MUHARRAM SERIES - 11/02

Shaam-e-Ghareeban, the Imam was being introduced as tents burnt

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When we look at the way the army of Umar Sa'd was managed, we have to conclude that everything was well-planned. No soldier would move without orders from the superiors. Taking away of women's chadars was a part of the plan at Karbala.

The murder of Husayn and his companions was done for one reason and one reason alone - Husayn had to accept Yazeed as the legitimate Khaleefa of the Muslim Kingdom. When Husayn refused to do that, he was first, driven out of his home, he was then surrounded and brutally butchered.

That should have been sufficient action in case of a worldly contest between two parties for power and throne. The very fact that Yazeed's armies were ordered to take away women's chadars away from them, tells us that the roots of this conflict went farther and deeper.

Allah had appointed man His Khaleefa on earth, as the verses of Sura Baqara tell us. The second stage of that Divine Leadership (Imamat) is completed when Allah promises Ibraheem for Imamat. Ibraheem asks Allah about his progeny. Allah replies that His covenant does not cover the Zalimeen.

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