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Mohammad bin Hameed Ta’i fit well for Imam Husain (a.s): It was easy to skip
death, but he was sent back towards it by the soul, who despised oppression, as
if fear was apostasy, thus he remained firm in the whirlwind of death, he told
death that there is resurrection under your sword, he wore the dress of death,
the night had not yet appeared when it turned into a green silk brocade dress.”
Sibt ibne Jawzee says, that my grandfather has quoted in
Tabsirah, that Imam Husain (a.s) went towards Kufa for he saw the Divine laws
of Islam being broken, hence he intented to make it’s basic laws firm and
strong. Then when they surrounded him from all sides and ordered him to bow
down to the command of (Ubaydullah bin) Ziyad, he refused to do so and exalted
Martyrdom over humiliation and disgrace, while the ardent souls are thus. Then
he quoted some couplets: “When they saw that some lives are humiliating for
them and honourable death is not unlawful, they refused to taste the savour of
such a life, which contains humiliation, then they died a death which was free
from reproach, there is no astonishment that the accursed dogs of Arabs and
non-Arabs devour the male Lion, for the guile of Wahshi was the reason for
Hamza’s death, while Ali was murdered by the sword of Ibne Muljim.”
Here we quote some couplets composed in praise of Ahlulbayt (a.s)
by Sayyed Hayder in lamentation of Imam Husain (a.s): “The nation coveted and
enticed that he should be oppressed, but Allah and the swift sword refused it,
how can he bow his head in front of baseness and humiliation, who has never
submitted to anyone except the Almighty, he refused but to live a life of
honour and to clean the battlefield so that he may be cast upon it and lie
down, he solely fought alongwith the army, each component of his being a huge
army itself, he married off the people’s souls to the sword, whose dower was
death and henna blood.”
Then Imam Husain (a.s) recited the couplets of Farwah bin
Maseek Muradi:
“Should we defeat our enemy, we will go on defeating them, but
should we be defeated, it will be only once, tell those who rejoice in our
affliction: wake up, for you too will end up like us, when death lifts it’s
grip off the necks of some people, it surely will cling to others, then by
Allah! you will not remain on the earth longer than the time needed to ride a
horse, then the earth will wheel on you like a millstone and turn like a pivot,
this has been handed over to me by my father (a.s), who had got it from my
grandfather (s.a.w.s),‘Muster therefore your designs and (gather) your
accomplises, then let not your designs be dubious, then execute on me and give
no respite (to me).’ [1] ‘Verily I rely on Allah, my Lord and your Lord,
[1] Surah al Yunus: 71.
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