Imam Hussain -asws replied by reciting the following verses...
Imam Hussain -asws replied by reciting the following verses: I -asws shall go toward death and there is no shame for a man in death as long as his -asws intentions are based on the truth and he -asws fights (for Allah -zawj ) as a Muslim. (There is no shame in death for men) as long as they support the righteous ones -asws , fight the criminals, and abandon the sinners. (I -asws shall fight) and if I -asws live, I -asws shall not have any regrets. And if I -asws am killed, I will not be blamed.
Nothing is more humiliating than living under the humiliation of the oppressors. [40] The narrator of the Hadith says: Muhammad -asws Ibn ‘Ali (Imam Baqir -asws ) said: When Hussain -asws was about to leave Madina, the women of Bani Abdil Muttalib -asws gathered around him -asws and started mourning.
Imam Hussain -asws (stood up) and started walking among them and said, “I -asws ask You by Allah -zawj not to Disobey Allah -asws and His Messenger -saww by revealing this matter (publicly).” The women replied: Then who should we cry and mourn over if we do not mourn today, for today is like the day when the Rasool Allah -saww , Ali -asws , Syeda Fatimah -asws , …died. O the most loved one -asws from among (our loved ones) who have passed away!
We ask you -asws by Allah -zawj (to allow us) to be your -asws ransom to keep death away from you -asws . Then one of his -asws aunts came forth crying and said: O Hussain -asws ! I testify that I heard the jinn lament over you -asws and recite the following verses: Verily, the slain one from the family of Hashim -asws lowered the necks of the Quraysh and disgraced them. He -asws was the love of Rasool Allah -saww and he -asws was not an immoderate person.
(O Hussain -asws ) Your tragedy is the greatest tragedy and it has grieved everyone. Imam Baqir -asws added: The Jinn also recited the following poem: Weep over Hussain -asws , the master, the one whose death turned the hairs white. You have been afflicted with earthquakes and the moon has eclipsed because of his -asws killing. And the horizons turn red (everyday) at sunrise and sunset. And the sun has been covered with dust and the earths have been covered with darkness.
He -asws is the son of Syeda Fatimah -asws and the entire creation has been afflicted by his -asws tragedy. (After the killing of Hussain -asws ) we have lost our glory and we have inherited humiliation.