 I did Imam Hussain A.S. bring his family with him to Karbala. This is a question that so many people, when they study the story of Karbala, when they study what Imam Hussain A.S. did, and when they ask themselves why Imam Hussain A.S. rose up, asked themselves and asked people. In fact, we see that after the battle of Karbala ended, it was his women and children who suffered perhaps even more when they were taken as captives to the city of Sham. Therefore, we must ask ourselves, why did Imam Hussain A.S. bring his family to the battle? We know that he intended to rise up for the sake of reviving the sunnah and the oma of his grandfather. But what was the need for his family to accompany him as well? As we know from the Laktal, some of the most heartbreaking moments are not just when the companions of Imam Hussain A.S. are killed, but when his sons are killed, his nephew Basim is killed, his son Ali Akbar who tonight, inshallah, we are going to be mourning here in the Holy City of Karbala who are also mourning Ali Akbar and of course his baby, Abdullah Al-Ardi, who also known as Ali Azgar. Today in the Holy City of Karbala, there were processions coming out in honor of Ali Akbar with drums and actors playing Ali Akbar standing in front of the shrine of Imam Hussain and reciting the same quotes that Ali Akbar would say to his father Imam Hussain when he wanted to go out and fight. And it's truly a wonderful, wonderful sight. And inshallah, we can ponder on these processions that we see. We can ponder on these lessons that were left behind for us on why Imam Hussain brought his family with him in the Holy City of Karbala and how we can take the lessons that we can learn from this into our lives. I'm going today by saying, Thank you for joining us once again. Thank you. So let's get straight to the point, Sayed. If you could tell us why Imam Hussain brought his family with him. Bismillah, Rahman, Raheem. We'd like to, first of all, thank you and say welcome to our guests from back home and all the ones who are watching our show and welcome to Karbala. Imam Hussain, as I answer, as I reply to on Musalama, the wife of the Holy Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him and his Holy Progeny, when she came to question for clarification, she's not questioning Imam Hussain as if she doubts, God forbid, the Imam. But she's questioning the Imam, oh Imam, why if it's a necessity for you to go to Karbala, towards Iraq, why are you taking your family with you? And the Imam, as is quoted in history, in the books of history, replies to a Musalama saying, Ya'umah, o mother, qad shaa Allah, az-zawajal, an-yarani, maqtulan, mad-dbuhan, zulman wa-udwana. Allah swt, as wanted, is Allah's will that He sees me, being killed and being beheaded in an oppressed way. Wa qad shaa an-yara harami, wa-rahti wa-nisa'i, musharadeen, wa-atfali mad-dbuhina, mad-loomeen, ma-sureen, muqayyadeen, wahum yestaghithoon, fa la yajidoon anasran wa la mu'ina. Basically, what the Imam is saying, he's saying, oh mother, oh Musalama, it's not a decision taken lightly. This is Allah's will. And as you know, specifically ahl al-bayt, alaykum as-salam, they are obliged to do what Allah swt has ordered. We are obliged to do what Allah swt says. Then ahl al-bayt, alaykum as-salam, are closer, are connected to Allah swt. So, he is saying, oh mother, oh Musalama, first of all, it's Allah's will that I have to leave and go towards Karbala. And it's Allah's will that I am going to be martyred. And I am going to, He gives specific details which shows that Imam alayhi as-salam, he knows everything what's going to happen to himself, to what's going to happen to his family, the way he's going to be killed and treated. So he says to her, oh mother, I'm going to be killed. And I am going to be beheaded. My throat is going to be slaughtered. And I am going to be oppressed. And my oppressors are going to treat me in the worst way, in the most inhuman way. And he continues, he says, wa qajshaa, and Allah has willed. And yarah harami, my women, wa rahtim, wa nisa'i, musharadil, they are going to flee. They are going to run around between one land and another. And then the Imam gives another specific detail about this movement. He says wa at-fali, not only myself, not only the women, but also my children, the infants in my camp, they are going to be slaughtered. The side note of apologies to our viewers. You may be hearing the processions coming behind us. As we've mentioned the past few days, Karbala in itself is becoming more and more possessive from so many different parts of the world. And we apologize if perhaps the sound is not as clear as it should be. But we have to raise our voices for Karbala. It's a testament to the lovers of Imam Saini Islam and the allegiance that they have, and the love and look that they have toward their master Imam Saini Islam. So it's obvious from the Imam Saini's sayings that he knew very well what was going to happen to his family. Considering that he knew, what does it say of the importance of their mission after he was to be killed? Of course there's an argument saying because there are some people, they weren't aware of the the complicity of the whole issue. They came to the Imam, one of them being his brother, Muhammad Ibn Al-Hanafiyyah. And he said to the Imam, oh Imam, why don't you leave your family either in Medina or Becca if it must, but you have to go to Karbala, go. But leave the women and the children. The Imam says, Yazid is looking for me. And he, in his letter to his governor of Medina, he said if Hussain Ibn Ali does not pay allegiance to me, send his head with this letter back to me. So they very openly wanted to, if we can say, finish off Imam Hussaini Islam. So if the Imam had left his women and children at home in Medina, by all means, Yazid would have sent his army to capture and captivate the family of Imam Hussain so he can use them as a pressure to pressurize Imam Hussain to do whatever he wanted. So the Imam wanted him to, wanted the family to join him in this mission. Not only that it was Allah's will but they are going to receive that treatment after the death of Abdullah al-Hussain. But it was to protect them from the audacity of Yazid capturing them and maybe treating them in a worst way. Worse than being captives and Osara taken from one country to another. Here there are important roles that the family had played. You asked me why was it important for the family to be with Imam Hussaini Islam because they had a role to play. They had specific responsibilities. You see, the movement of Imam Hussain, the whole campaign of Ashura is not only directed to Imam Hussaini Islam only for him and his sons, his children, his companions to be killed in Karbala and that's the end of the story. No, the whole issue of Ashura started after the death of Imam Hussaini Islam because it was a campaign campaign for reform. Some say that by the death of Imam Hussaini Islam in Karbala it's finished. The campaign had been killed there and there. No. This is what the enemies thought that by killing Imam Hussaini they are going to kill the so-called Islam that they believe that they are going to be able to wipe away from the face of this earth. By killing Imam Hussaini they are going to quieten down the voice of Imam Hussaini Islam by killing Abu Abdullah al-Hussaini they were going to calm down the the fact that Imam Hussaini had rose to transform the Ummah and waken the Ummah up to reform their lifestyle. But here continuation to the fact that Imam Hussaini was killed in Karbala Lady Zaynab started and continued the major project of reform and reformation. So here the family being available and present in Karbala and then moving on from Karbala, from Iraq to Sham it was a very important way a very important method for Imam Hussaini and for the family of Imam Hussaini to show the level and intensity of the oppression that fell on Ahl al-Bayt Alayhum As-salam and there are times where throughout the movement of the Sabayah and the captives from the family of Imam Hussaini they brought up scenarios from Saqifah from the oppression that Amir al-Mu'minin received from the oppression that Fatima al-Zahraa went through. So it was a method a way for Ahl al-Bayt Alayhum As-salam and the family of Imam Hussaini to remind the Muslims wherever they may be their position and the fact that they were oppressed and how they were oppressed because to show the people of Sham for example and the people of Kufa to show them and to inform them what happened to Ahl al-Bayt in Karbala that itself was a way to awaken their their their insides to be able to see the image of Ahl al-Bayt Alayhum As-salam They explained very well this whole process of what Imam Hussaini wanted to achieve in regards to his family can you tell us what lessons we can learn today with our own families, I think I want to speak about how family is the final call and if you could elaborate on this and tell us what we can learn from this Exactly, the family of Imam Hussaini went to Karbala to teach us lessons Charles Dickens he's got a very famous saying he says that the fact that Imam Hussaini Alayhum As-salam took his family to Karbala shows that he was not a man looking for worldly desires he believed in everything he spoke because Imam Hussaini preached and lectured about the importance of standing up to the tyrant and to the oppressor to anyone that is trying to deprive you of your rights of your freedom so here the first and the most important lesson that we can learn from the movement of Imam Hussaini taking his family with him is that first of all we have to actually practice our belief practice what we believe practice what we preach not only words we utter by mouth and that's it we believe that we have to be people who carry ethics of Ahlul Bayt morals of Ahlul Bayt we have to actually practice that Ahlul Bayt Alayhum As-salam they come and say if you want to represent us Ahlul Bayt out in the public society then represent us with your Akhlaq without using the words to preach people show your Akhlaq physically show your ethics and morals so here Imam Hussaini took his family to Karbala to actually show that I am ready to give away the most precious things to my life which are my family it's very difficult but when it comes to reality try and imagine that you take your wife and your children out in front of those who want to show animosity to you and before Imam Hussain Rasulullah did the same thing in the event of Mubahela when the Nasara the Christians of Najran after days of discussions with the Nasara Rasulullah came to a conclusion that I have executed everything in my power to try to invite these guys to Islam but these guys are not understanding my point so the only thing the only thing that is left for me Rasulullah to do is to invite them to do Mubahela to pray each group goes under the sky and prays to Allah to bring down Adab in that event Rasulullah took Ali, Fatima, Hussain and Hussain the most beloved of Allah's creations the Christians looked said what is this man doing pointing towards Rasulullah we are going to do we are going to ask Allah to bring down his wrath and his Adab upon the liar and this guy is bringing his family his daughter and his grandson that shows that Rasulullah actually practiced what he was preaching people that for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the sake of your religion and your belief you should be ready to put not only yourself on the line but your family as well that's the first point the second of all was that Imam Hussain alaihi salam used the fact that Ahlulbayt came with him to Karbala as a point of propagating the message of Islam again we learn from the school of Imam Hussain from Muharram from the events of Ashura that not only we go to the majalis of Imam Hussain we sit down under the pulpit and we listen to the lectures we listen to the masaeb and lamentations and we cry and we mourn and that's it we draw a line and we go back to our daily lifestyles after Muharram or after the 10 days of Ashura no Imam Hussain alaihi salam gave his life towards propagating the message of Ahlulbayt and propagation of Islam is not only the responsibility of myself the brother Nuri or other reciters who recite Ahlulbayt alaihi salam is not only the responsibility of the people of the hausa and the seminary is not only the responsibility of the writers and the authors is not only the responsibility of the journalists and the people that work in the media is the responsibility of every single individual who calls themselves Imam Hussain alaihi salam took his family to Karbala because lady Zaynab played her role lady Sukena lady Ruqya the daughters of Abdullah al-Hussain played their important role to propagate the message of Imam Hussain which was the message of peace our responsibility today as individuals who live in the west when the west is looking in a negative way towards the Muslims and towards the those individuals who follow Ahlulbayt alaihi salam our message is to reach out and tell them and inform them and speak to them and discourse with them about Imam Hussain alaihi salam because 90% or 95% of the inhabitants of the western world they are not aware of a figure by the name of Hussain Ibn Ali alaihi salam and the first responsibility that falls upon us as Muslims is that we have to this is a responsibility on an burden on our shoulders because being Muslim didn't come in an easy way we did not receive this message in a package just given to us like that no, our ancestors had to go through problems after problems they sacrificed everything even their lives for the sake that this message of Hussain reaches us and tonight of course we are here to remember the tragedy of the son of Imam Hussain alaihi salam who as we know resemble the holy prophet so much not just perhaps in his figures but also in his adhan where he used to recite adhan and it's truly something that breaks my heart especially hearing the story of his mother Laila and everything that transpires so please do recite some mosa'ib for us in honor of alaihi salam to gradually go into the field of mosa'ib and to get ready to mourn Ali al-Akbar tonight there is a very beautiful comparison drawn between Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Ismail and between Imam Hussain and Ali al-Akbar father and son Prophet Ibrahim had the most difficult of responsibilities and that was to take his family his wife and his son and to leave them in the desert of Arabia specifically Mecca when there was no inhabitants in that location there was no means of living there was no food no water but because Allah willed and Allah ordered Prophet Ibrahim he had to execute Allah's command Abu Abdullah al-Hussain the same way he executed Allah's command he went to Karbala and he took his family and his children that's the first comparison the second is that Allah tested Prophet Ibrahim in his son Allah said to Ibrahim in a dream I order you to prepare your son for the ultimate sacrifice and that sacrifice was that he should take his son up a mountain and to prepare him for slaughter the great sacrifice Prophet Ibrahim submitted to Allah's will his father as a son did he object to Allah SWT no and this is another lesson we can learn is that Allah SWT tests us continuously in our lives Allah SWT as a result wants us to submit whatever the results may be whatever the test may be Prophet Ibrahim submitted to Allah and he came to Ismail in me I the messenger at the same time as your father I see in a dream that I am slaughtering you what do you say Oh Ismail Ismail says to his father look at the submission towards his father and the command of Allah SWT he says do practice execute what Allah orders you Ali Akbar on the route to Karbala he says he hears his father saying he questions his father he says what is wrong I see you doing reciting that verse of the Quran it's as if something is wrong Imam Hussein says it's as if I saw in the Alem Al-Ru'iya in a dream that a rider came close to me and said to me Ya'aba Abdullah you are walking and the obstacles are behind you the people are walking and the obstacles are behind you as if to say that we are going towards Karbala and our fate is traveling behind us we are going to be killed this is the beauty of the support of the father and son together Ali Akbar says are we not on the right path Imam Hussein says we are on the right path Ali Akbar he is steadfast when it comes to the message of Islam he says we are not afraid we are not going to be moved for the fact that we are going to be killed in Karbala and we are on the right path we are on the right path Ali Akbar says if we are not on the right path we are on the right path if we go towards death or death comes to us we will never back down from our message Ali Akbar was loved by Abu Abdullah Hussein so much because he is the closest person that carried our staff of Rasulillah in resemblance Ali Akbar resembled Rasulullah and Imam Hussein says we have not seen the face of Rasulillah because Ali Akbar his beauty was the beauty of his grandfather Rasulullah peace be upon him his ethics and morals the way he walked resembled Rasulullah that is why Abu Abdullah Hussein when Ali Akbar marched towards the battlefield the battlefield, he raised his hands and said, Oh Allah bear witness, Allahumma shahed, An-Nahu qad baraza ilayhim, gulamun, ashbahu naas, khalqan, wa khuluqan, wa mantiqan, bi rasulika, rasulillah, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi. Now here, Ali al-Akbar is narrated, he was the first individual after the companions from Bani Hashim to come and ask for permission to go to the battlefield. Again, Imam Hussein gives us a beautiful lesson when it comes that I should sacrifice whatever I have for the sake of Islam, I sacrifice my son for the sake of the message of Islam. Ali al-Akbar came to his father, he said, Abayah Hussein, la taqatali ala al-baqa'if al-khaymah, e'athallil al-biraz, Ali al-Akbar came and haqd abiyah Abdullah for a long period of time. They both cried, it is narrated, they cried so much until they both fainted and fell to the ground. Moments later, they both came back to life. Ali al-Akbar wiped away the tears from the face of his father, same done by Hussein, he wiped away the tears of Ali al-Akbar and he sent him to the battlefield. Ali al-Akbar, the youth of Ahlul Bayt, came to the battlefield. He fought very bravely after becoming very thirsty and wounded so much that he came back to the tents. He stood in front of his father Al-Hussein, he said, Abayah Hussein, halli sharbatan min al-ma'a, a taqabwa biha ala al-a'da, Abayah Hussein, al-Aqash qad qat alani, wa thikl al-hadidi qad ajhadani. Imam Hussein alaihi salam, sattu alaihi ala akbar b'nai, ya ali, ya'uzzu ala abii, antunadi, fala yuji'ibu. Ali came to his father, he said, Oh father, this armor is very heavy, it's making me tired. Abayah Hussein, this thirst is killing me. Is there a cup of water so I can drink and become stronger against the enemies of Allah? It is narrated that Abiyah Abdullah took out his tongue as if to say, ya Ali, place your tongue upon my tongue. Ali al-Akbar came, he positioned his tongue on the tongue of his father, Hussein. Ali al-Akbar by doing that, he started crying out heavily. He noticed, he felt how dry the tongue of Hussein alaihi salam was. Imam Hussein alaihi salam, sattu alaihi ala akbar, ya ali, be patient. In moments time you will be given the cup of water from the hands of your grandfather, Rasul Allah. Ali al-Akbar wanted to go back to the battlefield. Imam Hussein said, ya Ali, in tazr, ya Ali, what is it of father? He said, ya Ali, your mother is waiting for you in the khayma, go back to her. She is very stressed, she is very depressed, go back and calm her down. Ali al-Akbar came to the khayma of his mother. He went inside, he noticed that his mother had fainted from the result of crying and wailing. He came, he took the head of his mother, he positioned it in his lap and he started crying for the scenery that he is in and then some drops of his tears fell upon the face of his mother. His mother opened her eyes. She said, is this Ali? Ali said, yes, Fadat Kanafsi, ya ummah. She sat down in front of Ali. She started wiping on the face of Ali al-Akbar. Ali al-Akbar said to his mother, oh mother, what is this situation I see you in? Oh mother, be patient. Do you not want to hold your head up high in front of Fatima al-Zahra? What would you want to say? That her son sacrificed himself for the sake of Islam and you, the mother of Ali, the wife of Hussein, did not sacrifice your son? He said, oh mother, be patient. In moments I will join my grandfather, Rasulillah. Ali al-Akbar marched towards the battlefield until one of the enemies of Allah came marching towards him and Imam Hussein, alaihi salam, was worried upon Ali al-Akbar. Ali al-Akbar was fighting fiercely until that enemy of Allah came and stabbed Ali al-Akbar with an arrow in his back. Ali al-Akbar, Ali al-Akbar felt the pain. Now Ali al-Akbar came. He continued fighting until the same enemy came and struck Ali al-Akbar on the head. Ali al-Akbar hugged the head of the horse. Some of the blood from the head of Ali al-Akbar came down upon the eyes of the horse. The horse wasn't able to see his way. Instead of taking Ali back to the camp of Hussein, the horse took Ali al-Akbar towards the camp of Omar bin Saad. The enemies came, surrounded Ali al-Akbar, and it was their chance. They started striking Ali al-Akbar's body until Ali fell to the ground. They continued stabbing him and hitting him and striking his body with their swords until they cut his body into pieces. Ali al-Akbar called his father, Hussein, Abayah Hussein. He came towards the enemies. He started shouting, where are you going? And you are the ones that killed my son Ali al-Akbar. He came, down from the saddle of his horse. He lay down. He put his cheek on the cheek of Ali. No, no, no, that wasn't enough for Imam Hussein, alaihi salam. That wasn't enough to calm him down. He lay there amongst the bodies. He lay there next to Ali al-Akbar. Sayyid al-Sukaina says, by Allah, we noticed that my father was about to lose life, about to die. Lady Zaynab came out. She was afraid that Imam Hussein was going to die next to the body of his son Ali al-Akbar. She shouted, wa aladah, wa aliyah. Imam Hussein, upon hearing the cries of Lady Zaynab, he woke up and he stood up. He said, O khayya Zaynab, go back to the khayyam. O khayya Zaynab, la tufji'ini. O khayya Zaynab, be patient. Here, Ami Abdullah al-Hussein says, as if the poet is describing the situation, Ami Abdullah al-Hussein. O khayya Zaynab, go back to the khayyam. O khayya Zaynab, al-Hakim of the USA, in some presentations, the honor of the script, please be join us then. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.