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He then said: I swear you to God, you know that the Prophet (s) purchased the location of his mosque and houses and built 10 rooms there, 9 rooms for himself and one room in the middle for my father, Ali b. Abi Talib (a), and he then closed all the doors to the mosque except that of my father's room. Some Muslims talked to the Prophet (s) about this and the Prophet (s) said: "I did not close your doors and keep Ali's door open except by the Divine order. Then the Prophet (s) banned sleeping in the mosque except for Ali (a). Now [[janaba]] occurred in the mosque, his house and the Prophet's (s) houses and they had children in these houses. People said: yes. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: do you know that [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] liked to open a small window, the size of his eye, from his house to the mosque, but the Prophet (s) did not allow him to do so saying that: God has commanded me to build a clean mosque in which nobody resides except me and my brother and his children. People confirmed: yes. | He then said: I swear you to God, you know that the Prophet (s) purchased the location of his mosque and houses and built 10 rooms there, 9 rooms for himself and one room in the middle for my father, Ali b. Abi Talib (a), and he then closed all the doors to the mosque except that of my father's room. Some Muslims talked to the Prophet (s) about this and the Prophet (s) said: "I did not close your doors and keep Ali's door open except by the Divine order. Then the Prophet (s) banned sleeping in the mosque except for Ali (a). Now [[janaba]] occurred in the mosque, his house and the Prophet's (s) houses and they had children in these houses. People said: yes. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: do you know that [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] liked to open a small window, the size of his eye, from his house to the mosque, but the Prophet (s) did not allow him to do so saying that: God has commanded me to build a clean mosque in which nobody resides except me and my brother and his children. People confirmed: yes. | ||
Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that the Prophet (s) had appointed Ali (a) for [[wilaya]] and told his audience to propagate this message to others? People said: yes, we swear to God. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that the Prophet (s) told Imam Ali (a) in the [[Battle of Tabuk]]: "you are to me like [[Aaron (a)]] to [[Moses (a)]], and you are the ruler of every believer after me"? People said: yes, we swear to God. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that when the Prophet (s) called [[Najran]]'s | Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that the Prophet (s) had appointed Ali (a) for [[wilaya]] and told his audience to propagate this message to others? People said: yes, we swear to God. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that the Prophet (s) told Imam Ali (a) in the [[Battle of Tabuk]]: "you are to me like [[Aaron (a)]] to [[Moses (a)]], and you are the ruler of every believer after me"? People said: yes, we swear to God. Imam al-Husayn (a) said: I swear you to God, do you know that when the Prophet (s) called [[Najran]]'s christians for [[mubahala]], he only took with him Ali (a) and his wife, [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]] and their sons, [[Hasan b. Ali (a)]] and [[Husayn b. Ali (a)]]? They said: yes, we swear to God. He said: I swear you to God, do you know that the Prophet (s) gave the flag to Ali (a) on the [[Battle of Khaybar|Khaybar]] day, saying that "I give the flag to someone who is loved by God and the Prophet (s) and who loves God and the Prophet (s); who continuously attacks the enemy and never escapes and God conquers the Khaybar fort by his hands? They said: yes, we swear to God. | ||
Imam al-Husayn (a) said: do you know that the Prophet (s) sent Ali (a) for the announcement of [[Bara'a Verses]] and said: "nobody announces [this message] except me or someone from me"? They said: yes, we swear to God. | Imam al-Husayn (a) said: do you know that the Prophet (s) sent Ali (a) for the announcement of [[Bara'a Verses]] and said: "nobody announces [this message] except me or someone from me"? They said: yes, we swear to God. | ||
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Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: Do you know that Ali (a) had private meetings with the Prophet (s) every day and met him every night in his house, and whenever he asked the Prophet (s) a question, he answered him, and when he did not speak, the Prophet (s) began to talk? They said: yes, we swear to God. | Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: Do you know that Ali (a) had private meetings with the Prophet (s) every day and met him every night in his house, and whenever he asked the Prophet (s) a question, he answered him, and when he did not speak, the Prophet (s) began to talk? They said: yes, we swear to God. | ||
Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) preferred Ali to Ja'far and [[Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]] when he told Fatima al-Zahra (a): "I marry you to the best man in my household whose belief in Islam is earlier than all, whose patience is greater than all, and whose knowledge is more than all? They said: Yes, we swear to God. | Then Imam al-Husayn (a) said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) preferred Ali to [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib|Ja'far]] and [[Hamza b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]] when he told Fatima al-Zahra (a): "I marry you to the best man in my household whose belief in Islam is earlier than all, whose patience is greater than all, and whose knowledge is more than all? They said: Yes, we swear to God. | ||
He then said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) said: "I am the head of all the children of [[Adam (a)]] and my brother, Ali (a), is the head of all Arabs, Fatima (a) is the head of all women in the Heaven, and my sons, Hasan and Husayn (a), are the heads of all young people in the Heaven"? The audience said: Yes, we swear to God. | He then said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) said: "I am the head of all the children of [[Adam (a)]] and my brother, Ali (a), is the head of all Arabs, Fatima (a) is the head of all women in the Heaven, and my sons, Hasan and Husayn (a), are the heads of all young people in the Heaven"? The audience said: Yes, we swear to God. | ||
Imam al-Husayn (a) went on: Do you know that the Prophet (s) told Ali (a) to | Imam al-Husayn (a) went on: Do you know that the Prophet (s) told Ali (a) to make [[Ghusl of the Dead|ghusl]] of his corpse after his death and told him that angle [[Gabriel]] will help him in this? They said: Yes, we swear to God. | ||
He said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) delivered a sermon to people in the last days of his life and said: "I will leave among you two precious things (thaqalayn): the Book of God (the [[Qur'an]]) and my kindred ('itra); appeal to them in order not to be misled"? They said: Yes, we swear to God. | He said: Do you know that the Prophet (s) delivered a sermon to people in the last days of his life and said: "I will leave among you two precious things (thaqalayn): the Book of God (the [[Qur'an]]) and [[Ahl al-Bayt|my kindred]] ('itra); appeal to them in order not to be misled"? They said: Yes, we swear to God. | ||
Thus Imam al-Husayn (a) cited everything in the Qur'an or the Prophet (s) | Thus Imam al-Husayn (a) cited everything in the Qur'an or the Prophet's (s) words concerning Ali b. Abi Talib (a) and his household and swore his audience, and they confirmed it. Then Imam al-Husayn (a) asked them if they heard the Prophet (s) saying that "everyone who thinks that he loves me but hates Ali (a) is a liar. A person who hates Ali (a) does not love me". Someone asked the Prophet (s): why? He replied: "Because Ali (a) is from me and I am from Ali (a); everyone who loves him loves me too and everyone who loves me loves God. And everyone who hates Ali (a) hates me too and everyone who hates me hates God"? They said: Yes, we swear to God that we have heard this. | ||
===Second and Third Parts of the Sermon=== | ===Second and Third Parts of the Sermon=== | ||
People! Learn what God has taught His friends, such as what He said about Jewish scholars: "why do not the rabbis and the scholars of law forbid them from their uttering sinful words" (the Qur'an | People! Learn what God has taught His friends, such as what He said about Jewish scholars: "why do not the rabbis and the scholars of law forbid them from their uttering sinful words" (the Qur'an 5:63) and "curses were pronounced on those among the children of Israel who rejected faith" (the Qur'an 5:78). | ||
Thus God reproached them, since they witnessed the wrong actions of tyrants among them without prohibiting them out of desire to gain advantages from them or fear of losing what they had, whereas God says: "fear not men, but fear | Thus God reproached them, since they witnessed the wrong actions of tyrants among them without prohibiting them out of desire to gain advantages from them or fear of losing what they had, whereas God says: "fear not men, but fear Me" (the Qur'an 5:44) and "the believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil" (the Qur'an 9:71). | ||
God obliged the enjoining of the right and the forbidding of the wrong because He knew that if this is done, then all other religious obligations will be done, since enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong are invitations to Islam, together with returning unfairly gained property ([[radd al-mazalim]]), opposing unjust people, distributing the treasury and booties, and consuming [[zakat]] for appropriate purposes. | God obliged the enjoining of the right and the forbidding of the wrong because He knew that if this is done, then all other religious obligations will be done, since enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong are invitations to Islam, together with returning unfairly gained property ([[radd al-mazalim]]), opposing unjust people, distributing the treasury and booties, and consuming [[zakat]] for appropriate purposes. | ||
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Is not all this because people hope that you carry out the God's right? However, you have failed most of His rights and so you have underestimated the rights of Imams and violated the rights of the poor, but you think that you have secured your own rights. You have not spent any money, nor risked you lives for the one who has created it. You have not fought any tribe for the sake of God. Do you hope to go to the Heaven together with the prophets and away from divine tortures? | Is not all this because people hope that you carry out the God's right? However, you have failed most of His rights and so you have underestimated the rights of Imams and violated the rights of the poor, but you think that you have secured your own rights. You have not spent any money, nor risked you lives for the one who has created it. You have not fought any tribe for the sake of God. Do you hope to go to the Heaven together with the prophets and away from divine tortures? | ||
O' those who have hopes in God! I fear that God inflicts you with retribution because, by God's honors, you have achieved a position by which you are superior to others and you do not respect anyone who is known by God and you see the violation of divine covenants but you are not concerned, whereas you are concerned for the violation of your fathers' pacts. You see that the Prophet (s) | O' those who have hopes in God! I fear that God inflicts you with retribution because, by God's honors, you have achieved a position by which you are superior to others and you do not respect anyone who is known by God and you see the violation of divine covenants but you are not concerned, whereas you are concerned for the violation of your fathers' pacts. You see that the Prophet's (s) covenant is ignored, and the blind, the deaf, the dumb and the disabled are free in the cities, and you have no mercy. You do nothing to the extent of your positions and you ignore those who try to do so, while you refuge to the flattery and the compromise with the tyrants. This is what God has commanded you: to prevent and mutually prohibit, of which you are ignorant. Your tragedy is greater than that of all people, since you failed to preserve the position of scholars; I wish you understood this. | ||
This is because the execution of affairs and rulings [key decisions] are in the hands of the Divine scholars who are Divine trustees for His halal and haram, but you are robbed of such a position, because you parted from the right and you disputed over the Tradition, whereas there was obvious evidence. And if you were patient despite the troubles and if you tolerated the hardship for the sake of God, Divine affairs would come from you and refer to you. But you put the tyrants in your place and assigned them with the divine affairs, and they act out of suspicions and practice their desires. | This is because the execution of affairs and rulings [key decisions] are in the hands of the Divine scholars who are Divine trustees for His halal and haram, but you are robbed of such a position, because you parted from the right and you disputed over the Tradition, whereas there was obvious evidence. And if you were patient despite the troubles and if you tolerated the hardship for the sake of God, Divine affairs would come from you and refer to you. But you put the tyrants in your place and assigned them with the divine affairs, and they act out of suspicions and practice their desires. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] | * [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] | ||
* [[Event of Karbala]] | * [[Event of Karbala]] | ||