Readers must also understand that 'cursing' the killers of...

Readers must also understand that 'cursing' the killers of the Imam ('a) and his loyal companions cannot be merely reduced to personal enmity with the perpetrators of the heinous crime. If one looks at the 'reality of the matter' he/she would come to realize that the sum total of one's personality is one's deeds. Small wonder it is that Almighty Allah describes the son of Nuh as "innahu 'amalun ghayru salihin" (Surely he is a bad deed, Holy Qur'an, 11:46).

Therefore, our curse reflects (1) our hatred towards the deeds of the perpetrators of evil, and (2) our stance of being against them - Author Previous…