 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem I start in the name of Allah the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful and the Everlasting Curse on the Satan and his followers Allah's blessings on peace be upon Muhammad the Prophet and upon his pure family Our respected viewers I start this episode with one of the saints of the Master of Martyrs Imam al-Hussein alaihi salam when he says A person would not forget two types of faces in his entire life the one who helped him in the time of need and the one who left him alone in difficult times Our respected viewers, peace be upon you and welcome to Who Is Imam al-Hussein a series of episodes in which we talk about the different stages of Imam al-Hussein's life starting from his miraculous birthday talking and mentioning some of the events and stories happened to him during his holy life and mentioning some of the prophetic quotes said in his right by his grandfather, the Messenger of God and then ending up with his unmatchable and parallel martyrdom My name is Hassan Hadi and I'm honored to be hosting this program Our dear viewers, in the previous episode we spoke about Imam Hassan's martyrdom and the obstacles were put in set in order to abolish his will of visiting and being buried next to his grandfather the Prophet of Islam However in today's episode we will talk about what happened after the martyrdom of Imam Hassan alaihi salam and the events that took place right after the martyrdom of the Imam Our respected viewers, as soon as Imam Hassan was martyred Imam al-Hussein alaihi salam began receiving letters of support and allegiance from the Shi'a stronghold of Kufa, Iraq He ordered them to be patient and wait observing the situation while Mu'awiya, Allah's curses be upon him, remained alive Don't move from your positions, the Imam wrote while Mu'awiya is still alive If he dies, while I remain alive I will let you know what to do At this time however Mu'awiya stepped up his harassment and persecution of Shi'a in Kufa and elsewhere including the murder of Hijab bin Adi, may Allah be pleased with him and his companions in Damascus This reprehensible act served to erode some support for Mu'awiya as well as increased support for Imam al-Hussein alaihi salam Eventually, when the two finally met Mu'awiya said to him, namely Imam al-Hussein alaihi salam O Abu Abdullah When we kill the Shi'a of your father we wash, shroud, bury and pray over them However, the Imam replied On the contrary, with great severity by the Lord of the Ka'ba If we kill your followers we will neither wash nor inshroud nor bury nor pray over them This is because there are no burial rites for the enemy of the Shi'a as they are not even Muslim life let alone death Our dear viewers, throughout this time Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan continued his campaign of persecution and murder against the loyalist of the householder Prophet Muhammad, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him To ensure that power never returned to them he appointed Yazid his son as his successor during his lifetime Having heard rumors of dissent the impudent Mu'awiya wrote to our master Imam al-Hussein alaihi salam News of your activities have reached me If true, then I will never expect such things from you and would it be more appropriate if it were false? Adhere to your commitments for Allah the Almighty and do not force me to confront with you If you refuse to accept me and my rule then I will strive for your condemnation Fear Allah the Almighty and do not let the nation of your grandfather be divided and be drowned into sedition Our respective viewers What man there asked the Imam to fear Allah The Imam who himself was appointed by Allah the Almighty apart from whom all other objects of allegiance are false Only a mind consumed with such delusional vanity as Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan could write such a despicable massive Mu'awiya who broke every commitment who rebelled openly against two Imams who murdered with impunity including the killing of our beloved master Imam Al-Hussein alayhi salam This same Mu'awiya urges our master Al-Hussein bin Ali to fear Allah truly using such words before Allah's Imam is begging for divine retribution and chastisement All master of martyrs peace be upon you when you were born and when you were martyred and when you will be resurrected Our respective viewers we have come to the end of today's episode Let's pray that Allah the Almighty hasten the reappearance of the master of our time to interpret the message of the grandfather Imam Al-Hussein when he says I only desire to spread good values and to prevent evil Our dear viewers this is what we have for you in today's episode until we meet again Thank you very much indeed peace be upon you