The Mahdi Times November 2011 | Page 9

are truly the Mercy of Allah swt. The more I learn about them, the more I want to sacrifice all I have for them,Inshallah,Mola Ali Waaris. It was the beautiful Ikhlaaq, unmatched wisdom and Purity which pulled people to them and it was also these things that the Devils in human form envied them and eventually killed them. May Allah swt Curse the Oppressors and Murderers of Ahlul Bayt a.s.  Hisham bin Abdel Malik l.a was not happy with the progress our fifth Imam a.s was making in reaching out to the people of not only Madinah but throughout the Muslim Lands. This spiritual influence would change into political influence and this would jeopardize the Caliphs own position as head of the state. The more the Ummayad Government learnt about pieces of cloth. These included a Imam’s prestige and popularity, the Yamani sheet which he used to put on more intolerable his existence became.  Friday prayers and a shirt which he always wore. He was laid to rest At last they resorted to the same underneath the same dome in Jannatul soundless weapon, poison which used Baqii where Imam Hasan a.s and to be applied by the cunning Imam Zain ul Abideen a.s were buried. monarchs quite often to eliminate their opponents or suspects. A saddle My deepest Condolences to was presented to the Imam in which Muhammad al Mahdi a.s and Ahmed poison was applied most skilfully. al Hassan a.s for the murder of their When he mounted on it the poison grandfather Muhammad Baqir a.s.  effected his whole body. After few days There are not enough words to in pain the Imam was martyred on 7th describe the pain and the loss felt by of Dhu al Hijjah 114 Hijri. According to his Will he was shrouded in three these atrocities committed against your Holy Household.   May Allah swt Hasten your Emergence, O Imams a.s from Ahlul Bayt a.s so that you may avenge the many injustices done against your family and may your followers walk behind you and give everything in this cause, Inshallah, Mola Ali Waaris. Hazrat Muslim bin Aqeel a.s, Emissary of Imam Hussain a.s By Jan Mohamed Hazrat Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abi Talib a.s  was martyred on 9 Dua al Hijjah in the year 60 AH in the city of Kufa where he was sent by Chief of Martyrs, Grandson of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad s.a.w, Hazrat Imam Hussain a.s as his envoy to look closely at the situation before the Imam’s arrival there. Imam Hussain a.s received a letter from people of Kufa with these words: “We invite you to come to Kufa as we have no Imam to guide us. Through you Allah will unite us on the path of truth.” A few days later the people of Kufa sent an emissary, a special messenger, to Imam a.s to persuade him to go to Kufa. There