Brighten My Soul: How the Prophet (s), Jinn, Angels and the Sky mourned for Hussain (a)
“The sky wept for forty days on (the martyrdom of) Imam Husayn (as)”.
We read in Tahdib al-Kamal by Jamaluddin al-Mizi, Volume 6 page 433:وقال أبو الأسود النضر بن عبد الجبار عن بن لهيعة عن أبي قبيل لما قتل الحسين بن علي كسفت الشمس كسفة بدت الكواكب نصف النهارAbu…
Iraq shrine city to make Guinness World Record bid
KARBALA, Iraq — Karbala is considering petitioning for a Guinness World Record for the number of Shiite pilgrims who visit the Iraqi shrine city for annual Arbaeen rituals, its governor told AFP on Saturday.
Amal al-Din al-Har admitted the move was partly motivated to convince those who are sceptical of official estimates of the numbers of pilgrims passing through Karbala during Arbaeen and the preceding Ashura commemorations.
“We will send an invitation to the Guiness Book of World Records to visit Karbala during the next Arbaeen, to see it and make a census of the pilgrims visiting Karbala,” Har said, describing it as the world’s biggest festival.
“We will submit a request to Karbala provincial council to send an official request.”
The Guiness Book of World Records website does not list any corresponding records to the one Karbala is considering petitioning for.
It notes applicants can register to set a world record if they compile sufficient evidence or invite an official Guinness World Records adjudicator, assuming the Guinness Book of World Records accepts the application.
The final two weeks of Arbaeen this year saw 15 million pilgrims, including around 500,000 from outside Iraq, according to Karbala provincial authorities.
Media and observers argue that the figures are routinely overestimated.
“I thought of this idea three years ago,” Har admitted, “because a lot of media and people doubt the number of visiting pilgrims announced by the province each year.”
Arbaeen marks 40 days after the Ashura anniversary commemorating the slaying of Imam Hussein, one of Shiite Islam’s most revered figures, by the armies of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD.
Hussein and his half-brother Abbas are both buried in the city.
The seventh century battle near Karbala is at the heart of the historical division between Islam’s Sunni and Shiite sects.
Now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime barred the vast majority of Ashura and Arbaeen commemorations.
Shiites make up around 15 percent of Muslims worldwide. They represent the majority populations in Iraq, Iran and Bahrain and form significant communities in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia.
Lies of Ashura - Maitham al Tammar (ra)
حدثنا الشيخ الجليل أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى ابن بابويه القمي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن نصر بن مزاحم، عن عمر بن سعد، عن أرطاة بن حبيب، عن فضيل الرسان، عن جبلة المكية، قالت: سمعت ميثما التمار (قدس الله روحه) يقول: والله لتقتلن هذه الامة ابن نبيها في المحرم لعشر يمضين منه، وليتخذن أعداء الله ذلك اليوم يوم بركة، وإن ذلك لكائن، قد سبق في علم الله تعالى ذكره، أعلم ذلك بعهد عهده إلي مولاي أمير المؤمنين (صلوات الله عليه)، ولقد أخبرني أنه يبكي عليه كل شئ حتى الوحوش في الفلوات، والحيتان في البحار، والطير في جو السماء، وتبكي عليه الشمس والقمر والنجوم والسماء والارض، ومؤمنو الانس والجن، وجميع ملائكة السماوات، ورضوان ومالك وحملة العرش، وتمطر السماء دما ورمادا. ثم قال: وجبت لعنة الله على قتلة الحسين (عليه السلام)، كما وجبت على المشركين الذين يجعلون مع الله إلها آخر، وكما وجبت على اليهود والنصارى والمجوس.
قالت جبلة: فقلت له: يا ميثم، وكيف يتخذ الناس ذلك اليوم الذي يقتل فيه الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) يوم بركة! فبكى ميثم (رضي الله عنه)، ثم قال سيزعمون بحديث يضعونه أنه اليوم الذي تاب الله فيه على آدم (عليه السلام)، وإنما تاب الله على آدم (عليه السلام) في ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي قبل الله فيه توبة داود (عليه السلام)، وإنما قبل الله توبته في ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي أخرج الله فيه يونس (عليه السلام) من بطن الحوت، وإنما أخرجه الله تعالى من بطن الحوت في ذي القعدة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي استوت فيه سفينة نوح (عليه السلام) على الجودي، وإنما استوت على الجودي يوم الثامن عشر من ذي الحجة، ويزعمون أنه اليوم الذي فلق الله فيه البحر لبني إسرائيل، وإنما كان ذلك في ربيع الاول.
ثم قال ميثم: يا جبلة، اعلمي أن الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) سيد الشهداء يوم القيامة، ولاصحابه على سائر الشهداء درجة. يا جبلة، إذا نظرت إلى الشمس حمراء كأنها دم عبيط، فاعلمي أن سيدك الحسين قد قتل.
قالت جبلة: فخرجت ذات يوم، فرأيت الشمس على الحيطان كأنها الملاحف المعصفرة، فصحت حينئذ وبكيت، وقلت: قد والله قتل سيدنا الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) (1).
[27] المجلس السابع والعشرون وهو يوم الجمعة غرة المحرم سنة ثمان وستين وثلاثمائة املاه بعد رجوعه من مشهد الرضا (عليه السلام )
The venerable Shaykh, Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al Husain b. Musa b. Babuyeh al Qummi رضي اللّه عـنـه narrated to us. He said: al Husain b. Ahmad b. Idris رحمه اللّه narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. al Husain b. Abu ‘l Khattab from Nasr b. Mazahim from `Umar b. Sa`d from Arta’ah b. Habib from Fudayl al Rassan from Jabalat al Makkiyyah. She said:
I heard Maitham al Tammar (may Allah sanctify his spirit) say: By Allah! This nation will kill the son of its Prophet in Muharram, when ten (days) have passed from it. And the enemies of Allah shall take that day to be a day of barakah (prosperity, blessing). And so shall it be. Its mention has preceded (its occurrence) in the knowledge of Allah Ta`ala. I know that due to the knowledge vested in my Master, Amir al Mu’mineen (blessings of Allah be upon him) and he has informed me that everything shall weep over him – even the wild beasts in the (waterless) deserts, the fishes in the seas, the birds (suspended) in the middle of the sky. And the sun, the moon, the stars, the heaven, the earth, the believing men and jinn, all of the angels of the heavens, Ridwan and Malik and the bearers of the `Arsh shall weep over him, and the heaven shall rain blood and ashes. Then he said: Allah has made cursing wajib on the murderer of Husain عليه السلام like He made it wajib on the mushrikeen, those who appointed another god with Allah and as He made it wajib on the Jews and the Christians and the Zoroastrians.
Jabalah said: Then I said to him: O Maitham! How will the people take that day on which Husain b. `Ali عليهما السلام shall be killed, to be a day of barakah?! Maitham رضي الله عنه wept and he said: People will claim through a hadith which they have invented that it is the day on which Allah forgave Adam عليه السلام while He forgave Adam عليه السلام in Dhu ‘l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah accepted the repentance of Dawud عليه السلام while He accepted his taubah in Dhu ‘l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah brought forth Yunus عليه السلام from the belly of the whale while Allah Ta`ala brought him forth from the belly of the whale in Dhu ‘l Qa`dah. And they claim that it is the day on which the Ark of Nuh عليه السلام came to a rest on Mount Judi while it came to a rest on Mount Judi on the eighteenth day of Dhu ‘l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah split open the sea for Bani Isra’il while that was in Rabi` al Awwal.
Then Maitham said: O Jabalah! Know that Husain b. `Ali عليهما السلام is the Master of the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection and his companions are a degree above the rest of the martyrs. O Jabalah! When you see the sun (turn) red as if it was fresh blood, then know that your master, Husain, has been killed.
Jabalah said: I went out one day and I saw the sun upon the walls (i.e. its rays) as if it were a blanket dyed in safflower. So I shrieked at that time and wept, and I said: By Allah! Indeed our Master, Husain b. `Ali عليهما السلام has been killed!
And as Imam Ali (as) had said, we see these lies being told today. Truly only Allah protects the sanctity of the day to be observed by the one who he wishes.