(And we will definitely test you with fear, and hunger and with loss of wealth, life and fruits and give good news to those who bore forbearance) AlBaqarah-155
It is a common practice that every beloved tests his “Habib” and this difficulty & test (Al-Bala-o-Lil wala) is based on the capacity of love but the question is that why Almighty Allah who is Aalem ul-Ghaib Wa Al-Shahadah and Knowledgeable puts his men to test because one who does not know inside and outside, and unaware of facts is in need to test. Actually the difficulty & test is not given so that the examiner could know about the candidate’s capacity but sometime to make a substandard person feel what his personality lacks and disseminate the perfection of the perfect person throughout the universe. The test taken by Allah is based on these two points. The Ayah given above counted some difficulties and none of the Khasaan-e-Khuda gone through fear, terror, hunger, thirst, lack of resources, manpower and fruitfulness one after the other. He may has been tested for the same one by one, two or three at a time because that much forbearance at a single time is felt a heavy burden on the human nature and to keep patience in a hard time, for a man is not a an easy task.
1.1 The test from Allah
Hussain (A.S.) is the only personality who has given all five tests at a time. One being the fear of enemy and the biggest of all fears for a Muslim Momin is destruction of Deen-o-Shariat; the second test is that of hunger, and thirst is included in hunger, everyone could understand what one feels when he is confronted with hunger and thirst and imagine when one has to undergo the test of lives and fruitfs (offsprings), how tough this test would be, particularly in the circumstances when the well armed enemy is spread all around surrounding a few Tauheed-lovers, the bodies of Mujahideen coming down on earth one by one, that too in a critical situation when the sun is shining in its full capacity, earth was boiling with full force and the persons undergoing the test are hungry and thirsty, the enemy is ready to loot them and he is also afraid of losing dignity and honour.
Throw a look on the whole universe to find how many people you could find who can undergo patience, who are standing tall during such gory incidents. It was only Hussain ibne Ali ibne Abi Talib (A.S.), Hussain (A.S.) the Holy Prophet (SAW) used to kiss him taking him into his lap and used to said: My Hussain (A.S.) would undergo a big test, the bloody oppressive people of Banu Ummayad would kill my son, I will not protect them on the day of judgement. Hussain (A.S.) the Holy Prophet (SAW) use to love him most and had said: Hussain-o-Minni Wa Ana Minal Hussain (Hussain is from me and me from Hussain). One who keeps friend with Hassan (A.S.) and Hussain (A.S.) is my friend and who keeps enmity with them is my enemy. Hussain ibne Ali ibne Abi Talib (A.S.) underwent all these problems and tests of the time so as to keep righteousness away from evil, to achieve supremacy of Islam. For that reason the Islam is imbibed with the blessings showered on it by Imam Hussain (A.S.).
The Islamic history stands witness that after only 50 years of the passing away of the Holy Prophet (SAW) Islam had to undergo such a great test of time that is difficult to describe. Halal-e-Muhammad were being termed Haram, and the Haram-e-Muhammad as Halal. It was 60th year of the Hijra calendar when Yazid (L.A.) took the reigns of Khilafat. No one could understand the philosophy that under which of the recognised laws in force Yazid took over the reigns of power: he was far away from the teachings of Quran and Sunnat; there was no Ijma’ah-e-Ummat on his induction; there was no “will” in his favour; no committee was formed as Shoora. These were the only methods that lead to recognition of a Khalifa-tul-Muslimeen. How he became Khalifa-tul-Muslimeen when none of the methods was adopted for this purpose? The Islamic historians unanimously agree that he was a sinful and lewd man who was unaware of Islamic commandments, who considered “Wahi” as a drama on the part of Bani Hashim, Nazool-e-Malaika a fake story, who did not consider Halal as Halal and Haram as Haram, who had no fear of Allah, no respect for the Holy Prophet (SAW), was the complete symbol of evil, who considered avoidables in Shariat as his right.
Just imagine how precarious this situation was for Islam. Had this situation remained the same then there would have been no sign of religion of Islam today and no one would have been there to take care of Islam. It seemed that Islam was raising its voice for help. At that time only and only Nawasa-e-Rasool, Shahzada-e-Konain Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) stood up to this voice for help. Hussain (A.S.) made a promise to Islam that he would help and extend support to it till the last drop of blood is running in his veins would bear the brunt of fear, terror, hunger, loss of wealth, life, fruits and everything but would not let it undergo any humiliation or disrespect. He stood up with full protocol to confront materialism with spiritualism, stood up to confront Zulm-o-Istabdad and Mazloomiyyat, to defeat oppression through patience and declared upon the world how to crush Jabr-o-Istabdad, how to live an eternal life after death, and how to reject power with the help of righteousness. Hussain ibne Ali (A.S.) said to his Creator:
“Oh God, I have left the world in Your love, am ready to make my children orphans in Your love, my heart could not divert towards anyone but You, even if You cut my body into pieces in Your love.”
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