Extracts from the book “MAQTAL
AL-HUSAYN (A.S.) written by Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram (r.a.)”:
When Umar ibn Sa’d
(l.a.) accompanied those whom he had arrested, left for Kufa, he left behind
those whom the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.), as the masters of
martyrs, an honor to which nobody ever preceded nor anyone ever succeed them. (Kamil al-Ziarat by Ibn Qawlawayh page 219)
Among them was the Master of the Youths
of Paradise, who was in a condition that would split the hardest of the stones,
yet divine light was emanating from his corpse, and sweet scents were
surrounding him from all directions. A man belonging to the Banu Asad has
narrated the following:
“Once the army had left, I came to the
battle-field and saw light emanating from those corpses covered with blood yet smelled sweet
scents. I saw a terrifying lion walking between the amputated parts till he reached Imam Husayn (a.s.)’s
body. He rubbed himself on his blood and rubbed his body on his as he kept muttering and letting out a very strange sound. I was
amazed as he never seen such an event in my life. I was more amazed when
midnight came. It was then that I saw candles and heard voices that filled the
earth with painful cries and
wailing. (Madinat al-Ma’ajiz by Sayyid Hashim al-Bahraini, chapter 127, page
263)”
On the thirteenth
day of Muharram, Zayn al-Abedin (a.s.) came to bury his martyred father, since
only an Imam can bury another Imam. (Ithbat al-Wasiyya by al-Mas’udi page 173)
Once, Imam Reza
(a.s.) asked Ali ibn Abu Hamza: “Who took care of burying Imam Huasyn (a.s.)?”
He replied: “Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.)” Imam Reza (a.s.) asked: “But where was
he at that time?” He replied: “He was jailed in Kufa in ibn Ziad’s prison, but
he came out without their knowledge in order to bury his father then return to
the prison.”
Imam Reza said: “Then
the One who enabled Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) to go to Kabala to take care of
his slain father is the same One Who will enable the person entrusted with a
similar task (meaning himself) to go to Baghdad in order to take care of his
father, and he is neither jailed nor confined.”
When Imam Sajjad (a.s.) came to the place, he saw Banu
Asad assembled around the slain. Then he informed them that it was his task to
bury those pure bodies.
Imam Zayn
al-Abedin (a.s.) walked to his father’s body, hugged it and cried loudly. Then
he came to the graveside and lifted a handful of its soil. A grave already dug
appeared and so did a pre-constructed shrine. He placed his under the Imam’s
back and said: “In the name of Allah and according to the creed of the
Messenger of Allah Allah has said the truth, and so His Messenger. The will of
Allah be done; there is neither power nor might except in Allah, the Great. Then he took it and went down without being
assisted by anyone from among the Banu Asad to whom he said: “I have with me
someone who will assist me.” Once he laid it down in the grave, he put his
cheek on his father’s sacred neck and said: “Congratulations to the land that
contains your pure body, for the world after you is dark whereas hereafter in
your light shall shine. As to the night, it is the harbinger of sleep, while
grief remains forever, for Allah shall choose for your Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) your
abode wherein you shall abide. From me to you is Salam, O’ Son of the Messenger
of Allah, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.”
Then he walked the
body of his uncle, al-Abbas (a.s.) and fell on his body kissing his sacred neck
saying: “May the world after you be obliterated, O’Moon of Banu Hashim, and
peace from me to you, O Martyr, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.” He
dug a grave for him and took him down in it just by himself. He said to Banu
Asad, “There is someone with me to help me.”
He gave a piece of jewelry in appreciation for consoling
him. He ordered them to dig two pits in the first of which he buried those
slain from Banu Hashim and the second for the companions.
The closest in proximity to the grave of al-Husayn (a.s.)
from among the martyrs is his son Ali al-Akbar (a.s.).
As regards al-Hurr al-Riyahi, his corpse was taken by his
tribe and was buried it where it stands now.
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