Siffin and Nahrawan. He fought
died and Yazid (l.a) became the
requesting him to help them from
ran away from the enemies of
arrogant person and perhaps the
letters were a deception and the
with faith and certainty and never
Allah (swt).
It was in one of these wars that
they captured Shimr (l.a) and he
begged Imam Hussain (a.s) to open
the tides around his hands. He (a.s)
asked for permission from his
father Ali (a.s). Imam Ali (a.s) told
him that “that person will kill you
and cut your head in future”, Imam
Hussain (a.s) replied: “We (Ahlul
Bayt a.s) never break our promises
new ruler. Yazid (l.a) was an
most evil person who has ever been people of Kufa sold their faith for a
on this earth. He asked everyone to few trinkets of the Dunya.
Pay Allegiance to him, however not
based on the traditions of Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w) nor the Holy
Quran. His Oath of Allegiance was
to say “I am the servant of Yazid
and I am ready to sacrifice
everything for him”.
Few people rejected this and they
were executed. Yazid (l.a) knew
and I have promised this man that I about Imam Hussain (a.s) and his
will open his hands” and he opened reputation therefore he sent a
the hands of his killer.
Then after sometime he witnessed
the Martyrdom of his father, the
Prince of the Believers (a.s) in the
Masjid while he was praying. After
Imam Ali (a.s), Imam Hasan Al-
Mujtaba (a.s) became the Leader of
the Believers and Muslims
according to the Will of the
Prophet (s.a.w) of Allah (swt). He
was also betrayed by many and
later was poisoned and Martyred
by Muawiyah (l.a). The Imamate
was passed from Imam Hasan (a.s)
to Imam Hussain (a.s) and he
became the Leader of the Muslims.
Many people knew Imam (a.s) in
Madina and Makah. They used to
go and meet the Imam (a.s) because
he was the spiritual guidance for
them so he had a good reputation
among the Arabs. Muawiyah (l.a)
the clutches of Yazid (l.a). These
Messenger to the Governor of
Madina to tell the Imam (a.s) that
On his way he stopped at 14
different places and he met
different people on his way, such
as Habib ibn Mazaher (pbuh),
Zohair (pbuh) and Hur (pbuh)
who was the leader of Yazid’s
army. Few of these people joined
him as they saw the truth in his
words but most of the people that
he met advised him to go back to
Makah because they told him that
the people of Iraq are not good
supporters. Later he (a.s) received
he must Pay his Allegiance to Yazid the news of the death of Muslim
(l.a) or otherwise he will be killed.
When Imam Hussain (a.s) realized
ibn Aqeel (a.s) who was the
Ambassador of the Imam (a.s) to
the situation he gathered his family the people of Iraq. It was at that
and best friends and told them
point that he (a.s) realized the truth
from Madina to Makah. He (a.s)
support him. And he (a.s) knew
about the situation. They migrated
stayed in Makah for 5 months.
Yazid (l.a) sent his soldiers to
Makah and ordered them to kill
the Imam (a.s) even if he is in a
Masjid. This happened during the
month of Zul Hijah and Imam (a.s)
was performing the rituals of Hajj.
When he realized the situation, he
changed his Hajj into Umrah and
on the 8thof Zul Hijah he decided
to go to Iraq because of the
thousands of letters the people of
Iraq had sent to Imam Hussain (a.s)
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and knew that Iraq will not
that Yazid (l.a) is an enemy of
Allah (swt) and h H