THE BELOVED SON OF HAZRAT IMAAM HASAN رضی
اللہ عنہ
Now the nephew of Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ
عنہ stepped forward, the 19-year-old Hazrat Imaam Qaasim رضی اللہ عنہ who was engaged to Hazrat Imaam
Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ daughter, Hazrat Sakeenah [Radi Allaahu-’Anha].
When Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ saw his young nephew, his future son-in-law, he began sobbing . He said, ‘my son! How can I permit you to go out on the battlefield? Must I permit you to take arrows and sword wounds on your body? My son, listen to me. It was the desire of my brother, Hasan that you be married to Sakeenah, so when you reach Madinah, marry my daughter, and fulfill your fathers wish.’ Hazrat Qaasim said, “My beloved uncle! My father had another desire also. He had put an amulet [taweez] on my neck and said that I should open it and read its contents during my most difficult time.
I
have opened it and it says. ‘O my son Qaasim! A time will come when the enemy
at Karbala who will be after his life and will surround my brother Imaam
Husaien …. So, my son, when this event occurs, sacrifice your life for your
uncle, for Allaah Kareem will give anyone who does so a high status.’
In
view of this my dear uncle, allow me to go out into the battlefield so that I
may go to heaven, quench my thirst, and fall on my father’s feet and tell him
that I fulfilled his wish for I sacrificed my temporal life for my uncle.
Hazrat Imaam Husaien رضی اللہ عنہ embraced
his young nephew and sent him into the battlefield. Hazrat Imaam Qaasim رضی اللہ
عنہ massacred many brave warriors of the enemy, although he was hungry and
thirsty for three days, he displayed such bravery that he confounded the enemy.
Eventually this young man, severely wounded, fell from his horse and reached
paradise.
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