1519: The wise, pious and moral speech of Imam Husain (a.s): part three
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
21- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
Weeping for fear of Allah is a deliverance from hellfire (Hayat Imam Husain, vol:1, pg 183).
22- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
I swear with my life! Imam is he who governs the people with the book of Allah, establishes equity, indebted with true religion and hold himself to Essence of Allah. (al-Irshad by Mufid: 210).
23- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
To die with dignity is better than to live in distress.
24- Among his legacy (peace be upon him) to his brother Muhammad al-hanafiyah he said:
I have not comes out due to selfish and wantonness and also I have not comes out for corruption and oppression rather I have comes out in order to seek for amendment in the nation of my grandfather (peace be upon him and his family) I wanted to command for good act and forbade evil act and to trek the path of my grandfather and my father Ali bn Abi Talib.
25- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
Be aware of what will drag you to seek for pardon because a believer don’t commit evil and don’t seek for pardon but the hypocrites commit evil and seek for pardon.
26- It was reported that when he (peace be upon him) wanted to embark on journey to Iraq he stood in a sermon and said:
All praise been to Allah, with the wish of Allah, there is no might except that of Allah; may the blessing of Allah be upon His Messenger. Verily the position of death to son of Adam is like that of necklace in the neck of a lady; how I wish to meet with my forefathers like that of the wishes of Ya’qub to meet with Yusuf; the place I will be killed is stipulated and I shall reach there, as if I am seeing how the forest wolf between Nawawees and Karbala are separating the parts of my body in order to feel their empty stomach. Definitely the ending of human being is inevitable and Allah’s pleasure is the pleasure of ours (Ahlulbait) and we will be patience before any of His entanglement till Allah gives us the reward of perseverance.
27- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
There is no successfulness for the people that bought the pleasure of creature with the wrath of Allah.
28- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) stood up in sermon before his companions. He gratify Allah and praise Him, he mentioned his grandfather and send blessing to him and said:
Issues have descended upon us whom you may be thinking this world has changed, snubbed, and its good has turned tail. Nothing has remained from it except a thing that is as scanty as the leftover of a cup and a mean life that is like a noxious grazing. Have you not noticed that the right is ignored and the evil is not forbidden? This is sufficient for making the believer's desire for meeting Allah rightfully. I consider death as happiness and life with the wrongdoers as boredom.
29- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
Verily human beings are subservient to this world and the religion is only a slaver on their tongue. They turn it wherever their livelihood demands. If they are examined by misfortunes, the religious will be very little.
30- Imam Husain (peace be upon him) said:
O’ people! The holy Prophet (peace be upon him and is family) has said:
Whoever saw despotic ruler that made lawful what Allah has forbidden, break Allah’ covenant, acting against the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah and act wrongly and deviously to the servants of Allah, and you did not act or make speech in order to make change, it is upon Allah to put you and the despotic rulers in same place; verily those people has decided to follow Satan and leave the obedience of the Most Beneficent, they manifested corruption and stop the punishment of Allah and monopolize the booties, they made lawful what Allah has prohibited and prohibits what Allah has made lawful. Definitely I deserve the right of leadership more than any one else.