THE MARTYDOM OF HAZRAT IMAAM HUSAIEN -Radiyal Laah Anhu]- The Event of Karbala-25

HAZRAT IMAAM HUSAIEN MARTYDOM رضی اللہ عنہ -The Event of Karbala-25

 Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی
اللہ عنہ ties the blessed turban of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, on his head, and the
‘cloth belt’ of his brother Hazrat Imaam Hasan رضی اللہ عنہ on his waist. He
took his blessed father, Hazrat ‘Alee’s sword, Zulfiqar, in his hands and
advances to the battlefield. He gave his last look of assurances to the veiled
women of his household, every one of them a shining example of patience and
endurance. They had reached a stage beyond tears in their eyes for their hearts
was crying tears of blood since they had lost their entire family. They watched
as their last source of comfort, Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ was also leaving
them.

He said to his wife, ‘Sherbanu, I salute you for the last time. O
Rubaab! Look at me one time for you may not get this opportunity again. O
Zaienab! Your brother is leaving; you are the daughter of the conqueror of
Khyber, Hazrat ‘Alee رضی اللہ عنہ and the Hazrat Fatimah so never stop being
patient and do not perform any deed that disappoints Almighty Allaah and His
Holy Prophet ﷺ, O Zaienab! Please never let my beloved daughter Sakeenah cry.
She is very dear to me, shower her with love and embrace her. I am now leaving
and leaving you all in the hands of Allaah Almighty.

As he said this… the innocent Sakeenah his beloved daughter came
running and wrapped her arms around her father’s and cried asking why he was
leaving them. She said, ‘what will be our faith in the hands of these
criminals?’  Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی
اللہ عنہ said, “Allaah is with you. You are His Prophets children, from the
Prophets Household. Allaah Kareem will protect your dignity.”

Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ went out and untied his horse,
Zul janaah and was about to mount it. Hazrat Bibi Zaienab [Radiyal laahu-’Anha] came out and said, ‘My brother I have come to see you off since, I
will hold the reins while you mount for you had seen everyone else off, I will
see you off.’ The crown of Fatimah Zahra [Radiyal
laahu’Anhaa] was
going to be martyred. The grandson of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, who had sacrificed
his whole family in the path of Allaah Kareem was now himself going out to be
sacrificed.

He faced the enemy and said to them look at me, who I am, ‘I am
the leader of the youths of paradise, that grandson of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, whom
he use to carry on his blessed shoulders, he use to kiss my neck and cheeks
often and proclaimed this is my blood. My mother is Fatimah, the flower [Zahraa]
and my father is ‘Ali, the Elect [Murtazaa]. My maternal grandfather is the
beloved Prophet of Allaah Almighty,the seal of Prophets, Muhammad, the Chosen
[Mustafaa]ﷺ,

I am him for whom the Holy Prophet ﷺ, prolonged his prostration,
when as a child I use to climb on his back.’ He then said, ‘Come forth you who
want to obliterate the household of your Prophet. You who have cut out the
flowers of the garden of Fatimah and scattered them on the plains of Karbala.
Come and have my blood on your hands also. I am the last remaining obstacle.’
The tyrants advanced, unsheathed their swords and straightened their spears.
Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ unsheathed his sword and attacked them and
they retreated like a flock of sheep or goats. He beheaded many and their
severed heads were falling everywhere. He killed many despites being wounded
and thirsty for three days.

His sword, the Zulfiqar, displayed that same precision that it
displayed at the Battle of Badr, in the hands of the ‘Lion of Allaah’, Hazrat
‘Alee رضی اللہ عنہ. At Badr whilst fighting in the hands of Hazrat ‘Alee, رضی
اللہ عنہ a recitation could be heard from the unseen saying:

There is no soldier [warrior] like ‘Alee

And there is no sword like Zulfiqaar!

That sword showed the same spiritual strength that it showed at
Badr. Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ slew many and took multiple wounds to
his blessed body. Amr bin Sa’ad ordered a combined stream of arrows to be shot
at Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ. Arrows fired from four sides were shot
and it pierced the body of the Honorable Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ. Some
arrows also pierced his horse. Being pierced by a multitude of arrows, he wiped
his mouth and said, ‘O heartless tyrants! You have no pity for your Prophets
family ﷺ, He looked up and he sees the Holy Prophet ﷺ, standing in front of him
with a bottle in his hand together with Hazrat ‘Alee, Hazrat Bibi Fatimah and
Hazrat Hasan [Radiyal Laah Anhuma]. They said, ‘O Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ! Look we have come to
take you.’

The grandson of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, was drenched in blood and his
blessed body was ripped. He fell from the horse the throne of Almighty Allaah
(arsh) shook and Hazrat Fatimah Zahra’s [Radiyal
laahu ’Anhaa] blessed soul was disturbed. The
apple of the Holy Prophet’s ﷺ, blessed eye fell off and Hazrat Alee sighed. Him
whom the Holy Prophet ﷺ, used to mount on his blessed back fell off his mount.
As he fell Shimr and his heartless group approached him and sat on his blessed,
blood drenched body. Shimr sat on his blessed chest and Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی
اللہ عنہ said, ‘my grandfather had prophesied that only the heartless tyrants
will spill the blood of his Household. You are that individual who is my
murderer. O Shimr! Today is Friday all true believers prostrate to Almighty
Allaah, today, so please severe my head when I am in prostration.’ Even at that
critical moment Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ did not desire quenching his
thirst or to see his children but to ensure that his head is subservient to
Allaah Almighty in prostration.

His submission was for Allaah Kareem, he never submitted to the
forces of falsehood. He prostrated and performed his prayer and left a lesson
for all mankind, for all times that the example of Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی
اللہ عنہ is this that although he is wounded and drenched in blood, he does not
forsake his prayer. So, with his actions he decreed that if you truly love me
take a lesson from my life. He placed his head on the ground in prostration and
read,

 ‘Glorious is Allaah, Most
High! O Allaah! If you accept my sacrifice, then forgive the community [ummah]
of my grandfather.’ At the moment of decapitation, Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی
اللہ عن’s horse rubbed its forehead in his blood and ran. The horse attacked
those that tried to stop it kicking and biting them to death.

ZUL JANNAH

The horse killed over seventy warriors until Shimr ordered them to
leave it alone. The horse ran to the tent of Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہand
began wailing and crying.