It was after Asr on the day of Ashura. Imam Hussain lay dead. The earth had trembled! Furaat had broken its banks! From the camp of the family of the Holy Prophet such lamentation arose as had never been heard before! ‘Umar son of Saad’ received a letter from ‘Ubayd Allah son of Ziyad’. The Governor of […]

Imam Hussain went to the battlefield wearing the Prophet’s robe and turban. Imam Hussain first preached to his enemies, the love of God, the obedience to the Holy Prophet and abstinence from vice and wickedness, and at last asked the people: “Why do you kill me?”, “Did I commit any sin or crime?”, “Did I plunder anybody?”, […]

When Imam Hussain (pbuh) stood all alone in the battlefield surrounded by the enemies, he was summoned by a call from his sister Zainab in his camp. When he went into the tent, he found his six (6) month old baby son Ali Asgher, dying of thirst in his cradle. And the poor mother Rubab, whose milk had […]

After Abbas, came the turn of Ali Akbar, to go to the battlefield. The battle drums of the enemies were now getting louder and louder. It is reported that this eighteen (18) year old son was so very much loved by one and all in the camp that the account of his taking leave of his aunts, […]

Qasim was the youngest son of Imam Hassan (pbuh), he was born in 47 Hijra, three (3) years before the martyrdom of his father. When Imam Hussain prepared to leave Madina in the month of Rajab 60 Hijra. Qasim’s mother Farwa asked Imam Hussain to take her and Qasim with him. Imam Hussain agreed. Qasim, although only thirteen […]

Abbas Qamar-e-Banu Hashim (the Moon of the Hashimites), who was next only to the Holy Imam in charge of the Holy Imam’s camp, after a very strenuous fight with the enemy at the river, got a sack of water but when the sack filled with water was placed before the thirsty children, the poor innocents not waiting till […]

بث مباشر لمجلس الشيخ عبدالرضا معاش في حسينية المرحوم الحاج احمد عاشور

The Holy Imam commanded his cousin Muslim son of Aqeel, to proceed to Kufa which used to be the capital of Iraq at that time. And to report from there, after studying the bona fide of the call from the people of the place. In the middle of Ramadan 60 Hijra Muslim son of Aqeel […]

Imam Hussain (pbuh) thanked and praised Almighty God first. Then mentioned Holy Prophet (pbuh) and prayed on him and said: Citizens of Kufa, Remember my image and look who I am, then awaken yourselves. Ask if it is fair for you to kill me and to violate the honor of my women? Am I not the son […]

بث مباشر لمجلس الشيخ عبدالرضا معاش في حسينية المرحوم الحاج احمد عاشور