December 26, 2011
COMPANIONS OF IMAM HUSAIN A.S
AND THEIR MARTYRDOM
By: Nafasul Mahmoom by Sheikh Abbas Qummi
Hasan Sa'eed bin Hibatullah, renowned as Qutubuddin
Rawandi, relates through his chain of authorities from Imam
Mohammad al Baqir (A.S.), that before his martyrdom, Imam
Husain (A.S.) told his companions that his grandfather the Holy
Prophet (S.A.W.) had told him, "O my dear son! You shall be
killed at Iraq, and it is a place where the Prophets, their
successors and Apostles have met one another and it is
called Amoora. You shall be martyred at that place
alongwith a group of your companions. Your battle is
frigid and serene." Thus have glad tidings that by Allah if
they kill us, we shall go to the presence of our Prophet (S.A.W.).
Abu Hamza Sumali, relates from Imam Ali Zainul Abedeen
(A.S.) that he said:
On the night preceding his Martyrdom, my father
gathered his family and companions and said, "O people of
my family and my Shi'ah! Consider this night, which has
come to you as a mounting Camel and save yourselves,
for these people do not desire anyone else except me.
Then if they kill me, they shall not pursue you. May Allah
have mercy upon you! Save yourselves. Verily I lift the
responsibility of the allegiance and pledge which you
have taken at my hands."
Hearing this his brothers, relatives and companions
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unanimously said, "By Allah O our Master! O Aba Abdillah!
We shall never betray you, so that people may say that
we had abandoned our Imam, our Chief and Master,
until he was martyred. Then we would seek excuses
between ourselves and Allah. And we shall not leave you
until we ransom ourselves upon you." Imam said, "Verily
I shall be killed tomorrow and everyone from among
yourselves too shall be killed with me, and none among
you shall be spared." To which they replied, "Praise be to
Allah, that He has bestowed grace upon us to assist you,
and has offered distinction to us to get martyred along
with you. Then do we not endear that we should be along
with you in your elevated station (in Paradise) O son of
the Prophet of Allah"? Imam replied, "May Allah reward
you favourably" Then he prayed for them. When it dawned,
all of them were martyred.
Shaikh S