فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي دَعَا فِيهِ زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ- رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعاءِ فَاسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ أَمَرَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ فَنَادَتْ زَكَرِيَّا- وَ هُوَ قائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي الْمِحْرابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيى He -asws said: ‘This day, it is the day in which Zakariya supplicated to his -as Lord -azwj Mighty and Majetic. He said: ‘My Lord!
Grant me good offspring from You, surely You are the Hearer of the supplication’ [3:38] . So Allah -azwj Answered for him -as and Commanded the Angels, so they called out to Zakariya -as , as he stood praying in the Prayer Niche: ‘Allah Gives you the good news of Yahya [3:39] .
فَمَنْ صَامَ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ ثُمَّ دَعَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لَهُ كَمَا اسْتَجَابَ لِزَكَرِيَّا ع The one who fasts this day, then supplicated to Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, Allah -azwj would Answer for him just as He -azwj had Answered for Zakariya -as ’.
Al-Muharram, it is the month which the people of the Pre-Islamic period in the past used to Prohibit the injustices and the fighting during it due to its sanctity. 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!
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, and his -asws family members were killed with him -asws , eighteen men. There is no resemblance of theirs.