The anniversery of Imam Hazrat Zain-ul-Abideen’s (AS) death is coming up soon so i wanna open a thread about him..someone asked Imam..where he suffered the most and He said three times Shaam
The Fourth Imam
Hazrat Zain-ul-Abideen (AS)
Name - Ali-ibn-ul Husain
Title - Zain-ul Abideen
Kunyat - Abu Muhammad
Born - Saturday 15th of Jamadi-ul-Awwal, at Medina
Father’s Name - Husain ibn Ali
Mother’s Name - Shahr Banoo, daughter of King Yazdigard II
Died - at the age of 58 years, in Medina , on the 21st of Muharram 95 AH. Poisoned by Waleed bin Abdul Malik Marwan.
QUESTION PUT TO IMAM : WHICH WORK IS BEST AND GOOD AMONG ALL THE GOOD DEEDS AND ACTIONS?
IMAM REPLIED :
" The knowledge of ALLAH and the viligance of the PROPHET, besides ; these taking granted this world affairs as the most dangerous enemy of you. There are so many branches of it.The first is the proudness and haughtness, due to which the dis obedience occured in action, what was the sin of the Iblees, the same pride in the presence of Allah, disobedience made him rejected.The other thing is enviness , the sin of son of Adam, who killed his brother due to enviness. This creates many issues, love affairs of a women with a men, love of the worldly things, love and fondness of worldly pleasures and things, love of power and position to rule over and dictates orders to others, love af pleasure of luxury life, wealth, riches, power, property, partnership, all evils are included in one ;the enjoyment of life in any way and of any style. The pleasure of this world is the key to all evils. The world has two shapes , one is to blaming and devastating and the other is towards a happy journey end of life Hereafter."
Hazrat Imam Mohammad Baqar (A.S) said that my father Imam Zainul Abideen (A.S) advised me to have a company of good man and be away from five men ; and do not talk much to people , and do not accompany with them during a travel . He asked who were those men to whom you pointed out . His father told him those were wretched sinners, inpious and transgressors people , be away from their company and their friendship. They are greedy and benefits seekers, selfish, troublesome to others. The others are miser men, do not meet with them. The third one is the lier, he will not say any thing truth to you, deceivers and put to you in wrong and under shades and clouds. The fourth one is the fool and innocent. He will be of no use to you ; but create troubles and put you in loss. The fifth one, cruel and ill treated men, who is the friend of Iblees and rejected by Allah in His book.
not much that i know, except that he was the only male survivor of the tragedy of karbala....
he was sick and cud not join in the battle and was left alone by the army of yazid because of his illness....
also, as i heard, he was never seen smiling or laughing after the event of karbala....
his son once asked him and he replied "how can anyone smile or laugh after seeing what i saw"....
he used to cry a lot and tears had left marks on his face....
his extensive worship earned him the titles of "zain-al-abideen" and "sajjad"....
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*Originally posted by armughal: *
not much that i know, except that he was the only male survivor of the tragedy of karbala....
he was sick and cud not join in the battle and was left alone by the army of yazid because of his illness....
also, as i heard, he was never seen smiling or laughing after the event of karbala....
his son once asked him and he replied "how can anyone smile or laugh after seeing what i saw"....
he used to cry a lot and tears had left marks on his face....
his extensive worship earned him the titles of "zain-al-abideen" and "sajjad"....
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And when ever he saw water (like when doing wuzu) wo asarouN katar rotay thay kiyoun kay unaiN apnay payasay yaad atay thay
And once he saw some people bringing (preparing) animals for slaughter he went and asked them if they had been fed and given water to drink .. they replied "of course it's our aqeeda to feed them and let them have water first before we slaughter them"
And he (a.s) cried soooo much at that time that people asked what was wrong and he said that "my father and others were killed without even given a drop of water... bookhay payasay maray gai thay, even my little brother Ali Asgher wasn't given any water"
When he came into the bazaar the people selling slaughtered animals will cover the heads of the animals because when ever he saw them he would be so disturbed and would cry and cry and cry.....coz he remembered his father's head on the spear along with others.
He was the one who told the duniya WHAT happened to the children of the prophet (pbuh) in Karbala and Sham
Aslam-o-Alakum!
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Do you have any web link for Sermons of Imam Zain Al Abadeen (A) and Bibi Zayinab (A). Which they delivered in the court of Ibn e Ziad(ln) in in the city of kufa(IRAQ) and Yazid (ln) in the city of Damascus (Syria).**
The Holy Imam Ali(zayul abidin) is the fourth imam and was popularly know as Zaynul abidin. The mother of this holy Imam was the royal personage shahr Banu the daughter of King yazdgerd the perislamic ruler of Persia.Imam Zyanul abidin spent his first two year of infancy in th lap of Ali ibn Abi Talib and twelve years he had the gracious patronage of his uncle the imam al-Hassan.
The knowledge and piety of this holy imam was matchless AZ-Zuhari. al-Waqidi and Ibn Uyaynah say that they could not find any one equal to him in peity and Godliness.He was so mindful of allah that when ever he sat for prayer his face complexion changed and all of his body tremble.When he was asked why it is so he answered " Know ye not before whom i stand in prayer and with whom i hold discourse"
His charity was unassuming and hidden.After his passing away the people said that hidden charity ended with the departure of Imam,like his grand father Holy Imam take the bag of flour on his back to the doors of poor families.
This Imam was also present in Karbala .at the time of gruesome tragedy of the massacre of his father and all of his cousins , brothers and friends of his father and suffered a heartless captivily and imperisonment at the hands of devilish forces of Yazid.
The Holy Imam lived about thirty four years after the tragedy of karbala and spent all his life in prayer and in remembrance of his father and family.he never forget his prayers even at he time when all of men of his family have been killed by the Yazid's army and all the tent were set to fire and all rest were taken to captivty he offer all his prayer and tahajud , THIS IMAM IS ALSO POPOLARLY KNOW AS "SAJJAD"
On the 25th of Muharam 95 A.H when he was in Medina , the Governer of Medina gave him poison, The funeral prayers for this Holy Imam were conducted by Fifth Imam Baqir his Son and he was buried in Jannat-ul-baqi Grave yard .
Farazdaq, in this poem, refers to the occasion when the Caliph Hisham b. Abd al Malik was overshadowed by the respect which people showed towards the great grandson of the Holy Prophet (pbuh&hf), at the time of Hajj when both of the individuals were trying to reach the crowds around the Kaab'ah to get to the black stone. The people gave way to the Imam (as) while the Caliph struggled desperately. The Caliph, deeply offended, inquired in a sarcastic tone, who the person was who people had shown such preference. Farazdaq, who was also present at the moment composed an ode and recited it, addressing himself to Hisham.
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It is someone whose footsteps are known by every place
And it is he who is known to the Bayt in Mecca
the most frequented sanctuary;
It is he who is the son of the best of all men of God
and it is he who is the most pious and devout,
the purest and most unstained
the chastest and most righteous
a symbol [for Islam]
This is Ali ** whose parent is the Prophet
This is the son of Fatima, if you do not know who he is
Whosoever recognizes his God knows also
the primacy and superiority of this man
Because the religion has reached nations
through his House.
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On the 25th of Muharam 95 A.H when he was in Medina , the Governer of Medina gave him poison, The funeral prayers for this Holy Imam were conducted by Fifth Imam Baqir his Son and he was buried in Jannat-ul-baqi Grave yard .
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He was poisoned by Waleed bin Abdul Malik Marwan. Date was 21st as you mentioned above.
People told him that so many years have gone yet you still cry so much for what has happened to your family members, forget it and get on with life.
He would say "it's so easy for you to say. MEIN NAY TOU APNAY AKHOUN SAY SUB KUCH DAYKHA HAI, how one by one my loved ones were killed"
He was asked when was the most difficult time for him he said " Sham Sham Sham"
Abid-e bemaar had chains that would cut into his skin.
To have the ladies from his families to be paraded and made to stand in darbaar-e Yazid without rida and in chains and not even children to be spared. ik rasan or baraiN galay......Have women hiding behind women, having women covering their faces with their hair.
CharouN taraf thee kurseeyan
or peta rahay sham-e sharab
Yeh sham ka bazaar tha
Or Murtaza kee bateeyaN
Yazid mocked and ask Hazrat Imam Zainul Abideen a.s. "Will Allah forgive me for all I did to you and your family?"
He replied " Yes read 2 rakaats (something I forgot which one) namaaz and ask for forgiveness and Allah will forgive you"
Bibi Zainab enquired about this and he replied "I obliged to tell him what is right and what is wrong. True, if he does that Allah will forgive him but he will not have the Taufeek to do that"
al-Kharazmi has quoted this very narration in his Maqtal in the following words: When, after the martyrdom of (Imam) al-Husain the grandson of the Holy Prophet, (Imam) Zain al-Abideen and other prisoners belonging to the House of the Holy Prophet were carried to Damascus and stationed in a jail located by the side of the Grand Mosque of Damascus, an old man approached them and said: "Praised be Allah who killed you and annihilated you and relieved the people from your men and provided the Commander of the Faithful (Yazid) with authority over you." Ali Ibn al-Husain said: "O old man! Have you read the Holy Quran?" He replied: "Yes." Then the Imam said: "Have you read the verse: Muhammad! 'Say, I do not ask you of any reward for my preaching except the love of my kinsfolk'?" The old man said: "Yes. I have read it."
The Imam said: "Have you read the verse: 'So give what is due to the near ones, the needy and the wayfarer.' and the verse: 'Know that whatever (income) you gain, one fifth belongs to Allah, the Messenger, his near ones, orphans the needy and the wayfarers, if you believe in Allah and what We revealed to Our servant in the Holy Quran'?" The old man replied: "Yes. I have read them."
The Imam said: "I swear by Allah that the word 'near ones' refers to us and these verses have been revealed about us. (The Imam added): And have you also read this verse in the Holy Quran wherein Allah says: 'O people of the Prophet's House...' (33:33)?" The old man said: "Yes. I have read it". The Imam said: "What is meant by people of the Prophet's House! It is we whom Allah has especially associated with the verse of Tat'hir (purification)."
The old man said: "I ask you by Allah! Are you of the same family?" The Imam replied: "I swear by my grandfather the Prophet of Allah that we are the same people." The old man was stunned and expressed regret for what he had said. Then he raised his head towards the sky and said: "O Allah! I ask forgiveness for what I have said, and forsake enmity against this family and hate the enemies of the progeny of Muhammad."
reference: Maqtal al-Husain, by al-Khateeb al-Kharazmi
