Hazrat Imam Hussain a.s Discourse to Zaynab(s) on the night of Ashoor The fourth Imam says: I understood that my father meant to inform us of his martyrdom, and tears almost choked me, but I controlled myself. I realized that a calamity was about to fall. However, my aunt Zaynab also heard what I had heard, and as she was a woman, and the women are tender-hearted by nature, and lose patience, she could not control herself. She got up suddenly and went before her brother without wearing a veil and said: Oh! That I should become brother less! I wish that I had died earlier. O successor of the deceased and O the refuge of the survivors! It is today that I am going to be left without mother, father and brother. On seeing his sister in a distressed condition Imam Husayn said: Sister! Be patient lest Satan should make you lose your self-control. It may be said that these words of the Imam were a lesson for his sister which prepared her to face the difficult situations in Kufa and Damascus later. It was Zaynab who had to assume the leadership of this movement from the time of the Imams martyrdom till the return of Ahlul Bayt to Madina, and by means of this lesson the Imam was entrusting this Divine trust to her. The Imam said: Dear sister! Be patient lest Satan should make you lose your self-control. O dear sister! Control yourself and desire consolation from Allah alone. And know that everyone upon the earth shall die, while the dwellers of the heavens too shall perish, except the Face (Self) of Allah. Allah who has created with His power, and will make them alive again, and they shall all return to Him, while Allah is Unique. My grandfather was better than me, my father was better than me, and my mother was better than me. It is obligatory upon me and all Muslims to follow the example of the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.). The Imam in his brief speech gave a significant lesson to his sister. Tears came in his eyes and he said: Sister! What am I to do? You can see with what condition I am faced and what a large army has gathered to kill me. After these consolatory remarks the Imam said: Dear sister! I administer an oath to you that you will follow my advice. Do not tear your dress on account of my suffering, do not scratch your face and do not lament. Zaynab also uttered some touching words and became unconscious.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:02:08 +0000
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