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And the inhabitants of heaven are flooded by the radiant light of the Guests of Imam Hussain (as) walking from Najaf to Karbala 💡

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“It is no small wonder if man is given salvation [on the Day of Resurrection], rather what is a wonder is how he manages to end up in eternal damnation in spite of Allah’s all-encompassing mercy.”

— Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.), Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 153, no. 17

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What World Personalities Quote about Imam Hussain (as)  

Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation – India)

“My admiration for the noble sacrifice of Imam Hussein (a.s) as a martyr abounds, because he accepted death and the torture of thrust for himself, for his sons, and for his whole family, but did not submit to unjust authorities.” “I learnt from Hussain how to achieve victory while being oppressed.”

“My faith is that the progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword by its believers, but the result of the supreme sacrifice of Hussain.”

“If India wants to be a successful country, it must follow in the footsteps of Imam Hussain (as).

“If I had an army like the 72 soldiers of Hussain, I would have won freedom for India in 24 hours.”

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1st Prime Minister of India)

“There is a universal appeal in his martyrdom. Hazrat Imam Hussein (a.s) sacrificed his all, but he refused to submit to a tyrannical government. He never gave any weight to the fact that his material force was far less in comparison with that of an enemy; the power of faith to his greatest force, which regards all material force as nothing. This sacrifice is a beacon light of guidance for every community and every nation”

“Imam Hussain’s sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of righteousness.”

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1st President of Pakistan)

“The world is unable to present an example finer and brighter than the personality of Imam Hussein (a.s). He was the embodiment of love, valor and personification of sacrifice and devotion. Every Muslim, in particular, must learn a lesson from his life and should seek guidance from him.”

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (Eminent English orientalist scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism)

“Hussain fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down beside him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Hussain as a martyr and Yazid as his murderer.”

Edward Gibbon (English historian and member of parliament)

“In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hussain will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.” [The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London, 1911, volume 5, pp391-2]

James Corne (Author of History of China)

“Hussain and his companions faced eight kinds of enemies. On the four sides the army of Yezid was their enemy which was ceaselessly raining arrows; the fifth foe was the sun of Arabia that was scorching the bodies; the sixth foe was the desert of Karbala the sands of which were scorching like a heated furnace; the seventh and eighth foes were the overpowering hunger and the unbearable thirst. Thus on those who fought with thousands of infidels in such conditions has ended bravado; on such a people no gallant (hero) can ever have pre-eminence.”

Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Nobel Prize in Literature 1913)

“The world of things in which we live misses its equilibrium when its communication with the world of love is lost. Then we have to pay with our soul for objects which are immensely cheap. And this can only happen when the prison walls of things threaten us with being final in themselves. Then it gives rise to terrible fights, jealousies and coercions, to a scramble for space and opportunities, for these are limited. We become painfully aware of the evil of this and try all measures of adjustment within the narrow bonds of a mutilated truth. This leads to failure. Only he helps us who proves by his life that we have a soul whose dwelling in the kingdom of love, and things lose the tyranny of fictitious price when we come to our spiritual freedom.”

“In order to keep alive justice and truth, instead of an army or weapons, success can be achieved by sacrificing lives, exactly what Imam Hussain did.”

“Imam Hussain is the leader of humanity.”

“Imam Hussain (a.s.) will warm the coldest heart.”

“Hussain’s sacrifice indicates spiritual liberation.”

Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1st President of India)

“The sacrifice of Imam Hussain is not limited to one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the brotherhood of all mankind.”

Dr. Radha Krishnan (Ex President of India)

“Though Imam Hussain gave his life almost 1300 years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.”

Swami Shankaracharya (Hindu Religious Priest)

“It is Hussain’s sacrifice that has kept Islam alive or else in this world there would be no one left to take Islam’s name.”

Sarojini Naidu (Great India Poetess titled Nightingale of India)

“I congratulate Muslims that from among them, Hussain, a great human being was born, who is revered and honored totally by all communities.”

Thomas Carlyle (Scottish historian and essayist)

“The best lesson which we get fromthe tragedy of Cerebella is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me!”

Charles Dickens (English novelist)

“If Husain had fought to quench his worldly desires…then I do not understand why his sister, wife, and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore, that he sacrificed purely for Islam.”

Edward G. Brown (Professor at the University of Cambridge)

“…a reminder of that blood-stained field of Karbala, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell, at length, tortured by thirst, and surround by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then, sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and the heedless, the deepest emotion, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger, and death shrink to unconsidered trifles.” (A Literary History of Persia, London, 1919, p.227)

Sir William Muir (Scottish orientalist)

“The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the Caliphate, but also of Mohammadan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and is appeared.” (Annals of the Early Caliphate, London, 1883, p.441-442)

Ignaz Goldziher (Hungarian orientalist)

“…Weeping and lamentation over the evils and persecutions suffered by the ‘Alid family, and mourning for its martyrs: these are things from which loyal supporters of the cause cannot cease. ‘More touching than the tears of the Shi’is’ has even become an Arabic proverb.” (Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law, Princeton, 1981, p.179)

Dr. K. Sheldrake

“Of that gallant band, male and female knew that the enemy forces around were implacable, and were not only ready to fight, but to kill. Denied even water for the children, they remained parched under the burning sun and scorching sands, yet not one faltered for a moment. Husain marched with his little company, not to glory, not to power of wealth, but to a supreme sacrifice, and every member bravely faced the greatest odds without flinching.”

Antoine Bara (Lebanese writer)

“No battle in the modern and past history of mankind has earned more sympathy and admiration as well as provided more lessons than the martyrdom of Husain in the battle of Karbala.” (Husain in Christian Ideology)

Washington Irwing (American author, essayist, biographer and historian)

“It was possible for Hussein to save his life by submitting himself to the will of Yazid. But his responsibility as a reformer did not allow him to accept Yazid’s Caliphate. He therefore prepared to embrace all sorts discomfort and inconvenience in order to deliver Islam from the hands of the Omayyads. Under the blazing sun, on the parched land and against the stiffing heat of Arabia, stood the immortal Hussein.”

Al Fakhri (Famous Arab Historian)

“This is a catastrophe whereof I care not to speak at length, deeming it alike too grievous and too horrible. For verily, it was a catastrophe than that which naught more shameful has happened in Islam…There happened therein such a foul slaughter as to cause man’s flesh to creep with horror. And again I have dispersed with my long description because of it’s notoriety, for it is the most lamented of catastrophes.”

Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Pioneer of the Khilafat Movement and a dauntless fighter in the struggle of independence)

“In the murder of Hussain, lies the death of Yazid, for Islam resurrects after every Karbala”

Allama Iqbal (Famous Poet)

“Imam Hussein uprooted despotism forever, till the day of Resurrection. He watered the dry gardens of freedom with a surging wave of his blood, and indeed he awakened the sleeping Muslim nation. If Imam Hussein (a.s) had aimed at acquiring the worldly empire, he would not have traveled the way he did. Hussein weltered in blood and dust for the sake of truth. Verily, therefore he becomes the foundation of Muslim creed. ‘La Ilaha Illallah’, meaning there is no deity but Allah (God).”

Josh Malihabadi (Shaayar-e-Inqilaab or The Revolutionary Poet)

“Let humanity awakens and every tribe will claim Hussain as their own.

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I totally get we wish to enjoin the Muslim ummah instead of divide it, but my GOD I can’t explain the anger and frustration that comes over me when some followers of Ahlul-Sunnah “try” to explain their grief over The Tragedy of Karbala but cannot bring themselves to speak of Imam Hussein (a.s) as an infallible. They put (r) after his name. With all disrespect intended, they do not truly feel grief for Imam Hussein (a.s) nor his Holy Family (a.s) when they openly express their support for the killers of Imam Hussein (a.s) and their forefathers. You cannot love both The Ahlulbayt (a.s) and their killers simulatanoulsy. “Allah has not made for any man two hearts within his body.” — Quran [33:4]

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“We shouldn’t love Hussain simply because he’s the son of the Prophet’s daughter; we should love Hussain because Hussain is a revolutionary figure who can even be found in the Christian, the Buddist, and the Hindu. He can be felt in the spirit of Ghandi and the views of Guevara. Hussain doesn’t require you to hit your back with chains, but instead to stand in the face of injustice, to live among the poor, to feed the hungry with bread and generosity, and to teach people that humanity is above all religion.”

— Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Al-Waeli

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“Commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as) is not a ritual; rather, it is a continuous revolt with your self (nafs).”

— Sayyid Ali Khamenei (via yaseeneducation)

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“‘A lady heard the Jinn recite the following poem about Imam Husain (a): ‘O eyes, shed tears over Imam Husain (a), for indeed the aggrieved cry with sorrow. O eyes, do not allow the people of Medina to distract you from remembering the Aale Muhammad (a) and weeping on their calamities. Their bodies were abandoned for three days in the desert when they were martyred.’”

— Kamil al-Ziyarat p. 98

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“I only got eyes for him. And since he’s not around i'mma be blind.”

— A.

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“Show me such a spectacle of human greatness in an event other than Karbala and I will celebrate its memory instead of Karbala.”

— Shaheed Ayatollah Murtada Mutahhari (ra)

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السَّلامُ عليك يا أَبا عبدِ اللَّه

و على الأَرواح الَّتي حلَّت بفنائك، عليك مِني سلامُ الله أَبدا ما بقيتُ و بقي اللَّيلُ و النهار

Peace be on you, O Aba Abdullah, and on those souls who came to your camp to support you.

So far as I am alive and the days and nights follow each other, I will invoke Allah to send blessings on you for ever and ever.

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“I ask the Prophet Who was more patient He or his granddaughter Zainab? I do not deny you lost many children Yet Zainab was forced to watch As you were slaughtered twice In one afternoon.”

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Sraliz

“I see nothing but beauty.” -Zainab (sa) in the court of the Caliph Yazid when mocked and asked, “How did you find the way Allah treated your brother and your family?” 

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When Hussain (as) calls out; ‘Hal min nasir yansuruni’ (is there anyone to assist me?) Did he not know that there would be no one to assist him?  (Verily) this is a question of the (coming) history of tomorrow, and a question of the future, directed at all of us. 

Ali Shariati

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“No religion has been oppressed like Islam has: it has been repressed by its own people through their ignorance, and it has been repressed by its enemies by their injustice … amongst its followers it is distant and in its homeland it is foreign.”

— Sayed Muhammad ibn Mahdi al-Husayni al-Shirazi (via hawra313)

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This year I got to experience Arbaeen in Najaf and Karbala for is the first time. I’m speechless as to how generous and selfless everyone is. The atmosphere is beautiful and I want to re-live this moment again and again. Kids, Elderly, Disabled, millions gathered together all for the love of Aba Abduillah. God bless those who are serving the zowar and those who are on this journey. May Allah grant all Tawfiq to march on Arbaeen in the future. يا حسين

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Imam Khomeini's (ra) 14 recommendations to the Youth:

- Carry out the five ritual prayers at the prescribed times - Fast on Mondays and Thursdays. - Reduce the time for your sleep and read more often the Quran - Pay attention to very promises and agreements and keep them . - Give the needy donations [ sadaqah ] . - Keep yourself away from slander. - Do not take part in festivities with much spending and luxury and also don’t organize such festivals . - Wear simple clothes. - Do not talk much . - Work out (gymnastics , hiking, mountain climbers , wrestling, swimming ) . - Read a lot (religious , social, political , scientific and philosophical articles, quotes , speeches … ) . - Learn Technical ( driving, mechanics, electricity ) . - Learn Arabic pronunciation and grammar - Forget your good deeds , but remember your previous sins.