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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Captivity Journey The Speech of Imam Zein El-Abedeen (Q) Yazeed gave his orders to bring a rostrum and a speaker to mention to the people the flaws of Imam Hussain (Q) and of his father Imam Ali (Q), so the speaker went up the podium and started by thanking Allah and praising Him, and he started to excessively slander Ali and Hussain (L), and exaggerated in praising Muawiya and Yazeed.

So, Imam Zein El-Abedeen Q yelled at him saying: "Woe to you O speaker, did you buy the approval of the creature with the exasperation of the Creator! Do await your place in Hell then". Then He (Q) said: "O Yazeed, allow me to climb up these sticks to say few words that would please God and grant these people good reward and compensation…" Yazeed denied him that, but the people said: "O prince of believers, give him the permission to speak, maybe we can hear something good from him".

So he told them: "if he goes up that rostrum, he shall never come down before humiliating me and the whole family of Abi Sufian…" Then they said: "How much could this one know?!" He said: "He is from a family that was fed the knowledge from birth…" They kept arguing till he allowed him to speak, so he climbed the rostrum, thanked God and praised him then he delivered a speech that caused the eyes to cry and the hearts to be terrified, and that is what he said: "O people, we were awarded six and distinguished by seven, we were awarded the knowledge, the tolerance, the indulgence, the eloquence, the courage, and the love in the hearts of the believers.

And we are distinguished as one of us is the Chosen (P), the Siddiq (Imam Ali), the Tayyar (Q) (meaning Jaafar Al-Tayyar), the lion of Allah and the lion of the Messenger of Allah (P), the Lady of all the women of the worlds Fatima Al-Batoul O, and from our family come the two grandsons of this nation and the two Masters of the youth in Heaven. Who had met me he should know me, and for he who does not know me I shall inform him of my parentage and lineage.