STRAIGHTPATHMONTHLY December 2011
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This is all before the satellite channels that spread
the Message of Ahlul Bayt a.s. That was the first
time I heard in detail what happened in Karbala, as
a child I became attached Hussain a.s straight away
and that still remains. I learnt early on that the Pain
of Hussain a.s is the greatest Pain, so if I was upset
about something I would listen to Noha's and
Matam and Masaib which spoke about the
Calamities of Ahlul Bayt a.s and cry to those. It has
become a part of me that if I see anything I refer to
Ahlul Bayt a.s.
When I see a 6 month old baby, I always think
of Ali Asghar a.s, when I see a 4 year old girl, I think
Sakina a.s was that age, when I see a 13 year old, I
think of Qasim a.s, Aun a.s and Muhammad
a.s...When I have been ill, I always thought of Imam
Sajjad a.s who in his illness was whipped and
chained all the way to Shaam. Wallahi, since I have
known about Ahlul Bayt a.s I have forgotten
everything. When I came to know of Karbala, I
forgot myself completely. When I think of Hussain
a.s and everything that took place in Karbala and
then in Shaam, I swear as Allah swt is my Witness, it
is as though my soul screams to have been with them
and I am sure I am not the only one.
When I visited Zainab a.s in Shaam on my
Ziyarat, I remember just standing there and talking
to her, talking to her, talking to her about Karbala. I
was a few meters from her and I just could not
believe the daughter of my Master Ali a.s was right
in front of me. What I felt when I would visit her
Shrine, I cannot even explain. When I visited Sakina
a.s, the Darbaar where they were brought as
prisoners, I cannot explain. Even as I type this, I see
it all in my mind. I see the Bazaar that the children
of my Fatima a.s and Ali a.s were made to walk
through and Zainab a.s did not have a Veil and the
cursed ones would pelt them with stones... I see the
place where the head of my Master Hussain a.s was
put on the stone, and where my Imam Sajjad a.s
gave the Khutbah at the Darbaar of Yazid l.a... I
visited the grave of Fatima Sughra a.s, the
Mazlooma that was left behind, I visited Fizza pbuh,
who witnessed it all, from the broken ribs of Fatima
a.s to the murders of the ones at Karbala to the veils
being ripped off from the Daughters of Muhammad
s.a.w, Fizza pbuh was a wall for Zainab a.s when
they would throw stones at her, Wallahi, it never
leaves me. Everything has left me, but the pain of
Ahlul Bayt a.s.
When I think of the situation the Children of
Ali a.s and Fatima a.s were in and this was all 1400
years ago, time was the barrier that did not allow me
to be there and Ultimately Allah swt Uses Whatever
Tools He Wills and the Will of Allah swt is Just, but I
still have a guilt. How I wish I was there to sacrifice
everything for my Imams a.s and Hussain a.s. That
thought never leaves me. What can I do for my
Imams a.s?Mola Ali Waaris.
If only I was there when they stole Fadak from
Fatima a.s...If only I had sons to stand behind A