Husayn (as) was in the line of the prophets and their...

Husayn (as) was in the line of the prophets and their followers while the Umayyads, their helpers and governors took the path of the oppressors and despotic rulers. Historians inform us that when Imam Husayn (as) was leaving Medina he was repeatedly mentioning John, the son of Zachariah, and his murder. The values which distinguished Husayn's camp at Karbala were the same values and norms which characterized the prophets’ camp in history.

These values were belief in monotheism, remembrance of God, piety, sincerity, denouncing the world and its glory; perseverance and sacrifice in the path of God, establishing the prayer, paying zakat , bidding the good and forbidding the bad, waging jihad on the oppressors, justice and kindness. By contrast, the traits that characterized the Umayyad camp in Karbala were the same traits of the camp of oppressors, despots and dictators throughout history.

Husayn's (as) companions spent the night before the 10th of Muharram droning like…