IMAM HUSSAIN'S (MAY ALLAH SWT BE WELL PLEASED WITH HIM) TRUTHFULNESS

Some people hold the view that Imam Hussains's (May Allah SWT 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.

And that after the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) commanded the Ummah to support Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT 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 Kanzul 'Ummal: "Verily, My son Hussain (May Allah SWT 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."

How could Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT be well pleased with him) desire the temporary power of this world when the whole creation gets the wealth of Taqwa (Fearing Allah) and 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 heaven is better than this world and everything in it." Imam Hussain (May Allah SWT 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.”