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IMAM ABU ABDILLAH AL-HUSSEIN (A.S) - WEEPING & LAMENTING POETRY
It is reported from
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq
(a.s) that:
“No poet recites a line of
poetry about us without the support of the Holy Spirit”.
(‘Uyoon
Akhbar al-Ridha)
He (a.s)
also said,
“God has built a house (bayt)
in Heaven for whoever recites a line of poetry about us”.
(‘Uyoon
Akhbar al-Ridha)
Abu
Harun al-Makfuf
reported: Abu
Abdillah (i.e. Imam al-Sadiq) said to
me, “Abu
Harun, recite to me about al-Hussein (a.s)”.
I recited and he wept. Then he said,
“Recite as you were reciting”.
He meant with emotion. So I recited:
Pass the grave of al-Hussein and speak of his great purity.
He wept and then
asked me to give more. I recited another ode. He wept and I heard
weeping behind the curtain. When I had finished, he said to me:
“Abu
Harun! Whoever recites poetry about al-Hussein and weeps making
ten others weep, Heaven is decreed for him. Whoever recites poetry about
al-Hussein and he weeps and he makes one other weep, Heaven is decreed
for both of them…” (Ibn
Qawlawayh)
Al-Harith
al-A’war reported that Ali (a.s)
said:
“By my father and my mother, al-Hussein will
be killed on the outskirts of Kufa. By God,
it is as if I am looking at the wild animals of all kinds stretching
their necks towards his grave weeping and lamenting for him throughout
the night until morning. If that is the case, beware of being estranged
from him”.
(Ibn
Qawlawayh)
During the days of
Tashreeq
immediately after the great pilgrimage, al-Kumayt
asked for permission from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s)
to recite an ode to him. It troubled the Imam that they should be
reminding themselves of poetry during the great days of pilgrimage.
However, when al-Kumayt said that it was
about the Holy Family, the Imam was satisfied. He called some of his
family and brought them near. Then al-Kumayt
began to recite and tears flowed. When he reached the words about the
archers firing on al-Hussein, Imam al-Sadiq
(a.s) raised his hands and said,
“O God,
forgive al-Kumayt for his past and future
offences, whether secret or public, and give him what will please him”.
(al-Kashshi,
al-Rijaal)
Mulla
Mujaheedali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |