Leaflet 8

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Public information leaflet 8. [9 June 2011]


HUSAYN THE GOOD

There are two forces in the world. Good and evil. We can all see them. We like the good and dislike evil. We like honest people. We hate lies. In battle between good and evil, one such pious man was Husayn. The evil opponent was Yazid.

Husayn lived a quite moral life of piety and goodness. People loved him and he loved them. But when Yazid took over government, life became bad for Husyan. Yazid demanded that Husayn submit to him. Husayn firmly said no. Pious man cannot become slave of a tyrant ruler. Yazid decided to force Husayn into his slavery. He asked his governor to threaten Husayn with death if he did not pledge allegiance to Yazid.

Husayn told his family that their life was now in danger in Medina. He decided to seek refuge in Mecca. People there were too sacred of Yazid to help Husayn. Husayn decided to move to Kufa. People there wrote to him letters promising to let him live in their city. When Yazid heard this, he sent his brutal general to crush the population of Kufa. Kufans were subdued. Husayn had already left Mecca and was heading for Kufa. On the way, the news came to caravan of Husayn that Yazid has massacred sympathisers in Kufa. Husayn told his family and friends that to prepare themselves because time for a great sacrifice is nearing. I lived in truth. It is time to die for truth.

Yazid’s evil forces stopped Husayn’s caravan at Karbala, near Kufa. They challenged Husayn to fight. Husayn had 100 men. They had an army of 10,000 soldiers. Martyrdom was guaranteed. Husayn tried to reason with them to let him go. They refused.

Yazid’s men called Husayn’s men one by one and killed them. First friends of Husayn laied down their lives for truth. Then Husayn family relatives went onto the hot desert sand. They were also butchered like animals. Husain’s son Ali Akbar was 18. he was cut down by swords of Yazid’s army. Husayn’s sister Zainab was with him. She sent her young sons to die for god. They were both slain by evil on the sands of Karbala.

Finally, Husayn went with his baby son in his arm. They fired a small arrow at the child. The arrow went through the baby’s neck. Six month old Ali Asgar died instantly. His mother was watching and wept loudly. Husayn was left alone. Bodies of his kinsmen sons and nephews were all around him. Husyan, the holy saint of God, mounted his white horse Zolgina. As Husayn went forward for to his death, God showered him with blessings, and Yazid’s army showered him with arrows. Husayn’s body was so full of arrows that when he fell off his horse, it did not touch the ground. One soldier of came forward with a knife and slit his throat. He then decapitated Husayn’s head from his body. Pious ladies of Husayn’s family were helplessly crying as they saw this horror committed by evil forces. This day is known as Ashura. We mark this terrible event every year. We honour Husayn and his family for their supreme sacrifice in the way of God.

God bless Husayn and his holy family.

For more information, please email: saklayn@yahoo.com
Also, go to website: http://www.ukshias.blogspot.com/
or, http://www.al-islam.org/

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