The Quran And Mourning for Hussain

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Author(s): Jafar Ali Asil

Translator(s): R. Bokhari

Category: Imam al-Husayn and Karbala

Topic Tags: Ashura Mourning

Featured Category: Responses to Misconceptions Shia beliefs explained

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This booklet answers why we will not allow the suppression of the commemoration of Hussain’s martyrdom, for Hussain (pbuh) was the epitome of love and devotion to Allah.

Translator’s Foreword

In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Most Beneficent All praise is for Allah the Lord of the Universe

Peace and Blessings be upon Muhammad the Prophet of Allah and his Holy Progeny

This wonderful work before us by Marhoom Jafar Ali Asil has been translated into English so that it reaches a wide readership. Mourning for Imam Hussain (pbuh), the prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’s grandson, on his brutal murder on the orders of Yazid ibn Muawiya from the Banu Umayya clan, is the bedrock of Shia Muslim life: without Hussain (pbuh)’s sacrifice, there would not have been Islam in its purest pristine form. Thus it is no surprise that over the centuries there have been constant attempts to stop the mourning gatherings that are held, either by attacking the mourners, or by spreading propaganda that mourning and crying is against the spirit of Islam.

By questioning the act of mourning and remembrance, the enemies of Imam Hussain (pbuh) have tried to create an atmosphere of doubt. However, there are two things we take solace in: firstly, that it is Fatima (pbuh)’s prayer and Allah’s promise to her that there will always remain a nation on

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