IMAM HUSSAIN-the true Imam

Imam Hussain's truthfulness

 

Some people hold the view that Imam Hussain's (May Allah be well pleased with him) going to Karbala and his martyrdom is a political matter and is a battle for the sake of gaining power.

 

All this after the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) commanded the Ummah to support Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him).

 

Can anybody claim that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) gave the command to help somebody to get a seat of power or to support somebody in hankering after the material world?

 

There is a Hadith in Kanz Ul Ummal:

 

Translation:  Verily, My son Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) will be martyred in an area in Iraq, so whoever among the Ummah is present at that time, should stand up in support of him.  (Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 13, Pg No. 111)

 

How could Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) desire the temporary power of this world when the whole creation gets the wealth of piety from the doorstep of his house?

 

How could he desire this world, when the following Hadith of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was before him:

 

Translation:  A whip's space of paradise (i.e. the place taken to keep a whip) is better than this world and everything in it.  (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No: 3250)

 

Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) is the leader of all the young men of the Jannah whose whip’s length of space is better than this world: (Jame' Tirmidhi, Vol. 2, Pg No. 217, Hadith No: 3701)