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A war by means of peace: How did Imam Hussein start his war through Imam Hassan's peace. They both made a truce with Muawiyah, because the army was exhausted, and the people were unaware of the real picture, as a result of the wars from the beginnin...
A war by means of peace: How did Imam Hussein sta...
The map shows the Route that Imam Hussein (A.S) took when he left Makkah for Iraq. The date was 8th Zilhijja 60 Hijri (10.9.680 AD). With him there were about 50 people including women and children of his family and friends. His uncle Ibne Abbas and ...
The map shows the Route that Imam Hussein (A.S) to...
Here's the tale of my nightly trance The Vision of Karbala in a deathly dance When a Martyr great faced the lance, Of shameful Shimr for Islam to enhance, No war of weapons or battles' sound Equals this tragedy all world round, No hero hooked t...
Here's the tale of my nightly trance The Vision o...
Rayyan ibn Shabeeb relates that once when he visited the Prophet's 8thInfallible Successor, Imam Reza (A.S), on the advent of Muharram, the Imam said: "O Ibn Shabeeb! Muharram is the month in which the people of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyya) had f...
Rayyan ibn Shabeeb relates that once when he visit...
There are exceptional attributes assigned only to the friend of God, Imam Hussein. Since no act of God is without any reason or is in vain, and the said issue is not an exception, there is no doubt and question about it. Since Imam Hussein devoted hi...
There are exceptional attributes assigned only to ...
The world has certain rules and regulations legislated by the Creator, who is All Knowing and does not do anything without a reason. We see nothing except glory and grandeur of the Creator in this world. His rules and traditions do not suffer from s...
The world has certain rules and regulations legisl...
In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Karbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. A large army which had been mobilized by the Umayyad regime besieged a group of persons numbering ...
In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October...
It is important to note that a pilgrim who performs Hajj without recognizing Karbala to be its true essence does not gain the real fruits of his/her pilgrimage. In the words of Dr. Ali Shariati: "Imam Hussein did not complete his Hajj in order to te...
It is important to note that a pilgrim who perform...
We learn from Imam Hussein that there was a more important goal for him to accomplish than completing the rituals of Hajj and risking bloodshed in the Haram. Actually, it would be an erroneous statement to say that the Imam skipped or cancelled his H...
We learn from Imam Hussein that there was a more i...
The month of Dhil Hijjah has just passed and the sorrowful month of Muharram has emerged, bringing along with it all its grief, sadness, and mourning as the New Year commences. It was in the year 60 A.H. when Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and his ...
The month of Dhil Hijjah has just passed and the s...
In order to understand the phenomenon itself, first of all, and in order to understand its historical significance, we maintain the following: In remembering al-Husayn we come before a historical problem which we read about and listen to. In the lig...
In order to understand the phenomenon itself, firs...
Very many texts have been reported from the Imams of the Holy Family from the time of Imam Zayn al-Abidin 'Ali ibn al-Husayn up to the awaited Imam, the Mahdi, which urge weeping for the fate of Imam al-Husayn. Whoever is unable to weep should preten...
Very many texts have been reported from the Imams ...
The phenomenon of weeping gives rise to much criticism. Despite the fact that it is not a phenomenon which is separate from the rites of remembrance for al-Husayn, I was influenced to devote a special study to it in a section which would be separate ...
The phenomenon of weeping gives rise to much criti...
If we considered the poetry of lament for al-Husayn as an artistic work, we would come to a judgment about it which would differ from our judgment of it if we were considering it for its educational value. The artistic value of the lamentation poetr...
If we considered the poetry of lament for al-Husay...
We find this phenomenon in the poetry in praise and in lamentation for the Holy Family from the first century of the hijra and it has continued to appear on the tongues of the poets until the beginnings of the modern period. It reflects the atmospher...
We find this phenomenon in the poetry in praise an...
The martyrs who were killed at Karbala' with Imam al-Husayn are given special honour in lamentation poetry. Hardly any poem is without some mention and praise of them, sometimes for their religious conscience and at other times for their loyalty to t...
The martyrs who were killed at Karbala' with Imam ...
The poet of lamentation frequently asks the Umayyads directly, or he asks the killers (the Umayyad army), or he asks the umma (the helpers of the Umayyads): How will you meet the Apostle of God, 'Ali and Fatima on the Day of Resurrection? What will y...
The poet of lamentation frequently asks the Umayya...
From the first century of the hijra, the poet of lamentation poetry for al-Husayn regarded the killing of al-Husayn and his family and followers as a humiliation of Islam and Muslims. On rare occasions the poet considers that the killing of al-Husayn...
From the first century of the hijra, the poet of l...
Every ode of lamentation mentions Karbala ' or the Bank of the Euphrates. The name Karbala ' is associated in lamentation poetry with grief (karb) and misfortune (bala'). The poets frequently repeat this idea. It appears that in the early poetry Kar...
Every ode of lamentation mentions Karbala ' or the...
Thirst is one of the basic themes of the poetry of lament for al-Husayn. The poets have given expression to it in several ways. They picture the sufferings from thirst of al-Husayn, the women, the children and the rest of the men. They turn their att...
Thirst is one of the basic themes of the poetry of...
The poets usually describe the battle which took place at Karbala ' in a general way but in some cases in great detail. In the poetry of some of the later poets of lamentation, the story is presented in the form of a dialogue which the poet recounts:...
The poets usually describe the battle which took p...
