One who reads such a useless prayer...

One who reads such a useless prayer; there is no difference between his prayer and the prayers of the army of yazid (la). Prayer is an act of worship of Allah because of Imam Hussain (as). If you read prayer without Imam Hussain (as) then your prayer becomes the worship of shaitan. When you will give such great respect to the majalis of Imam Hussain (as), then certainly you will also respect the rules of the majalis and juloos.

Unfortunately, we respect majalis of Imam Hussain (as) but we do not respect the rules of majalis. We have included such things in the majalis which are totally against the spirit of azadari. One person is not responsible for this. The majority of people, zakirs, scholars, and also the azadars (mourners) of Imam Hussain (as) themselves are responsible for this.

We are pointing these things out so that you could remember them and hopefully will not allow any of these worldly aspects to be included in the holy remembrance of Imam Hussain (as). First Example Majalis of Imam Hussain (as) is coming to an end. The Zakir is reading masaib (sufferings), azadars (mourners) are weeping profusely and hitting their heads and chests, all of a sudden the zakir raises his hands and makes this dua: "O?my Lord!

Those who are jobless amongst these azadars, bless them with a job. Those who are childless, bless them with children. Those who are in jail, bless them with freedom. O?our Lord! Increase our rizq (sustenance)". He will also make many other duas like this. I assure you this is like you are ignoring the sufferings Ahlul Bayt (as) completely. Just stop for a moment and think; then you will be able to understand everything. When there is a death in one?s family, the dead body is laying there.

You go to visit and offer your condolences. You are also crying with his relatives. Then suddenly you ask them, "I need 10,000 rupees. Please give me". Tell me honestly, would you have the courage to ask them at that moment? Never. You know this is not a suitable time for asking such things. If that person is very generous he may give you money, but he will consider you to be a very selfish and cruel person. You will lose the respect in his eyes forever. Now imagine.

When you do this in majalis, you are not respecting Ahlul Bayt (as) the way you would a common person. Don?t you know Syeda (sa) comes Herself to the majalis? She gathers the tears of the azadars in Her Chadar. At that time, what do you prove by asking for worldly things?