MUSLIM BIN AQEEL AND HURR

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Against this background Husayn sent his cousin Muslim Ibn Aqeel to Koofa while he stayed in Makkah. In the meantime new developments in Makkah made him leave soon afterwards. It appears that Husayn travelled right across the subcontinent, from the Red Sea coast to the Gulf coast and then turned northwards along the shore. He then passed through the present-day Kuwait and then through Basra along the river Euphrates and ended up in Karbala. There is a mosque situated in a village on the East coast of present day Saudi Arabia, which is dedicated to Husayn, in memory of his visit there, en-route to Karbala. However, recent study by S.M. Raza Shabbar of London has shown that Husayn may have taken a much shorter and direct route to Karbala from Makkah.

While Husayn was on his way to Koofa, Muslim Ibn Aqeel was received with open arms by the Koofans. Eighteen thousand people swore allegiance to Husayn vicariously, on Muslim's hand. Yazeed's spies were at work and they were giving full reports about the comings and goings of Koofa. As soon as this news was brought to Yazeed he ordered Ibn Ziyad, the governor of Basra, to proceed immediately and take charge of Koofa. Ibn Ziyad was well known for his hatred for the family of the Proph-et. As soon as he arrived in Koofa, he summoned all the tribal leaders to his presence. When they came, they were arrested and put behind bars.

This was sufficient to deter the Koofans from hel-ping Muslim. That evening, several hundred people had gathered in the mosque to offer their prayers behind Muslim. When the prayers were over, only twelve people were left.

By the time Muslim was returning home, only three followed him. After a few minutes he was left alone in the back-alleys of Koofa. He took refuge in a woman's house, for the night. The woman's own son reported the whereabouts of Muslim for money. Seven hundred people led by Muhammad Ibn Ash'ath attacked the house where Muslim had stayed the night. Muslim came out with the sword in his hand, fought valian-tly and was wounded by trickery, arrested and pre-sented to Ibn Ziyad.

He ordered him to be thrown from the roof-top of the governor's palace. His dead body was dragged in the streets of Koofa. This was now the 9th of Zilhijj. The following day Husayn received the news of Muslim's brutal killing from travelling Bedouins. He was well on his way to Koofa. Obviously, the travelling Bedouins rep-orted both ways.

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Kategori : IBADAH Solat

Tajuk :
Solat Sambil Duduk

Hadith :
Daripada Abdullah bin Syaqiq r.a bahawasanya dia bertanya kepada Aisyah r.a, katanya:”Adakah nabi s.a.w solat sambil duduk?” Jawab Aisyah:”Ada! Iaitu di hari-hari tua baginda.”

(Muslim)

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