this is english translation of this thread by brother syed hasni
this topic would be covered under different headings including
1- importance of remembrance in the system of quranic guidance
2- azadari of imam hussein is proven from sunnah of holy prophet asws and maula ali asws
3- books, references and authentications of narrations in regards to martyrdom of imam hussein asws
4- order of holy prophet asws to his companions to help imam hussein asws
5- condition of holy prophet asws on the day of ashura
6- condition of umm salma upon hearing the martyrdom of holy imam
1- IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBRANCE IN TEACHINGS OF QURAN
The system of guidance bestowed to humans by quran; its foundation is based on remembrance; so that is why we find that the human who embraces faith in allah and his last prophet asws, he also has to put faith in those who were sent before, and that is why we see in quran
4. وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ
And who believe in that which has been revealed to you and that which was revealed before you and they are sure of the hereafter.
[surat ul baqara]
here we see that the signs of who momins have been shown that they believe in what was revealed to holy prophet asws, and even that what was revealed before him; so it has been shown to be one of the signs of faith.
our concepts, spiritual growth and inner developments is highly dependent of remembrance; our day to day routine, our thoughts, our writings, meetings with others, in short our whole life is dependent on the knowledge which we gain and save; and it is this remembrance which helps us save it; so we can say that life is nothing without remembrance; our intellect depends on it.
NATION OF IBRAHIM
as we have seen that remembrance of past prophets is a part of our faith; and islam has been called time and again as “nation of ibrahim” in quran
130. وَمَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ ۚ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes himself a fool, and most certainly We chose him in this world, and in the hereafter he is most surely among the righteous.
[surat ul baqara]
135. وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.
[surat ul baqara]
95. قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ ۗ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Say: Allah has spoken the truth, therefore follow the religion of Ibrahim, the upright one; and he was not one of the polytheists.
[surat aal e imran]
125. وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۗ وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا
And who has a better religion than he who submits himself entirely to Allah? And he is the doer of good (to others) and follows the faith of Ibrahim, the upright one, and Allah took Ibrahim as a friend.
[surat un nisa]
قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Say: Surely, (as for) me, my Lord has guided me to the right path; (to) a most right religion, the faith of Ibrahim the upright one, and he was not of the polytheists.
[surat ul anaam]
123. ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Then We revealed to you: Follow the faith of Ibrahim, the upright one, and he was not of the polytheists.
[surat un nahl]
78. وَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ ۚ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ۚ مِلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَفِي هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِاللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ
And strive hard in (the way of) Allah, (such) a striving a is due to Him; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you an hardship in religion; the faith of your father Ibrahim; He named you Muslims before and in this, that the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you, and you may be bearers of witness to the people; therefore keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and hold fast by Allah; He is your Guardian; how excellent the Guardian and how excellent the Helper!
[surat ul haj]
and in these verses, we see that yousaf asws said that he is a follower of his grand fathers, ibrahim, ishaq and yaqoob asws
38. وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَائِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚ مَا كَانَ لَنَا أَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
And I follow the religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqoub; it beseems us not that we should associate aught with Allah; this is by Allah’s grace upon us and on mankind, but most people do not give thanks:
[surat yousaf]
and in these verses, remembrance of the past prophets has been made the basis of religion; so allah said
163. ۞ إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَىٰ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَارُونَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ ۚ وَآتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُورًا
Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh, and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub and Yunus and Haroun and Sulaiman and We gave to Dawood
so the knowledge we gained from the past prophets had been a source of guidance for us
this concept of remembrance is too vast as per quran; and in order to know it better, we can see that the word which hint to it like DHIKAR has been used in quran about 267 times; and it basically means to remember, to make remember, to save etc
and that is why we are remembering the sign of ibrahim………….imam hussein asws……and its remembrance helps us keep his philosophy alive; that is to know the yazeed of the present era, and to fight him; so whosoever is opposing azadari, he is actually either a helper of yazeed or playing in the hands of followers of yazeed.
remembrance of imam hussein asws is a sign of islam; and can never be erased; rather the more it is tried to be erased, the more it will get air
2- azadari of imam hussein is proven from sunnah of holy prophet asws and maula ali asws
there are a number of authentic narrations on this subject
let us see these
Umm ul momineen ayesha or umma ul momineen um salma narrates that holy prophet asws said that today an angel came to our home who had never came before, and he told me that o prophet! this son of yours will be killed, if you wish i can bring you some soil from that land where he would be martyred; then holy prophet said that angel brought me soil which was read in color
research of the book of fadail us sahaba, wasi ullah termed the sanad sahih
he further said in the footnotes
“this narration is also present in musnad ahmad, and haithmi mentioned it in majma uz zawaid and he said that the narrators of musnad ahmad are narrators of sahih hadeeth, tabarani has narrated it with sahih sanad from ayesha, and ahmad has narrated it with sahih sanad from naji, haithmi says that it is mentioned by ahmad, abu yala and tabarani, and narrators are thiqa”
REF:- fadail us sahaba, ahmad bin hanbal, researcher wasi ullah bin mohammad abbas, vol 2, first print, 1403 hijri part 2, jami umm ul qura, makka, saudia, page 770, narraiton 1357
let us see what sheikh shoaib said about this narration in his work on musnad imam ahmad; after terming it HASAN, he mentioned some witnesses for this narration
ahmad in fadail us sahaba, tabarani in maujam kabeer, haithmi in majma uz zawaid and he said that the narrators are narrators of sahih, ibn tehman in masheekha, asim mentioned two chain for it in al ahad wa al mathani, tabarani in his maujam with five chains; hakim in mustadarak, behqi with two chain in dalail, ibn sheebah in musanif, darqutni in illal with two chains; has mentioned this narration
REF;- musnad ahmad, ahmad bin hanbal, researched by sheikh shoaib, vol 44, page 143, narration 26524
dhabi mentioned this narration in his book tareekh islam, and termed the chain from umm salma with sahih sanad; and mentioned that it is narrated by ahmad and others
REF:- tareekh islam, dhabi, researched by dr umar abdus salam, vol 5, incidents of 61hijri, first print, 1410 hijrii, part 53, dar ul kutub arabia, page 104
anas bin malik narrates that the angel of rain asked permission from allah to visit holy prophet asws, so allah gave that, holy prophet asws was in house of umm salma then; so He asws told umm salma to go to the door and do not let anyone in; anas says that umm salma was sitting by the door when imam hussein asws came there, so holy prophet asws got him close to his chest, and kissed him; so the angel said:- do you love him? He replied:- yes; so the angel said:- your nation will kill him; anas further said that if you wish i can get the soil of that area for you where he will be killed; so holy prophet asws said show me; so he shook him hand and then showed his hand full of soil to holy prophet asws; it was red in color; which was later preserved by umm salma in a cloth.
researcher of the book has termed the chain “HASAN”
REF:- musnad abu yala, ahmad bin ali tameemi, researcher hussein saleem asad, vol 6, first print, 1412, part 14, dar ul mamoon turath, beirut, page 129, narration 3402
anas bin malik narrates that the angel of rain asked permission from allah for paying visit to holy prophet asws, so allah gave him that; and that day, He asws was in the home of umm salma; so He told her to be at the door and not let anyone come in; so anas said that umm salma sat there, and imam hussein asws came there; and climbed the back of prophet asws; so He asws got him close to his chest, and kisssed him; so the angel asked him:- do you love him? He replied:- yes; so angel said:- your nation will kill him, he further said:- if you wish i can show you the soil from that place where he will be killed; so HE said:- show me; so the angels shoke his hand and showed him his hand full of soil; that was red in color, umm salma then saved it; thabit said that we use to say that it was soil from karbala
shiekh shoaib has termed in HASAN
[ al-ihsaan fi taqreeb sahih ibn haban, vol 15, first print; 1408 hijri, page 142, narration 6742]
albani has termed in SAHIH WITH SUPPORT OF OTHERS
[al taliqaat ul hasan ala sahih ibn haban; nasir ud deen albani, vol 9, page 406, narration 6707]
Abdullah bin naji narrates from his father that he was going with mola ali; and when they passed by nenwa, when they were going for battle of siffen; so mola ali asws raised his voice saying:- o abu abdullah! have patience; o abu abdullah! have patience by the side of furat; narrated asked him:- o ali! what do you mean by abu abdullah? so imam ali said;- once i was entered in the room of holy prophet, and saw that he was weeping; so i asked him:- o prophet! has some one hurt you which has made you cry? so he replied:- no, jibrail came to me; and told me that imam hussein will be martyred on the bank of furatt; so jibrail told me o prophet! you wish to smell the soil of that land; where he will be martyred? so i said yes; so he moved his hand and filled his hand with that soil and gave it to me; so i cannot control my tears; and wept
hussein saleem asad says:- isnaad are HASAN and author of majma uz zawaid has said that it is narrated by ahmad, abu yala, tibrani, and narrators are thiqa
[musnad abu yala, ahmad bin ali tameemi, researched by hussein saleem asad; vol 1, page 298, narration 363]
3- books, references and authentications of narrations in regards to martyrdom of imam hussein asws
sheikh albani and narrations regarding martyrdom of imam hussein asws
albani has termed these reports sahih; so he writes in his sahih jami sagheer that
“holy prophet asws said that jibrail came to me and informed me that my nation will martyr this son, i.e, hussein; and he brought soil from the place of his death”
albani termed it sahih
[sahih jami sagheer, vol 1, page 73, narration 61]
he had also written this narration in his silsila ahadeeth sahihiyya
“holy prophet asws said that jibrail came to me and informed me that my nation will martyr this son, i.e, hussein; and he brought soil from the place of his death”
this narration has been mentioned by hakim; and behqi has noted it down in his dalial in this way
“umm fadal bin harith said that she entered the place of holy prophet asws, and said:- o prophet! i had a bad dream; He asked:- what did u see?; she said:- that was too bad; He asked;- what was it? she said:- i saw that a part of your body has been broken and then placed in my lap; so He replied:- this is a good dream; fatima will give birth to a child, and he will be a boy, and he will be in your lap; so fatima gave birth to imam hussein asws; and he came to my lap; as prophet asws had said; once day i went to holy prophet asws and i placed him in his lap; then my attention diverted a bit; then when i saw him, there were tears in his eyes; i asked:- my parents be ransom for you; what happened o prophet? He replied:- jibrail had come to me; and informed me that this son will soon by killed by my nation; and he brought soil from the place of death of hussein asws”
hakim has termed it sahih as per condition of bukhari and muslim
but dhabi objected terming it broken chain
but albani negated dhabi by saying that there are many proofs for terming it sahih one of which is from ahmad bin hanbal;
holy prophet said that today an angel came to our ourse which never came before, and he told me that this son of yours will be killed, if you wish, i can bring you soil from that land where he will be killed; then prophet said that he brought me soil which was red in color
[silsila ahadeeth sahihiyya, vol 2, page 464-465; hadeeth 821-822]
in another place, he writes that
“holy prophet said that jibrail just left me and informed me that hussein will be killed on the bank of furat
ahmad bin hanbal has mentioned this narration
Abdullah bin naji narrates from his father that he was going with mola ali; and when they passed by nenwa, when they were going for battle of siffen; so mola ali asws raised his voice saying:- o abu abdullah! have patience; o abu abdullah! have patience by the side of furat; narrated asked him:- o ali! what do you mean by abu abdullah? so imam ali said;- once i was entered in the room of holy prophet, and saw that he was weeping; so i asked him:- o prophet! has some one hurt you which has made you cry? so he replied:- no, jibrail came to me; and told me that imam hussein will be martyred on the bank of furatt; so jibrail told me o prophet! you wish to smell the soil of that land; where he will be martyred? so i said yes; so he moved his hand and filled his hand with that soil and gave it to me; so i cannot control my tears; and wept continuously;
after mentioning this narration, albani said:- its chain is weak since no one knows naji who is father of abdullah like dhabi said; no one termed him thiqa apart from ibn haban; his son is more famous than him
however, albani says that haithmi has said that it is narrated by ahmad, and also by abu yala, bazar, and tabarani, and its narrators are thiqa; and it is not just narrated by naji, rather others also narrated it;
he further said taht its witnesses have made it strong and its gets to the status of sahih
NOTE;- ahluhadeeth scholar hafiz zubair ali zai has termed the chain of ahmad “HASAN”; and said that abdullah bin naji and his father are considered thiqa in opinion of jamhoor; and their hadeeth is no less than hasan
[neel ul maqsood fi tahqeeq sunan abi daood, 227]
then albani gives six chains as witness, and then he says that
i say in one sentence that this narration in its different meanings and explanation, and with different sahih chain, these make it sahih; though there may be some weakness in some narrators but as a whole, this narration is of the status of sahih and hasan
[silsila ahadeeth sahihiya, vol 3, page 159-162, hadeeth 1171]
HAFIZ IBN KATHEER AND NARRATIONS ABOUT MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSEIN asws
he writes that his martyrdom has been mentioned in ahadeeth; and the first narration he talks about, it is the one regarding the angel of rain which is narrated by anas bin malik; and that tells us that umm salma RA tied that soil of karbala to her cloth; it must be noted that this narration is HASAN
then he mentioned another narration
umm salma narrates that once holy prophet was lying on his side; he woke up, and he was surprised, then he again slept and again woke but this time he was less surprised; then he slept and again woke and he had red colored soil in his hand; which he was turning around; so i asked him :- o prophet! what is this soil? he replied:- jibrail told me that this is from that place in iraq where hussein would be killed; i asked jibrail to show me soil where he would be killed and he brought this soil
then ibn kather brought the narration of umm fadal, where holy prophet wept on hearing the report of his martyrdom; we have already talked of it so we will not repeat it again to save time
[al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, vol 9, page 234]
HAFIZ ABU NAEEM ISFAHANI AND NARRATIONS ABOUT MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSEIN
he gives the heading in his dalail
“narrations of holy prophet asws regarding martyrdom of imam hussein asws”
he mentions the narration of anas bin malik regarding the angel of rain first, and that we have talked about previously
researcher of the book, dr mohammad rawas says about it
” this narration is mentioned by behqi, ahmad in his musnad, abu yala, bazar and tabarani from amara bin zadhan; and he was termed thiqa by a group of scholars, and some have termed him daif; and rest of the narrators of aby yala are narrators of sahih, and haithmi said this in majma uz zawaid”
abu naeem then brings another narration
“in the narration of suliman bin ahmad, it is written that holy prophet asws smelt it, i.e, soil, and said:- there is smell of karb o bala (pain and problem), so it is said that we heard that hussein bin ali asws would be martyred in karbala”
he mentions another narration
anas bin harith narrates that i heard holy prophet asws that my son would be martyred in iraq; so whosoever finds him, he should help him; so it is said that this anas was martyred with imam
[dalail un nabua, abu naeem, vol 2, page 553, second edition, 1406, researched by dr mohammad rawas; narration 492-493]
NARRATIONS OF MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSEIN asws AND SAYOOTI
hafiz sayooti mentioned the narrations in his book “al khasais ul kubra”, he makes the heading like this
“informing about the martyrdom of imam hussein asws”
HADEETH NO. 1:- first narration is from hakim and behqi from umm fadal which we have talked about from work of albani, so we wont repeat it
HADEETH NO. 2:- this narration is mentioned by ibn rahwiya, behqi and abu naeem, from umm sallma, we have talked about it in work of ibn kather; plz see there
HADEETH NO. 3:- it is from behqi and abu naeem from anas bin malik which speaks of the narration of angel of rain; plz see our discussion above
HADEETH NO. 4:- abn naeem narrates from umm salma that imam hasan and imam hussein asws were playing in my home; jibrail came and pointed to imam hussein asws, and said:- o mohammad! this son of yours will be killed by your nation; he brought the soil from that land which HE smelt; and said that it smells of karb o bala; then HE said:- o umm salma! when it turns blood, you should know that my son has been martyred; son she saved it in a bottle
HADEETH NO. 5:- ibn asaakar narrates from mohammad bin amr bin hasan that we were by the side of karbala river with imam hussein asws; he looked at shimr, and said:- allah and his prophet asws spoke truth; holy prophet asws said that i am seeing a dog with white spots who is drinking blood of my ahlubait; and he was having such signs
HADEETH NO. 6:- it is the narration of anas bin malik in which holy prophet ordered to help imam asws and we talked of it when we mentioned work of abu naeem
HADEETH NO. 7:- it is narrated from behqi where jibrail showed soil of karbala to holy prophet asws
HADEETH NO. 8:- narration of mola ali asws while he was going to battle of siffen
HADEETH NO. 9:- abu naeem mentioned from asbagh bin nabata that we reached the place of death of imam hussein asws; so imam ali asws said:- here will sit their camels/horses, and their things will be placed; and their blood would spill; men of progeny of mohammad asws would be killed; skies and earth would cry for them
[al khasais ul kubra, sayooti, vol 2, page 362, urdu translation by maqbool ahmad, printed june, 2007, part 2, dia ul quran, pakistan]
HAFIZ BEHQI AND NARRATIONS ABOUT MARTYRDOM OF HOLY IMAM
now, we present from dalail un nabu’ua, by hafiz behqi, dhabi said about this book
“it should be made the centre point of life, it is full of light of guidance”
[al mustarfa, page 165]
he gives the heading like this
“the information given by holy prophet asws regarding martyrdom of his grand son, imam hussein bin ali; and then it happened like this like he had informed; and the miraculous happenings then; which are a proof upon his prophethood.
HADEETH NO. 1
first narration is the one narrated from umm salma that said jibrail told this to holy prophet, and brought him the soil of karbala; we have talked of it in the discussion of hafiz ibn kather
hafiz behqi also brought a follower hadeeth for it
HADEETH NO. 2
This is the narration of umm fadal; we have talked of it before
HADEETH NO. 3
This is the narration of angel of rain; already discussed before
researcher of the book, dr abdul mo’ti qali”i writes in the footnotes
“this narration is mentioned in musnad ahmad, and author of majma uz zawaid writes;- it is narrated by tabarani as well, and narration is with HASAN sanad
HADEETH NO. 4
abu salma bin abdur rehman narrates that ayesha had an upper story, when prophet would wish to meet jibrail, he would meet him there; one day, he went there, and told ayesha that none should peep in there; it is said that the stairs were from the house of ayesha; imam hussein entered and went up; it was not known to her till he reached up there; jibrail asked Him who is he? He replied that he is my son; then He made him sit on His thigh; jibrail told him that soon his nation would martyr him; prophet asked:- my nation? he said yes; if you wish i can give u news about that land, where he would be killed; then jibrail pointed to altaf iraq; and got soil from there, and showed him to him
[dalail us nabu’ua, hafiz behqi, page 468, researched by dr abdul mo’ti; first print, 1408 hijri; dar ul kutb ilmia, lebanon]
IBN HAJAR MAKI AND NARRATIONS ABOUT HIS MARTYRDOM
now, let us present narrations from sawaiq ul mohiriqa; ibn hajar mentions the following narrations
HADEETH NO. 1
it is the narration from ibn saad and tabarani from ayesha in which jibrail told about martyrdom of imam hussein asws and showed soil from there
HADEETH NO. 2
it is narration of abu daood and hakim from umm fadal
HADEETH NO. 3
it is the one from baghwi from anas bin malik which speaks of the angel of rain
after this ibn hajar says:-
abu hatim has mentioned this in his sahih, and ahmad also narrated like this; and abd bin hameed and ibn ahmad also wrote like this; but the difference is that there we find that angel was jibrail; if it is correct; then it means it is two different incidents; and there is addition in the second one as well; that is, holy prophet asws smelt it; and said it is smelling of grief and pain
HADEETH NO. 4
it is the narration of al mala, and it is in ziyada tul masnad of ahmad that umm salma said that holy prophet gave me that soil and said:- it is the soil of the land where he would be killed; when it gets bloody, realize that He had been martyred; umm salma said that i kept that in a bottle and use to say that one day it will covert to blood; and that would be a big day; umm salma’s narration also mentions that it turned into blood on the day of his martyrdom
HADEETH NO. 5
and in another narration it is written that jibrail said that i will show you soil from the place of death; and he brought some fists full of soil, and i placed it in a bottle; umm salma said that when the night of his martyrdom came; i heard someone saying
“o those who are killing hussien in ignorance, there is news of punishment and disgrace for you, and you have been cursed by the tongue of ibn daood, musa and esa”
umm salma said that i opened the bottle and it was blood, so i wept
HADEETH NO. 6
ibn saad narrates from shoobi that we were going with mola ali asws to siffen; and mola ali passed by karbala, which is by the side of furat opposite to nenwa; he stood there and asked the name of that land; so he was told that it is called karbala; so he wept; till his tears made the ground wet; then he said:- i went to holy prophet asws, and he was crying, so i asked:- why are you crying?; he said: jibrail came now, and said that my son hussein will be killed near furat, which is called karbala; then jibrail made me smell a fist (of that soil) and i could not control my tears
musnad ahmad also mentioned it; with some different words; that can be seen in previous discussion
HADEETH NO. 7
it is the narration where imam ali asws passed by the place of grave of imam hussein; and he wept;
HADEETH NO. 8
it is narration of ibn saad that speaks of the upper story of ayesha where jibrail brought news of martyrdom of holy imam asws
[al sawaiq ul mohariqa, ibn hajar, researched by abdul wahab abdul latif; page 192, fasl 3, 3rd print; kutb khana majeediya, multan, pakistan]
4-HOLY PROPHET asws ORDERED HIS SAHABA TO HELP HOLY IMAM asws
anas bin harith is one of the people of kufa, and he heard holy prophet asws that this son of mine will be martyred in karbala, so whosoever finds him, he should help him; and he embraced martyrdom with holy imam
scholars like ibn mundah have counted him in sahaba, and his view was backed by abu umar,, and abu ahmad askari, who said that it is proven that he is a sahani;
also, it is mentioned by ibn ather in ussud ul ghaba, under heading of harith bin nabeya, and he has added that when Holy prophet was telling this thing, imam hussein asws was in his lap
[usud ul ghaba, ibn ather, vol 1, page 203, urdu translation by abdul shakoor lakhnavi, printed pakistan, under heading anas bin harith and harith bin nabeea]
[al asaba, ibn hajar asqalani, vol 1, page 69, printed egypt, under heading anas bin harith]
5-CONDITION OF HOLY PROPHET asws ON THE DAY OF ASHURA
حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا عبد الرحمن ثنا حماد بن سلمة عن عمار بن أبي عمار عن ابن عباس قال رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في المنام بنصف النهار أشعث أغبر معه قارورة فيها دم يلتقطه أو يتتبع فيها شيئا قال قلت يا رسول الله ما هذا قال دم الحسين وأصحابه لم أزل أتتبعه منذ اليوم
قال عمار فحفظنا ذلك اليوم فوجدنا قتل ذلك اليوم
“abdullah bin abbas narrates that i saw holy prophet asws while sleeping in afternoon, his hair were scattered, and full of dust, and he had a bottle filled with blood; i asked him: my parents be sacrificed for you, what is this? He replied: this is the blood of hussein asws and his companions, i have been collecting it since day time
narrator said that when we calculated, it was the day holy imam asws embraced martyrdom”
AUTHENTICATION OF THE NARRATION
sheikh shoaib said:- chain is strong on the condition of muslim
[musnad ahmad, researched by sheikh shoabi, vol 4, page 59-60, narration 2165,printed in beirut]
sheikh ahmad shakir says:- chain is sahih
[musnad ahmad, researched by sheikh ahmad shakir, vol 4, page 26, narration 2165]
hakim says:- sahih on the condisiton of muslim, though he did not write
dhabi says:- on the condition of muslim
[mustadarak, with talkhes of dhabi, vol 4, page 312, narration 8368, printed by qadeemi kutb khana, pakistan]
wasi ullah bin mohammad abbas says:- chain is sahih
[fadail us sahaba, vol 2, page 778,first print, 1403, umm ul qura, mecca]
boseri says:- narrated by abu bakr bin abi sheebah and ahmad bin hanbal and ahmad bin manba and abd bin hameed with sahih chain
[itihaf ul khera ul mohra, shahab ud deen boseri, vol 7, page 238, narration 6754, printed beirut]
haithmi says:- narrated by ahmad and tabarani, and narrators of ahmad are narrators of sahih chain
[majma uz zawaid, researched by abdullah bin mohammad, vol 9, page 310, narration 15141, printed by dar ul fikr, beirut]
albani says:- chain is sahih
[mishkat ul masabeeh, tabrezi, researched by albani, vol 3, page 1741, narration 6172, printed by dar ul kutb, islami]
qurtubi says:- sanad is sahih, and there is no problem
and researcher of the book said:- isnaad strong on the condition of muslim
[tazkira, qurtubi, researched by sadiq bin mohammad ibrahim, page 1120, printed by dar ul minhaj, saudia]
ibn kather says;- isnaad strong
and researcher says:- isnaad sahih
[al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 573, first print, beirut]
other books which have mentioned this narration include
1- usud ul ghaba, ibn ather, vol 1, page 572, urdu translation by abdul shakor lakhnavi, printed pakistan, under heading imam hussein
2-al asaba, ibn hajar asqalani, vol 2, page 17, printed egypt, under heading imam hussein
3- al istiab, ibn abdul bar, vol 1, page 395, printed beirut, under heading imam hussein
DREAM OF UMM SALMA ON THE DAY OF ASHURA
salma narrates that i asked umm salma for the reason of weeping and asked: what made you cry? she said: i saw holy prophet asws in my dream, his hear and beard were filled with dust, i asked Him: why are you in this state? He replied: i have just seen hussein asws being martyred
this narration is present in the following books
1- jami tirmidhi, page 1028, narration 3771, chapter manaqib hasan and hussein asws, first print, 1426, dar ul kutb arbi, beirut
2- mustadarak imam hakim with talkhess dhabi, vol 4, page 387, narration 6895, chapter discussion of umm salma, printed qadeemi kutb khana, pakistan
3- tehzeeb ut tehzeeb, ibn hajar, vol 2, page 356, under heading imam hussein, first print, hind
4- al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11,page 574, first print, 1418, beirut
6-CONDITION OF UMM SALMA AFTER HEARING THE INCIDENT OF MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSEIN asws
shahr bin hoshab narrates that i was with umm salma, and we heard a person who came to umm salma, and told her:- hussein asws has been killed; umm salma said: they have done it; may allah fill their houses or graves with fire; and then she fainted with grief
[al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 574, first print, 1418]
[tareekh damishq, ibn asakar, vol 14, page 238, print 1415, dar ul fikr, beirut]
this narration is hasan
* LATMIYA/MARTHIYA AND WEEPING OF JINS ON THE MARTYRDOM OF HOLY IMAM asws
umm salma said that i heard jins weeping on the martyrdom of imam hussein asws
umm salma said that i heard jins reciting latmiya on martyrdom of imam hussein asws
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 575, first print, 1418]
[al maujam al kabeer, tabarani, vol 3, page 130, narration 2862, 2867]
wasi ullah said:- it is hasan
[fadail us sahaba, ahmad bin hanbal, researched by wasi ullah, vol 2, page 776, narration 1373, first print, 1403]
haithmi said: it is narrated by tabarani, and its narrators are narrators of sahih hadeeth
[majma uz zawaid, vol 9, page 321, narration 15179-15180]
ibn kather says after narrating it:- this thing is sahih/correct
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 9, page 240, chapter narrations about killing of hussein asws, first print, 1418]
umm salma narrates that i have heard jins reciting sad poetry on his martyrdom, and they were saying:-
“o those who killed hussein with ignorance! get the news of punishment and penalty
all people of skies, prophets, are praying against you
you have been cursed by the tongue of daood, musa and the one with injeel”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 575, first print, 1418]
abu khabab kalbi said that people of karbala always heard jins reciting sad poetry for imam hussein asws, and they said
“holy prophet touched his fore head with his hand; and its shine was in his cheeks, his parents were the greats of quriesh and his grand father was the best grand father”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 572, chapter narrations about killing of hussein asws, first print, 1418]
ibn asakar narrates that a group of people were going in fight to city of Rome, and they saw in a church
“the nation who martyred imam hussein, do they expect shafaat on the day of qayamat from his grand father?”
they asked: whom poetry is it? they were told that this was written 300 years before the arrival of their (holy) prophet asws
it is narrated that those people who killed imam hussein asws, they spent their night drinking wine; and they had head of imam hussein asws, so a pen made of iron appeared which wrote this on the wall
“the nation who martyred imam hussein, do they expect shafaat on the day of qayamat from his grand father?”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 573, first print, 1418]
ibn kather writes
when the caravan of ahlubait entered madina, one of the women of banu abdul motallab was there with open hair, and had placed her hand on her head; she came weeping and was reciting these verses
“when holy prophet told you that you were the last nation, and what did you do to my ahlubait and progeny after me that some of them are prisoners and some killed, who are drenched with blood, when i did good to you, is it not my right that you be careful to my relatives, what do you say about this?”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 9, page 242, first print, 1418]
ibn kather says
there are many sad poetry written for holy imam, but the best of these is written by hakim neshapuri who had inclination to shi’i thinkings
” o son of daughter of prophet! they brought your head drenched with blood,
o son of daughter of prophet ! they killed holy prophet by killing you
they killed you in state of thirst
and they did not bother about what is revealed and explained in regards to your martyrdom
they recited takbeer on your death
though they killed takbeer by killing you”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 9, page 243, first print, 1418]
* OPINION OF IBN KAHTER ABOUT GRIEF FOR HOLY IMAM asws
he said
it should be that every muslim should be sad for his martyrdom, no doubt he was syed of muslim, and amongst scholars and sahaba, and son of daughter of holy prophet asws, who was the greatest in His daughters, He was a worshipper, brave and open hearted”
[ al bidaya wa nihaya, ibn kather, researched by abdul mohsin turki, vol 11, page 579, first print, 1418]
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