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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Husyan the Sacrifice For Mankind Chapter 5: Benefiting From Ashura According to the Views of Imam Shirazi45 by Karim al-Mahrus46 ‘The month of Muharram is one of the months during which the people of pre-Islamic or pagan times prohibited fighting.

Later, in the same sacred month, our blood was spilt and our inviolability was violated and our progeny and women were made captive and our tents were put to the torch and our belongings were plundered and no inviolable thing that the Messenger of Allah had in us remained but it was violated. The Day of Husayn has blooded our eyes and let flow our tears and humiliated our beloved.

The land of Karbala47, the land of tragedy and affliction has made us heirs to tragedy and affliction until the last day.

So let the weepers weep over the like of Husayn, for weeping over him is a mitigation for grave sins.’ These are the words of Imam ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha alayhis-salam in which he depicts for us the extent of the recidivism of the Ummayad regime and the indelible mark that the slaughter of Imam Husayn alayhissalam left on the people of the Prophet’s household or his Ahl-ul-Bayt alayhis-salam. Such an immense tragedy it was and such a stain on the face of Islam.

However, one of the secrets of the magnitude of the day of Ashura lies in Imam Husayn’s alayhis-salam knowledge of the fate that awaited him and the pure people, his household.

He had certain knowledge that he would be martyred and he had alluded to this on many occasions in his sermons and speeches during his exit from Mecca and Medina, stating clearly that he was reconciling himself to meeting Allah and that he was determined to expend his lifeblood in the way of Allah and in the aid of the truth and in reviving the Islamic religion.

Through this knowledge and certainty, we can see the secret of the divine protection and concern afforded to this 45 This is the translation of an article that appeared in the Arabic Kuwaiti periodical ‘al- Minbar’, issue 11 (2nd Year), April 2001, p.18. Translated by Ali Adam, London. 46 A researcher in The Centre for Islamic Education, London. uprising and we can see the greatness of this spirit and the correctness of his reading of the state of the Islamic nation and government.