The Martyr of Karbalaa - Imam Hussain (Sunni)
Karbalaa and The killing of Imam al-Hussayn (4-61H)
al-Hussain the grandson of the messenger of Allah Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu ^Alayhi wa Sallam), the son of Imam Aliy and lady Fatimah (Radiallahu ^Anhum) is regarded as a great and well respected Imam by all Muslims. No one denies his great status (Radiallahu ^Anhu - May Allah accept his deeds)
At-Tirmidhiyy related that the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam said: "Husayn is from me and I'm from Husayn." This means that: "My love to him is full and so is his love to me, and my affection towards him is full and so is his affection towards me."
Al-Hakim related that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam said: "He who loves me then let him love al-Hussain ."
Our Prophet Foretold about the Unjust Killing of Hussain
Adh-Dhahabiyy related in the biographies and others from the route of ^Amarah Ibn Zadhan, from the route of Thabit that Anas said: "The Angel of rain Mika'il asked the permission of the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam to be with him alone. The Prophet said: "O Umm Salamah keep the door shut on us." Then al-Hussain came and made his way through the door and started to jump on the Prophet and the Messenger of Allah was kissing him.
The Angel said: "Do you love him?" He said: "Yes". The Angel then said: "Your nation would kill him, and if you want I will show you the spot where he will be killed in." The Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam said: "Yes." The Angel brought some red soil. Thabit said: "We used to say that it is Karbala' (in Iraq).
The Story of the Martyrdom of Imam al-Hussain
When the people of Kufah (In Iraq) heard about the death of Mu^awiyyah and the appointment of his son Yazid, they sent to al-Hussain pledging allegiance to him. He sent them his reply with their messenger and sent with him his cousin Muslim Ibn ^Uqayl. Upon his arrival at their end he got from them the oath and pledge of allegiance to al-Hussain , and to protect him and to support him.
When al-Hussain got ready to go to Iraq, the people of wisdom like Ibn ^Abbas and Ibn ^Umar forbade him, he did not listen to them and left. As soon as Yazid heard of that, he appointed ^Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyyad to Iraq and ordered him to confront and fight Imam al-Hussain . Ibn Ziyyad entered Kufah before al-Hussain , he captured Muslim Ibn ^Uqayl and killed him; he then sent an army under the command of ^Umar, the son of Sa^d, the son of Abu Waqqas.
When al-Hussain arrived in Karbala' with his companions and unloaded his luggage, he did not find anyone of those who wrote to him pledging allegiance.He met ^Umar Ibn Sa^d and said: "Choose for me one out of three; either you let me go and join the defenders of the Islamic state at the borders, or I go to Yazid, or I go to where I came from." ^Umar Ibn Sa^d agreed to that. Ibn Ziyyad did not agree, and said: "Not until he puts his hand in my hand (meaning to pledge his allegiance to Yazid). To that al-Hussain said: "That will never happen."
In brief, on the morning of the tenth of Muharram (^Ashura'), Imam al-Hussain got ready with 32 horsemen and 40 fighters on foot. ^Umar Ibn Sa^d had 4,000 fighters on his side, and then the war erupted while al-Hussain was defending from the right and the left.
But the attackers were brutal and unjust. They did not know the value and great status of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the messenger of Allah Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu ^Alayhi wa Sallam), the son of Imam Aliy and lady Fatimah (Radiallahu ^Anhum). Soon Zur^ah Ibn Sharik hit his left hand, another one hit his shoulder; Sinan Ibn Anas stabbed him with a spear which made the great Imam al-Hussain (Radiallahu ^Anhum) fall off his horse to the ground. Shumar Ibn Dhi al-Jushan got down and without mercy chopped off the honorable head of Imam al-Hussain killing him in this brutal way. They kept him and his children thirsty without water, they killed them all.
They found later that Imam al-Hussain was stabbed thirty three times and was hit thirty four times, he was 56 years old when he died; some said that he was 58. His martyrdom (Radiallahu ^Anhum) was on the tenth of Muharram 61 AH.
It was mentioned that when al-Hussain , peace be upon him, was killed his head was brought to Yazid; he started to pick his teeth with a stick. Abu Barzah al-Aslamiyy said to him out of shock when he saw that: "Are you picking with your stick the mouth of al-Hussain ? I swear by Allah who is the only God that I saw the lips of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam on those lips kissing them." He then spoke roughly to him and left.
More info see http://www.alsunna.org/The-Martyr-of-Karbalaa-Imam-Hussain.html
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