The Chishti Nizami Habibi Soofie
Sufi Order
Pietermaritzburg
Kwa Zulu Natal
South Africa
The grandson of the Owner of the Fount of Kauthar.
Imam Hussain (Radiallahu anhu) was the only male left to go out and fight at
Karbala. He fought bravely and killed hundreds, before thousands of arrows
rained on him. Covered with wounds from head to toe he fell off his horse. His
attackers surrounded him. 'He addressed them saying,
"You made me and my children wander thirsty in these desert wastes. You
gave me no water and I know better than to expect any from you. But at least
give my children a drop to drink, so that I may forgive you for the great wrong
you have done."
They replied that they would not give a single drop. He then kicked the ground,
from which a crystal spring burst forth. Their eyes opened wide in amazement. He
said:" Now you see the quality of our patience. We have only suffered like
this in order to teach the community and make them understand that they must be
prepared to sacrifice everything they have, when they engage in necessary
struggle against the tyrannical and the corrupt. Otherwise water was at our
command. If we had wished, we would have drawn it up and drunk it before now. We
refrained from doing so however, in order to set the community of Muhammad
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) an example of sacrifice."
The time was a little before sunset on the 10 Th. of Muharram 61 AH. He told his
attackers that he had not missed a single prayer in his life, so they should
allow him to read his Asr Salaat. As he bent down in prostration, Shimr beheaded
him. The nectar of martyrdom quenched his thirst. Our mother Umm Salama
(Radiallahu anha) , said:
"I heard the jinn weeping and mourning the venerable Hussain".
Sheik Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (Radiallahu anhu) says that Jafar ibn Muhammad
(Radiallahu anhu) said:
"Seventy thousand angels alighted on the grave of al-Hussain ibn Ali
(Radiallahu anhu), on the day when he was mortally wounded, and will continue to
weep over him until Yawm al-Qiyaamah (the Day of Resurrection.)."
We should not be surprised to hear that the very jinn wept at the martyrdom of
Imam Hussain (Radiallahu anhu). All the angels in heaven and earth wept.