I asked the reason and the Prophet said...

I asked the reason and the Prophet said: ‘Jibraeel has informed me that my son would be martyred and Jibraeel has given me red dust of his grave.’” According to the tradition of Seerate Muhammad[^7], when Imam Husayn (a.s.) was martyred, blood rained from the sky and vessels became full of blood, the sky became so dark that stars were visible and blood oozed from beneath the stones. It is also mentioned in this book that blood rained on every house of Khorasan and Syria.

This shows that the sky and other things were all mourning for Imam Husayn (a.s.). Shame on such Muslims, who refuse to mourn for Imam Husayn (a.s.). How amusing that Pir Dastagir writes in Ghaniyatu Talibeen that “Ashura (10th Mohurrum) is a day of feast and celebration.

We should not mourn this day, because it is of cheerfulness and we should be happy on this day; Ahlul Sunnat will be rewarded if they do so.” Ahlul Sunnat should decide whether we should be aggrieved or happy on the day of Ashura? But since their leader, Ghausul Aazam advises them to be happy, it is better for them to do so!

Enough in justification of lamentation and elegy is that dirges are found even in the Sunni book of Madaraj Nubuwwah and also Shah Abdul Aziz Dehalvi has written them in Sirre Shahadatain.

What else can it be except that lamentation and reciting of dirges is absolutely lawful for Shias, because when the caravan of the captives of the family of the Prophet returned to Medina from Syria, Imam Zainul Aabideen (a.s.) asked Bashir to recite a dirge for the martyrs of Karbala’ and inform the people of Medina of the return of the family of the Prophet.

Bashir says: “I mounted my horse and was reciting couplets of the dirge about the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (a.s.) in a loud voice.” Thus, he arrived at the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (S) and saw some women in veils who came out of their houses weeping. All men and women were wailing and reciting dirges. Why followers of the Imam should not weep and lament? People will cry in future as people lamented before.

But since Ahlul Sunnat follow Pir Dastagir, they cannot join the mourning of Imam Husayn (a.s.). Poor people, they are quite helpless. What can they do? [^1]: Vol. 4, Pg. 611 [^2]: Pg. 144 [^3]: Vol. 1, Pg. 168 [^4]: Pg. 108 [^5]: Pg. 406 [^6]: Pg. 562 [^7]: Pg. 474 Previous…