Hubb al-Husayn Yajma'una (slogan)
Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn Yajmaʿunā (Arabic: حب الحسین یجمعنا; meaning: The love of al-Husayn (a) gathers us) is a slogan referring to the global unity of Shi'as and lovers of Imam al-Husayn (a) in the Procession of Arba'in.[1] This slogan is common in Karbala during Arba'in, where millions of Pilgrims practice it by setting aside differences and emphasizing religious commonalities.[2] The goal of this slogan is stated to be the strengthening of bonds of faith and countering divisive propaganda centering on Imam al-Husayn (a).[3]
Nasir Makarim Shirazi, a Shi'a Marja', introduces this slogan as derived from Quranic verses and hadiths,[4] including al-Mawadda Verse[5] and hadiths narrated regarding the affection for the Ahl al-Bayt (a).[6] Ibn Qulawayh al-Qummi, a Shi'a hadith scholar of the 4th/10th century, has narrated a hadith from Prophet Muhammad (s) stating: "حُسَینٌ مِنِّی وَ أَنَا مِنْ حُسَینٍ أَحَبَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَحَبَ حُسَیناً" (Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn. God loves the one who loves Husayn).[7] According to Sayyid Ali Husayni Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Husayni unity and love for Imam al-Husayn (a) have caused the formation of the Arba'in gathering.[8]
The slogan "Hubb al-Husayn Yajma'una" has been used in the poems of poets and by reciters of eulogies (Maddahi).[9] A book with this title has also been published, which focuses on the art of photography and visual narration.[10] According to the author of the book Hubb al-Husayn Yajma'una, this slogan is not merely spoken; rather, it strengthens the shared feeling of pilgrims and their bond during the Procession of Arba'in.[11]
In 2019, this slogan was raised in the media and Arba'in ceremonies, and subsequently spread among Arba'in pilgrims and cultural activists in the Islamic world.[12] The hashtag "#Hubb-al-Husayn-Yajma'una" was also used on social networks and on some flags in the Arba'in walk with this theme.
Notes
- ↑ "Waḥdat-i millī bā ʿishq-i Shīʿa wa Sunnī bi Ḥusayn (a)", Rūznāma-yi Javān.
- ↑ "Risālat al-arbaʿīn li-l-ʿālam.. Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā", Dār al-Wilāya.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, "Mabnā-shināsī-yi shiʿār-i Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā", Website of the Office of Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, "Mabnā-shināsī-yi shiʿār-i Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā", Website of the Office of Ayatollah Nasir Makarim Shirazi.
- ↑ Qur'an 42:23.
- ↑ See: Ṭabrisī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1415 AH, vol. 9, p. 48; Tirmidhī, Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 1395 AH, vol. 5, p. 664.
- ↑ Ibn Qūlawayh, Kāmil al-ziyārāt, 1356 Sh, vol. 1, p. 53.
- ↑ "Ḥamāsa-yi rāhpaymāyī-yi Arbaʿīn / Ḥāditha-yi Arbaʿīn-i Karbalā / Piyādarawī-yi Arbaʿīn", The Office for the Preservation and Publication of the Works of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei.
- ↑ "Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā (Arabic poem for the unity of Iran and Iraq)", Mawkib-i Awwal al-Imāma Niẓāmun li-l-Milla; "Shukran yā ʿIrāq - Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā - Muḥammad Ḥusayn Pūyānfar and Lebanese reciter", Website of Sibtayn International Institution; "Ḥabībunā Ḥusayn wa ḥubbuh yajmaʿunā, Ḥusayn Ṭāhirī; Arbaʿīn-i Ḥusaynī", Kāshūb; "Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā", Official Website of Meysam Motiee.
- ↑ "Taqdīm al-kitāb 'Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā'", Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā.
- ↑ "Taqdīm al-kitāb 'Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā'", Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā.
- ↑ "Shiʿār-i Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā pur-tikrārtarīn kilīdvāzha-yi Twitter shud", Al-Kawthar; "Istiqbāl-i Twitterī-hā az buzurgtarīn rāhpaymāyī-yi jahān bā hashtag-i 'Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā'", Tasnim News Agency.
References
- "Ḥamāsa-yi rāhpaymāyī-yi Arbaʿīn / Ḥāditha-yi Arbaʿīn-i Karbalā / Piyādarawī-yi Arbaʿīn" (The Epic of Arba'in Walk / The Event of Arba'in of Karbala / Arba'in Walk). The Office for the Preservation and Publication of the Works of Grand Ayatollah Khamenei. Accessed: 17 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā (Shiʿrī ʿArabī barāyī waḥdat-i Īrān wa ʿIrāq)" (Hubb al-Husayn yajma'una; An Arabic poem for the unity of Iran and Iraq). Mawkib-i Awwal al-Imāma Niẓāmun li-l-Milla. Accessed: 25 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā". Official Website of Meysam Motiee. Accessed: 17 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Istiqbāl-i Twitterī-hā az buzurgtarīn rāhpaymāyī-yi jahān bā hashtag-i 'Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā'" (Twitter users welcome the world's largest march with the hashtag 'Hubb al-Husayn Yajma'una'). Tasnim News Agency. Date: 18 Mihr 1397 Sh. Accessed: 29 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Shiʿār-i Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā pur-tikrārtarīn kilīdvāzha-yi Twitter shud" (The slogan Hubb al-Husayn Yajma'una became the most repeated keyword on Twitter). Al-Kawthar. Date: 28 Mihr 1398 Sh. Accessed: 12 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Shukran yā ʿIrāq - Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā - Muḥammad Ḥusayn Pūyānfar wa maddāḥ-i Lubnānī". Website of Sibtayn International Institution. Accessed: 25 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Taqdīm al-kitāb 'Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā'". Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā. Accessed: 25 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Waḥdat-i millī bā ʿishq-i Shīʿa wa Sunnī bi Ḥusayn (a)" (National unity with the love of Shi'a and Sunni for Husayn (a)). Rūznāma-yi Javān. Date: 9 Shahrivar 1402 Sh. Accessed: 15 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- "Ḥabībunā Ḥusayn wa ḥubbuh yajmaʿunā, Ḥusayn Ṭāhirī; Arbaʿīn-i Ḥusaynī". Kāshūb. Date: 18 Mihr 1397 Sh. Accessed: 29 Adhar 1404 Sh.
- Ibn Qūlawayh, Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad. Kāmil al-ziyārāt. Najaf, Dār al-Murtaḍawiyya, 1st ed, 1356 Sh.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. "Mabnā-shināsī-yi shiʿār-i Ḥubb al-Ḥusayn yajmaʿunā". News Agency of the Office of Grand Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi. Date: 10 Aban 1397 Sh. Accessed: 10 Adhar 1404 Sh.