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Lions and the Maasai people in Kenya live in tense co-existence. Innovative programs, such as Lion Guardians and the Predator Compensation Fund, aim to show that the lions are more valuable to the Maasai alive than dead.
Ali Akbar looked like the Prophet, in looks, in speaking and in everything else. By asking Ali Akbar to do the Azan, Husayn was sending a message to his enemy - Remember, who we are? What you are doing?
When all his companions had fought and had laid their lives in the battlefield, Husayn now asked his eighteen year old son, Ali to proceed to fight. Ali Akbar is the first martyr from the family of Banu Hashim at Karbala.
Ali who looked like the Prophet Muhammad, came out of his tent attired in Muham-mad's cloak and turban. The scene of Ali's departure from his tent has been described by eyewitness reporters from among Yazeed's army in most touching and pathetic terms, and recorded in books of history.
When his son was thus proceeding towards the battlefield, Husayn paused and pointing his finger to the heavens, said: 'Allah ! Be witness to the fact that now I am sending my son to be sacrificed who looked exactly like your Prophet in appearance, in speaking, in walking and in temperament and character. When we wanted to see your Prophet, we used to look at him.'
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Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda yang bermaksud: ”Sesiapa yang diserahkan oleh Allah akan sesuatu urusan dari beberapa urusan pemerintahan kaum muslimin, lalu ia tidak mempedulikan tentang keperluan mereka, kesusahan dan penderitaan mereka nescaya Allah tidak akan mempedulikan tentang keperluan, kesusahan dan penderitaannya di hari kiamat nanti.”
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Among the Companions of Husayn was a man named Hajjaj bin Masrooq. He was Husayn's Mu'azzin. Every time Husayn would stop at a stopping place and the time of a prayer of the day would arrive, Hajjaj bin Masrooq would recite the Azan and then Husayn would lead the prayers. This procedure continued in Makkah as well as in Karbala for eight days. When the morning of Ashoora came, Husayn did not ask Hajjaj bin Masrooq to do the Azan, instead he asked his 18 year old son, Ali, to do the Azan.
One of the great Urdu poets has captured the scene of Ali Akbar's Azan in one of his Marthiyas. Professor Matthews of London University has translated thos elines in English verse. We present here those lines of poetry for our readers:
Then suddenly the dawn's white light came in;
To lead the prayer the King came from his throne.
All stood behind the Lord of men and Jinn;
Ali Akbar called the prayer in Hasna's tone.
The eyes of everyone were filled with tears.
As if Prophet's voice fell in their ears.
The birds fell silent; trees in ecstasy
Rocked to an' fro; their buds and fruit sand praise.
The towns and deserts joined in harmony,
And ocean-beasts emerged to hear their lays.
The darling of Shabbir to all lent weight;
O'er land and sea they cried:"Our God is great.'
The women fo the King wept bitter tears;
While Bano of renown stood silently,
Zainab repeated blessings with her prayers:
'My muezzin, I give my life to thee!'
They call in praise of God; O hear their joy!
As beautiful as Joseph is my boy.
He reads from the Qur'an; what majesty!
His grandsire once for speaking held the prize.
Ah, may his voice remain eternally!
The strains of David, who was called The Wise!
Thos emelodies like petals of flower!
A nightingale chirps in the Prophet's bower.
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Even after the martyrdom of Habeeb, Husayn was intent upon offering his Zuhr prayers at that moment. Sa'eed b. Abdullah and a few more men stood in a line in front of the prayer lines with shields while Husayn and the remaining companions offered Zuhr prayers under a barrage of arrows from the enemy camp.
As Husayn and his companions were finishing their prayers, Sa'eed b. Abdullah and all others with him were dying of arrow wounds in front of Husayn.
Husayn's seventy-two companions included Muslim Ibn Awsaja who was 70 years old and his own fourteen year old nephew, Qasim Ibn Hasan. As it was, those sevety-two were no match to Yazeed's huge army. Now, a substantial part of that group was already killed.
The remaining few friends of Husayn asked for Husayn's permission to fight, went to the battlefield either one by one or in groups and were killed in action.
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