December 2011
Hurr
By Jawad Hussain
When we hear the words of the grief stricken story of
Karbala, many names come to mind, names of those who laid
their lives for the preservation of Islam. There are the more
prominent martyrs, such as Qasim a.s, Abbas a.s and Ali Akbar
a.s. Prominent because there were the men from the family of
the Holy Prophet s.a.w and it was not entirely surprising that
they gave their lives for Islam. Then there were those friends of
Imam a.s who traveled to Karbala to fight against the armies of
Yazid l.a in defense of Imam Hussain a.s. These were people
like Habib ibne Mazaher and Muslim Bin Osajah pbuta.
But something astounding happened on the eve of Ashura,
the 10th of Muharram. Here, I would like to focus briefly on
Hur ibne Riyahee -Yarbu'I pbuh. He was a commander in the
Kufa army who had intercepted t