The Mahdi Times December Issue | Page 61

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN IMAM HUSSAIN IBN ALI A.S AND IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN HASSAN A.S December 2011 By: Mufeed Bismillah hir Rahman ir Raheem In this blessed month of Muharram there is much to reflect on. In this article we will focus on the similarities between the situations of Imam Hussain (a.s) and Imam e Zamana (ajf). The stories of Imam Hussain (a.s) and Imam e Zamana (ajf) have many parallels:The Loyal Band of Shias- The Shias of Karbala The small but fiercely loyal group who made up the Ansar of Imam Hussain (a.s) were a small minority. The majority of people had abandoned Imam Ali, Ameer ul Momineen (a.s), and had either plotted to defame him, or were sheeple who blindly followed their puppet masters. Many just wanted to get on with life and make the best out of it, and not be bothered with matters like revolution and standing for truth. This left a small group of Shias who proclaimed love of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s)