Azadaran!
Knowledge of God is
foundation and basis of discernment, wisdom, knowing and acquaintance
While sciences are found in
four principles. Hazrat Sufyan bin Ayniah narrates that he heard Hazrat
Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq (A.S.) saying:
First that you
recognize your Lord, second that you know what He did with you, third
that you know what He wants from you in return of blessings, fourth
that you know the thing which will expel you from the religion and
will extinguish lights of your soul.
Scholars and jurists agreed
upon that denial of religion and Shariah (Islamic jurisprudence/divine
law), and even one of its basics, necessities and axioms is infidelity.
And Yazid (A.L.) is he who denied Wahi (divine revelation) and Ilham
(inspiration) saying:
After the Day of Ashura,
family of infallibility and cleanness on whose infallibility Quran
stands witness
Were moved from city to city
tied in ropes and chains seating them on bare camels, caused them to
pass by bazaars and courts of Kufa and Syria and at least brought to
Syria.
Court of Yazid (A.L.) was
decorated, he asked for oat wine and said while taking few sips of it
and giving it to one of his allies that it is blessed wine; its blessing
is that when we drink it, head of our enemy Hussain is on our table;
our table is spread and we are engaged in food and drink with
satisfaction.
Observing this heart-rending
scene, Ambassador of Rome who was present in the court asked Yazid (A.L.):
Whose head is this? Tell me so that I could tell Caesar about the
merriments which you are celebrating. Yazid (A.L.) replied: Its of
Hussain, son of Fatimah bint-e-Muhammad. The envoy inquired: That
Muhammad who is your Prophet? Exactly, answered Yazid (A.L.). The
emissary said: My father is from the seed of prophet Daoud (A.S.) with a
gap of several generations, but still the followers of Prophet Daoud (A.S.)
respect us. You should be known that a church was erected at the site of
foot of the ass which was once mounted by Prophet Issa (A.S.), and
people make a pilgrimage to it. On the other, you have killed your own
prophets son and then are celebrating it while there is no generation
gap between Prophet (S.W.) and Fatimah (A.S.). What kind of religion is
yours?
On this, Yazid (A.L.) went
beside himself with rage and ordered to kill the ambassador. The
emissary said: Do you wanna kill me? Listen! Last night I saw holy
Prophet (S.W.) in my dream. He (S.W.) gave me glad tidings of paradise.
When I woke up, I was surprised, but now I have got interpretation of my
dream. Therefore, he recited kalimah (adopted Islam), embraced the holy
head of Hussain (A.S.), kissed it, screamed and wept. It is reported
that at the time of murder of the envoy of Rome, all audience heard this
voice:
On this occasion,
lion-hearted daughter of Lion of Allah (A.S.) cast a wrathful look at
the court and said: Yazid how dare you! She continued:
Evil was
the end of evil-doers, because they had denied the revelations of
Allah and scoffed at them
O Yazid! Do you think that
you have narrowed down earth and heaven on us, made us prisoners and
moved us city to city, and you think that you have disgraced us, do you
think that you have gone near to Allah thats why you see with
haughtiness and walk with arrogance and go beside yourself noticing
affairs of State. Be in senses! have you forgotten every commandment of
Allah?
Infidels should not consider that the respite
which is given to them is best opportunity for them. This is their
trial so that they may further transgress. For them is disgracing
punishment.
Hazrat Zainab (A.S.) ended
her address with these words:
By God! You cannot turn
our remembrance out from the hearts, nor you could erase Wahi and
Ilham (revelation and inspiration), you cannot reach to our status,
cannot wash out stain of this oppression and transgression that you
have incurred upon you, you are not trusted upon, time of your rule is
little, very soon your association will be scattered and on that day a
hidden voice will be heard that curse of Allah be upon oppressors.
At this stage, when Yazid
perceived color of the court has been changed, he ordered to take
Ahl-e-Bait-e-Atahar (A.S.) back to the prisons. Address of Zainab (A.S.)
brought a revolution, Syria echoed with the cries and wails of daughters
of family of Ahl-e-Bait-e-Atahar (A.S.) and people of Syria also began
crying, women of Yazid and Aal-e-Abu Sufyan took off jewelries and wore
mourning dresses.
Yazid (A.L.) ordered Noman
bin Bashir Ansari to immediately make arrangements for travel of
Khanwada-e-Rasul (A.S.) and dispatch them to Medina. According to a
tradition Noman bin Bashir while another report say Bashir bin Jarlam
was sent with the convoy of Ahl-e-Haram. When this convoy reached at the
route of Iraq and Medina, it turned to Karbala. They found Jabir bin
Abdullah Ansari (R.A.) was there along with some of his comrades for
visitation to Hussain (A.S.); cries and lamentation were raised, heaven
trembled, women from vicinities also landed there, Hazrat Zainab (A.S.)
came in center, tore her garments in profound grief and chanted
Then dropped her on the grave
of Hussain (A.S.) while weeping, fainted and she was about to depart.
This was 20 Safar, Day of
Arbaeen-e-Hussaini, day of bold confrontation of those who martyred in
the way of Allah in the desert of Karbala, a day of greatest sacrifices
of holy Prophet (S.W.)s grandson (A.S.) and his 72 near and dear ones
who by giving their blood and bearing imprisonment of women of
infallibility not only provided basis of freedom to freedom-fighters and
lovers of achievement of human rights, whether they belong to Kashmir,
Palestine, or Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan or any other part of the world,
but also fixed Serat-e-Mustaqeem (straight path) for them. This is the
same straight path which is alive and by walking on it we could not only
eradicate taghoti oppression and colonial and Zionist transgression
rather could save whole humanity getting rid of them forever and raising
the flag of justice.
Hazrat Zainab binte Ali (A.S.)
and Imam Zain-ul Abideen (A.S.) fulfilled their responsibilities with
this great honour and dignity that they made tragedy of Karbala
everlasting forever. They not only turned direction of history rather
uprooted dictatorship and Yazidiyat. Ergo, even this day Yazidiyat,
Istemariyat (colonialism) and Sehuniyat (Zionism) are afraid of
Hussainiyat.
Extending condolence and
consolation to friends of Mazlumiyat (oppressed-ness) and Din-o-Shariah,
matmis, azadaran and followers of Zainab (A.S.) and Zain-ul Abideen (A.S.),
we pledge that we will never forget their (A.S.) greatest sacrifices;
Azadari of Imam-e-Mazloom (A.S.) is a live example of it, which we
consider our duty and responsibility.
By your (A.S.) holy
grandfather Muhammad Rasul-Ullah (S.W.) and Ali Wali-Ullah (A.S.), we
will never let any harm to come upon it. Our generations after
generations will also be under obligation to you. A poet says:
(Both colored the tragedy of Karbala. Shabbir (A.S.)
initiated while Zainab (A.S.) culminated.)
Wassalam
Foot-dust of Azadaran-e-Syed-ush Shuhada (A.S.)
(AGHA SYED HAMID ALI SHAH MOOSAVI)
Chief Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Pakistan
20 Safar-ul Muzaffar, 1426 Hijra
31 March 2005
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