Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam Haq Hussain Maula Hussain Sayyedina AAqa Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu gets ready to go out into the battlefield. Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu ties the blessed turban of the Beloved Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam on his head, and the ‘cloth belt’ of his brother Sayyedina Imam Hassan on his waist. He took his blessed father, Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhum's sword, Zulfikaar, in his hands and advances to the battlefield. He gave one look at the veiled women, every one of them a shining example of patience and endurance. They had reached a stage beyond tears in their eyes for their hearts was crying tears of blood since they had lost their entire family. They watched as their last source of comfort, Sayyedina Aaqa Wa Maula Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu was also going out. He said to his wife, ‘Sherbanu Radi Allahu anha, I salute you for the last time. O Rhubarb! Look at me one time for you may not get this opportunity again. O Zaynab! Your brother is leaving; you are the daughter of the Conqueror of Khyber, Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhu, and the patient Lady Sayyeda Fatimah Radi Allahu anha so never stop being patient and perform any deed that disappoints Allah and His beloved Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam . O Zaynab Radi Allahu anha! Please never let my beloved daughter Sayyidah Sakina Radi Allahu anha cry. She is very dear to me, shower her with love and embrace her. I am now leaving and leaving you all in the hands of Allah.’ As he said this innocent Sakina came running and wrapped her arms around her fathers legs. Hazrath Bibi Rhubarb Radi Allahu anha came running placing her head on his shoulders and cried asking why he was leaving them. She said, ‘what will be our faith in the hands of these criminals?’ Sayyedina Aaqa Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu said, “Allah is with you. You are from his Prophets Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam Household. Allah will protect your dignity.” Sayyedina Maula Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu went out and untied his horse, Zuljanan, and was about to mount it. Bibi Zaynab Radi Allahu anha came out and said, ‘My brother I have come to see you off since, I will hold the reins while you mount for you had seen everyone else off, I will see you off.’ The crown off Sayyidah Fatimah Zahra Radi Allahu anha was going to be martyred. The grandson of the Holy Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam who had sacrificed his whole family in the path of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala was himself going out to be sacrificed. He faced the enemy and said look at me, who I am, ‘ I am the leader of the youths of paradise, that grandson of the Holy Prophet sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam whom he carried on his blessed shoulders, kissed my neck and cheeks often and proclaimed this is my blood. My mother is Fatimah Radi Allahu anha, the Flower (Zahra) and my father is Ali Radi Allahu anhu, the Elect (Murtuza), My maternal grandfather is the Prophet of Allah, the seal of Prophets, Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, the Chosen (Mustafa). I am him for whom the Holy Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam prolonged his prostration, when as a child I climbed on his back.’ He then said, ‘Come forth you who want to obliterate the household of your beloved Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. You who have cut out the flowers of the garden of Sayyidah Fatimah Radi Allahu anha and scattered them on the plains of Karbala. Come and have my blood on your hands also. I am the last remaining obstacle.’ The tyrants advanced, unsheathed their swords and straightened their spears. Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu unsheathed his sword and attacked them and they retreated like a flock of sheep or goats. He beheaded many and their severed heads were falling everywhere. He killed many despite being wounded and thirsty for three days. His sword, the Zulfikaar, displayed that same precision that it displayed at the Battle of Badr, in the hands of the ‘Lion of Allah’, Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhu. At Badr whilst fighting in the hands of Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhu, a recitation could be heard from the unseen saying: La fatah illah Ali, La saif illah Zulfikaar That sword showed the same spiritual strength that it showed at Badr. Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu slew many and took multiple wounds to his blessed body. Amr bin Saad ordered a combined volley of arrows to be shot at Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu. Arrows fired from four sides were shot and it pierced the body of Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu. Some arrows also pierced his horse. Being pierced by a multitude of arrows, he wiped his mouth and said, ‘O heartless tyrants! You have no pity for your Prophets Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam family. He looked up and he sees the Holy Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam standing in front of him with a bottle in his hand together with Hazrath Ali, Bibi Fatimah and Imam Hassan Radi Allahu anhum. They said, ‘O Hussain! Look we have come to take you.’ The Holy Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was collecting drops of Imam Hussain’s Radi Allahu anhu blood in the bottle and he was reciting: Allah humma atil Husaina sabrow wa ajra O Allah grant my Hussain patience and reward him The grandson of the beloved Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was drenched in blood and his blessed body was ripped. He fell from the horse the throne of Allah (arsh) shook and Hazrath Sayyidah Fatimah Zahra’s Radi Allahu anha blessed soul was disturbed. The apple of Sarwar-e-konain Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam blessed eye fell off and Hazrath Ali Radi Allahu anhusighed. Him whom Mukhtar-e-Qul Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam used to mount on his blessed back fell off his mount. As he fell Shimr and his heartless group approached him and put their sat on his blessed, blood drenched body. Shimr sat on his blessed chest and Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu said, ‘my grandfather had prophesized that only the heartless tyrants will spill the blood of his Household. You are that individual who is my murderer. O Shimr! Today is Friday (Yaum al-Jumua) all true believers prostrate to Allah, today , so please let me do prostration.’ Even at that critical moment Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu did not desire quenching his thirst or to see his children but to ensure that his head is subservient to Allah in prostration. His submission was for Allah, he never submitted to the forces of falsehood. He prostrated and performed his prayer and left a lesson for all mankind, for all times that the example of Hussain Radi Allahu anhu is this that although he is wounded and drenched in blood he does not forsake his prayer (salaah). So with his actions he proclaimed that if you truly love me take a lesson from my life. He placed his head on the ground in prostration and read, ‘Glorious is Allah, Most High! O Allah! If you accept my sacrifice then forgive the Community (Ummah) of my grandfather.’ At the moment of decapitation, Imam Hussain’s Radi Allahu anhu horse rubbed its forehead in his blood and ran. The horse attacked those that tried to stop it kicking and biting them to death. The horse killed over seventy warriors until Shimr ordered them to leave it alone. The horse ran to the tent of Imam Hussain Radi Allahu anhu and began wailing and crying. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi Rajeeun May Countless Salutation's be upon Sarwar-e-Konain Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, Aaqa Imam Hussain , Ahle Bayt al athar and all the martyr's of Karbala Shah ast Hussain Badshah ast Hussain Deen ast Hussain deen Panah ast Hussain sarr daad na daad dast dar daste Yazeed Haqqa ki bunai la ilaha ast husain
