Muharram Special - Part 14 [Battle Of Karbala - Part 8]

SABR (PATIENCE) OF THE AHLE BAIT:

Imam Hussain Radi Allahu Anhu and the members of the Ahle Bait reached the plains of Karbala on the 2nd of Muharram, 61 Hijri, and pitched their tents beside the River Euphrates.

Imam Hussain then delivered a lecture to the Ahle Bait. He said, " Be patient on my hardships. When I am martyred, you must not hit and pull on your faces and neither should you tear your clothes. O my sister Zainab! You are the daughter of Faatima Zahra Radi Allahu Anha. Like she made sabr when the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam left this world, you too must be patient on my demise."

RIVER EUPHRATES SEALED OFF:

Imam Hussain Radi Allahu Anhu and the rest of his Ahle Bait and companions remained in their tents. On the 7th of Muharram, the army of ibn Sa'ad who was appointed the commander of the army, against Imam Hussain sealed off the River Euphrates to the Ahle Bait.

This army consisted of many of those who earlier claimed to be followers of Hazrat Ali and Imam Hussain Radi Allahu Anhum. Ibn sa'ad then asked Imam Hussain to remove his tents from beside the river. Hazrat Abbas Radi Allahu Anhu rejected this command of Ibn Sa'ad, but Imam Hussain Radi Allahu Anhu explained that the Ahle Bait should be patient. Imam Hussain then had the Ahle Bait remove their tents and pitch them at another spot.

(Chain of Lights Vol 1, translated by Mawlana Afthab Cassim from "Tazkira Masha'ikh Qadria Razvia")