In His Name And With The Remembrance of His Last Proof (a.s.) on Earth
Many similarities exist in the circumstances of Imam Husain (a.s.) and Imam Mahdi (a.s.). Among them are:
1 – The fervor and importance with which they are mentioned in the Holy Quran and the traditions of prophets in the heavenly scriptures as is not hidden from the researchers. If one likes one may refer to the book of Al-Muhajja Feema Nazala minal Quran lil Qaaimil Hujja and the tenth volume of Biharul Anwar
2 – Special efforts of the past prophets to lament for His Eminence, Imam Husain (a.s.) and their arranging of assemblies and gatherings of mourning for the martyrdom of His Eminence. In the same way the special care of the past Imams when they prayed for the success of the Master, Hujjat Ibnul Hasan (a.t.f.s.) and supplicating for his reappearance before his occultation.
3 – The seriousness of both (Imam Husain and Imam of the Age) in implementing the laws of Exhorting Good and Forbidding Evil (Amr bil Maa’roof and Nahy Anil Munkar).
It was such that the Chief of the Martyrs, Husain bin Ali (a.s.) did not resort to dissimulation in this matter and it is a quality of His Eminence.
4 – Absence of their oath of allegiance to the tyrant of the time as mentioned in the qualities of Imam Husain (a.s.) that he was told on the day of Aashura: “Accept the command and rulership of your cousins.” He replied: “No, by Allah! I will never give them my hand like a man who has been humiliated; nor will I flee like a slave.” Then he said: “O servants of God, I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord if you intend to harass and stone me. I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every haughty man who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning.”
(And His Eminence also said:) “A respectable death is better than a life of degradation.”
5 – Both of them (Imam Husain (a.s.) and Imam Qaim a.s.) were taken up to the heavens by the angels with the permission of the Almighty Allah.
6 – The nostalgia that ‘if only we had been present on the day of Aashura’. The intention to help and support His Eminence is having the same reward of being martyred with Imam Husain (a.s.). To have an ambition to be in the company of Qaim (a.s.) during his reappearance, to have the intention of helping him, to fight Jihad against his enemies by his side is also having the reward of martyrdom. Traditions have been recorded on both these points and we shall quote them in Part Eight, if Allah, the High wills.
7 – Imam Husain (a.s.) left Medina in apprehension and arrived in Mecca and again he left for Kufa. Hazrat Hujjat (a.s.) would also be having similar circumstances as mentioned in an authentic tradition of Imam Abu Ja’far Baqir (a.s.): “Sufyani would send a battalion to Medina. Then Mahdi (a.s.) would leave Medina and flee to Mecca. The commander of Sufyani’s army would learn that Mahdi (a.s.) is heading to Mecca. He would dispatch a force in his pursuit but it would not be able to apprehend him. Till finally, in a condition of fear and apprehension resembling that of Moosa bin Imran he would enter Mecca. The commander of Sufyani’s army would arrive at the Baida desert. A caller from the sky would address that desert:
O Baida, swallow the people. Thus the ground of that desert would swallow them and only three persons from them would survive, whose faces the Almighty Allah would turn to their backs; and they would be from the Kalb tribe.”
Biharul Anwar; Vol. 52, Pg. 238
8 – The calamities that befell both of them were the most severe. As for the hardships of Imam Husain (a.s.) it is mentioned in the conversation between Adam and Jibraeel that he said:
“O Adam, this son of yours would be involved in such a hardship that calamities would seem small before it.”
Biharul Anwar; Vol. 44, Pg. 245
As for Qaim (a.s.) his hardship has prolonged and his calamity has intensified. Imam Husain (a.s.) at the time of setting out from Mecca to Kufa asked for help and said: “Then whoever desires to lay down his life for us and strive in the way of Allah should come out with us, for I shall be leaving tomorrow morning, Allah willing.”
Biharul Anwar; Vol. 44, Pg. 367
When Imam Qaim, Hujjat Ibnul Hasan al-Askari (a.t.f.s.) reappears in Mecca he would ask for help as mentioned in a lengthy authentic tradition of the fifth Imam, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.):
“…on that day Qaim (a.s.) is in Mecca, resting his back to the wall of the Holy Kaaba he takes refuge by it. He calls out: O people, I ask the help of the Almighty Allah. One who wants to respond to me should know that I am from the family of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) and I am the nearest in relation to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.). Anyone who argues with me with regard to Adam should know that I am the nearest one to Adam.
And one who with argues me with regard to Nuh should know that I am the nearest one to Nuh. And one who argues with me with regard to Ibrahim should know that I am the nearest one to Ibrahim. And one who argues with me with regard to Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) should know that I am the nearest one to Muhammad (s.a.w.s.). And one who argues with me with regard to the prophets should know that I am the nearest one to the prophets. Has the Almighty Allah not said in His Clear Book?
That: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations. Offspring, one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.”
Surah Aale Imran 3:33-34
Thus I am the remnant of Adam, the treasure of Nuh, the chosen one of Ibrahim and the Purified one of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).
One who argues with me with regard to the Book of Allah should know that I am the nearest one to the Book of Allah.
One who argues with me with regard to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) should know that I am the nearest one to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).
To those who are present and hear my words today, I implore them under oath to convey it to those who are absent. I beseech you for the sake of Allah, the sake of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) and the my own sake for my relationship to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) that you help me and prevent those who want to oppress us as we have been terrorized and oppressed.
And we have indeed been compelled to abandon our homes and our children. We have been deprived of our rights and meted out injustice and the evil people attributed falsehood to us. For the sake of Allah, for the sake of Allah do not disgrace us; for our sake and help us as Allah would help you…”
Biharul Anwar; Vol. 52, Pg. 238
I say: If you open the ear of your heart and widen your breast with the light of your Lord you would be able to hear the call of the Imam of the time in this period also that he asking for help from the people of faith. Is there anyone who has responded to the call of His Eminence? Is there any helper? Is there any supporter? Providing help is the requirement of every age.
Helping His Eminence is like helping Allah. It is like helping the Messenger of Allah, it is like helping the saints of Allah, it is helping Islam and faith, it is helping the poor and oppressed people of the world, it is helping the channel of bounties and the affectionate father…and other aims that are realized by helping His Eminence.
Among the ways of helping His Eminence are spending in his way, printing of books about His Eminence and spending on the descendants and Shias of the Imams (a.s.). And also helping the helpers of His Eminence monetarily, or using ones influence, supporting verbally etc. are in a sense all methods of helping His Eminence.
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March 6, 2011 at 2:07 am
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