THE STORY OF KARBALA - PART 4/01

THE MORNING OF ASHOORA, THE DEFECTION OF HURR

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Husayn and his companions had spent the night in prayers. Early morning, they came out of their tents and assembled to offer the morning prayers behind Husayn. Husayn asked his son Ali (Akbar) to recite the AZAN (official call for prayers). The significance of this is that Husayn's son looked exactly like the Prophet Muhammad (pbh) in appearance and that the AZAN has a sentence in it meaning:

" I testify to Muhammad being a God-sent Prophet" which is said twice.

As if Husayn was giving a last chance to the people assembled to fight him to rethink their motives. For they all claimed to be Muslims and were following the orders of a man claiming to be the rightful Khaleefa of the Prophet of Islam, who openly flouted all Islamic cove-nants. And Husayn being the grandson of the Prophet and being the most righteous person of his time was being branded as a rebel. There were people in that crowd who had seen the Prophet and should therefore have been reminded of his looks by Ali standing up and reciting the AZAN.

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