IMAM HUSSAIN-the true Imam

What kind of love?

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) gave the command to love them and also described the degree of love.

 

Translation: Love makes a person blind and deaf i.e. the lover can neither see nor hear of any defect in his/her beloved.  (Sunan Abu Dawood, Vol. 2, Pg No. 699)

 

The zenith of love is that the lover cannot notice any defect in the beloved even when it exists.  These personalities whom Allah Most High and His Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) have commanded us to love, they themselves declare their virtuousness and purity and have negated the possibility of every defect in them.

 

Even after this declaration by Allah Most High, if anyone attributes something inappropriate towards them, then that person is not raising objections against Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him), instead that person is raising objections against the Holy Quran itself.  Also, that person is breaking the rules of love and is moving out of its bounds.

 

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has not only commanded us to love His Family, but has also given glad tidings of paradise and intercession to those who love His Family.

 

Translation:  My intercession is for those privileged people of the Ummah, who love my Family.  (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 13, Pg No. 86)

 

There is a Hadith:

 

There are 4 lucky people for whom I will intercede on the Day of Judgment.

1.       One who respects my Family.

2.       One who offers them what they need.

3.       One who manages their affairs when they need it.

4.       One who loves them with his tongue and heart.  (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 13, Pg No. 86)

 

There is a Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh on the authority of Musnad Ahmed.

 

Hadhrat Abuzar Ghifari says:

 

Translation:  While I held the door of the Ka’aba, I heard the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) say: Behold! Verily, the example of my Family among you is like the ark of Prophet Nooh (May peace be upon him).  Whoever boards it, is saved and whoever stays back is destroyed.  (Mishkaatul Masabeeh, Vol. 2, Pg No. 573; Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 5, Pg No. 315)