Hayhat minna al-dhilla
Hayhāt minnā l-dhilla (Arabic: هَیْهَاتَ مِنَّا الذِّلَّة) means "never to humiliation!". It is a famous quotation from Imam al-Husayn (a) on the day of Ashura.
According to historical sources, in the Battle of Karbala, Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad had ordered his army that Imam al-Husayn (a) had to either surrender or accept the war. On the day of Ashura, Imam al-Husayn (a) gave a speech in front of the army of Umar b. Sa'd and said,
- "Beware that this illegitimate son (Ubayd Allah) of the illegitimate one (Ziyad b. Abih) has made me choose between the two: drawing sword and humiliation, and never to humiliation!"[1]
Imam al-Husayn (a) declared that since God, the Prophet (s), believers and pure intellects do not accept his surrender, he (a) chooses death over humiliation.[2]
Some sources have narrated "al-daniyya" (Arabic: الدَّنيئة) instead of "al-dhilla", as "wa hayhat minna l-daniyya" (and never to debasement!)[3]
This motto is used among the teachings of Ashura in marches and rituals of Muharram and Safar.
Notes
References
- Ibn Shʿba al-Ḥarrānī, Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-. Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl. Second edition. Qom: Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1404 AH.
- Masʿūdī, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn al-. Ithbāt al-waṣīyya li-l-Imām ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib. Third edition. Qom: Intishārāt-i Anṣāryān, 1384 Sh.
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