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Understanding Karbala

Author: Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi
Translator: Syed A.A. Razwy
Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
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• Translator’s Foreword
• Note
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Notes
• Preface to the First Edition
• How Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn (a.s) saved Islam from Destruction
• Ideal Islamic State
• Why Islam became a target of destruction
• Decadence of Islam
• The Rise of the Umayyads
• His Eminence, ‘Ali (a.s) wanted to save Islam
• Imam Hasan (a.s) stepped forward to help
• Religion is separated from leadership
• Evil deeds of Muawiyah
• Beliefs and acts of Yazid
• What was the character of this so-called caliph of the Prophet?
• Qiyamat (Day of Judgment)
• Wine and Worship
• Plunder of Medina
• Siege of Mecca
• Calamities of Imam Husayn (a.s)
• Imam Husayn (A.S) Gave The Final Shape To The Separation Of Imamate And Rulership
• Notes
• “And We Ransomed him with a Great Sacrifice”
• The Great Sacrifice
• (1) Cause of the slaughter
• (2) The Slaughtered One
• (3) Tools of Slaughter
• (4) Method of Slaughter
• (5) Condition of welcoming death
• (6) Condition of the slaughtered one
• (7) Circumstances surrounding the slaughter
• (8) Consequences of the Slaughter
• Communal Sacrifice
• Notes
• Prophecies Regarding the Tragedy of Karbala’ from Ancient Books
• Mention of the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s) in Hindu Scriptures
• The Karbala’ Tragedy in Zoroastrian Books
• Command of Old Testament to Commemorate Ashura Day
• References in New Testament regarding the Martyrdom of Husayn (a.s)
• Notes
• Why the Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s) became Immortal?
• Notes
• Effect of Husayn’s Martyrdom on the Principle of Caliphate
• Notes
• Azadari and Innovation
• What is innovation (Bid’ah)?
• Azadari rituals conform to Divine Will
• Azadari of Husayn (a.s) is not Innovation
• Taboot and Ta’ziyah
• Ma’tam
• Notes
• Azadari of Husayn (a.s) from the Islamic Point of View
• What if Azadari is an Innovation?
• Azadari Rituals have divine sanction
• Place of Ibrahim
• Azadari is Sunnah
• A Brief Description of Azadari of Husayn (a.s)
• (A) The Prophetic Sunnah is practical
• (B) The Practice of the Prophet is Verbal
• (C) It is the Sunnah of the Imams
• Weeping for the Dead
• (A) The Prophetic Practice is Practical
• (B) The Prophetic Practice is Verbal
• (C) It is the Practice of the Holy Imams
• A Strange View
• Ta’ziyah, Zuljana and Replicas (Mock-ups)
• (A) How to Detect Polytheism?
• (B) The Prophet’s Sunnah is Practical
• (C) The Prophet’s Practice is Verbal
• (D) It is the Sunnah of Imams
• Majlis (Mourning Assembly)
• (A) The Prophet’s Sunnah is Practical
• (B) The Prophet’s Sunnah is Verbal
• (C) Sunnah of the Imams
• Nauha and Marsiya
• (A) The Prophet’s Sunnah is Practical
• (B) The Sunnah of the Imam is Practical
• (C) It is the Sunnah of Ahl al-Bayt
• (D) The Sunnah of the Imam is Verbal
• Ma’tam and Mourning Procession
• (A) Ma’tam
• (B) Ma’tam is Practical Sunnah of Imam
• (C) It is the Silent Permission of Imam
• (D) If it is the Sunnah of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s)
• Act of the People of Medina
• Leaving embellishment, observing mourning and keeping hair disarranged
• (A) The Prophet’s Sunnah is Practical
• (B) It is the Sunnah of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s)
• Black Clothes
• Silent Sunnah is from the Imam
• Mourning House (Azakhana)
• The Imam’s Sunnah is Practical
• Arena, drums and lashing with chains
• (A) Watching an Arena is Sunnah of the Prophet
• (B) Listening to drums is Sunnah of the Prophet
• (C) Chain Ma’tam (lashing) is also Recommended
• Azadari is Obligatory
• Notes
• Banu Umayyah in the View of the Holy Qur’an
• First Verse
• Second Verse
• Third Verse
• Fourth Verse
• Fifth Verse
• Last Verses
• Yazid’s Clan
• Umayyah
• Harb
• Affan
• Uthman
• Hakam bin Abil Aas
• Marwan bin Hakam
• Harith bin al-Hakam
• Sa’eed bin Abil Aas
• Utbah bin Rabi, Shayba bin Rabi and Walid bin Utbah
• Umme Jamil – Carrier of Firewood
• Uqbah bin Abi Muit
• Walid bin Uqbah bin Abi Muit
• Abu Sufyan
• Hind–The Liver Eater
• Muawiyah
• Yazid
• Notes
• Who were the killers of Imam Husayn(a.s)?
• The First Problem
• The Second Problem
• The Third Problem
• Umar bin Saad bin Abi Waqqas
• Shimr bin Ziljaushan
• Hussayn Ibn Numair
• Muhammad Ibn Ashath Ibn Qais
• Shabath Ibn Rabi
• Samarah Ibn Jundab
• Marwan Ibn Hakam
• Notes
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Mischiefs of the Daily Hilal
• Notes
• Appendix 2: A ‘Revolutionary’ Book: Caliphate of Muawiyah and Yazid
• Notes
• Appendix 3: Martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s) and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars
• (Published in As-Serat Vol. VI No. 3 & 4, 1401)
• Notes
• Appendix 4: Fasting on Ashura
• (Published in As-Serat Vol. VIII No. 3 & 4)
• Notes
• Appendix 5: The Illustrious Period of the Imamate of Imam Zainul Aabidin (a.s)
• (Al-Serat, Vol. 5 (1979), Nos. 3 & 4 )
• Announcement of his Imamat
• Uniting the Shia Community
• Teaching True Islam
• Notes