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the above quote from Imam Hussain (ra) clearly seems to be fabricated....
if weeping and mourning on anyone was to guarantee anything, we wud see the ppl mourning an weeping for Muhammad (saw)....
but ppl knew it was not going to help, hence no one did such a thing, not even his family members and closest companions....
our prophet(pbuh) was the last prophet and revelations are only sent to prophets, how could imam hussain possibly say that whoever cries for him will go to paradise? How does HE know? He definately was brave adn a great man, but he wasnt a prophet.
No one could promise Jannah to any one. Even when Muhammad:saw: talked about Ashra Mubashra it was only after he was given an indictaion by Allah. I doubt Imam Hussayn ever uttered such words. This shows such a deep disrespect of Islam and Allah that I refuse to believe he said so.
The thing in which I have and will always favour brothers/sisters who adhere to the sunni sect is their recognition that crying and mourning for someone's misery in hopes for gaining paradise is a futile effort.
This time can be utilized for something productive, including taking active measures to ensure no innocent person is wronged in any way... and especially abstaining from self mutilation.