Ali Akbar (God bless him) to battlefield and his martyrdom Part 2

A review on the story of Imam Hussein’s (God bless him) martyrdom

 Professor Hussein Ansarian speech’s text

In this condition they strike to him with swords from every direction and fragmented him. As he was falling from his horse, he cried out. "O Father, this is my ancestor, Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), and has brought a goblet for me which is full of water to give to me, after this I won’t be thirsty and he is saying: O my Hussein (God bless him) hurry up, hurry up too. I have also brought a goblet for you so that you come and drink it.[1] The writer of Beharo-al-Anvar wrote:

Hameed-Ibn-Muslim said “I saw a woman who ran quickly to outside, she was shining like sun, she was shouting, crying out and was saying: O my dear, O the blossom of my heart, O the vision of my eyes. I (Hameed-Ibn-Muslim) asked “who is she?” they answered “she is Zaynab (God bless her), the daughter of Ali (God bless him).” She came and fell herself down on the body of Ali Akbar (God bless him).

 It is concluded that Zaynab (God bless her) arrived there before Imam Hussein (God bless him) because Imam Hussein (God bless him) came after her. Imam (God bless him) took the arm of her sister and returned her to the tents and turned his face toward Bani hashem’s youths and said “come and bring back the body of my dear from soil.” Because he was killed, they carried him and brought him back and put him down near the tent which was beside the corps.[2]

It has been narrated in Maalio-al-Sebtein book that Imam Hussein (God bless him) came toward the tents of women after Ali Akbar’s (God bless him) martyrdom, Sakina (God bless her) came out and said “O father! You look as you have brought your death news and your eyes are turning, where is my brother?” Imam Hussein (God bless him) cried and said “O my dear! They killed him” Sakina (God bless her) shouted “O my brother, O Ali” and she wanted to leave the tent and go toward battlefield. Imam (God bless him) said “O my dear! Regard piety, be patient.” She said “how can I be patient, the one whose brother is killed and whose father become alone (how can a person be patient in this condition).

Imam Sadegh (God bless him) used to say Ali Akbar’s (God bless him) lamentation in his home and used to say “my father and mother be sacrifice to your separated head from body, O innocent martyr, my father and mother be sacrifice to you when you fell down from your horse and Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) tool your blood. My father and mother be sacrifice to you that you went to battlefield in front of your father, Hussein’s (God bless him) eye and he devoted you for the right and he was crying when you were going and his heart was burning and cried for you till the afternoon that he was alive and his word was “Ali Ali”.

It has been written that after Ali Akbar’s (God bless him) martyrdom Imam Hussein (God bless him) cried for Ali Akbar (God bless him) in a way that no one heard the crying sound of Imam Hussein (God bless him) before that time.[3]