STRAIGHTPATHMONTHLY December 2011
The Martyrdom of Hussain a.s
By Zolfigarr
When Hussain a.s woke up in the dawn of Ashura, he
prayed with his companions the morning prayer. He gave a
sermon to them while he Exalted Allah and Praised Him. He
said: "Allah has called for you to be killed and myself in
this day, so on you is to become patient and fight." So he
gathered them for war, and so they were 77. From amongst
them were horsemen and soldiers on foot.
Zuhair ibn Al Qain was made to be on the right flank and
Habeeb ibn Muthaaher on the left flank. And he(Hussain
pbuh) remained firm in the middle with his family and he gave
his great banner to his brother Abbas a.s. And so Omar son of
Sa'ad approached AlHussain with 30,000, and on his right was
Umr Ibn Al Hajjaj AlZabeedi and his left was Shimmr Ibn
Thuljawshan.
And leading the horsemen was Urwat Ibn Al-Qais, and
leading the men on foot was Shibath son of Ribi'and he gave
the banner to Duraida his servant. And so they began
marching around the tents while they observed the fire burning
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in the trenches. So Shimmr shouted at the peak of his voice
"O Hussein are you in a hurry after hellfire, before
judgement day?" So AlHussein a.s said: "Who is this, as if
its' Shimmr son of Jawshan?" So it was said: Yes!
AlHussain a.s said: "O son of a woman shepherd, you are
the first one to burn in it!"
And so Muslim son of Awsaja planned to shoot an arrow
towards him, so AlHussein prevented him and said: I hate to
start by fighting them. When AlHussein observed the great
amount of them (his enemies), as if they were a stream, he
lifted his hands up supplicating (in dua), and said "O Allah
you are my confidence against every tragedy and my
need against every severe occurrence. You are with me at
every matter that has been sent down against me in
confidence and amount. How many worries cause a
weakening to a heart, and a decrease to a strength, from
a betrayal of a friend, and vengeance from an enemy.
You sent it (this power) down by yourself, and so I