Incidents after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

Incidents after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

Imam Baihaqui (May Allah shower His mercy on him) writes in his book Dalaail Un Nubuwwa:

 

Translation: Hadhrat ‘Ali bin Mashar narrates on the authority of his grandmother who said:  In the era of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), I was a young girl.  In that time, the sky become like congealed blood for many days.  (Dalaail Un Nubuwwah, Hadith No. 2812)

 

Allah’s displeasure and anger was expressed in many ways.  That the sky became blood-red is also mentioned.  Similarly, it is established through many Traditions that the sky became red.

 

When human beings get angry their faces turn red with anger.  Allah Most High is beyond having a physical body.  He expressed His displeasure and anger by reddening the sky.  As mentioned by Hadhrat Ibn Hajar Haitami (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in As Sawaaiq Al Muhriqa:

 

Translation: Ibn Jauzi said:  The wisdom behind reddening of the sky is that when we get angry, our anger is expressed by flushing of our face.  The Lord Almighty is above and beyond having a physical body.  That’s why on the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), Allah Most High expressed His displeasure by making red so that everybody knows how grave this crime is. (As Sawaaiq Ul Muhriqa, Pg. No. 116)

 

The sky became red

 

There is a Tradition in Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani and in Majma Uz Zawaaid:

 

Translation:  Hadhrat Abu Bakr bin ‘Ayyash narrates on the authority of Hadhrat Jameel bin Zaid, he says:  When Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was martyred, the sky became red.  I said:  What do you say?  Hadhrat Jameel bin Zaid said:  Indeed, the one who lies is a hypocrite.  Verily, at the time of his martyrdom, the sky became red.  (Mo’jam Kabeer Tabarani, Hadith No. 2768; Majma Uz Zawaaid, Hadith No. 15162)

 

The genie express their sorrow

 

Even the creation whom we cannot see expressed their sorrow.  Thus, it has been mentioned in Traditions that the genie expressed their sorrow and the human beings heard this, as Imam Ibn Katheer has written in Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah:

 

Translation: There are many Traditions about Karbala narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Ka’ab Ahbaar and Abul Janaab Kalbi has said the people of Karbala continuously heard the crying of genie and they heard them recite couplets that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) had kissed his forehead and his cheeks are radiant with the light of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  The parents of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) are the elite of the Quraish and his maternal grandfather is the best of all.  (Bidayah Wan Nihayah, Hadith No. 1686)

 

All these Traditions make is clear that not only human beings but genie, animals, birds, plants and every other creation felt the sorrow of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him).

 

Rain of blood in Khorasan, Syria and Kufa

 

‘Allama Muhammad bin Yousuf Salihi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has recorded Traditions in Subul Ul Huda War Rashad which say that on the day, Hadhrat Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was martyred, there was a rain of blood.

 

Imam Abu Nu’aim Ahmed bin ‘Abdullah Asfahani (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has related in Ma’arifat Us Sahabah, ‘Allama Yousuf Salihi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in Subul Ul Huda War Rashad, Imam Tabarani in Mo’jam Kabeer and Imam Baihaqui in Majma’ Uz Zawaaid:

 

Translation: It is narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Nudhra Azdiya, he says:  On the day, Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was martyred, the sky rained blood.  That morning, we found our foreheads and our body soaked in blood.

 

Ayyub bin ‘Abdullah bin Zyad said:  When the blessed head of Hadhrat Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was bought, I saw blood flowing down the walls of the palace.

 

Hadhrat Umme Salma (May Allah be well pleased with her) said:  On the day of martyrdom, blood was rained on the houses and the walls.  Ja’afar bin Suleman said:  This happened in Khorasan, Syria and Kufa.  (Subul Ul Huda War Rashad, Vol. 11, Pg. No. 80)

 

Grass turns to ash

 

Imam Baihaqui (May Allah shower His mercy on him) relates in Dalaail Un Nubuwwah:

 

Translation: Hadhrat Sufyan (May Allah be well pleased with him) narrates on the authority of his grandmother, who says:  At the time of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), I saw that the grass had turned to ash and I also saw that meat had become like fire.  (Dalaail Un Nubuwwah, Hadith No. 2813)

 

This shows that for every person who had participated in the martyrdom of Hadhrat Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), life had become hell and they would always be bewildered and anxious not knowing what punishment of Allah would be expressed from where.  The fire was to show them that their place in hereafter was hell and this is only a taste of what was to come.

 

Meat turns to blood

 

Imam Ibn Hajr ‘Asqalani (May Allah shower His mercy on him) writes in Tahzeeb Ut Tahzeeb:

 

Translation: It is narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Humaid bin Murra, he says:  On the day of martyrdom, the army took a camel from the army of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), slaughtered it and put it in the pot.  That meat turned into a glob of congealed blood and they couldn’t chew it.  (Tahzeeb Ut Tahzeeb, Manismuhu Habis; Dalaail Un Nubuwwah, Hadith No. 2814)

 

The earth spewed blood

 

The day Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was martyred was like the Day of Judgment itself.  The sky rained blood and earth spewed blood.  The walls had turned red as if they were soaked with blood.  The wrath of Allah was descending on the oppressors.  Some Traditions relate that the land of Syria spewed blood and some relate that it was the land of Bait Ul Muqaddis.

 

Translation: It is narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Ibn Yahya (May Allah shower His mercy on him), who narrates on the authority of Hadhrat Ibn Shihab (May Allah shower His mercy on him), he says:  When I came to Damascus with the intention of participating in a war, I went to Abdul Malik to greet him.  I found him in a dome on a high seat.  People were standing in rows on both sides of him.  I greeted him and took a seat.  He said:  O Ibn Shihab!  Do you know what happened in Bait Ul Muqaddis the day Hadhrat ‘Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be well pleased with him) was martyred. I said:  Yes, I know.  He said:  You come with me.  I went with him behind the dome.  He turned to me and asked:  What had happened then?  I said:  In Bait Ul Muqaddis, blood would be found under any stone that would be moved.

 

The narrator says: He said:  No one who knows this is left except you and me and no one should learn this from you.

 

Hadhrat Ibn Shihab (May Allah be well pleased with him) says that until Abdul Malik died, I didn’t share this with anyone else. 

 

Another Tradition is related by Hadhrat Imam Zuhri whose chain of authority is even more strong that this incident happened on the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him).  (Dalaail Un Nubuwwah, Hadith No. 2761)

 

A divine verdict?

 

Imam Ibn Katheer has mentioned another miracle of Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him).

 

Those who had martyred Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) returned, drank wine and spent the night.  The blessed head of Hadhrat Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was with them.  Suddenly a pen of iron appeared and it was written in blood on the walls:

 

Those who have martyred Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him)

Do they still hope for their grandfather’s intercession in Qiyamah?

 

‘Allama Muhammad bin Yousuf Salihi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) writes on the authority of Ibn Asaker:

 

Translation: A group of people went to Rome on an expedition.  There, they saw this couplet written on the wall of a church.  On inquiring, they found that this couplet had been there since 300 years before the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) declared His Prophethood.  (Subul Ul Huda War Rashad, Vol. 11, Pg. No. 80)

 

This shows the stature Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) has with Allah Most High.