In a Hadith...

In a Hadith, for example, مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ لِنَفَرٍ عِنْدَهُ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ مَا لَكُمْ تَسْتَخِفُّونَ بِنَا قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ فَقَالَ مَعَاذٌ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ أَنْ نَسْتَخِفَّ بِكَ أَوْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ فَقَالَ بَلَى إِنَّكَ أَحَدُ مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِي فَقَالَ مَعَاذٌ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَسْتَخِفَّ بِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ أَ وَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ فُلَاناً وَ نَحْنُ بِقُرْبِ الْجُحْفَةِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ لَكَ احْمِلْنِي قَدْرَ مِيلٍ فَقَدْ وَ اللَّهِ أَعْيَيْتُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَفَعْتَ بِهِ رَأْساً وَ لَقَدِ اسْتَخْفَفْتَ بِهِ وَ مَنِ اسْتَخَفَّ بِمُؤْمِنٍ فِينَا اسْتَخَفَّ وَ ضَيَّعَ حُرْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from Saleh Bin Uqba, from Abu Haroun, who has said: Abu Abdullah -asws having said to a number (of people) who were in his -asws presence and I was present: ‘What is the matter with you all that you take us -asws lightly?’ A man from Khurasan stood up and said, ‘Allah -azwj Forbid that we should take you -asws or any of your -asws commands lightly’.

He -asws said: ‘Yes, you are one of those who take me -asws lightly’. He said, ‘Allah -azwj Forbid that I should take you -asws lightly’. He -asws said to him: ‘Woe be unto you, or did you not hear so and so, and we were near Al-Juhfa , and he was saying to you, ‘Give me a ride for about a mile, for By Allah -azwj , I have become (very) tired’?

By Allah -azwj , you did not even raise your head and took him lightly by it, and the one who takes one who Believes in us -asws lightly, has taken lightly and wasted the Sanctity of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic’. [12] Why are we walking from Najaf to Karbala? On the day of Ashura, when our Imam Hussain -asws was left alone, after the martyrdom of relatives and friends, Imam -asws looked at the sky and invited all living creatures and souls to come forward and pledged their support.

Imam -asws invited them by saying: “Hal Min Nasirin Yansurna” (“Is there anyone to extend support”). The ‘Nidah’ (Call of the Imam -asws ) was heard by all living beings as well as the souls of the Momineen – residing in ‘Alam-e-Arwah’ (worlds of the Souls).

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