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Yes it is true. Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reapearance, mourns for Imam Hussain alayhis-salam every day - night and day - and he weeps blood for his greatgrandfather, as seen from his declaration he makes in his Zeyarah, know as Zeyarat al-Nahiyah:
". . . now that I could not be with you on the day of Ashura to defend you and fight off your enemies, I shall mourn you every morning and every evening, and I shall weep blood for you instead of tears . . .”
Who was the first individual who founded the practice of Tatbir or Qama-Zani?
Lady Zaynab alayhas-salam was the first person who founded the practice of Tatbir to Qama-Zani as reported in authenticated evidence. The details concerning this event is detailed elsewhere in the Q&A of this section.
Who was the first individual who founded the practice of walking-on-fire?
Lady Zaynab and Imam Zayn-el-Abidin alayhum-as-salam are the founders of walking on fire in the Hussaini Sha'a'er.
When the army of Yazid slaughtered every companion and then Imam Hussain alayhis-salam, they attacked the tents of the imam and his companions. The victorious army torched the tents and the women and children fled the blazing tents. Lady Zaynab alayhas-salam was asked why she did not escape as they were about to torch her tent, she replied "how can I when I have a patient inside the tent". when her tent was eventually set on fire, Lady Zaynab dragged her nephew, Imam Zayn el-Abidin alayhum-as-salam out of the tent, walking on the fire of the burning tents.
Who was the first Imam to hold Majlis Aza?
Who was the first Ma'soom Imam from the Ahl-ul-Bayt to hold a mourning and lamentation program, like the traditional Majlis Hussaini that are held annually in Muharram today? Or is it that the Majlis Aza that we have today is the invention of the Shia over the last few centuries?
Imam Zayn al-Abidin alayhis-salam was the first member of the Ahl-ul-Bayt alayhum-as-salam to publicly hold a mourning and lamentation program for Imam Hussain - like the Majlis Aza that are held today.
After they were released from captivity in Shaam, the women and children of Imam Hussain and his followers, lead by Imam Zayn al-Abidin alayhis-salam headed towards Karbala so that they could revisit the graves of their loved ones and bury the heads of the Martyrs with the bodies. They arrived at the site of the graves and the battle of Karbala on the twentieth of Safar, or forty days after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his followers - hence Arba'een.
After Karbala they headed back to their hometown - Medina. At the outskirts of Medina, Imam Zayn al-Abidin ordered to halt and to set up tents there. They ended up staying there for three days. The Imam turned to Bishr Ibn Hadhlam asked him if he could compose poetry and lamentation for Imam Hussain saying, "Your father was a very good poet, have you inherited some of that talent" The reply was afirmative.
Bishr Ibn Hadhlam entered Medina and went to the tomb of Rasulollah salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih and announced the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, describing the savagery and brutality with which Imam Hussain and his sons, brothers, and companions were killed, in his lamentation poetry. This touched the heart of the people to the extent that the whole of Medina was lamenting Imam Hussain, and almost everyone gathered the tomb of Rasulollah salla-llahu-alayhi-wa-aalih to mourn his grandson en masse.
Then the people headed to the outside of the city to receive the remainder of the Ahl-ul-Bayt alayhum-as-salam. . . . .
Last, but not least, al-Imam al-Mahdi
states in his Zeyarat al-Naheya, addressing Imam Hussain : “ . . . . now that I could not help you when needed most help . . . I SHALL CRY BLOOD FOR YOU INSTEAD OF TEARS.”ANSWER1. There is no doubt that Lady Zaynab
hit her head to the bar on purpose, and most certainly this was NOT done by mistake. And her ladyship did that to show her grief and anger for the catastrophe that had been brought about upon the Ahl-ul-Bayt and Islam, and in particular to Imam Hussain – who was the head of the Ahl-ul-Bayt and the leader of Islam, and to declare her stance about the awesome events of Karbala. The evidence that would suggest that Lady Zaynab did what she did with the intention of a MANDUB act is that with her action she wanted to defend the reputation of Imam Hussain and to defend the stance he took against the tyrant of the time. She did that to show how oppressed Imam Hussain was, and to declare and defend his cause which is the TRUTH and the HAQQ, and furthermore she did that to declare the BATIL or FALSE nature of the front opposing Imam Hussain, who are the enemies of the Ahl-ul-Bayt and Islam. Her action was very much MANDUB, if not most obligatory – and so too for anyone else for that matter – in order to defend the stance of Imam Hussain and his cause, which is the HAQQ, and to expose the opponents of Imam Hussain who are the proponents of the BATIL or FALSEHOOD.
Edited by YOUTH_MUSLIM, 09 May 2005 - 07:03 PM.
