Muharram Activity Booklet-9

ACTIVITY BOOKLET Issue #9

Muharram 1430

Hazrat Ali Asghar The Last Moment and the Infant

‘Oh Kufans! if you are not kind towards me, then be kind towards this sucking infant.’

But, instead—the arrow kissed it before his father.” Thus, Imam (AS) said to Zaynab (SA): “Take the child,” then he placed his hand under the child’s throat, and since it got filled with child’s blood, threw it towards the heaven and said: “Since Allah witnesses the tragedy befallen upon me,

Imam (AS) came to the It becomes easier for me—to bear and tolerate camp and they brought it.” near him his son (Abd Allah), and he placed him in his bosom. At this stage a man from Banu Hisham b. Muhammad al-Kalbi has narrated Asad shot an arrow towards the infant which that: “Since, Imam (AS) saw that Kufan army is resulted in his martyrdom, thus Imam (AS) took determined upon spilling his blood, he took the infant’s blood in his hand. And when it got Quran, opened it, placed it upon his head and full, he spilled the blood upon the ground and said: ‘Oh Kufans! There are Holy Qur’an and said: “Oh Allah! if it has been destined that we my grandfather—Muhammad, the messenger of should be deprived of rain water from the sky, Allah—between you and me. Then how can you consider this innocent blood as a means for justify spilling of my blood as lawful?’ At this being blessed with Your blessings, and take our moment Imam (AS) looked around and saw an revenge from this group of tyrants.” Then he infant who was crying because of thirst, he took placed the child beside other martyrs. him in his hand In another tradition it has been mentioned that: and said that: “Imam (AS) came in front of the camp and said ‘Oh Kufans! if you are not kind to Zaynab (SA): ‘Bring the infant near me so that I could say farewell to him.’ Then he took towards me, then him and brought near his face in order to kiss be kind towards him, at this instant Hurmula b. Kahil Asadi shot this sucking an arrow, which pierced through the infant’s infant.’ But in • Hazrat Ali Asghar throat instantaneously making him sacrificed.”, responding to • Crossword Imam’s (AS) and how beautifully a poet in the following genuine human Arabic verse has portrayed this theme: • Word Puzzle request, a man “The heart, torn apart from patience—was from the Kufan • Hidden message from Allah, army killed the • Cartoon It would have exploded even it was hard like infant by an stone. arrow. Having witnessed this He lowered his head down, to kiss his beloved horrible scene child, Imam (AS) wept

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Imam (AS) by using the ‘Oh Allah! You be a sheath of his sword dug judge between us and a small grave behind the them—who invited us camp and buried the in order to support, but child in the same condition. Also it has instead pulled their swords against us.’” been narrated that Imam (AS) offered funeral Some have narrated that prayer upon his dead a heavenly voice was body and later an after heard in the sky who weltering the infant in said that: “Oh alhis own blood, buried Husain! Hand over the him. child to us, that there is someone in the Paradise for his nursing.” After the child was martyred,

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ACROSS 4 Her earrings were snatched 6 Farwa/Reminded her son about the talisman from his father 7 Imam Hussain's grandson who was in Karbala 9 Allah/Another name for Imam Hussain's youngest son 10 Imam Ali's brave warrior son DOWN 1 Son of Imam Hasan 2 Ul-abedeen/Imam Hussain's son who did not die in Karbala 3 Saved her brother from a burning tent 5 Asghar/Imam Hussain's youngest son's name 8 Could not believe that infants are killed in battle

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