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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Uprising of Ashura and Responses to Doubts The Reasoning behind Crying about the Sufferings of the awliya’ of Allah Crying out of sorrow for the awliya’ of Allah, especially the Doyen of Martyrs, Aba ‘Abd Allah al-Husayn (as), is compatible with sound logic and reason.

Shedding tears for the (as) has many positive effects and benefits, some of which we will now refer to: Crying for the , especially Imam al-Husayn (as), is one of the important ways of manifesting one’s love for them, which (as shown in previous chapters) has been ordered by Allah and is also confirmed by logic and reason. Shedding tears is one of the ways to venerate the signs of Allah, because by crying we show our compassion and acceptance of the purpose and struggle of the (as).

Crying for al-Husayn (as) is a means of repentance. Shedding tears for Imam al-Husayn (as) is a means of returning to that which is all-good and pure, because there is no personal interest involved in crying for Imam al-Husayn (as). On the contrary, we shed tears for him because he is the child of Allah’s Prophet (S) and because his essence and nature possesses all the beautiful attributes.

We cry for Imam al-Husayn (as) because he was oppressed, wronged and martyred on a mission to revive the religion of Allah. Crying for such people is in reality an act of repentance and gaining proximity with that which is all-good and pure.

It has been recounted in Islamic traditions [ hadith s] that Paradise becomes incumbent upon every person who cries, incites others to cry, or forces oneself to cry for Imam al-Husayn (as) because this type of crying is an act of remorse and returning to Allah, the Exalted. As long as man has not examined his inner conscience and spirit and by means of such introspection gotten in contact with the awliya’ of Allah, especially Imam al-Husayn (as), his heart cannot break and his tears cannot flow.

Crying for Imam al-Husayn (as) is a means for a limited human being to get in contact with an infinite being by way of internal intuition. It is clear that through such connection, a limited being can become unlimited. A good example of this is a limited amount of water that collects in a place. If it is not attached to an unlimited sea, it either becomes polluted or dries up, due to the intensity of heat, in a very short period of time.