Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) - Standard bearers of guidance

Almighty Allah has made each and every member of the family of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) an embodiment of excellence and has granted them various distinctions.  Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) have a special relationship with the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  They are from the Prophet’s Family and they are both Companions of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  It is because of this relationship that Allah Most High has made them the very epitome of truth.  Their very talk is pure and every action of theirs is matchless and inimitable.  They are a great example for the whole Ummah.  Their very life is a beacon of guidance for the Ummah.

 

These are the words of Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri, Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia, Founder/Director, Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center in the weekly lecture organized under the aegis of Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center at Masjid Abul Hasanaat, Jahanuma, Hyderabad.

 

The Mufti said that the Imams Hasan and Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with them) are the standard bearers of guidance and they are a shining proof of truth.  The Christians of Najran came to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  It was their belief that Prophet ‘Isa (May peace be upon him) is son of God (May Allah protect us from this) and their proof was that Prophet ‘Isa (May peace be upon him) was born without a father.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  That Prophet ‘Isa (May peace be upon him) was born without a father is a proof of the power of Allah and Allah Most High created Hadhrat Adam (May peace be upon him) without father or mother.  The way this was a sign of Allah’s power, in the same Prophet ‘Isa’s birth without a father is also a sign of Allah’s power.  They argued even after this, so by the command of Allah, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) invited them for a Mubahala as given in the Holy Quran:

 

So, if someone contends with you about ?Isa (Jesus) after knowledge has come to you, say: ?Come, let us (jointly) call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves (at the same place). Then let us supplicate fervently (i.e., most submissively) and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars.  Surah Al Imran (3:61)

 

When the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with him) was in His lap, Imam Hasan (May Allah be well pleased with him) was walking alongside Him holding His finger.  Hadhrat Fatima Zahra (May Allah be well pleased with her) was walking behind Him and Hadhrat ‘Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) was walking behind her.  When the priest saw the radiant faces of these people, he cried out:  O people!  I am seeing their radiant faces.  If they supplicate to Allah Most High to move a mountain from its place, then because of their supplication, Allah Most High will surely move the mountain from its place.  Don’t do the Mubahala with them.  Otherwise all of you will be destroyed and until the Day of Judgment, there will be no Christian on the face of the earth.  Thus, they made some settlement and went back.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  The wrath of Allah had come very close to the people of Najran.  If they had done the Mubahala, their faces would’ve been mutated.  They would’ve been changed to monkeys and pigs.

 

The Mufti said that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is Himself a miracle of Allah.  To prove the authenticity of Islam, only He is enough, but, as per the command of Allah, He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) took Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) also with Him so that the Ummah learns that they are epitomes of truth and veracity and they themselves are proofs of the authenticity of Islam.

 

The Mufti said that when they were proofs of the authenticity of Islam in their childhood itself, then how can their fighting for the sake of Islam and for the protection of the Shariah be construed as a worldly adventure?

 

The Mufti said that a human being is bound to follow the laws of Islam on reaching the age of majority.  Then obligations of Islam are laid on a person.  It is only after acceptance of one’s good deeds that paradise is promised.  However, it is the distinction of the Imams, Hasan and Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) that they have been given the glad tidings of not only paradise, but of the being the leaders of paradise right in childhood.  The Mufti quoted a Hadith from Mo’jam Kabeer, Jame’ Ul Ahadeeth and Kanz Ul ‘Ummal:

 

It is narrated on the authority of The Lady of Paradise, Hadhrat Fatima Zahra (May Allah be well pleased with her) that in the last moments of this earthly life of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), she took Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain (May Allah be well pleased with them) and said: O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!  These are your sons.  Grant them something….!  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:  I grant my awe, reverence and my leadership and command and I give Hussain my courage, bravery and benevolence and generosity.

 

The session ended with Salaam and Dua.  Maulana Hafidh Syed Ahmed Ghouri, Teacher, Jamia Nizamia, led the proceedings.