The Loving Imam | Ali Reza Panahian
Why is Aba Abdillah al-Husayn’s (as) tragedy so painful?! Why does it still feel fresh and affect us? One reason is that he was an Imam. Do you know what this means? One of an Imam’s features is that he loves people. He does not want people to go to Hell. Do you know what it means to hurt an Imam? It’s as if children hurt their own father. Won’t this father’s heartbreak be different?
Have you heard the shocking story about a son who threw his mother into a well [since he wanted her gold]? Then he tried to look into the well to see if she had died. Suddenly his mother called from the bottom of the well, “My son, don’t come forward or you may fall.” Have you heard this story? This may be a folktale, but did you know this happened in Karbala? “Umar Sa’d” committed so many crimes. When Imam Husayn (as) was lying in the ditch where he was slaughtered, Umar Sa’d wanted to show off. So he picked up a dagger to cut off Aba Abdillah al-Husayn’s (as) head.
When he went close, Imam Husayn (as) started showing kindness to Umar Sa’d. Imam said, “There wasn’t anyone worse off than you to cut off my head? Don’t make yourself wretched.” Umar Sa’d’s place is certainly in Hell. Imam Husayn (as) was still kind to him that perhaps at least he may go to a better place in Hell.
Imam (as) was eager to guide people until his last moment. So he brought his son, Ali Asghar, to the field. He wanted to have mercy on them and help them. He was an Imam. One of the features of an Imam is that he loves people.
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