The Patience of Imam Hussain (AS) 5
The Patience of Imam Hussain (AS) 5
The Patience of Imam Hussain (AS) 5
12. O John! [We said,] Hold on with power to the Book! And We gave him judgement while still a child, 13. and a compassion and purity from Us. He was Godwary, 14. and good to his parents, and was not self-willed or disobedient.
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15. Peace be to him, the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he is raised alive!
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Yahya (AS)
In Sura Maryam (sura 19) Allah (SWT) teaches us about Yahya. Prophet Zakariya and his wife were quite old. Prophet Zakariya and his wife did not have any children even though they had been married for a long time. Prophet Zakariya (AS) prayed to Allah (SWT) to give him a son 1 of 4
who would inherit him and also uphold his mission and the mission of his forefathers. Prophet Zakariya (AS) was an ascetic and a leader of the Jewish learned men. He lived away from the glitter of the worldly life. He prayed in a whisper to Allah (SWT). It was due to his closeness to Allah (SWT) due to his distance from the material world that Allah (SWT) granted him a son. This sons name was chosen by Allah (SWT). He was called Yahya (John) from hayat or life. The birth of Yahya (AS) and Issah (AS) were miracles. Yahya was born to an old woman who did not have any children and Issah (AS) was born to Hazrat Maryam without a father. Yahya (AS) was born several years earlier than Issah (AS) and gave the news of Issah (AS) prophethood to the people. He did this before Issah (AS) was born. Yahya (AS) was a pure and god fearing child. He became the Prophet of Allah (SWT) at the age of three. Ayyashi (a Muslim scholar) quotes Ali bin Asbath. Ali bin Asbath said that once he went to visit Imam Ali Ibn Musa (AS) in Madina. He was much impressed by the Imam and wanted to inform all in Egypt about him. At this moment the Imam (AS) recited We gave him (Yahya) wisdom while yet a child. Similarly Imam Ali (AS) was made the inheritor of the Prophet when he was 10 years old in the event of Zul Asheera. The incident of Yahya (AS) who became a Prophet at age 3 shows that it is possible to be an inheritor of a Prophet at age 10. None can deny that Imam Ali (AS) is the first Imam due to his young age.
When the Holy Prophet passed away and Abu Bakr was made caliph to rule over the Muslim community. Abu Bakr said that Hazrat Fatima Zehra (SA) the Prophet (PBUH) daughter could not inherit the land of Fadak from her father. Abu Bakr said that he had heard the Holy Prophet (PBUH) say "We the messengers of Allah neither inherit nor leave inheritance" Hazrat Fatima Zehra (SA) recited the following verse which proves that messenges leave inherit and leave inheritance. 19:5. Indeed I fear my kinsmen, after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir 19:6. who may inherit from me and inherit from the House of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]!
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disgraces of this world for Allah the Mighty and Majestic was that the head of Yahya Ibn Zakariya led to an injustive among the injustices of the children of Israel.
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The murderers of Yahya and Husayn were illegitimate. The heads of both of them were severed from their bodies and displayed in the streets and the courts which (according to Imam Husayn) prove the worthlessness of this world in the estimation of Allah. The head of Yahya was presented before the depraved wife of the Egyptian king and her daughter and the head of Husayn was presented to the sons of whores.") ("The heavens wept" means the sun became extraordinarily red according to the Imam).
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