The mother of Wahb and the wife of Wahb were among the women at the true House of Allah

مادر وهب و زوجه‌ي وهب از زنان در گرد بيت الله حقيقي

و اما زناني كه با اين بيت‌الله حقيقي حج نمودند، پس يكي مادر وهب بود، كه از نصرانيت تازه به اسلام داخل شده بود، احرام بست از براي حج اين بيت معظم، و وقوف نمود به مشعر شعور، و دانست كه ياري حسين (عليه‌السلام) و امر به ياريش واجب است، و اين كه بيت‌الله است، كه بايد هدي به سوي او آورند، پس هديه‌ي خود را تقديم نمود، يعني آمد نزد فرزندش وهب، و گفت: اي پسر برخيز ياري نما فرزند رسول‌خدا را، عرض كرد: چنين خواهم كرد اي مادر، و كوتاهي نمي‌كنم، پس به سوي جهاد رفت، و رجز خواند، و هفده نفر سوار و دوازده نفر پياده را به قتل آورد، پس برگشت به نزد مادر و زوجه‌اش، و گفت: اي مادر از من راضي شدي؟ گفت: نه مگر اينكه كشته شوي پيش [ صفحه 409] روي فرزند رسول (صلي الله عليه و آله) خدا، تا اينكه شفيع تو در روز قيامت شود، پس برگرد اي پسر به سوي قتال، و بعد از كشته شدن هديه‌اش، رمي جمرات نمود به سوي اعداء، كه احدي چنين رمي نكرده است. [1277] .ديگر زوجه‌ي وهب بود، كه او در اول، اين بيت معظم را نمي‌شناخت و احرام از براي آن نبسته بود، بلكه شوهرش را منع نمود، و گفت: مرا به مرگ خود مبتلا مكن و مادرش گفت:زنهار، گوش به حرف اين زن مكن، و لكن بعد حالتي مشاهده نمود در آن جناب، كه احرام بست، و ندا داد شوهرش را كه جهاد كن در پيش روي پاكان، و طواف نمود در بيت‌الله، هروله نمود به سوي ميدان، تا اينكه غلام شمر لعين او را به قتل آورد، و در مني بيتوته نمود سه شب، ولي معلوم نيست كه سر او را از بدن جدا نمودند، و با خود بردند يا نه [1278] .و ديگر زني بود كه شوهرش در آن روز كشته شده بود، پس پسرش را به ميدان فرستاد، حضرت فرمود: اين پسر، پدرش در معركه كشته شده، او را برگردانيد، شايد مادرش كراهت داشته باشد، پس آن پسر عرض كرد: اي آقا مادرم مرا امر نمود، و گفت برخيز اي پسر پيش روي فرزند رسول‌خدا جنگ كن، پس آن به عنوان هدي و قرباني تقديم نمود، پس چون كشته شد، سرش را جدا كردند، به نزد مادرش انداختند، آنرا گرفت، و بوسيد، پس به سوي ايشان انداخت. [1279] .و ديگر آن زني بود كه حقيقت حج حسيني از او محقق شد، به نحوي كه از احدي محقق نشد، و نمي‌شود، آن مكرمه زينب خاتون بود، و شرح كيفيت آن حج، و مناسك آن و احرامش را مقام ديگر بايد. [ صفحه 412]

The mother of Wahb and the wife of Wahb were among the women at the true House of Allah.

And as for the women who performed Hajj with this true House of Allah, one of them was the mother of Wahb.

She had only recently entered Islam from Christianity.

She entered into ihraam for the Hajj of this exalted House, and stood at the mash'ar of awareness and understanding.

She realized that supporting al-Imam Husain (a.s.) and commanding support for him was obligatory, and that he was the House of Allah to whom offerings (hadiya) must be brought.

So she presented her offering.

She came to her son Wahb and said:

“O my son, rise and support the son of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.).”

He replied:

“I shall do so, mother, and I will not fall short.”

Then he went forth to battle and recited verses of valor.

He killed seventeen horsemen and twelve foot soldiers.

Then he returned to his mother and wife and said:

“O mother, are you pleased with me?”

She replied:

“No, not until you are martyred before

[ صفحه 409]

the son of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), so that he may intercede for you on the Day of Resurrection.

Therefore return, my son, to the battle.”

After her offering had been martyred, she performed ramee al-jamaraat against the enemies in a manner that no one had ever performed such a stoning. [1277]

Another was the wife of Wahb.

At first she did not recognize this exalted House and had not entered into ihraam for it.

Rather, she tried to prevent her husband and said:

“Do not afflict me with your death.”

His mother said:

“Beware! Do not listen to this woman.”

But afterwards she witnessed a state and condition in that noble Imam (a.s.) which transformed her.

She entered into ihraam and called out to her husband:

“Fight before the Pure Ones!”

She circumambulated (tawaaf) the House of Allah and hastened (haroolah) toward the battlefield until a servant of the accursed Shimr killed her.

She spent three nights in Mina (baytootah), but it is not known whether her head was severed from her body and carried away or not. [1278]

Another was the woman whose husband had been killed on that day.

She sent her son to the battlefield.

The Imam (a.s.) said:

“This youth’s father has been killed in the battle. Send him back, for perhaps his mother dislikes his going.”

The youth replied:

“My master, it was my mother who commanded me and said:

‘Rise, my son, and fight before the son of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.).’”

Thus she presented him as an offering (hadiya) and sacrifice.

When he was martyred, they severed his head and threw it toward his mother.

She took it, kissed it, and then threw it back toward them. [1279]

And another was the woman in whom the reality of the Husaini Hajj was realized in a manner that was never realized in anyone else and never will be.

That noble lady was Sayyidah Zaynab (a.s.).

The explanation of that Hajj, its rites, and its ihraam belongs to another discussion.

[ صفحه 412]