HAZRAT IMAAM HUSAIEN PROPOSAL TO THE YAZEEDI’S
The people of Madinah had come to
Karbala via Makaah. Fate had brought them here since till The Day of Judgment
they will be known as the people of Karbala.
As soon as Hazrat Imaam Husaein رضی اللہ
عنہ and his followers settled down. The army
units being sent by Ibn Ziyaad and Yazeed came to meet them and each one
brought the same message, that Hazrat Imaam Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ should pledge allegiance to Yazeed and if he does
then he should be brought alive to Yazeed and on refusal, his severed head
should be brought to him.
Hazrat Imaam Husaein رضی اللہ عنہ replied that it was impossible that he pledges allegiance to Yazeed. He said it was strange that he was called to offer his hand so that people would pledge allegiance to him and now his hand was being forced into Yazeed’s hand. He said that he left Madinah to avoid pledging allegiance to Yazeed and he would never do so now. The enemy asked him to be ready for war. He replied that he did not come with the intention of fighting. They said that he could not avoid both, either he pledges allegiance or fight. When Hazrat Imaam Husaein رضی اللہ عنہ] saw that their intentions posed a danger, and the situation was delicate he had told them he had three requests. Since the letters of the Kufaan’s forced him to come on legal grounds [shariah] and now that they have betrayed him, so he places before them three conditions and whichever they agree to they must act on:
1. Allow us to return to Makkah and we
will remain in The Noble Sacred Sanctuary or Haram ash-Sharif and spend the
rest of our lives in passive worship.
2. Or let us go to a country where
unbelievers and polytheists live so that we may spend our lives in the
propagation of Islam and concentrate our efforts on making them Muslims.
3. Finally, if you don’t agree to the
other two requests take me to Yazeed so that I may speak to him. Probably we
can reach a mutual understanding and prevent bloodshed.
These three requests were sent to the
governor of Kufa, Ibn Ziyaad and he became enraged and wrote to his chief army
commander, Amr bin Saad that, ‘I did not send you to find grounds for peace
between us and Hazrat Imaam Husaein رضی اللہ عنہ, but to secure his allegiance
and on refusal to send his severed head to me. My final order is this that you
must fight Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ and
decapitate him.’ When Hazrat Imaam Husaein heard this his reply was, ‘do as you
wish, we will never swear allegiance to Yazeed.’
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