But this community did not recognise the sanctity of its...
But this community did not recognise the sanctity of its month nor the sanctity of their Prophet -saww . They killed in this month, his -saww children, and they made captives of his (Al-Husayn -asws ’s) womenfolk, and they plundered his -asws belongings. May Allah -azwj not Forgive them that, ever!
يَا ابْنَ شَبِيبٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ بَاكِياً لِشَيْءٍ فَابْكِ لِلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّهُ ذُبِحَ كَمَا يُذْبَحُ الْكَبْشُ وَ قُتِلَ مَعَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مَا لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ شَبِيهُونَ O Ibn Shabeeb! If you were to cry for something, then cry for Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , for he -asws was slaughtered like what the ram tends to be slaughtered.
Eighteen men from the people of his -asws household, who had no equal on earth, were murdered with him -asws .
وَ لَقَدْ بَكَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ لِقَتْلِهِ وَ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ لِنَصْرِهِ فَوَجَدُوهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ فَهُمْ عِنْدَ قَبْرِهِ شُعْثٌ غُبْرٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَقُومَ الْقَائِمُ فَيَكُونُونَ مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ وَ شِعَارُهُمْ يَا لَثَارَاتِ الْحُسَيْنِ And the seven skies and the earths had cried for his -asws killing, and four thousand Angels had descended to the earth to help him -asws , but they found to have already been killed, so (now) they are by his -asws grave, unkempt, dusty, up to the rising of Al-Qaim -asws , and they would be from his -asws helpers, and their slogan is: ‘يَا لَثَارَاتِ الْحُسَيْنِ’ ‘The revenge for Al-Husayn -asws !’ يَا ابْنَ شَبِيبٍ لَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا قُتِلَ جَدِّيَ الْحُسَيْنُ أَمْطَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ دَماً وَ تُرَاباً أَحْمَرَ O Ibn Shabeeb!
It has been narrated to me -asws , from my -asws father -asws , from his -asws grandfather -asws that when my -asws grandfather -asws Al-Husayn -asws was killed, the sky rained blood and the soil reddened. يَا ابْنَ شَبِيبٍ إِنْ بَكَيْتَ عَلَى الْحُسَيْنِ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ دُمُوعُكَ عَلَى خَدَّيْكَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتَهُ صَغِيراً كَانَ أَوْ كَبِيراً قَلِيلًا كَانَ أَوْ كَثِيراً O Ibn Shabeeb!
If you were to cry upon Al-Husayn -asws until your tears flow upon your cheek, Allah -azwj would Forgive for you every sin you have committed, be it minor or major, whether these were few or a lot. يَا ابْنَ شَبِيبٍ إِنْ سَرَّكَ أَنْ تَلْقَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَا ذَنْبَ عَلَيْكَ فَزُرِ الْحُسَيْنَ ع O Ibn Shabeeb!
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