerning ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)? How could

we ask Them “How” and “what for” {concerning Their work}? In fact, They do not think like us. Yet even

They do not originally think in the meaning that we understand about the process of thinking; Because

what we ourselves know is that the one who thinks is he who has something or some knowledge he is

unaware of. Hence, he thinks about it to reach the state of becoming aware. Thus, what is the thing or

the knowiedge that ‘Ahiulbayt’ (PbuT) don’t know to think about it? For, they are the ones who know

the past and what had existed and happened earlier, the present and all what exists and what is

occurring currently and the future and what will be and will take place later until the day of resurrection,

as what was mentioned in the noble ‘Hadeeth’ and in the nable verses “Oh ALLAH, Ye have surely

introduced Thyrself to me in everything. Therefore, | have seen Ye apparent and manifest everywhere.

(1) “Surat Taha”, the verse: 39.

(2) "Surat As-Saffat”, the verse: 102.

(3) "Al-Lohouf”: 63,

(4) “Biharul Anwar” : Vol.1, P.165.

(5) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.26, P.1.

Oh ALLAH, | knew that the aim Ye please concerning me is to introduce Thyself to me in all things such

that t would become conscious of Ye therein” W. The human who recognizes ALLAH, recognizes

sverything because ALLAH has recorded everything in Him, as what was mentioned in “Surat Ya-seen”

“And ali things We have kept in a clear register” {the register may also be the heart of the ‘Gnostic’

knower}. That is why the Commander of monatheists Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) the first knowes ‘Gnostic

Arif used to know His killer. Just like Al-lmam Al-Hassan {(PbuH) who was aware that ‘ja’ada’ will

empoison Him, Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) who was aware of what will befall Him in Karbala same as all

the Imams (PbuT). Hence, why hadn’t they changed the divine decree? Because Their desire is that of

ALLAH, Their will is that of Him, and Their matter and command is His. Yet, see with your own eyes and

look at the absolute mercy wherewith they have treated Their killers!

ibn Abbas in ‘Al-Medina’” advised Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH) not to go towards Iraq because He will be

Killed. As if the voice of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) comes from inside the house: Oh ‘bin abbas’, are you

recommending to Our Sheikh what should He do? Did the age leave for us anyone save Him?

Therefore, why don’t we learn from Bibi Al-Hawraa Zeinab, may ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon

Her, not to recommend to ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) what we ourselves see as right, and confess the fact that

everything they do is in fact the work of ALLAH (T) and {the realization of} His command. 5o let us not

ask about the wisdam, the aim, the details or about anything at all. If they (PbuT) are pleased, let us be

pleased because their pleasure is ALLAH's (Awl) “Lo! ALLAH’s pleasure is that of us, ‘Ahluibayt™ 2 Let us

leave everything and seek the means that make us obedient servants for Them. Let us seek the ways

that render us true adarers and lovers of Them. Let us be from those about whom the narration talks,

saying that the “large-eyed beautiful ones” "Al-Hur Al-Ayn’ come the day of resurrection and complain
to

ALLAH from those wha are sitting with Al-Hussein (Pbuti) and are not turning to them.

if any disaster befell us, it stays present and standing with us all the day, and we continue to beg {ALLAH

(TwT)} with pain and yearning so that He (T} would take it away from us. However, have we prayed to

the Originator {ALLAH (AwJ)} and begged Him with agony and yearning for the sake of being from the
companions of the master of the age, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance? Have we implored Him

with pain and yearning just once for the sake of seeing the master of the age, may ALLAH (T) hasten His

reappearance? Though we are aware that he who doesn’t ask for Him, will not find Him. The

Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin Ali’ {PbuH) says: “He who seeks not {his desire}, will not

obtain {it}. And when you find Al-lmam you would have {indeed} found everything, and if you lose Him

you would have {surely} lost everything by His loss. “What does He jose, he who attains You, and what

does He attain, he who loses You?”; It was narrated in the Holy ‘Hadeeth’: “Whoso seeks me, finds me”.

Al-Imam is a favor and a blessing from ALLAH, the Most High. However, the remaining of this blessing is

dependent on us and on the sincerity of our demand, our seeking and our intentions. Let us be aware

that the age of Al-tmam decreases or increases due to the sins of His ‘Shiah’. These sins cause Al-lmam

to become sick, cause His heart to bleed, render Him sad and retard His noble reappearance. Further, on

the day of resurrection, there is a punishment for everyone who has done a fault or committed any sin

whilst he was aware that he was retarding by that, the blessed reappearance of the honorable, noble,

handsome luminous face of the rising Imam of Mohammad’s Household, may ALLAH (T) hasten His

reappearance, for, everyone is a partner in retarding the reappearance.

(1) “Biharul Anwar” : Vol.95, P.225,

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.44, P.366.

Mareover, every affliction wherewith Al-imam is afflicted is due to the sins of His ‘Shiak’ and to the fact

of their hearts which are not united. Even, the actions of Al-lmam goes back to the loyalty and the

allegiance of His ‘Shiah’ followers {towards Him (PbuH) and the degree to which they are realized

through it. That is why, it was narrated “Lo! We, the assembly of Prophets, were commanded to speak

to the people according to their intellects”.

As what was mentioned in the letter of the Imam of the age to Sheikh Al-Mufid “if ALLAH grants success

to Our ‘Shiah’ followers to obey Him, with {the presence of} the hearts that agree unanimously on being

loyal to the covenant, the good fortune’ of meeting us would not have been retarded on them and the

happiness in seeing us would have been hastened for them, whilst being truly cognizant of us with

sincerity. For, there is nothing withholding us from Them save what touches us of what we hate and we

like not from them, and ALLAH is the one whose help is sought” &'

Ai-lmam Mousa Ai-Kathem (PbuH) says: “Lol ALLAH (Awl) has become wroth with the ‘Shiah’ followers

{of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT)}. Thus, He let me choose between them and myself. By ALLAH, | have protected

Them with my {own} soul” ®. He (PbuH) sacrificed His own soul for His ‘Shiah’ followers and He chose to

stay in prison all of His life. On the other hand, if we were enabled to choose between Them (PbuT) and

ourselves, what will we choose? When the master of the age and the time, may ALLAH (T) hasten His

reappearance, comes out/appears, what will we do with Him? | wonder, are going to be with Him? Are

we going to be from those who have a sincere, pure and complete faith {in Him (PbuH) and who are

faithful to Him (AHR}} or from those who purely and completely disbelieve {in Him (PbuH) and who are

infidel towards Him (AHR)}. ..

There is in the heart of the faithful man, a light that shows and keeps Him on the right path “therefore

make the hearts of some peaple yearn towards them” ). Just like what happened with Al-lImam Al-

Khomeini may ALLAH (T) bless His soul, where people loved Him, not due to His lofty academic rank

because then they would have loved all the Sheikhs and the men of the ‘hawza’". Yet, they did il because

of the light that was in His heart and in His sacred existence.
“Verily, {attaining to} the knowledge cannot {happen} through learning’ a lot. Yet, the recognition is a

light that ALLAH casts into the heart of whom He wants to guide {to the truth and the right path)” ©,

The knowledge that raises the man or takes him down is something in the hand of ALLAH (T) and not in

ours. It is in fact Their recognition (PbuT) “Whoso visits Al-Hussein while recognizing His right {and truth}

, the paradise would be entailed to Him from ALLAH” ©, Hence, the condition {here} is the proper

recognition.

‘Ubeidaliah bin ziad’ brought ‘Maytham At-Tammar’ and asked Him: You say that Your Commander has

the knowledge and the science of trials and death “‘1lmul Manaya Wal Balaya”. So tell me, in what way

did He tell you that you will to die? Maytham answered Him: He told me that you will crucify me on that

palm tree {over there} and that you will cut off my hands, my legs and my tongue. Thus, ‘ubeidallah’

said: By ALLAH, I will refute His saying. He put Him on the palm tree and cut off His hands and His legs

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.53, P.176.

(2) “Al-Kafi": Vol.1, P.260.

(3) “Surat Ibrahim”, the verse: 37.

(4) “munyatul morid” : P.167.

(5) “Kamel Al-Ziyarat”.

but he skipped His tongue. Maytham started then to gather the people and to tell them about the

{excellent} virtues and the graces of Ali Bin Abi Talch {PbuH). He didn’t leave any virtue or grace he

didn't talk about. That moment, the people came to ubeidallah bin ziad, saying: if Maytham At-Tammar

stayed on that situation one month, all the people will turn against you. ibn ziad ordered then to cut off

his tongue after the failure of his attempt to change the divine decree. The act of severing his hands and

his legs didn’t silence him from mentioning the excellent virtues and graces of the Commander of

believers “Amirul Mu’minin Ali” (Pbub) because He recognizes Ali (PbuH}), and this recognition is what

used to drive Maytham Al-Tammar every day into the palm tree whereahout Al-lmam {PbuH) told Him

that He will be crucified on. Thus, used to supply it with water and take care of it, as if it has been

created for His sake and he has been created for its.

Master, Oh Aba Abdellah, we have no one in the whole existence with whom we may take shelter and

whom we may implore save You. We hope through our love for You and through our tears that we offer

before You to see You and that You quench our thirst from the most perfect {fullest} cup of Yours on

that day when we look at our right then at our left for the sake of finding someone who may bear for us

the burdens of our sins, so we see every one having an affair occupying him. My master, at that

moment, whom will we call out but You, Oh Hussein.

My beloved OQ" HUSS€iN unc... My life O" Hussein

My death O° Hussein...............my soul O" Hussein

Oh partisan of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), it is enough for you as a supply that Al-Hussein the martyrs’ master

{PbuH) quench your thirst at your death. lt was narrated that the thirst of the man increases at death

struggle. Thereupon, the Satan approaches with a cup of water and says: Oh you! Drink but you should

disbelieve in ALLAH {as a condition for drinking}. Many of them disbelieve in ALLAH (TwT) and this is the

deviation {from one’s faith} at death. As for the one who stays firm {on faith}, a solemn and venerable

man would draw near him with a cup of cold water in His hand. Do you know who is that man?
He is Al-Hussein Bin Ali (PbuH). He comes to Him and quenches His thirst with a drink after which he

would never become thirsty anymore. | wonder, master Oh Aba Abdellah, will we drink from that cup?!.

When will You bestow on us {the favor of} making our souls settle down in Karbala and become extinct

in it? Oh for Karbala which ALLAH (SwT) has made it a sanctuary {for His Excellency} before Mecca and

the noble Ka’aba that was hanored by the birth of Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) in it. We find in many

approved and valued ‘Hadeeth’: “Behold! ALLAH {T) looks at the visitors of Al-Hussein (PbuH), on the
day

of ‘Arafat’”, a look of mercy, before {even} looking at the people {visiting} ‘Arafat’”. Further, it was

mentioned in a valued and approved ‘Hadeeth’ quoting ‘Rafa’a’, he said: Al-tmam Jaafar As-Sadeq

(PbuH) said to me: “Oh Rafa’a, have you made a pilgrimage {to the House} this year? | said: May | be

Your ransom, | had no means wherewith | may go on pilgrimage. Yet, | have spent the day of the
‘Arafat’

standing at the grave of Al-Hussein {PbuH). So He said to me: Oh Rafa’a, {surely} you didn’t miss what

the visitors of ‘Menah’ did {and obtained}. Were it not that | hate that the people give up the pilgrimage

{to the House}, | would have {certainly} told you a ‘Hadeeth’, you would never leave the visit of Al-

Hussein's grave (PbuH) {on account of it}. Then He kept silent for a longtime, and then He said: My

father told me saying: he who goes to the tomb of Al-Hussein {PbuH) while recognizing His right and

without being arrogant, a thousand angels at His right and a thousand at His left would accompany him,

and {ALLAH (TwT)} would write down to him {the deed of} a thousand pilgrimage and a thousand visit
‘Uraraa’ {to the House} with {the company of} a Prophet or a Prophet's successor”. That is why Jaafar

As-Sadiq The faithful Imam of Ahlulbayt (PbuH) didn't talk about the merit ‘Fazeelat’ of Al-Hussein’s visit

{PbuH) because usually people don’t understand things perfectly.

Oh for Karbala that remained the direction whereto the adoreis of Al-Hussein Bin Ali {PbuH) turn Kiblak

e-Ashig’ and the direction whereto Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH's peace be upon Her, turn. However, if you

enter today to it, You will find graves {everywhere}. A grave for the companions of Al-Hussein, a grave

for Habib Bin Mozahir and one for the moon of the clan {of sons of Hashem Abal Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH)}.

As far the last one, they have carved on it, this is the grave of Al-Hussein’s Bin Ali, the thirsty, the

oppressed. Aren't you longing for Your master and Your ‘Maula’ lord? Don’t you want to throw yourself

upon the grave of Al-Hussein? Come, let us enter with ‘Jaber’, that blind companion {of Al-imam
(PbuH)}}

who when he knew of the news of Al-Hussein’s martyrdom, he wept for so long, and went towards

Karbala with His servant ‘Atiya’. When he reached Karbala, He said: Oh Atiya, make me touch the grave.

Thus, ‘Jaber’ took somewhat of the dust and started to smell it then He cried: Oh Hussein, Oh Hussein.

Don’t you want to call out your beloved? Then He said: Oh my beloved, why are You not answering You

beloved, and He fell down swooned. After that, Jaber offered his apology to Al-Hussein and said: how

could You answer me Aba Abdellah whilst You are a corpse without head, Your jugular veins are

severed, and they have separated Your head from Your body? Then He conveyed His Salaam and

salutation to Al-Hussein. Do You want to salute Al-Hussein with Jaber? He said: May peace be upon You,

Oh Aba Abdellah and upon the souls who had gathered in Your camp, strided along with You, in your

journey, and died with You. While Jaber was over the grave of Al-Hussein (PbuH}, the caravan of the

Holy messenger’s Household {PbuH) has reached Karbala. The moment that Karbala appeared to Them,

the pain of Bibi Zeinab was reawakened and She called out: Oh brother “Waa Akhah”, Oh Hussein “Waa

Hussaynah” ...

Oh ye who stopped at Karbala, do ye have.........c..............news about our slain ones and its chiefs
How is the state of the corpse of a dead, in Thy land.....which stayed three days {thrown down}, no one
had visited it

Answer Her, Oh Shiah _ , .

They bathed Him not {the ritual ablution} nor did they envelop Him in a Shroud

Yet, His blood had bathed Him and the horses had enshrouded Him

My Lady, Oh Zeinab, this is concerning the ablution. Yet, who prayed over Him?. . .

Oh .. Alas! Their swords have prayed over the body of Al-Hussein . . .

‘Atiya’ turned to the blackness of this caravan. He said: Oh Jaber, there is a blackness drawing near from

a distance. So He said to Him: go and bring me information about it. If they were the troops of ibn ziad,

we would resort to a hideout and if they were Zeinul-Abidin (PbuH) and His Aunts, You are free for the

sake of ALLAH’s pleasure. ‘Atiya’ went in a hurry and then returned while striking his face and calling

out: Oh Jaber, get up to receive the women of the Holy messenger of ALLAH (T), this is

Zeinul-Abidin, His Aunts and His sisters . . .

(1) “Wasa’il Al-Shiaa”: Vol.14, P.513,

Stand up with Jaber. Let us receive Bibi Zeinab and Zeinul-Abidin (PbuT) ...

Jaber got up and walked barefooted, bareheaded, his turban is removed, and His tears are running over

His cheeks until he drew nigh to Al-imam. He (PhuH) looked at Him and said: is this Jaber? he replied: Oh

son of ALLAH’s messenger, Aye! So He said: Oh Jaber, by ALLAH, Our men were slain, Our children were

slaughtered, Our women were captured and Our tents has been burnt in this place. Whilst Jaber is

calling out; Alas! What a disaster! Until Al-lmam said: Oh Jaber, get up with me. He went with Him to

some distance and said: Oh Jaber, do You know what happened in this place? He said: Oh master, Nay!

He said: Ash-shemer ascended the chest of Al-Hussein in this place. Oh Jaber, the neck of Al-Hussein was

cut off, aver here. Jaber struck His head and cried: Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynah” . ..

Saying unto Him, Oh Jaber, Oh uncle..........the enemies have slain Al-Hussein and His kin over here

Not a single one of the Progeny of Adnan stayed {alive}............ Fven the baby, they have slain him thirsty

However, Oh master of the age, this night, the mourning ceremony is not over yet. {Oh vest} itis

certainly Zeinab, my master. As if when She arrived to Karbala, She remembered ‘Ashura’. She

remembered Her departure from Karbala whilst Her brother was a corpse without head, undressed and

His jugular velns burst into blood. She threw Hersell [rum the back of the She-camel.

Now, Zeinab has returned to Karbala. Yet, Al-Hussein’s body is under the dust. But where is the head?

She approached Al-imam Ali As-Sajjad (PbuH) and said: Oh my nephew, show me the grave of my

brother Al-Hussein, for, my vision has become blurred . ..

Zeinab is calling out, show me the grave of Hussein

to complain to Him about the condition, to tell Him my back has become black

Al-lmam As-Sajjad took Her hand {and led Her} to the grave of His father Al-Hussein. He put Her hand on

the grave while She was crying: Oh my brother “Waa Akhah”, Oh my Hussein “Waa Hussaynah”, Oh my

helaved, Oh Hussein . . . . Brother Oh Hussejn, did they bath You {the rituai ablution of the dead}? Have
they enshrouded You? Or is it without a shroud that they have buried You? ... asif She says:

Brother Hussein, | left Ye whilst sorrow is my companion...| bore the grievance and the anguish during
my capture

Your memory left me not until | have returned to Ye..............and distress has become a part of me

{I have returned} seeking a touch from Ye to shelter me.........Yet, | have found You under the earth, Ye
have left me

And what increases my sadness and my grief

is that | have remained in the world after Thy departure, O’ the light of my eye

Oh... Would God Thy grave would be opened, 0” Hussein......to smell Ye and sleep near Ye, 0" Hussein

See, my heart has been broken after Thy departure.....................let me hug Ye and smell Thy neck, O”
brother

As if a voice has emanated from the grave {saying}... Sister Zeinab, where is Rukaya? . . . What will Bibi

Zeinab answer?

Saying unto Him, She whom Ye are asking about......... Her weeping has killed Her, brother O° Hussein

I saw Thy head between Her hands, 0 brother......... under that condition death drew nigh to Her

They say as if Bibi Zeinab took out something from beneath Her clothes. Oh ‘Shiah’ followers of

Al-Hussein, what is it? Ji is the head of Her brother Abi Abdellah. .

She said unto Him, Oh brother, | have come to Ye and brought the head with me

the ordeal that afflicted me was an account of being taken captive

Oh brother, | have left Ye since forty nights

And today, I have come, Oh my glory, Oh my eyes’ light

Bibi Zeinab wept out loud. Whilst She was like that, as if Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin (PbuT) says: Aunt Zeinab

step aside of the grave along with the women and the orphan. She said: Oh my nephew, what do You

want to do? He replied: | want to dig the grave of my father Al-Hussein to return the head to the body.

When Bibi Zeinab heard that, She cried: Oh brother “Waa Akhah”, Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynah”.

Hence, the moment that Al-Imam inserted His hand in the grave, blood started to gush out of the tamb

of Al-Hussein. Then He opened it and went down to it, crying. Suddenly, they noticed that the voice of

Al-lmam has disappeared. They thought that Al-'mam died. They looked into the middle of the grave, as

if Al-fmam Zeinul-Abidin is putting His lip against Al-Hussein’s lip, kissing and smelling Him and His

utterance . . .

Oh father, may all of us be a sacrifice for Ye......... Oh Hussein, take us into the grave with Ye

Then Bibi Zeinab started to search for He who was responsible of securing Her. She started looking to

the right and to the left, then, She said to the women: Let us go ta the grave of Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas. . .

{want to reach Abou Fadel and admonish Him.........I want to say unto Him, Abbas, Oh my eyes

Do Ye accept that they degrade me and take me prisoner to Ash-sham ...Abbas, leave me not alone

Ch Bou Fadel, j complain to Ye about my case.....o woman without o protector and ash-shemer is facing
me

As If Al-Abbas heard the admonition of Bibi Zeinab, so He answers Her:

Ye are admonishing me, Oh Zeinab......... Lo! Where is my head and my hands

Ye are reproving mildly and doing that is surely Thy right...... Yet, Oh sister, | am without head

Under that condition, Bibi Zeinab stayed between the grave of Al-Hussein and that of Al-Abbas for three

days until Al-lmam Zeinul-Abidin decreed to move to Al-Medina {the Holy Prophet's city (PbuH)}.

Thereupon, they said to Him: let the women delight in {the presence of} Their family. He said to Therm:

Are You not seeing what | am seeing. | am worried about my Aunt Zeinab to pass away. She is leaving

one grave to sit beside another?.

He came to Her, He said: Aunt, get up. She said: Oh nephew, unto where {You are taking us}? He said: to

Al-Meding, She replied: Lo! Do we still have anyone left for us in Al-Medina? . .

Oh Zeinab, Your forbearance is for ALLAH’s sake! Oh how much have You endured? Yes! it is difficult for

our Chiefess Zeinab to leave the tomb of Her brother Al-Hussein whilst She is the one who part with

Him, Her whole life. Come, let us help Bibi Zeinab and say Farewell to the tomb of our beloved

Al-Hussein with Her...

Farewell! God with Ye! Oh the martyr of ALLAH

{Ye are} the light of my eye Hussein, Oh the beloved of ALLAH

By ALLAH, if it was in my hand, | would have remained near Thy body

I would have return the head te Thy neck while exclaiming Your name
—

ee;

Yet, | had walked {oway} whilst Ye have stayed flooded in Thy blood

An estranged lonely woman with no protector

They have neither bathed nor enveloped Him in a Shroud

nor have they extended a cover over Him, the day of ‘Ashoura’

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’~ (the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters’ (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

Oh ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His household . . Oh Ye who dispels the grief and

drives sorrow away, Oh Ye who are the most Gracious in this world and the next and the most Merciful

in both of Them, send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household and dispel my grief and drive

my sorrow away, Oh the Unigue, Oh the One, Oh the Eternal whom all depend, who begets not, nor is

He begotten and none is like Him, guard me {from evi! deeds}, purify me and remove my tribulation and

afflictions, by Thy mercy Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Mohammad

and His Household.

The twenty-first whiff

‘Majlis’ of the wife of ‘Ali Al-Karrar’

‘Umul-Banin” mother of the {four} sons

May ALLAH’s peace be upon Her

In the name of ALLAH, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

May ALLAH's blessings be upon You Oh ALLAH's Messenger and upon Your brother and Your cousin Ali

Bin Abi Taleb. May ALLAH’s blessings be upon You and upon Your loyal good wife Umul-Banin {mother of

the four sons} who sacrificed four of Her sons for Al-Hussein. May ALLAR's blessings be upon You Oh

Aba Abdellah, may ALLAH curse the ones who appressed You. Would that we were with You so that we

could attain our end and won great fortune!

A procession of sorrows whereto torment iS.......eeeeeecence. hastening {right} from a block standard

At the time when ‘Bishr’ came to it whilst he Is......announcing with his elegies the death of the martyrs”
master

He elegized sorrowfully such that the Masjid” of Taha was shaken...by the tragedies so us all the present
buildings

{Saying} there is no honorable place to stand in Yathrib'.........................after slaying Al-Hussein in

Karbalg

Thus crying became high in every house... ...with lamentations full of echoes

People came in a hurry, men and women..... .....whilst they are mourning and suffering

To Al-imam As-Sajjad whom is the one receiving the condolences...for His father who was slain without
water

To the orphans and the bereft Widows .....eeeeescvesovnns...... Of girls, boys and women

Whenever the mother of disasters laments...they were wailing for ‘Al-Hawran Al-Ageela’s lament

A loud of grief and sorrow wherefrom.....................the earth and the sky clamored weeping
Oh...Umul-Banin is moaning sorrowfully...Lo! Her moans for the ones who passed away as a sacrifice for
Hussein

They are youths who moved Her whine thrown on the ground

Alf this for the sake of saving the children from this disaster
ALLAH (TwT) said in His noble precious book “Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from

the remembrance of Allah” @.

This noble verse talks about those men who adored ALLAH (Awl). They do not prefer anything to Him

and they are not ready to gaze one look at anything other than their beloved and their lover.

It was narrated quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH), His saying: The enamored ‘Gnostic Arif {it

means the adorer that become extinct in the recognition of ALLAH} is {present} with the creatures in the

flesh, yet, His heart is with ALLAH; if His heart forgot God one moment, he would die longing for Him” 2

Also, as what the Commander of believers ‘Amirul Mu’minin’ Ali Bin Abi Taleb (PbuH) said when they

asked Him about the Gnostic ‘Arif who recognizes ALLAH: “They are a folk who worshiped ALLAH (T)

faithfully and locked at the core of the world whilst people looked at its exterior” ® They see the truths

of the matters and the things. Yet, he who was habituated to life in this world and likes to be in it and

who was occupied with its concerns, worries, grief, pain, and sorrows cannot own this sight.

For, love is the reason of neither being diverted nor being in heedlessness, and the lover sees nothing in

His existence but the beloved. That is why, firstly, we should break off relations with this world so that

this love, its effects, and its manifestations strike us. Otherwise, we will by no means smell the fragrance

of the divine passion. And be aware that this love is a blessing and a favor from ALLAH “and | cast down

upon you love from Me” “I hecause ALLAH is the one who casts down love from Him, yet with taking

natice of this fact “surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their cwn

condition” ®. Further, as what was mentioned in the holy ‘Hadeeth’: “Whoso approaches one span

towards me, | approach an ell towards him” When the love of ALLAH (Awl) manifests itself to the

heart of anyone of us, it removes everything else. As what Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH) said: “When

ALLAH’s love lights up the heart of a servant, it clears out every occupant {preoccupation} and every

remembrance besides ALLAH . .. . and the lover is inwardly, the most faithful of all people towards

ALLAH, the most honest in speech, the most loyai towards the covenant {made by Him}, the purest in

works, the finest {and the best} in the remembrance {of the Almighty} and the most serving {and

submissive}. The angels are proud when he whispers {unto God} and glory in seeing him. It is with him
that ALLAH builds His land and due to his grace, He (T) honors His worshippers. When they ask

{something}, He (T) gives {it} to them for his sake, He (T} drives the afflictions away from them by the

mercy {brought forth by} him and if the creatures knew about his position in the sight of ALLAH, his rank

and his dignity in His estimation, they would by no means seek the love of ALLAH {and the nearness to

Him} but through {the intercession of} the dust of his feet” According to this narration, the one

whose heart is occupied with something other than the remembrance of ALLAH cannot be faithful,

sincere, loyal or worshipful. For that reason, the human must implore the Almighty in his prayers, his

Ziarat {recitation of the written visits of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT) or while visiting Their sanctuaries} and his

work {from Duaas, mourning gatherings, etc ...} to endow him with His love and His passion “Oh ALLAH,
|

implore Ye {to endow me with} Thy love and the love of whoso loves Ye”. And he must be

(1) “Surat An-Nour”, the verse: 37.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.3, P.14.

(3) “Biharul Anwar”; Vol.66, P.319.

(4) “Surat Taha”, the verse: 39.

(5) “Surat Ar-Raad”, the verse: 11.

“Mostadrak Al-Wasa’il”:Vol.5, P.298.

(7) “Misbah Al-Shariaa”: the door.92, P.192.

we

aware that “Certainly, love is a fire that burns everything besides the beloved” as what the Commander

of believers “Amiru! Mu minin Al” (PbuH) said.

This is love as how the pecple of love describe it: Love is when you incline entirely to something, then

you prefer it to your own self and your own soul, and then you agree with it concerning what pleases or

displeases you {as well}, secretly and openly. Doing good to {the person in love} increases not {his love

and his loyalty}, nor closeness makes him forget {his beloved) nor remoteness diverts him. Surely, itis

the elixir that fuses and transforms everything from one state to another, and from {one kind of}

existence unto another “So these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones” WM He

changes their beings, their minds and their hearts, thus, their figures would appear among that of

‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT), their beings become present {side by side} with Theirs (PbuT), and their souls would

rest with the pure souls of the Household of ALLAH's holy Messenger (PbuT). This is love, this is the

loyalty {to ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PhuT) and the fact of sticking to Their guardianship}. And itis well known that the

“Wilayat’ {sticking to Their (PbuT) guardianship} is a divine attraction that attracts the ones whose

nature pertains to the people of the throne ‘Arsh’ unto their origin. And to reach this love and this

attraction, we should stick to the worship due unto ALLAH “And serve your Lord until there comes to

you that which is certain” @ The precondition of this worship is struggling against oneself which

represents the most mortal of the enemies “the most inimical {and aggressive} enemy of yours is your

own self that exists between your two side” ©.

A small group of people is the one who reach the Lord with one attraction that makes its members in

supreme llliyeen” {register of the exalted ones}, similar to the companions of Al-imam Al-Hussein (PbuH)

in Karbala (Zuhair, Al-Hur . . .). For, this attraction is surely above {all} works, worshipping and servitude

“Surely {as for} those for whom the good has already gone forth from Us, they shall be kept far off from

it” ®. They (PbuT) attract us to our God, release us from the shackles of our servitude to other than

ALLAH and free us from the chains of the shaitans from among men and jinn to enter us within ALLAH'S

servitude, For that reason, we should be faithful and recite ‘Duaa’ supplications, perhaps this attraction
and this love would be cast down on us. Hence, ALLAH would then befriend us “Surely my guardian is

Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends the good” 5) ALLAH befriends the good only. Yet, who

is the father of the good and righteous people? Surely, He {Aba Saleh} is the father of every good

person. Thus, good for him who was righteous and His father is ‘Abou-Saleh’ {the father of “the

righteous”}, the master of the age and the time, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance. Good for him

who was dutiful towards His father and who hasn't cut off the ties of kinship. Good for him whom the

occultation of his father and protector has straitened his bed to him and has made his disasters {of being

away from Him} an eternal catastrophes. Good for him who is moanirig on account of his longing to see

Him, every day and hour. Good for him who stands up {praying} for the sake of meeting Him (AHR), his

{entire} night and day. Good for him and blessed is the one who feels that the master of the age

“Sahibul Zaman” (AHR) is with Him, each moment. Blessed is the one who has attained the honor of

loving and adoring Him and quenching his thirst from the delightful and sweet whispering unto Him.

Good for him whose heart has become a depository for His (AHR) love and blessed is the one who was

permitted to enter into the space of His mercy and His clemency. And if we ourselves love the master of

{1) “Surat Al-Furgan”, the verse: 70.

(2) “Surat Al-Hujur”, the verse: 99.

(3) “Uddat Al-Daii": P.314.

(4) “Surat Al-Anbiyaa”, the verse: 101.

(5) “Surat Al-Aazraf”, the verse: 196.

the age “Sahibul Zarnan” (PbuH), we would have fulfilied the promise and we would have borne the

hardship, the fatigue, the endurance and the humiliation of people for His sake. Per contra, He always

finds us objecting, displeased with what ALLAH {T) has predestined for us, even if this objection is in our

hearts only {not outwardly}, grouching, complaining, mistrusting and doubting Him and accusing Him. Is

that a true and a sincere love? Yet even more than thal, each one of us is asking from the master of the

age “Sahibul Zaman” (PbuH) to relieve him of everything he hates and to give him everything he loves.

Aren't we treating Him as if he was aur servant?! Whereas His adorers and the ones awaiting His

reappearance think only of what He himself likes or dislikes. They are happy for what makes Him happy.

they are sad for what makes Him sad. And they {always} seek to serve Him (AHR) whilst repeating the

expression wherein He addresses His grandfather Al-Hussein (PbuH) as what mentioned in ‘Ziyarat e-

Nahiya e-Mukaddasa’ “Since | have been hindered by the course of time and as the decree {of ALLAH}

has prevented me from helping You, and as | could not fight the ones who fought You and was not able

to show hostility to the ones who showed hostility to You, | will, therefore, mourn You morning and

evening, and | will weep over You with tears of blood {in place of tears only}, out of my anguish for You

and my sorrow for all what had befallen You, until | meet death on account of the pain of the calamity

and the choking grief”. Moreover, it is certain for the followers of the ‘Shiah’ school of thought that the

sayings of Al-imam, His actions, His attitude and His stand are an argument’ (a proof} against His ‘Shiah’

followers, His lovers and His adorers. Further, His work, His saying and His nature is indeed a

constitution and a law in the very sight of the divine Excellency, and based on it, our work should he

similar to His and our saying as well. Thus, if Al-lmam Al-Mahdi, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance,

addresses His grandfather Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH) {Saying} those expressions and affirming that if

the passage of years and the circumstances have stood between Him (AHR) and helping His grandfather

in Karbala and showing hostility to His enemies “I will, therefore, mourn You morning and evening, and |

will weep over You with tears of blood {in place of tears only}”, that means every loving adorer whose

existence has crept into {that of} the master of the age and so far he was not able to offer His help and

His aid, he must do like what the Imam of His time does; and Al-Imam says, | will mourn You . . | will,

therefore, weep over You . . . Whereas the mourning of Al-Imaim, His striking {of chest} and His weeping

with tears of blood carry neither a figurative nor a terminological and an artificial meaning. He stays in a

state of {chest} striking and weeping until He meet death out the calamity’s pain and the choking grief. |
don’t know who brings Him back to life when He (AHR) dies? May ALLAH curse the ones who oppressed

You Oh master of the age “Sahibul Zaman”.

It was narrated quoting the Holy messenger of ALLAH (PbuH), He said “. . Whoso falls short of helping us

‘Ahlulbayt’ so he cursed and condemned our enemies privately, ALLAH would convey His voice to all of

the angels. Thus, whenever anyone of you curses and condemns our enemies, the angels would carry

{his voice}, and curse and condemn he who isn't doing the same” V.

When the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman”, may ALLAH (T) hasten His reappearance, says “| will,

therefore, weep over You with tears of blood {in place of tears only}”, it means that He reaches a stage

wherein He sheds blood instead of tears. Hence, this is Al-lmam Ali Bin Mousa Ar-Rida {PbuH) saying:

“Lo! The day of Al-Hussein {Ashoura’} has wounded our eyelids {out of weeping a lot)” ®. The term

“wound” means that these eyelids has been injured out of weeping a lot. If the eye has been wounded

and then it wept, tears would come out mixed with blood. Far, striking {the chest} for the martyrs’

master (PbuH) and weeping blood instead of tears is something that Imam ‘Al-Hujja’ (AHR) {the claim

(1) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.50, P.316.

(2) "Al-Amalii” for Al-Sodouk: P.128.

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and the proof of ALLAH} {PbuH), do every morning and evening. This fact shows the continuation of this

act each moment and itis surely an argument against us to the day of resurrection.

In addition, it is well known that the slogan of Al-imam Al-Mahdi’s companions {PbuH) is “Ya Litharatel

Hussein” Oh! We will take the revenge for Al-Hussein”. If their work was not weeping over the martyrs’

master, every marning and evening, similar to the Imam of the age {(PbuH), they would not have been

elected and they would not have been among the ones seeking to take revenge for Him (PbuH). ..

For, Al-imam Al-Mahdi (PbuH) weeps and strike {the chest} until he passes away. This death is due to the

pain of the catastrophe, which means out if its greatness. For, this is the saying of Al-imam As-Sadeg

{PbuH) “Lo! If You have known the greatness of this catastrophe, you would have surely died” Zh

Thereupon, the fact of dying and passing away is related to the degree of our cognizance concerning this

catastrophe. Yet, what is this knowledge? What is that recognition that leads to death? What is the truth

of the calamity and the battle of Karbala which hasnt completely and thoroughly appeared to us yet?

While on the contrary, Al-imam Al-Mahdi (AHR) knows what it is, and His (PbuH) knowledge isn’t the

recognition of terminologies and information, His knowledge is that of ALLAH (Awl). Therefore, He

{truly} witnesses {things}, He is neither informed nor does He only have knowledge {of things} because

His recognition is the very witnessing {of them}. In fact, He witnesses what happened in Karbalz, every

morning and evening, and what we know is that the fact of witnessing something cannot be repeated

which means, what Al-Imam (PbuH) sees in the morning is different from what He sees in the evening.

Someone has seen the master of the age “Sahibul Zaman” in the dream. He asked Him: what is the thing

that You see and You weep blood in place of tears as its result? Thus, He (PbuH) answered Him: “I go to

my aunt Zeinab, so She tells me about something of what happened to Her in Karbala . . .”.

The unproven believer cannot know these things except if he reached the degree of becoming extinct in

the impeccable Imam. For, he would see what He sees and he would hear what He (PbuH) does. As what

was related “Guard against the insight” (vision) of the believer because He looks through the eye of
ALLAH”. tt was also mentioned in the narrations “Surely, what we have hid from you is much more than

what we have revealed to you”. And that is due to our weak loyalty and allegiance {towards Them

(PbuT)} and to our inability and unwillingness to accept and admit those matters.

Someone asked Al-Imam Jafaar As-Sadeq (PbuR) about what happened in Karbala. Thus, Al-Imam

answers Him: “La! The hair of my aunt Zeinab (PbuH) has become white and Her back has become

hunched out of what She has seen, the day of Ashoura’”. Hence, if Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) happened to Her

{as what Al-lmam said} due to what She saw in Karbala, so what about us? Certainly, If we knew about

what happened, we will not be capable of bearing it. Well, They (PbuT) do not inform but he who “has a

heart or he gives ear and is a witness” ©.

In addition, the lover and the adorer cannot enter amidst this recognition and he cannot know what

happened in Karbala if He was attached to this world and clinging to it. The Commander of believers

“Amirul Mu’minin Ali” (PbuH) says “how could He who is occupied with life in this world, work for the

sake of the Hereafter” ®, because he who wants to know anything of the calamity of Karbala, must

{1) Documentation.

(2) “Surat Qaaf”, the verse: 37.

{3) “Ghorar Al-Hokom”: P.141.

leave the attachment and the clinging to everything in this world. This is the Commander of believers

“Arirul Mu'minin” {PbuH) saying: “If {only} vou would know what | do of that whose unseen’ was kept

secret from you, then you would surely go out to the desert weeping for your works, striking yourselves,

and you would leave your money with no guard {to watch} them and your family with no substitute

caretaker {to keep} them. Surely, each person of you would be {then} concerned with his own self,

without paying attention to other than it” *. However, it is required for this knowledge to be a true one.

For, the knowledge might be either outward where the human should strives to get it or inward where it

is a light that ALLAH would cast down into the heart of whomsoever He (TwT) wants.

As for the outward knowledge, it is possible for any person to become aware of it when he reads the

‘Hadeeth’ traditions of the Holy Prophet (PbuH) and the narrations without plunging into their meanings

and their truths similar to the condition of {almost} all the ‘Shiah’ followers of ‘Ahlulbayt’ (PbuT). They

acquire their (PbuT) knowledge, yet they have no certainty and they are neither connected nor attached

to Them, a heartfelt connection. They do believe in Them, yet they have no true, spiritual and certain

relation with Them, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Them.

further, the fact of establishing these heartfelt ties and links with Ahlulbayt (PbuT) and witnessing Their

truths through the eye of the heart not through this -regular- eye, depends on the success granted by

ALLAH through one of His attractions (T).

For that reason, it was mentioned “Oh ALLAH, bless us with the granting of success to obey {You}” 2 To

be given the success to do something is surely a boon from ALLAH, and this boon and this successfulness

depends on the sincere request of us. Thus, a person can only be granted success to get this true

recognition through several things. From among it:

1- The granted love: As what mentioned quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadig (PbuH) “Lo! ALLAH sends

down our ove, ‘Ahlulbayt’, from the sky, from treasures {that exists} underneath the ‘Arsh’

throne same as the treasures of gold and silver. He sends it not down but according to a

measure. He gives it not but to the best of the creatures. And He has a cloud just like that of the
rain. So if ALLAH wants to favor the one whom He loves of His creatures with it, He would give

the permission to that cloud, thus, it pours down just like how the clouds pour, so it strikes the

fetus in the womb of his mother” @.

2- The prayers of the grandparents and the parents: As what was related quoting the father of the

scholar ‘Al-Majlisi’. He said: A {certain} situation was presented to me wherein | knew | would

not ask anything from ALLAH but He will respond to me. As if the voice of Mohammad Baker

{was heard} from the cradle; Thus, | said without any delay: Oh ALLAH, for the sake of

Mohammad and His Household (PbuT); make this baby spread Your religion, propagate the

regulations/rules of the master of Your Messengers and grant Him Your endless success {in

doing everything}. Well, ‘Al-Majlisi’, may ALLAH bless His pure soul, has surely reached a degree

whereto if the religion of the Shiah’ followers was called the religion of 'Al-Majlisi’, it would be

appropriate.

(1) "Biharul Anwar”: Vol.34, P.91.

(2) “Al-Misbah” for Al-Kaf’aami: P.280.

(3) "Tahf Al-Okoul: P.313,

The prayers of the good brethren: As in His saying (SwT); “Therefore make the hearts of same

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4- Their (PbuT) love might be cast down into the hearts just by mentioning Their names: As what

was mentioned in the ‘Hadeeth’ talking about the submission of Salman e-Mohammadi te

Al-Islam; He was walking along with his father in one of their holidays, as if they passes by an

hermitage wherein a man is calling out: | bear witness that there is no God but ALLAH and that

Mohammad is ALLAH’s beloved. Thereupon, the love of Mohammad fell and settled in the flesh

and the blood of Salman

5- Scrubbing {the inner side of the mouth} with the Euphrates water: As what was related

quoting Al-lmam Jaafar As-Sadeq (PbuH), He said: “The Euphrates is among the ‘Shiah’ followers

of Ali (PbuH). No one would scrub {the interior of his mouth} with it but loved us, ‘Ahlulbayt™” @

6- Their love might be cast down into the hearts through seeing Them in dreams.

7- To be cast down into the hearts all at'once, through seeing Them whilst being awake: As what

happened {accidentally} to Zuhair Bin Al-Qayn with Al-lmam Al-Hussein (PbuH).

This Husseini mourning gatherings constitute an opportunity for us to ask Them, may ALLAH's blessings

and peace be upon Them, to cast down Their recognition and Their love into our hearts. We will stop in

this ‘Majlis’ at the mention of a woman who was enamored of the Household of ALLAH’s Holy

Messenger and whose heart is loyal to the Commander of believers “Amirul Mu’minin Ali” and to His

son Al-Hassan (PbuT). Thus, She was buried near Him. She fed Her four children the love of Al-Hussein

{PbuH) so they sacrificed Their souls for His sake. Moreover, She wept over the martyrs’ master (PbuH),
yet She hasn't wept for Her children . .. . Bishr Bin Halzam’ who has {already} encountered the caravan

of sons of Hashem on the road and proceeded with Them to “‘Al-Medina’ {city of the Holy Prophet

{PbuH)}, says: When we drew nigh to ‘Al-Medina’, Ali Bin Al-Hussein (PbuH) stop, put down His luggage,

and settled down His women, then He turned tc me and said: Oh Bishr, may ALLAH have mercy upon

your father. He was a poet. Thus, do you have the ability {to poetize} as he had? | said: Certainly, Oh son

of ALLAH’s messenger. So He said (PbuH): enter to ‘Al-Medina’ and announce the death of Aba Abdellah

Al-Hussein (PbuH) {through mournful elegies}. Bishr said: Thereupon, | rode my horse until | reached
the

‘Masjid’ of the Holy Messenger of ALLAH (PbuH), | raised my voice weeping and said:

Oh people of Yathrib! There is no place to stand for ye {in it}

For, Al-Hussein was slain and my tears393 are flowing abundantly

His body {remained} bloodstained in Karbala................. Whilst His head is circulating atop a spear

This is Ali Bin Al-Hussein along with His aunts and His sisters. They have stopped at your field and settled

down in your courtyard, and | am His (PbuH) messenger to you. | shall inform you about His place. And

while Bishr was in that situation,

as if a tall women arrives, {holding} a little baby on Her arm. She said: Oh Bishr, do you have any

information about Al-Hussein (PbuH)? | said: Oh ALLAH’s servant, who are You so that You are asking

{1) “Surat Ibrahim”, the verse: 37.

(2) “Biharul Anwar”: Vol.100, P.230.

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about Al-Hussein? She said: } am Umul-Banin {mother of the four sons}, the mather of Abi Al-Fadet

Al-Abbas. He said to Her: Oh Umul-Banin, You are asking about Al-Hussein whilst You have four young

men with Al-Hussein, and You are not asking about Them? Oh Umul-Banin, may ALLAH give You a great

reward {for the martyrdom} of Your son Jaafar.

She said: Oh Bishr, tell me about Al-Hussein.

He said: Oh Umul-Banin, may ALLAH give You a great reward {for the martyrdom} of Your son Abdeliah.

She said: Oh Bishr, | am asking you about Al-Hussein.

He said: Oh Umul-Banin, may ALLAH give You a great reward {for the martyrdom} of Your son Uthman.

So She said: Oh Bishr, Why aren't you answering me, | am asking You about Al-Hussein.

He said: May ALLAH give You a great reward {for the martyrdom} of Your son Al-Abbas, the moon of the

clan {of Bani Hashem}. When Umul-Banin heard that, She put Her hand upon Her heart.

And said: Oh Bishr, you have broken my heart {into piece}. You have informed me of four of my

children’s death. However, be aware that all of my children are a sacrifice for Abi Abdellah Al-Hussein

{PbuH).

At that moment, He said to Her: May ALLAH give You a great reward {for the martyrdom} of Al-Hussein

(PbuH). For, we have left Him in the land of Karbala, while He is a corpse without head . ..

Oh She js the mother of the sons whom no one have buried

Their blood bathed Them {ihe ritual bath} and dust have become Their shrouds
Oh Umul-Banin, the four men were slain, thirsty... Three days, they have remained thrown on the dust,
undressed

Would God Ye have seen the holder of the standard at the river... His head is severed so as His right arm
and His left

She cried, Oh son “Waa waladah”, Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynah”. They said, then Umul-Banin came

towards Zeinul-Abidin {(PbuH) moaning and weeping, then She embraced and consoled Him.

She fell on Him weeping and said whilst shedding tears... fear my sons have fallen short of helping
Hussein

Alas for me! | was informed that Hussein is slaughtered............... and His blood was spilled over the dust

I will announce his death, mourn him and spend my lifetime lamenting,

Which will cause my eyes to become blind and my soul to pass away

As for Bibi Zeinab (PbuH), She came towards the ‘Masjid’ of the ALLAH’s Holy Messenger (PbuH). The

moment She saw Her grandfather's grave, She cried, wept, held the door of the ‘Masjid’ and called out:

Oh grandfather “Waa Jaddah”, | announce to You the death of my brother Al-Hussein Bin Ali. We have

left Him in the land of Karbala, undressed; He was staughtered from the nape. Oh. ..

Oh grandpa, stand to see Hussein slain......Oh grandpa, the soul of Hussein passed away out of the
stabbing

Bibi Zeinab, may ALLAH’s blessings and peace be upon Her, stayed then in Al-Medina and requested that

no one enters to Her. While She was in the dwelling, as if a woman knocked the door. The maid said:

Who are You? My Chiefess Zeinab had ordered me not to open the door to anybody. She said to Her:

Go to My Chiefess Zeinab , may peace be upon Her, and tell Her that Your mother Umul-Banin, the

Sue—
mother of Al-Abbas, has come to You. {When} Bibi Zeinab heard Her voice, She cried: Indeed! By ALLAH

She is cur mother. Certainly! By ALLAH, She is our partner in the calamity. Oh...

Sod Zeinab stood to receive Her.........and to console Her {on the account of} Hussein and Abbas’s
demise

Bibi Zeinab, peace be upon Her, stood up in person, opened the door and cried Oh Abbas “Waa

Abbasah”, and Umul-Banin cried Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynzah”; As if there was a dialogue happening

between Bibi Zeinab and Bibi Umul-Banin (PbuT).

Saying to Her, | am the one who commanded Al-Abbas: Oh Ye Chivalrous, take care of Zeinab

Ye are the only one who shall Console Her in the time of sorrows

Oh son, Guard and keep a careful eye on Zeinab F

Oh son, fulfill all the desires of Thy sister

By ALLAH, Al-Abbas breathed in and choked in tears

And soid unto me: Is it with the daughter of Az-Zahra' that Ye are entrusting me, Oh mother

Lo! I sacrifice my right and left arm for Her sake

Indeed! | will tend and walch Her carefully throughout the road

As if Bibi Zeinab {PbuH) said: Oh Umul-Banin, | have brought You a souvenir from Your son Al-Abbas.
She

took out the shield of Al-Abbas, which is stained with blood from under Her clothes.

As if She is saying {through that Shield}, | am conveying to You a salutation ‘Salaam’ from my brother
Abi

Al-Fadel. Oh...
Alas! Sister Oh Zeinob when You reach Al-Medina......forget not to convey my ‘Salaam’ to my mother

Forget not to say to Her that Abbas has accomplished Thy will......Oh Zeinab, say not Abbas is without a
Shroud

Say not Abbas has lost His eyes

Thereupon, Umul-Banin (PbuH) didn’t bear that and Her heart was broken out of the sorrow. Thus, She

fell down swooned and stayed under that condition weeping over Al-Hussein (PbuH). Moreover, it was

narrated that She used to go to ‘Al-Bakii’” (PbuH) while She had already sculptured two graves

{representing the graves of Her sons}, one for Her sons and another for Al-Hussein (PbuH). And She used

to leave one grave {after sitting near it} to sit to another while calling out: Oh Hussein “Waa Hussaynah”,

Oh my Imam “Waa Imamah”. As if She turns to Az-Zahraa (PbuH), consoling Her and apologizing to Her

whilst Her utterance is:

Saying to Her, | have sacrificed my four sons and | just wanted Hussein to remain unhurt and safe

I wanted not the dart of the three triangular heads to be shot into His heart and thus He feels pain

They say, as if we heard a sad voice of a woman, calling out: My son Hussein, my son Hussein.

Oh. . Verily, | am the mother and my heart is sorrowful...... | search for my son’s mourning gathering
everywhere

His body was thrown {on the ground} without a shroud...and the horses walked on Him as if it was
racing in a track

On the other hand, look at the loyalty of Az-Zahraa (PbuH) towards Umul-Banin. Our Imam Jaafar As-

Sadea {PbuH) says: “My grandmother Fatima comes to intercede, the day of resurrection, whilst the

shirt of Al-Hassan is upon Her right shoulder, that of Al-Hussein is upon Her left and {holding} with Her

hands a tray wherein Her fetus Al-Mohsin whom She have aborted between the wall and the door is

present. Thus, the Archangel Gabriel comes to Her and says: Oh Chiefess of all women, through which
thing will you begin to intercede? Is it through the abortion of Your fetus Al-Mohsin? She replies: No. He

says: Is it through the fracture of Your broken rib? She replies: No. He says: Is it through the murder of

Your son Al-Hassan? She replies: No. He says: Is it through the killing of Your son Al-Hussein? She replies:

No. Thereupon, He says: So through which thing will You begin, Oh Zahra’? Qur Imam As-Sadeq (PbuH)

says: At that moment, Az-Zahra’ takes out the two hands of Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH) and says: Oh

Ye lust, Ye Judge, judge between the ones who served these two hands and me. What sin have these

hands committed to be cut off right from the forearms {as a result}?

Oh, Alas for me! These are the hands severed right from the forearms...and Fatima’s tear is running over
the cheeks

The day of resurrection, She will call out, Oh God, Oh Ye who is worshiped...lop off the hands that cut
them together

Before mentioning (the tragedy of} squeezing Her behind the door...Before mentioning Al-Mohsin and
the disaster

She mentioned not Alf and His good children

until mentioning the one responsible of securing Bibi Zeinab, the Fatimide

Yes: Az-Zahra’ (PbuH) weeps on account of severing the hands of Abi Al-Fadel Al-Abbas (PbuH) because

they are two hands that rendered a big service to Abi Abdellah (PbuH) and to the daughters of ALLAH’s

Holy Messenger (PbuH) in Karbala. For, Al-Abbas was holding the sword with His right hand, to defend

Al-Hussein {PbuH) and the veil of Bibi Zeinab (PbuH) and the standard ‘Alam’ with His left. Further, He

used to bring water from time to time.

Oh... Oh Bou Fadel, Surely Thy hands are generous.....Oh Ye who used to give the fatimides water to
drink

I shall by no means be satisfied with announcing Their death through mourning,

Lights that died {and abandoned me} in the valley of ‘At-Toff’ {Karbala}
When they passed away during the fight with the devious deceivers......four young men {sublime} as the
high eagles

Have met deGth through cutting off Their aorta

There is no power nor strength but with ALLAH the High, the Great

Oh ALLAH, hasten the reappearance of our lord ‘Mowla’ ‘Sahibul Zaman’' {the master of the age - PbuH)

and appoint us among his supporters” (helpers), his aids, the ones detesting his enemies and hurrying

into His service, for the sake of Mohammad and his household.

On ALLAH send Thy blessings upon Mohammad and His Household . . Oh ALLAH, i seek Thy pardon from

Thee for the person oppressed in my presence and whom ! did not defend, the favor conferred upon me

for which | offered no thanks, the evildoer who asked pardon from me but whom | did not pardon, the

needy who asked from me {His need} and whom | preferred not to myself, the right of a believer who

owns a right incumbent on me which | did not fulfill, the fault of a faithful which appeared to me and

which | did not conceal. Oh Ye most Merciful. May ALLAH's blessings and peace be upon Mohammad

and His Progeny.

In the name of ALLAH, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

O ALLAH, SEND THY BLESSINGS UPON MOHAMMAD AND HIS HOUSEHOLD,

O ALLAH! BE NOW AND AT ALL TIMES FOR THY “WALI” DEPUTY HAZRAT HUJAT

IBNIL HASAN -MAY THY BLESSINGS BE UPON HiM AND HIS ANCESTORS- A CHIEF,

A PROTECTOR, A GUIDE, A HELPER, A PROOF AND A GUARD

UNTIL YE MAKE

HIM RESIDES PEACEFULLY ON THY EARTH AND YE LET HIM ENJOY {YOUR

BOUNTIES} FOR SO LONG (TO COME)

O ALLAH, OH LORD OF Al-Hussein, FOR THE SAKE OF AL-HUSSEIN, HEAL THE

CHEST OF AL-HUSSEIN THROUGH THE REAPPEARANCE OF ‘AL-HUJJA’

0 ALLAH, OH LORD OF ZEINAB, FOR THE SAKE OF ZEINAB, HEAL THE BROKEN

HEART OF ZEINAB THROUGH THE REAPPEARANCE OF ‘AL-HULIA!

O ALLAH, OH LORD OF ‘Al-HUJJA’, FOR THE SAKE OF ‘AL-HUJJA’, HEAL THE CHEST

OF ‘AL-HUJJA’ THROUGH {HASTENNING} THE REAPPEARANCE OF ‘AL-HULIA’