THE STORY OF KARBALA - PART 2/08

MUSLIM BIN AQEEL AND HURR

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This letter was signed by seven men - Shabath bin Rab'i, Hijar bin Al-Jar, Yazeed bin Harith, Yazeed bin Royem, Ghurrah bin Qays, Amr bin al-Hajjaj Zubaydi, and Muhammad bin Umayr Tameemi. The Allama then continues to follow the end of those people who had actually signed those letters. It turns out that those who had urged Imam Husayn to come to Koofa because they were looking for their Imam to come and lead them on the right path, were the actual Shi'a.

Husayn himself being a man of wisdom and intelligence, knew the fickle nature of the Koofans. He had seen how they had deserted his father in the hour of need. He had seen how they had mistreated his brother, Hasan. On the other hand, he considered it his moral duty to respond to this call from the Koofans. Firstly, being the true representative of the holy Prophet, he felt responsible to lead the Muslims on the right path. Secondly, as a leader of men, from a truly human point of view, he felt obliged to help and lead those who sought justice while a tyrant was denying them their basic human rights, and that the oppressed looked up to him in this hour of need.

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