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'''Hayhāt minnā l-dhilla''' (Arabic: {{ia|هَیْهَاتَ مِنَّا الذِّلَّة}}) means "never to humiliation!". It is a famous quotation from [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] on the [[day of | [[file:هيهات منا الذلة.jpg|250px|thumbnail|A flag on which "hayhat minna l-dhilla" is written in the [[procession of Arba'in]].]] | ||
'''Hayhāt minnā l-dhilla''' (Arabic: {{ia|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]], [[ | 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 ( | :"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!"<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Ithbāt al-waṣīyya'', p. 166.</ref> | ||
Imam al-Husayn (a) declared that since [[God]], the [[Prophet (s)]], [[Faith|believers]] and pure intellects do not accept his surrender, he (a) chooses [[death]] over humiliation.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Ithbāt al-waṣīyya'', p. 166.</ref> | Imam al-Husayn (a) declared that since [[God]], the [[Prophet (s)]], [[Faith|believers]] and pure intellects do not accept his surrender, he (a) chooses [[death]] over humiliation.<ref>Masʿūdī, ''Ithbāt al-waṣīyya'', p. 166.</ref> | ||
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Some sources have [[Narration|narrated]] "al-daniyya" (Arabic: {{ia|الدَّنيئة}}) instead of "al-dhilla", as "wa hayhat minna l-daniyya" (and never to debasement!)<ref>Ibn Shʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 241.</ref> | Some sources have [[Narration|narrated]] "al-daniyya" (Arabic: {{ia|الدَّنيئة}}) instead of "al-dhilla", as "wa hayhat minna l-daniyya" (and never to debasement!)<ref>Ibn Shʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 241.</ref> | ||
This motto is used among the teachings of | This motto is used among the teachings of Ashura in marches and rituals of [[Muharram]] and [[Safar]]. | ||
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