WILL OF IMAM HUSAYN (A.S.) TO MUHAMMAD -E-HANAFIYYA (A.S.)

Surah Baqarah, Ayah 180: “If one of you facing death can leave a legacy, he should bequeath it to his parents and relatives, according to the law.” All prophets, messengers, successors, and Imams had acted upon this directive.

Muhammad ibne Hanafiyya was one of the sons of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.). His mother was Hazrat Khowlah bint Ja’far. So before leaving Madinah, The King of Martyrs, Imam Husayn (a.s.) had given this will to Hazrat Muhammad ibne Hanafiyya (a.s.) which fully explains for Imam (a.s.)’s stand against Yazid.

                “This is a will from Husayn ibne Ali written to his brother, Muhammad ibne                                 Hanafiyya. I bear witness

                that Allah is One, there is no associate for Him, and that Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) is His                Messenger.

                Whatever he has (s.a.w.a.s.) conveyed is the truth. (I bear witness that) Paradise and                  Hell are certain

                and the Day of Judgment is the certainty. Allah, the High, will surely raise the dead                    from the graves.

                I am Husayn (a.s.). I am not leaving Madinah with the aim of perpetrating tyranny                      and corruption. I

                Do not have any ambition (for power) nor do I wish to abandon the truth. I am only                    leaving Madinah

                for the rectification of the nation of my grandfather, the Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) of                       Allah. I only wish

                to fulfill my duty of exhorting goodness  and prohibiting evil. I have heard from                          Muhammad Mustafa

                (s.a.w.a.s.) that Husayn will be victim of killing.”

On hearing this Abdullah ibn Abbas advised Imam Husayn (a.s.): “Swear allegiance to Yazid and be patient on his tyranny until circumstances favor you.” Astonished at this advice Imam said: “What are you saying? A person like me can never swear allegiance to Yazid. What the Messenger of Allah has said about him and his father is evident to me.”

Ibne Abbas replied: “You are right. I myself had heard the Messenger declared-O Yazid what have you done? May Allah never bless Yazid, for surely he will kill my son, who is the son of my daughter-Husayn ibne Ali (a.s.)! By Allah, none shall kill my son, except Yazid.

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