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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Maqtal al-Husayn Mourning Al-Husayn Among such benefits is the intensive urge (which reaches the limit of consecutive reporting) to weep over what happened to the Master of Martyrs, so much so that it has been reported that one who sheds a tear as little as the wing of a fly, his tear will put out the fire of hell.

The reason behind that is: One cannot shed a tear except when he is emotionally moved and is deeply distressed because of what he or someone to whom he/she is attached had to endure. Undoubtedly, we see such a person moved by something else which is: enmity and contempt for all the injustice and suffering inflicted. The Imams are the most knowledgeable of all people on account of their conditions and circumstances that testify to their mission.

They used to seek all means to attain their objectives. One of those means, which obligate one to abandon the enemies of Allah and His Messenger (S), is their order to weep over the tragedy that befell al-Husayn (‘a) because it requires the bringing to memory of the heart-rending cruelty, to its emotional effects, and to the renunciation of whatever does not agree with their line.

This is the implication of the statement made by al-Husayn (‘a), wherein he said, “I am the one killed and for whose killing tears are shed; no mu'min remembers me without shedding his tears.” A believer, who is bonded to al-Husayn (‘a) with the bond of loyalty and support, finds himself moved and his heart distressed with regard to any harm or peril the Imam (‘a) had to undergo, and such a feeling intensifies when calamities reach their peak.

To sum up, the Master of Martyrs did not mean, by saying, “I am the one killed and for whose killing tears are shed ,” that his being killed was solely for the purpose of people weeping over him and receiving their rewards in the hereafter, without mentioning any other effect resulting from his being killed other than people weeping over him.

How can this be so especially in the presence of other effects the most important of which is to keep the pristine Shari’a alive and to correct what went wrong of the knowledge of guidance and the dissemination of reform among the nation and acquainting people of the oppression of the oppressive rulers who pursue their ambition? But the reason for such an addition is underscoring the relationship between what reference he made to his being killed and mourning him.