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Azadari; Mourning for Imam Hussain (as)

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• Chapter One: Introduction
• Haq Char Yaar
• What was the practice of the Syrians on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husayn (as)?
• What was the practice of Shi’as on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husayn (as)?
• Chapter Two: Commemorating Muharam
• The recollection of grief is human nature
• To remember the Martyrs is not only the Sunnah of Prophet(s) but also the practice of Sahaba
• The remembrance of the first ten days of Muharam
• Ashura is Allah (swt)’s day
• Question: Is it permissible to mourn Imam Husayn (as) every year?
• Reply One – Remembering the days of Allah (swt)
• What are the ‘days’ of Allah (swt)?
• Reply Two – Umar’s continual recollection of his brother’s death
• Reply Two – The will of our Imam (as)
• Reply Three – The continual mourning by Adam (as) and Hawa (as) for their slain son
• Reply Four – Rasulullah (s) declared an entire year to be the year of grief
• Reply Five – Ahl’ul Sunnah’s year of mourning over the death of a Sunni scholar
• Reply – Reply Six – Sufi Saint Shah Hassan Miyan Phulwari Hanafi Qadri’a comments on mourning for Imam Husayn (as) in Muharam
• Comment
• Reply Seven – Shaykh al Islam Maqdoom Ala’ al Haq Pindavi (R) and Azadari for Imam Husayn (as)
• Comment
• Reply Nine – Mourning for Imam Husayn (as) attests to our support for his suffering
• Mourning on Husayn (as) is tantamount to mourning the Holy Prophet (s)
• Reply Ten – Allah (swt)’s desire is that the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (as) is conveyed to all
• Chapter Three: The rewards for mourning Imam Husayn (as)
• Azadari distinguishes between the path of Husayn (as) and that of Yazeed
• Martyrdom in Sunni books
• Love and Mullah’s
• Comment
• How can you attain Paradise through mourning (Azadari)?
• The merits of feeding Halwa (sweet dish)
• The Promise of Paradise by Imam Husayn (as) to his mourners
• Imam Sajjad (as) and Baqir (as) said, “Those that mourn Husayn (as) will be protected from Hellfire”
• Mourning the living carries a reward on par with mourning for a hundred martyrs
• The Status of one that mourns Imam Husayn (as)
• Exaggeration when narrating the merits of the Ahl’ul bayt (as)
• Chapter Four: Is Azadari against patience (sabr)?
• Reply One – Overview of the verse
• Reply Two – The Meaning of Sabr in this verse
• Comment
• Reply Three – Sabr carries multiple meanings
• Reply Four – Its isn’t compulsory to maintain Sabr against injustice
• Reply Five – It is permissible to relate your suffering
• Reply Six – The Sabr of Prophet Yusuf (as)
• Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi’s comments on Sabr
• The explanation of word ‘Huzn’
• Reply Seven – The impatience of Rasulullah (s) when mourning about Imam Husayn (as)
• Comment
• Reply Nine – Rasulullah lost his Sabr when witnessing the body of his slain uncle
• Reply Ten – Rasulullah (s) did not maintain Sabr upon the death of Ibraheem
• Reply Eleven – Rasulullah (s) did not maintain Sabr at the death of his Uncle Abu Talib (as)
• Reply Twelve – The impatience of the Prophet (s) at the death of his grandfather
• Reply Thirteen – The impatience of Rasulullah (s) with regard to the sufferings of Maula Ali (as)
• Comment
• Rasulullah (s) lost his Sabr upon seeing the Sand of Karbala
• Reply Fourteen – Maula ‘Ali (as) did not deem Sabr at the death of the Prophet (s) to be a good thing
• Comment
• Reply Fifteen – The comments of Maula ‘Ali at the grave of the Prophet (s)
• Comment
• Reply Sixteen – The impatience of Maula ‘Ali (as) at the death of Sayyida Fatima (as)
• Reply Seventeen – Maula Ali (as)’s mourning at the deaths of Hamza (ra) and Sayyida Fatima (as)
• Reply Eighteen – Hazrat Bilal (ra)’s lamentation on hearing the news of Sayyida Fatima (as)’s death
• Reply Nineteen – Maula ‘Ali lost his Sabr when visiting Kerbala
• Comment
• Reply Twenty – The three Khalifas lack of ‘Sabr’ at the death of the Prophet (s)
• Reply Twenty One – Mourning Imam Husayn (as) gives us Sabr
• Comment
• Reply Twenty Two – Uthman lost his visual sense when the Prophet (s) died
• Reply Twenty Three – Ayesha’s request for mourning at the death of her brother
• Reply Twenty Four – Abu Bakr’s loss of Sabr upon the death of the Prophet (s)
• Reply Twenty Five – Ayesha lost her Sabr and tried to commit suicide
• Reply Twenty Six – Weeping for the dead is not against patience
• Chapter Five: Crying and wailing for Imam Hussain (as)
• Crying is a natural act
• Crying is an act of believers
• Lamentation from the Qur’an
• The weeping of the Sahaba in the Qur’an
• Wailing from the Qur’an
• The earth and sky shed no tears for the Dhalimeen
• Comment
• The weeping of the skies and Jinn for Imam Husayn (as)
• Reply – Sunni traditions confirm this reality
• How does Heaven/Sky cry?
• The weeping of the heaven and earth over Imam Husayn (as)
• We share the same faith with the skies and the earth
• The constant weeping of Angles for Imam Husayn (as)
• It is not permissible to cry at the suffering of the Kuffar
• Rasulullah wept whenever he was foretold the tragedy that would befall on Husasin (as) and his companions
• The tears of Adam (as)
• The tears of Nuh (as)
• Comment
• Prophet Ibrahim (as) supplicated for a daughter who would weep over his death
• Rasulullah (s) wept at the death of his son Ibraheem (as)
• Comment
• Crying is the Sunnah of the Prophets (peace be upon all of them)
• Crying particularly for the tragedies befallen the Ahlulbayt (as) is Sunnah of Holy Prophet (s)
• Safiya (r), Sayyida Fatima (as) and Rasulullah (s) cried over the slain body of Hamza (as)
• Holy Prophet (s) wept over the martyrdom of Jaffar ibn Abi Talib (as)
• Sahaba along with Holy Prophet(s) wept over the martyrdom of Hamza (ra)
• Ayesha wept at the death of Uthman ibn al Affan
• Ayesha’s lamentations on Abu Bakr’s death
• The mourning of Muslims at the death of Khalid bin Walid
• The tears of Rasulullah (s), and Abu Bakr and Umar making sorrowful faces
• The order of Abu Bakr to make a sorrowful face
• The cries of Abu Bakr and Umar
• The cries of Abu Bakr and Umar would reach the ears of Ayesha
• Umar was the killer and mourner
• Abu Bakr’s crying in the cave
• Umar’s tears at his brother’s death
• Immense tears at the time of Abu Bakr’s death
• Tears at witnessing Uthman’s bloodied shirt
• Ayesha
• Tears at the death of Abu Bakr’s grandson
• Yaum al Nayyab
• Marwan’s tears and Imam Hassan (as)’s funeral
• Hasan al Basri’s weeping at the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (as)
• A Sahabi’s beard filled with tears
• Ayesha’s excessive tears
• Ayesha’s tears following defeat at Jamal
• Mourning for Abu Haneefa
• The loss of eyesight, mourning for Yusuf (as)
• Prophet Yaqoob’s (as) grief for his son caused his back to be bent
• The Sahabi Ibn Abbas became blind on account of his mourning for Imam Husayn (as)
• Imam of Ahl’ul Sunnah Shaykh Ahmed Majd Shaybani would partake in mourning for Imam Husayn (as) every Muharrum and would cry profusely on the Day of Ashura
• The Du’a of Rasulullah (s) for those who shed tears
• Rasulullah’s blessing for those that weep for Imam Husayn (as)
• Tears shed by Prophets in the Bible
• Prophet Ibraheem (as) mourned the death of Sarah
• The people mourned the death of Musa (as)
• Feast of Trumpets
• Day of Atonement
• Chapter Six: Reciting elegies for Imam Hussain (as)
• The couplet of Adam (as)
• An elegy recited before Umar ibn al Farooq
• Comment
• Hassaan bin Thabit’s elegy at the death of Holy Prophet (s)
• The Jins read elegies for Imam Husayn (as)
• The couplets of sorrow narrated by Imam Husayn (as)’s women folk
• Couplets accompanied by instruments
• Singing by Abu Bakr upon the death of the Prophet (s)
• Elegies and the shedding of blood for King Faisal
• Commentary
• Chapter Seven: Convening Majlis (Gathering) to remember the dead
• Allah (swt) and his Prophet have instructed us to organise gatherings to remember Allah (swt)
• Ayesha’s gathering over Abu Bakar’s death
• Ayesha’s gathering (Majlis) at the time of Umar’s death
• Umm’ul Momineen Salmah obtained the approval of the Prophet (s) to participate in a mourning ritual
• Muharam gathering under the auspices of al Muhaddith Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlawi
• Majalis to mourn Husayn (as) build character
• Prophet (saww) arranged Majalis to mourn his uncle Hamza (ra)
• Weeping while relating the tragedies befallen on pious is sunnah of Holy Prophet(s) and listening to them is the sunnah of Sahaba
• The mourning gathering of Sahaba and elegies recited by Hassaan bin Thabit over the death of a martyr
• A Sunni Scholars order that all the redidents of Baghdad partake in mourning ceremonies due to the death of Ibn Hanbal
• Comment
• The Fatwa of scholars of Ahle Sunnah regarding the permissibility of Majalis for Hussain (as)
• The above cited references completely destroys
• Chapter Eight: Wearing black attire
• Reply One
• Reply Two
• Reply Three
• According to Ahl’ul Sunnah, it is forbidden to dye your beard black
• Comment
• The Prophet (s) wore black
• Umar in black attire
• Wearing black while mourning Uthman
• Comment
• The Prophet (s)’s shroud was black
• The Prophet (s)’s turban was black
• Imam Abu Hanifa wearing black after death
• Jinns wore black when Umar died
• Comment
• Imam Hassan (as)’s black attire
• Comment
• Chapter Nine: Hitting one’s body in grief
• Mourning rituals and self harm as found in the Qur’an
• Mourning and shedding blood is the Sunnah of Prophet Adam (as)
• Mourning and hitting one self is the Sunnah of the Prophet (s)
• Thigh beating is the Sunnah of Maula Ali (as)
• Thigh beating is the Sunnah of Sahaba
• Proof of head beating from the Qur’an
• Beating oneself at a time of distress is the Sunnah of Prophet Adam (as)
• Hitting one’s head in times of trouble is the Sunnah of Prophet Yusuf (as)
• Beating oneself in times of trouble is the Sunnah of Umar
• Beating and mourning by the wives of the Sahaba
• Observation One
• Observation Two
• Observation Three
• Observation Four
• Observation Five
• Beating and mourning by the wives of the Prophet (s) over his (s) death
• Beating and mourning by the wives of the Prophet (s) upon the tragic news that he (s) had divorced them
• Beating and mourning by Uthman’s wives and daughter over his death
• The mourning of Fatima al-Zahra (as)
• The mourning of Abu Hurraira
• The mourning of Bilal (ra)
• The extreme mourning of Uways al-Qarni (ra)
• Comment
• Eye witness testimony to the Kufan women folk mourning Imam Hussain (as) through chest beating
• Mourning following the death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• Heavens mourning at the death of Umar!
• Seven days of mourning of Khalid bin Waleed
• An Arabs mourning before the Prophet (s)
• Islamic Law
• Imam Jafer (as) allowed the mourning of Imam Husayn (as)
• The mourning of Banu Hashim
• Sayyida Zaynab (as) beat herself on three separate occasions
• First Occasion
• Second occasion
• Third occasion
• Baba Fareed Ganj Shakar’s self harm mourning for Imam Husayn (as)
• Comment
• The skies shed blood in grief of Imam Husayn (as)
• Examples of self-beating in the Bible
• Chapter Ten: Putting dust in one’s hair
• Mourning and putting dust in head in grief of Husayn (as) is Sunnah of our Prophet (s)
• Chapter Eleven: Seeking Waseela from the Saints (Awliya)
• Umar sought the Waseela of Abbas
• Comment
• Imam Hanbal’s shirt
• Comment
• Visting the Graves of Saints
• Weeping and performing Prayers over the graves of martyrs
• Chapter Twelve: Creating and revering symbols (Sha’er Allah)
• Comment
• People who venerate Taaziyah are certain to get their sins erased by the blessings of the Holy Prophet (s)
• The legal justification for an Image
• Examine the Theory
• The Image of Zuljanah (Imam Husayn (as)’s horse)
• The House of Allah is a replica of Bayt al M’amoor
• Kissing the image of grave
• Images of Abu Bakr and Umar
• The image of a coin
• The images of Prophets (as)
• The horse of Ayesha
• Ahl’ul Sunnah’s creating an image of Ayesha, Talha and Zubayr
• Comment
• Kissing Images
• The founder of Shariat (The Holy Prophet) portrayed himself as the camel of Imam Husayn (as)
• Gibrael (as) appeared in the image of Ayesha
• Gibrael (as) brought an image of Ayesha
• The Dolls of Ayesha
• Proof of Alam (Flag / Standard)
• The Flag of Rasool Allah (saw) was of black colour
• Giving a special reverence to the standard
• Chapter Thirteen: Street Processions (Juloos)
• Year long processions using the shirt and beard of Uthman
• Let us not forget the comments of the learned advocate of Muawiya
• Chapter Fourteen: The misuse of Shi’a texts to ‘prove’ that Azadari for Imam Hussain (as) is Haraam
• Tradition One
• Reply
• Tradition Two – The Definition of Jaza
• Reply One – The tradition has been graded as weak
• Reply Two
• Tradition Three
• Reply
• Tradition Four
• Reply One
• Reply Two
• Tradition Five
• Jila Al-Ayun (Urdu translation) part 1, page 67, Published in Lucknow
• Reply
• Tradition Six
• Reply One – This is a sole narration
• Reply Two – Imam Husayn (as) sought this pledge as a means of consoling his distraught sister
• Reply Three – Imam Husayn (as) demanded this pledge because his sister had to remain firm to face up to the impending challenges that she would encounter in the hours that followed
• Reply Four – This will was time limited, and Syeda Zainab (as) recognised it as such
• Reply Five – The same text has traditions wherein Sayyida Zaynab (as) mourned the loss of her brother
• Reply Six – Sunni texts also record the fact that Sayyida Zaynab (as) mourned the loss of her brother
• Tradition Seven – The Nasibi claim that the Shia weep for Imam Hussain (as) due to the curse of lady Zainab (as)?
• Reply One: The Nasibi accusation is strictly against the teachings of Quran and in conformity with Judaism
• Reply Two: Lady Zainab (as) herself wept profusely for Imam Hussain (as)
• Reply Three: The Imams of Ahlulbayt (as) themselves mourned over the tragedy of Karbala
• Misuse of Shia text
• Reply Four: The Imams of Ahlulbayt (as) encouraged their adherents to mourn over the tragedy of Karbala and discussed the rewards for doing so
• Reply Four: As per Nawasib those that the Prophet (s) cursed were blessed
• Reply Five: The narration is weak
• Chapter Fifteen: The stance of Ahlulbayt (as) regarding the commemoration of Ashura
• Imam Jafar (as) convened the mourning gathering for Hussain (as) and wept profusely
• The nature of Imam Hussain (as)’s martyrdom over the other martyrs of Ahlulbayt (as)
• Merely imagining the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as) and his companions would reduce Imam Zain al-Abdeen (as) to tears
• Imam Raza (as) convened the mourning gatherings for Hussain (as) during the month of Muharram
• Whenever food was placed before Imam Zain ul Abdeen (as), he wept for Imam Hussain (as)
• Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as) wept for Imam Hussain (as)
• Daily chores should be abandoned on the day of Ashura
• The extent of grief observed by the latter Imams (as) for the entirety of Muharram
• The reward for expressing grief over the murder of Imam hussain (as) and his companions
• The reward of attending the gatherings wherein the ordeals of Ahlulbayt (as) are told
• The pride felt by Ahlulbayt (as) at their Shia that share in their happiness and grief
• According to Holy Prophet (s), ‘Mumineen’ will never abandon their grief for Hussain (as)
• Even angels shall continue to weep for Imam Hussain (as) until the Day of Judgment
• Isa (as) also wept over the killing of Prophet’s grandson
• Concluding the chapter
• Chapter Sixteen: Refuting common Nasibi objections to Azadari
• First Objection – Martyrdom should be celebrated not mourned
• Reply One – It is natural to mourn suffering
• Reply Two – It is natural to express grief at the plight of fallen heroes
• Reply Three – The Sahaba mourned when Umar was martyred
• Hadiya tul Mahdi, volume 1, page 23, Published in Delhi
• Reply Four – Lady Hajra mourned when she heard of her son’s pending death
• Reply Five – Mourning a martyr is part of one’s innate nature
• Reply Six – Rasulullah (s) mourned those that were martyred
• Reply Seven – One can never rejoice over the terrible suffering of the Ahl’ul bayt (as)
• Second Objection – You cannot mourn over someone that is alive
• Reply – This exposes the hypocrisy of the Nawasib
• Third Objection – Shia rituals are a waste of money
• Reply – The Eid sacrifice should likewise be deemed a waste of money
• Fourth objection – Quran prohibits the visiting of graves
• Reply – This prohibition refers to the graves of hypocrites
• Fifth Objection – Azadari is an unnecessary waste of public money
• Sixth Objection – All symbols associated with Azadari are false
• Reply
• Seventh Objection – The Shia have musical instruments in their processions
• Reply – Ayesha had musical instruments in the house of the Prophet (s)
• Eighth Objection – The Shia allow their women to participate and observe male mourning processions and this is shameless
• Reply
• Ninth Objection – The Shia mourn like they are running
• Reply – Running is the Sunnah of the Prophet (s) and Ayesha
• Tenth Objection – The Shias are responsible for ecological damage when they take out processions
• Eleventh Objection – The Shia don’t mourn the other Imams
• Reply
• Twelfth Objection – The Shia mourn Hussain (as) to antagonise Sunnis
• Reply – Our mourning is linked to the love for our fallen Imam (as)
• Thirteenth Objection– Imam Hussain (as) would be unimpressed by the practice of Self flagellation
• Reply – The Shia seek to be at one with suffering of their Imam (as)
• Fourteenth Objection– Self flagellation is unislamic and barbaric
• Reply – Ibn al Hashimi’s arguments mirror those of the enemies of Islam
• The mutilation of the genitals of innocent female girls through female circumcision
• Fifteenth Objection– The Shia should channel grief in a more meaningful way
• Reply – There is no reason why all the above cannot be done alongside self flagellation
• Chapter Seventeen: Azadari in other cultures
• Prophet Esa (Jesus) donkey’s hoof
• Replicas and Commemorative Processions
• Exhibit of Jesus’ Blood
• Death Anniversary
• Buddha’s Tooth
• Zareeh, Taaziyah, Matam
• Death of King Edward VII
• Chapter Eighteen: The tragedy of Karbala
• Chapter Nineteen: Conclusion
• The Prophet (s) guaranteed Paradise to those that mourn Imam Husayn (as)