IMAM HUSAYNS SERMON ON THE NIGHT OF ASHURA TO HIS COMPANIONS I thank Allah to the best of my ability and praise Him during the time of weal and woe. O Lord! I thank You because You have honoured us by means of Prophet hood taught us the Quran, made us comprehend the religion and its commandments, granted us eyes, ears and hearts; kept us free from the pollution of polytheism and then enabled us to thank You for Your blessings. It is a fact that I am not aware of any companions more faithful and honest than my companions and any relatives more righteous and kind than my relatives. May Allah grant all of you a good reward. I think that the day of our fighting with this army has arrived. I permit all of you to go away. You are free to depart without any restriction and should take advantage of the darkness of night. None of the companion of Imam went away. His brothers, sons,nephews and the sons of Abdullah bin Jafar led by Abbas bin Ali said first of all with one voice: Should we go away to live after you? We pray to Allah that the time may not come when you may be killed and we may remain alive. Then the Imam turned to the descendants of Aqil and said: O children of Aqil! It is sufficient that Muslim has been killed. You are now free to go away. They replied: Allah be praised! If we leave our chief and the best of our cousins and go away and do not fight along with him with arrows, spears and swords and do not know how he and his friends have fared with the enemy,what will the people say? We swear by Allah that we shall do no such thing. On the contrary we shall sacrifice the lives and property of our family in the path of Allah and render your assistance, and shall fight along with you so that we may also acquire the honour of martyrdom. What a shame to live the life which is without you! Then Muslim bin Awsaja got on his feet and said: If we withdraw our support from you and leave you alone what excuse shall we put forward before Allah? I swear by Allah that I shall not go away and shall not leave you By Allah, even if I come to know that I shall be killed and then burnt in fire and shall be brought to life again and eventually my ashes will be scattered in the air and I die and become alive in this way seventy times, even then I shall not leave you till I lay down my life for your sake. Then why should I not do so when I am going to be killed only once and will thereafter be honoured, happy and exalted, forever. Zuhayr bin Qayn then stood up. He was the same man, who was at one time on route to Iraq, and did not wish to meet Imam. By Allah, I wish that I am killed and then brought to life and then killed once again and this act should be repeated a thousand times and this becomes the means of Allah protecting you and the young men of your family, and all of you remain alive. Others also expressed similar views. Imam invoked Divine blessings for them and returned to his tent. WWW.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:29:43 +0000
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