Dear writer friend, today I will present you a different kind of post. The 10th day of Muharram month of Arabic lunar month, which has many signs of our Muslim nation, I would like to shed some light on this 10th day of Muharram, and I will shed light on the most important issues of the Muslim nation in the collection of one of our favorite writers, Anwar Ali.
I do not hesitate to tell the truth, no matter how unpleasant. I always stand by the truth. I love learning from others.
It is needless to say that the month of Muharram and the day of Ashura (10th of Muharram) is an extremely embarrassing day for the monarchical countries ruled by the kings-kings, sheikhs and emirs, who hold sway over the Muslim world. On this day in 61 Hijri, Imam Hussain (R.A.), the leader of the youth of Behesta, was martyred at the hands of the dictator Yazid's soldiers for opposing the monarchy. On the orders of the then dictator Yazid, under the leadership of his governor Obaidullah Ziad, this martyrdom of the Holy Prophet was killed in the most brutal and fiendish manner in history. In the history of Islam, there have been incidents of murder of many great people, including Prophets, Messengers, Caliph Hazrat Usman, Hazrat Ali, and many other great people, but the incident of Karbala in 61 Hijri was so fiendish and cruel that it has shaken even the hardest hearts for ages.
The nomination of Yazid as Caliph by Hazrat Muawiya (RA) was an ax attack on Islamic governance:
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) did not appoint anyone as his successor before his death. He left it to the people to choose his successor. Accordingly, the first four successors namely Khulafaye Rashedin were democratically elected by the people. But the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, Hazrat Muawiya, established the hereditary monarchy as soon as he gained the caliphate. In 676 AD, at the instigation of Hazrat Mughira, the ruler of Basra, he nominated his eldest son Yazid as his successor and struck a blow to the essence of Islamic governance. Hazrat Muawiya and Hazrat Mughira were both respected Companions. Since they were not prophets or messengers, they were naturally not above error. But this mistake of theirs leaves the history of Islam bruised, bloody and tarnished. Islam's system of governance is extremely axed. History testifies that Yazid, the son of Hazrat Muawiya (RA) was cruel, Traitor, ungodly and drunkard. In honor of Hazrat Muawiya, many say that Yazid was not such a miscreant when he appointed his son as heir. After the death of Muawiyah, he became like this. Maybe, God knows best.
According to historians al-Fakhri, von Kremer and Ibn Tiktaqah, Yazid's reign is famous for three atrocities—in the first year he killed Imam Husayn, the Prophet's daughter-in-law, in the second year he plundered Medina, and in the third year he attacked the Kaaba.
While others accepted the nomination of this impious Yazid as Caliph, Imam Husain, the second-in-command of the Holy Prophet, did not accept the deviation from Islam. Abdullah-Ibn Zubair, Abdullah-Ibn Omar, Abdur Rahman-Ibn Abu Bakr support this just claim of Hussain. However, after some time the latter two were tempted by Yazid and submitted to him. Unable to endure Yazid's persecution, Husayn and Abdullah-ibn Zubair left for Makkah.
Incident of Karbala:
It was not possible for a believer like Imam Hussain to accept Yazid's disruption of Islamic governance. The revival of the Khilafat system was Imam Husayn's (RA). ) main goal of the struggle. He also had the support of a large number of people in the Muslim world. In addition, the people of Kufa repeatedly requested Imam Hussain's help to save them from Yazid's misrule, and he responded. He decided to go to Kufa. Husayn sent his cousin Muslim-bin-Aqeel there to find out the state of Kufa. Having received the assurance of the help of the people of Kufa, Muslim wrote a letter requesting Imam Hussain to come to Kufa. But in the meantime, the hard-hearted ruler of Iraq under Yazid, Obaidullah bin Ziyad, tracked down Muslim and brutally killed him and also found and killed his aides. The people of Kufa were frightened by this. They did not dare to come forward to help Hussain. The people of Kufa wanted to see Imam Hussain as Caliph but were not willing to sacrifice their lives for Imam Hussain. Knowing about Yazid's ruthlessness, the companions of Imam Hussain (a.s.) knowingly joined the Imam. It is very clear. Loving the Imam, having immense respect and faith in him, they participated in the struggle with the Imam. The blow inflicted on Imam Husain (a.s.) and his companions was more painful than the pain of the sword, the blow of ignorance and stupidity of the people. That is why removing the veil of ignorance from the minds of the masses was an important Jihad for them.
## In the compilation of author Anwar Ali.
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