[4] Imam Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws has said...

[4] Imam Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws has said, ‘When all that happened to Imam Al-Hussain -asws had happened, the angels -as wept and cried before Allah -azwj and said, “How could such a thing happen to Imam Al-Hussain -asws Your -azwj Chosen one -asws and the grandson of Your Prophet -saww ?

The Imam -asws has said that Allah -azwj , then Showed them the shadow of ‘Al-Qa‘im’ (the one who will rise with Divine Authority and Power) and said, ‘Through him -ajfj I -azwj will Bring the perpetrators to My Justice.

[5] Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws (5 th Imam -asws ) has said, When (Divine) support came to Imam Al-Hussain -asws ibn Ali -asws it filled from earth to the Heavens and then he -asws was given the choice to have victory or to meet Allah -azwj , but he -asws chose the Iatter (to meet Allah -azwj ). [6] It has been narrated through a chain of trustworthy followers of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws that ‘When Imam Al-Hussain -asws was murdered people wanted to run horses over his (Imam al-Hussain -asws ’s) body.

Fizza -ra (the elderly servant of Syeda -asws the daughter of the Holy Prophet -saww ) then said to the elder sister of Imam Hussain -asws , ‘My lady -asws , there was a shipwreck and Safina came out on an Island face to face with a lion. He (Safina) said to the lion, “O Abu Al-Harith, I am a slave of the Rasool Allah -saww .” The lion murmured in front of him and showed him the way. There lives a lion in this area.

Allow me to go and inform him of what the people intend to do to Al-Hussain -asws tomorrow.’ The narrator has said that she (Fizza -ra ) went to the lion and said, ‘O Abu Al-Harith, and the lion raised his head. She asked, “Do you know what these people intend to do to (the body) of Imam Hussain -asws ? They intend to run horses over his -asws body.’ The narrator has said that the lion walked (all the way) and placed both of his hands over the body of Al-Hussain -asws .

When the horsemen came they found the lion in that, position and Umar ibn Sa’d (may he fall in condemnation of Allah -azwj ) told them, ‘It is mischief Do not bother and turn back. They turned back (on that day).’ [7] (The narrator says) I heard Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws say, ‘After Imam Al-Hussain -asws was martyred his -asws wife, who was from the tribe of al-Kalb, began to organize a mourning gathering. Syeda -asws wept and the ladies and servants wept until their tears dried up.

There was one female servant (slave) who wept and her tears would not stop.