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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Husain ('a) The Great Disaster in Islam Imam Husain (‘a) in his childhood and infancy spent his life in the care of his grandfather, the Holy Prophet (s). He showered him with his kindness and affection and made him blessed with his love and regard and he benefited from all these. And he tried to show him the right path and the straight way till his senses achieved improvement and his qualities matured even though he was just a child.

This brief period that he spent with his grandfather was the most important period of Islamic History. Because it was during this period that the Messenger of Allah (s) established and strengthened the pillars of his government and he built them on the foundation of knowledge and faith and he terrified the soldiers of polytheism and destroyed the foundation of apostasy. And Islam in a good way and powerful arms stood upon its own feet.

And the brilliant successes of the Messenger of Allah (s) and his companions took a shape step by step and people entered the religion in groups and the Islamic law spread in most of the areas of Arabian Peninsula.

In the frenzy of his manifest successes the Prophet realized that his life was at its end and his tenure in his world was about to conclude, because he had fulfilled the responsibility entrusted to him and established his great religion till his steps are instrumental in the guidance of humanity and disciplining of their behavior.

On the basis of this it was appropriate that he should say farewell to life…And we shall discuss here some parts of the great tragedy that struck Muslims and we shall cast a glance at that dangerous accident that happened at that time, because those events are related to the topic of our discussion and they fix many causes and calamities that Imam Husain (‘a) had to bear with Ahle Bayt (‘a) and difficulties and problems that befell upon them. All these have a close connection with these events.

Sign of Passing away Impending demise and separation from the life of the leader, the salvation giver and the teacher, His Eminence, the Messenger of Allah (s) became apparent, because continuous signs were appearing to prove this matter, and they were as follows: The Quran was revealed on the Messenger of Allah (s) twice and this made The Holy Prophet (s) realize that the end was definitely near.

[1] That is why He began to talk about his passing away and spread the word about his separation from the Muslims.