Qatil al-Abarat
Qatīl al-Abarāt (Arabic: قَتیلُ العَبَرات) meaning "killed for tears" is among the titles of Imam al-Husayn (a).
It is also used as "Qatil al-'Abara". It has two meanings: that Imam al-Husayn (a) was a martyr whose remembrance brings tears to the eyes;[1] and shedding tears in his mourning brings rewards[2] and causes revival of Ashura.
This title is mentioned in hadiths of Shi'a Imams (a). Imam al-Husayn (a) himself said,
- "I am killed for tears; no believer would mention me but his eyes would fill with tears."[3]
Also, in Ziyara Arba'in, Imam al-Sadiq (a) greets Imam al-Husayn (a),
- "Peace be upon Husayn (a), the oppressed, the martyred; peace be upon the captive of griefs and killed for tears."[4]
This attribute is also mentioned for him in ziyaras, including, "and peace be upon Husayn (a), the rightly guided martyr, killed for tears and the captive of griefs."[5]
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References
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. [n.p], 1403 AH.
- Qummī, Abbās. Mafātīḥ al-jinān. [n.p]. [n.d].
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Tahdhīb al-aḥkām. Edited by Sayyid Ḥasan al-Khirsān. 4th ed. Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmīyya, 1407 AH.
- Ṣadūq, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-. Al-Amālī. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Aʿlamī li-l-Maṭbūʿāt, 1400 AH.
- Ṣiḥḥatī Sardrūdī, Muḥammad. Manṭiq-i Āshūrā-pazhūhī; uṣūl wa mabānī-yi taḥqīq dar tārīkh-i Imām Ḥusayn. Qom: Nashr-i Kheyma, 1395 Sh.