False Traditions:
There are some false traditions manufactured by Bani Umayyas
such as {{(“giving credence of merits of Fasting on Aashoora, beseeching Allaah for your Haajaats being Mustahab, every Prophet was blessed with some good this day, the fire of Namrood went off today, Nabi Nooh’s ark came to a safe halt today, army of Firown drowned today, Nabi Isa was rescued from Jews, Tawba of Nabi Adam was accepted today, Nabi Yunus came out of the belly of the fish today, accumulating the necessities for the next year, hadeeth to beautify oneself and rejoice, and some false Duaas such as ``` Sub’haanallahi Mil’al Meezaani Wa Muntahal Hilmi Wa Mablaghar-Ridhaa Wa Zinatal Arshi, then- Yaa Qaabila Tawbata Adama Yawma Aashoora Yaa Raafi’a Idreesa Ilas-Samaai Yawma Aashoora Yaa Musakkina Safeenati Noohinn Alal Joodiyyi Yawmi Aashoora Yaa Ghiyaasa Ibrahima Minan-Naari Yawma Aashoora……``` etc.”}}} All this sort of material does not make any sense, history has authentic records to every event of Prophets against what they claim to happen on Aashoora.
Therefore we should be careful in it. Their main intention was to cover this great issue of Karbala so that people should not come to know the actual matter that the so-called Muslim rulers were actually worse then infidels and they wished that Imam Husayn (A.S.) may give his consent to the un-Islamic and un-humanly ways of their lives so that it gets a permanent seal of Islaam and thus a thick veil may cover their misdeeds and their predecessors’ misdeeds also., consequently burying the religion of Islaam from its very foundation. This was the main cause to demand Bay’at but nevertheless they were defeated in their cause but Imaam Husayn (A.S.) came out victorious even though by the greatest sacrifices, he won the battle which was actually between the causes, he won in his cause, which is obvious to all the world tday, a proof being his magnificient Shrine and his follwers all around the globe commemorating Muharram. While his enemies are wiped out and became extinct species of oppressors, looters, and debauches. Nobody knows and cares of the whereabout of their unclean remains.
However, in the evening of this day we should reciteZiyaarat-e-Tahiyyat
, i.e. the Ziyaarat to convey our condolences to the Holy Prophet and Ahlul Bayt Alayhimussalaam. For this Ziyaarat please refer Mafaatihul Jinaan. It was on this same evening of 61 A.H. that the cruel and brutal army of accursed Yazid took captive the respected and honourable ladies of Ahlul Bayt and still denying them even some water to drink. It was a dreaful evening for those holy ladies lamenting for their dead ones on one side and on the other side being subjected to tortures by setting their camps on fire. The intense Zulm on them is enough to melt the hardest heart.
25th of Muharram:
This is the Martyrdom Day of Imaam Zaynul Aabedeen (A.S.) The Imaam was present in Karbalaa on Aashoora but he was severly sick and was in a state of unconsciousness most of the time. After the massacre of Karbala on the second day he was made to walk bare-footed to Kufa and then to Shaam, together with the holy ladies, moreover he was mercilessly chained also.
The unimaginable Zulm inflicted on the family of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W.) is enough to make a human being weap tears of blood throughout entire life. Let us pray to The All-Just Allaah that those Zaalims and their ‘yes men’ and those who had created foundation for the massacre of Karbalaa remain under the most severe curse from Allmighty Allaah forever ever ever. Aameen.
We are under the highest obligation from the martyrs of Karbala because it is because of their precious sacrifice that Islaam was saved and we are Muslims today. Therefore we should dutifully remember them by reciting their Ziyarat, and by offering some Namaaz on their behalf, and keep up the spirit of Islaam ever high.
Surah-e-Fajr
has its other name asSurah-e-Imaam Husayn (A.S.)
so it is beter to recite it often to refresh the memories concerning Imaam Husayn (A.S.) Recite this Surah in Wajib and Sunat Namaaz, it has got its merits.
RecitingZiyaarat-e-Aashoora
is not limited to the day of Aashoora only. We should recite it as often as possible, its merits are beyond imagination.
Namaaz-e-Imaam Husayn (A.S.)
should be prayed for his rememberence. (ref.M.Jinaan)
ReciteZiyaarat-e-Naahiya
. This is to salute Shohadaa-e-Karbalaa. Imaam-e-Zamaana recites this Ziyaarat.
The sister of Imaam Husayn (A.S.), Bibi Zaynab (S.A.) has also a very great share in safeguarding Islaam.
She suffered enormous hardships from Karbala to Kufa and Shaam. It was her holy presence among the captives who managed to answer bravely to the Zalims and made it known to the public masses their identity which the Zalims were intentionally hiding. After Krbala the mission of Imaam Husayn was completed by Bibi Zaynab (S.A.) It was Bibi Zaynab (S.A.) who made it known to those who were ignorant about the cause of Martyrdom of Imaam Husayn (A.S.) And it was Bibi Zaynab (S.A.) who unveiled the hypocrites and infidels who were behind the atrocitites of Karbalaa.
So it is our duty to remember theHoly Lady Bibi Zaynab Salaamullaahi Alayhaa
by reciting herZiyaarat
as often as possible. Moreover, if luck permeates, one should visit her Blessed Shrine in Shaam to pay due tributes. Her Shrine stands as lively as the Holy Shrine of Imaam Husayn (A.S.) in Karbalaa. And one should not doubt about the Mo’jiza at Bibi Zaynab (S.A.)’s shrine. They do happen and faithfuls are certainly benefited over there.
One of the most heart rendering atrocities of the tragedy of Karbalaa is that the loving daughter of Imaam Husayn (A.S.), Bibi Sakeeena (S.A.) who was only four years old was also subjected to untold Dhulm. She was amongst the captives in a dreadful prison. She endured very much but atlast the small soul could not bear the atrocities any more and she breathed her last in the very prison. She was buried therein. Today her Holy Shrine also stands with full glory and majesty in Shaam. We should also recite Ziyaaratof Bibi Sakina (S.A.)
realizing how much sufferings she had to bear for the sake of Islaam, although she was little in age but as a blessed daughter of the Imaam she was highly learned and knowledgable.
It was only by the command of Allaah (S.W.T.) that Imaam Sajjaad (A.S.) remained alive through the tragedy of Karbalaa, otherwise the enemies of Islaam, specifically Banu Umayya had firm plans to extinguish the light of Islaam by sparing not a single male person from Ahlul Bayt so that Islaam could no longer be propogated. The cruel Yezidites did not spare even the feeding infant Ali Asghar (A.S.) who was only six month old. But as Allaah S.W.T has declared in His Holy Book that it is a vain effort by the infidels to extinguish the light of Islaam, it will ever remain shining upto the last day on earth.
The Dhulm they had commited in Karbalaa was at its peak. No more of it can ever be imagined of. Attrocities were of such extents that a simple-minded would think as if the oppressed were of the most severe crime. In fact Imaam Husayn (A.S.), his household members, and his companions were quite innocent and sinless. The only sin, if it could ever be called a ‘sin’, in the sight of the oppressors was that the Imaam was on a right path leading pious life and guiding people to the right path. While Bani Umayya being the worshippers of this world, and infidels at their hearts, wanted quite the opposite, i.e. keeping the masses in darkness of ignorance and leading them astray, thus gaining power to rule over them.
When the treaty was concluded between Imaam Hasan (A.S.) and Muawiya it was particularly mentioned that he will not appoint anyone to succeed him in ruling the state, but as was their old custom Muawiya committed breach of agreement and appointed his drunkard and animalistic son Yazid to be his successor. When Imaam Husayn (A.S.) was told to give his consent and recognize Yazid as a rightful caliph of the Holy Prophet it was obvious that such a holy person can never agree to it. And the war started between good and evil. Yazid was sure that if Imaam Husayn (A.S.) did not recognize him then his empire was doomed to the extinct. He and his likes were completely absorbed in vanity they did not wish to leave their beastly pleasures of this world at any cost. As such, they had put aside all the reverence and sanctity of Allaah, His Prophet, and Ahlul Bayt, and acted according to their own devilsh desires.
Bani Umayya had started their enmity towards Islaam from the very beginning era. They prosecuted Muslims in Makkah, they even tried to assassinate the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W.), they waged bloody wars against Muslims in Madeena, they poisoned and assassinated the Imaams, they commenced their enmity just on the moment the Holy Prophet left the world, but in spite of uncountable tortures and killings of Muslims yet today Muslims’ figure stands towering at its maximum. Especially they wished the progeny of the Holy Prophet to be wiped out, and they certainly did it to their best, but it is obvious that today not a single corner of earth is without any population of Sayyids, i.e. the generations of Ahlul Bayt (A.S.) After the fall of Umayyids the accursed Bani Abbaasis took over their job. Even though they commited untold atrocities, brutalities, tortures and massacres on Ahlul Bayt and their followers, but they also could not wipe out Islaam. From east to west and from north to south there are scattered like pearls people snd Ulamaa from the progeny of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W.), but ask for the Bani Umayya or Bani Abbaasis, there is no trace of them anywhere. They are an extinct specis.
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Author: Mustafa Hajji Ahmed Khaki
