The Roots of Karbala
The sacred blood of Imam Hussain, his family, and his companions (peace be upon them) was spilled on the planes of Karbala on the 10th of Muharram. Their mutilated bodies lay on the sand with their heads raised on spears. Women, children, and the sick Imam Zain Al-Abideen (peace be upon them) were taken captives.
Surely, Aushra is a tragedy like no other, but the reality of this tragedy was not limited to the year 61AH*. The horror of what was done to the Prophet’s household (peace be upon them) was not the act of the Umayyad dynasty alone. The injustice that took place in Karbala was the fully grown evil tree of the seed planted 50 years ago in Medina.
Surely, Aushra is a tragedy like no other, but the reality of this tragedy was not limited to the year 61AH*. The horror of what was done to the Prophet’s household (peace be upon them) was not the act of the Umayyad dynasty alone. The injustice that took place in Karbala was the fully grown evil tree of the seed planted 50 years ago in Medina.
Women, Children… So What?
The massacre of Imam Hussain and his companions was not enough. The likes of Umar ibn Sa’ad and Shimr were reported burning the tents of which the women and children stayed in during the battle, beating both the women and children with whips, and then tying and dragging them from city to another on foot.
The massacre of Imam Hussain and his companions was not enough. The likes of Umar ibn Sa’ad and Shimr were reported burning the tents of which the women and children stayed in during the battle, beating both the women and children with whips, and then tying and dragging them from city to another on foot.
One wonders how such injustice can happen. But how can we be surprised when 50 years before the battle, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, shortly after his death, was beaten with a whip until her arm blackened, her eyes became red, and the earrings from her ears shattered by the force of the hands that struck her. This was their Prophet’s daughter, and this was how she was treated. All this happened right before the very eyes of her young children, Hassan, Hussain, and Zainab.
The beating was not enough, they had to burn the door of her home, the very same door that the Prophet stood behind and knocked for permission to enter. When the abuser was warned about Lady Fatima being inside the house he was threatening to burn, he said, “so what?”
The beating was not enough, they had to burn the door of her home, the very same door that the Prophet stood behind and knocked for permission to enter. When the abuser was warned about Lady Fatima being inside the house he was threatening to burn, he said, “so what?”
Spare no Child
The attack on Lady Fatima not only injured her own body, but caused her to miscarry her baby. The evil were not satisfied with the beating and burning, so they crushed her between the burning door and wall. Her chest was pierced with nails, her ribs broken, and her child miscarried. She was hurt, injured, and left bleeding by the enemies of God. This shows the cruelty of the attackers; not only did they disregard her life, but the life an unborn baby.
The attack on Lady Fatima not only injured her own body, but caused her to miscarry her baby. The evil were not satisfied with the beating and burning, so they crushed her between the burning door and wall. Her chest was pierced with nails, her ribs broken, and her child miscarried. She was hurt, injured, and left bleeding by the enemies of God. This shows the cruelty of the attackers; not only did they disregard her life, but the life an unborn baby.
The Umayyads followed this terrible legacy by killing an infant. One of the most heartbreaking moments in Karbala was the martyrdom of the six-month-old Ali Al-Asghar (peace be upon him). He was a baby whose only ‘crime’ was being the son of Imam Hussain, yet Yazid’s army did not spare even an infant, they infact, they slaughtered him.
Maybe, the mother of Ali-Al-Ashghr found solace in Mohsin (peace be upon him), who was martyred with and inside his mother before even having a chance in this world. Yes, the heinous act of massacring innocent children did not begin in Karbala. We saw it 50 years earlier in Medina.
Maybe, the mother of Ali-Al-Ashghr found solace in Mohsin (peace be upon him), who was martyred with and inside his mother before even having a chance in this world. Yes, the heinous act of massacring innocent children did not begin in Karbala. We saw it 50 years earlier in Medina.
The Roots Indeed
The murderers who fought Imam Hussain in Karbala had no mercy whatsoever, no respect for their prophet’s family. However, it is one thing to slaughter and kill the voice and embodiment of God’s message, Imam Hussain, whoever agrees with him, and his family of innocent children, but it is another thing to do all that whilst still claiming to belong to the same religion of those you’ve killed. One could ask: Where from does such evilness reek?
The answer lies in the cries of Lady Fatima. If the daughter of the Prophet was treated with such cruelty by the Prophet’s hypocritical companions, it comes to no surprise that there were so-called ‘Muslims’ in Karbala who fired spears and arrows at the grandson of their Prophet.
The tragedy of Medina was the path that paved the road for the enemies of Ahul Al-Bayt* to commit the heinous acts on the 10th of Muharram. The act that Imam Hassan (peace be upon him) summarized very well by saying, “No day is like your day O’ Aba Abdullah*.”
The murderers who fought Imam Hussain in Karbala had no mercy whatsoever, no respect for their prophet’s family. However, it is one thing to slaughter and kill the voice and embodiment of God’s message, Imam Hussain, whoever agrees with him, and his family of innocent children, but it is another thing to do all that whilst still claiming to belong to the same religion of those you’ve killed. One could ask: Where from does such evilness reek?
The answer lies in the cries of Lady Fatima. If the daughter of the Prophet was treated with such cruelty by the Prophet’s hypocritical companions, it comes to no surprise that there were so-called ‘Muslims’ in Karbala who fired spears and arrows at the grandson of their Prophet.
The tragedy of Medina was the path that paved the road for the enemies of Ahul Al-Bayt* to commit the heinous acts on the 10th of Muharram. The act that Imam Hassan (peace be upon him) summarized very well by saying, “No day is like your day O’ Aba Abdullah*.”
