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you O son of the Prophet of
Allah"! Imam would reply to their
salutations and would say, "Very soon
we too shall follow you." Then he
recited the following verse of the
Qur'an; "Of the believers are the
men who are true to what they
covenanted with Allah, of them is
he who fulfilled his vow and of
them is he who awaits (its
fulfilment), and they have changed
not in the least."[67]
"The cup of death rotates above
them, and they have closed their
eyes against the world, similar to
an inebriate, their bodies have
reached death upon the earth in his
love, and they souls have ascended
in the curtains upon the high
heavens, then they have not
occupied a place except near their
friend, but they have not ascended
due to anxiety."
Sayyed ibne Tawoos says that the
companions of Imam Husain (A.S.)
competed with one another to sacrifice themselves for him.
They were such as has been said regarding them: "They are
group who are called to defend at times of anxiety, and
some of the soldiers are occupied in striking with the
spears and some to gather the valorous, they have worn
their hearts upon their armours, as if they preceded one
another in sacrificing their lives."
Shaikh Ibne Nima says regarding their valour, self-sacrifice
and their defence (of the son of the Prophet of Allah): "When
they lift up their whitish coloured lances and resolve
firmly, then the Lions of the thicket flee away in fright, to
the name of the mill-stone of the ferocious battle are
warrior weapons, when they lay siege their adversaries
are in a loss, when they dig their legs in the battlefield,
then their promised place is the day of Qiyamah."
Ibne Abil Hadeed in his Sharhe Nahjul Balagha says, that
a person who was among the army of Umar bin Sa'ad in
Karbala was asked, "Woe be to you! You have murdered
the progeny of the Prophet of Allah"? To which he replied,
"Put stones in between your teeth (keep quite)! If you had
seen (that day) what we saw, you too would have done
what we did. Valorous persons equipped with swords,
who were similar to the male Lions, attacked us. They
would fling the valourous on the left and right and would
fall upon death. They would not accept protection, nor be
allured by wealth. There was nothing for them except
acquiring dominion or death. If we had held back our
hands from them even for a short time, they would have
annihilated our entire army. What would we have done
at that moment"?
Shaikh Abu Umro Kashshi says that Habib was one of
those seventy men, who had assisted Imam Husain (A.S.). They
were forwarding their chests in front of the lances and their
faces (in front) of the edge of the swords. They were offered
protection and abundant wealth, but they refused to accept the
same saying, "We do not have any excuse to offer the Holy
Prophet (S.A.W.) that we remained alive while Imam
Husain (A.S.) was killed, until we all are killed."
I (the Author) say that, The companions of our Master
Imam Husain (A.S.) hold a great right upon all the Muslims. It
is appropriate that here we quote a short couplet from their
praises thus fulfilling an insignificant part of their rights, for
they were similar to what has been said by their eulogisers.
[Here the author quotes two couplets, which I forego]
(Here ends the first volume of Nafasul Mahmoom to be
followed InshAllah by the second one).
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Notes
[61] Surah al Qamar: 4-5.
[62] Surah al Ahzab: 23
[63] Salatul Khawf - Daily Prayers of a person,
which in war or similar circumstances, is offered in a
special and shortened way.
[64] Surah al Mo'min: 30 - 33.
[65] The entire episode of the martyrdom of Umro
bin Humaq has been discussed separately in Section 9
under Chapter 2 of this book.
[66] Refer to the entire episode in Section 18 of this
book.
[67] Surah al Ahzab: 23