Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Ashura

Author: Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Al-Asifi
Translator: Umar Kumo
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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• Publisher’s Foreword
• Introduction
• Critical Juncture In The Life Of Mankind
• Days Of Separation
• Ashura Is Among The Days Of Separation
• First class
• Second class
• Third class
• Comparison Between The First And Second Class
• The Story Of How Umar Ibn Sa'ad Tried To Escape Fighting Husayn (As)
• The Story Of How Al-Hurr Tried To Escape Fighting Husayn (as)
• A Return To Umar Ibn Saad At The Point Of Separation
• Comparison Between The Second And Third Class
• Another Comparison Between Al-Hurr And Zuhayr
• Aversion And Inaction
• Shock And Hesitation
• Willingness To Meet Husayn (As)
• Response And Acceptance
• Analysis Of Al-Hurr's Unusual Stand
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Meditations On Husayn’s Speech On The Day Of Ashura
• 1- “You Have Drawn The Sword With Which We Armed You, Against Us.”
• 2- ‘And You Ignited The Fire Which We Kindled Against Our Enemy And Your Enemy, Against Us.’
• 3- “You Have Joined Hands With The Forces Of Your Enemies Against Your Allies.”
• 4- “They Have Not Established Any Justice Among You, Nor Do You Expect Any Good From Them.”
• 5- “Woe To You! Are You Heading Towards These People And Forsaking Us?
• 6- “O Slaves Of (This) Nation And Strangers!”
• 7- “Away With You, O Slaves Of The Nation And Strangers To The Parties!”
• 8- “An Old Treachery That Was Part And Parcel Of Your Forefathers”
• Notes
• Political Goals Of Imam Husayn (As)'S Uprising
• The Imam Tells About His Death In Iraq
• Where Military Campaigns Fail, Armed Struggle Succeeds
• 1- Freeing the people's will
• 2- Stripping the Ruling System of Legitimacy
• Notes
• Husayn (As)’S Letter From Karbala To His Brother, Muhammad
• The Reason The Letter Was Written
• Devotion To God And Withdrawing From The World
• What Are The World And The Hereafter?
• How Can A Person Be Among The People Of The Hereafter While Living In This World?
• From The Hereafter To The Hereafter
• Incentives and Barriers
• ‘As If The World Has Never Been’
• As If The Hereafter Has Always Been
• The Results That Follow The Two Viewpoints
• The Outcome Of The Second View
• Expelling The World From The Mind And Replacing It With The Hereafter
• First point
• Second Point
• Notes
• Defying Death On The Day Of Ashura
• How Do We Deal With Death?
• How Do People Face Death?
• Fear of Death
• Causes
• The Stand
• Changing From A Position Of No Stand To That Of A Contrary Stand
• The Last Stage Of Apostacy
• Realignment On The Opposing Side And A Turnabout
• Three States In Man’s Life
• The first state
• The second state
• The third stage
• The Effects Of Fear Of Death On Society
• Educative Methods For Fighting This Situation
• First Method
• Second Method
• Some Scenes Of Confronting Death In Al-Taff
• His Companions’ Reply
• Notes
• Some Instances Of Loyalty In The Supplication: Ziyarat Al-Warith
• First Aspect: Salutation
• Second Aspect: Testimony
• Third Aspect: Stand
• Repudiation: The Other Face Of Loyalty
• The Groups That Are Cursed In Ziyarat Al-Warith
• What Conflicts Of Civilization Do To Man
• The First Day of Separation
• The Second Day of Separation
• The Third Day of Separation
• Notes
• Loyalty And Repudiation In The Supplication Of Ziyarat Ashura
• Loyalty And Repudiation: The Most Prominent Features Of The Day Of Ashura
• The Three Peculiarities of the Al-Taff Battle Theatre
• An Inherited Theatre
• A Separating Theatre
• A Legator Theatre
• Emotional Co-Existence With The Al-Taff Tragedy As Expressed In Ziyarat Ashura
• Scenes of Loyalty and Repudiation in Ziyarat Ashura
• Loyalty, Repudiation And Hostility
• Greetings Of Peace And Cursing
• Peace And War
• Association And Disassociation
• Distress And Vengeance
• Loyalty And Repudiation Are Two Faces Of The Same Question
• Loyalty And Repudiation: Blessing And Honour That God Bestowed On Man 
• Generalizations Of Loyalty In Ziyarat Ashura
• Generalizations Of Repudiation In Ziyarat Ashura
• Monotheism And Purity Of Faith Depicted In Loyalty
• Loyalty comes under the concept of Monotheism
• Monotheism And Purity Of Faith Depicted In Repudiation
• Two Loyalties Cannot Meet In The Heart Of A Faithful Person
• Ascension Points Of Loyalty And Repudiation In Ziyarat Ashura
• Honour And Distinction
• Avenging The Death Of Husayn (as)
• To Be in the Company of the Ahl Al-Bayt (as) And Attain A Good Standing With Them 
• The Company of the truthful
• The Laudable Station
• Sincerity To God In Life And Death
• Unlimited Reward From God
• Stairways For Getting Proximity To God
• Notes
• Imam Husayn (As)’S Portrayal of Islamic Society During Umayyad Rule
• 1- The Condition of The World At That Time
• 2- The Peoples Disregard For Truth And Their Inclination Towards Falsehood 
• 3- Need For Aversion To The World And Desire To Meet God
• Note
• The Four Unchangeable Aspects of Imam Husayn (as)’S Uprising
• 1- Inevitability Of Martyrdom
• 2- Certainty Of Victory
• 3- Relationship Between Victory And Martyrdom
• 4- This Victory Will Not Be Repeated In History
• Notes
• Loyalty and Repudiation on the Day of Ashura
• Conflict of Loyalty
• Monotheism And Polytheism In Loyalty
• Ferociousness Of The Conflict Of Loyalties
• The Theatre Of Conflict Entails A Stand And Rejects Onlookers
• Elements And Instance Of Loyalty
• 1- Obedience and Submission
• 2- Love and Sincerity to God the Glorious
• 3- Helping God, His Messenger (S) and the believers
• Direction in Loyalty
• Repudiation
• An Analysis of the State of Challenge and Confrontation Between Monotheism and Polytheism 
• Loyalty Is Within The Domain Of Monotheism
• True Guardianship Is Only By God's Permission, Within The Domain Of His Guardianship And By His Appointment
• The Role and Importance of Guardianship in the Life of the Community
• Arrogance and Abasement
• Features of the Conflict Between Truth and Falsehood
• The Incident of Al-Taff: A Touchstone For Loyalty And Repudiation
• Notes
• The First Speech of Imam Husayn's (as) Uprising
• 1- Listen! Anyone Who Will Sacrifice His Life For Our Sake
• 2- 'Who Will Sacrifice?
• 3- 'For Our Sake'
• 4- Sincerity
• 5- Reconciling Oneself
• 6- Meeting God
• 7- Let Them Set Out
• 8- 'With Us'
• 9- 'If God Wills'
• Notes