The Special Honors Granted to Him (a.s.) Alongside the Violations of His Sanctity

احترامات خاصه به آن حضرت مقارن با هتك حرمتي كه به او شد

احترامات خاصه كه مقرر شد به جهت آن جناب، مقارن هتك حرمتي كه از آن نمودند، يا از خود هاتك، يا از ديگري مقارن آن هتك، به نحوي كه عزت آن احترام غالب شد بر ذلت آن هتك، چونكه خداوند منان، ذلت را از براي اولياء خود نخواسته تا اينكه سبب نفرت قلوب ايشان نشود، پس اگر ضعيف و حقير بودند از شدت استغناي طبع در چشمها، بزرگ و عزيز بودند، و از براي حضرت حسين (عليه‌السلام) در اين باب خصوصيتي است كه اول كسيكه دوست مي‌داشت كشته شدن آن حضرت را معاويه بود و او امر كرد يزيد را باحترام آن جناب، در وصيتش كه به او نموده بود، نوشته [ صفحه 170] بود كه من بر تو مي‌ترسم از حسين بن علي، پس اگر بر او ظفر يافتي حق او را رعايت نما كه او پاره‌ي دل پيغمبر است. [465] .مترجم گويد: ظاهرا ترسيد كه به اين سبب مردم بر او بشورند و سلطنتش به انجام نرسد و ملاحظه‌ي ظاهر را هم نمود، نه اينكه منظورش ملاحظه‌ي خدا و رسول بود - انتهي.و ايضا، اول كسيكه يزيد امر كرد او رابه قتل آن حضرت، حاكم مدينه بود و او گفت پناه مي‌برم به خدا از اينكه شريك شوم در خون حسين (عليه‌السلام) [466] و ابن‌سعد ملعون چون مأمور شد به حرب آنسرور، ابياتي گفته مضمونش اين است كه هر چه فكر مي‌كنم خود را فيمابين دو خطر مي‌بينم كه يا دست از ملك ري بردارم، يا خون حسين (عليه‌السلام) را بريزم و گناه‌كار شوم، ملك ري كه منتهاي آمال و آرزوي من و نور چشم من است، و قتل حسين (عليه‌السلام) سبب وقوع در آتش جهنم است [467] و شمر لعين احترام او نمود آنوقتي كه لشكر را تحريص مي‌كرد بر حمله و مي‌گفت: حسين (عليه‌السلام) كفو كريمي است و كشته شدن به دست او عار نيست. [468] و در حال قتل آن حضرت نيز احترام نمود به چند كلام، يكي گفت: تو را مي‌كشم و مي‌دانم كه خصم من خداي علي اعلاست [469] و آن كسي كه سر مباركش را به سوي ابن‌زياد حمل نمود احترام نمود كه گفت:املاء ركابي فضة و ذهبا اني قتلت السيد المحجباقتلت خير الناس اما و ابا [يعني: ركابم را پر از طلا و نقره كن، كه من آقاي بزرگواري را كشتم، كه از جهت پدر و مادر از همه برتر است.]پس آن ملعون امر نمود بقتلش. [470] .و آن كساني كه اسب بر بدن مباركش تاختند، احترام نمودند به چند بيت كه در نزد [ صفحه 171] ابن0زياد انشا نمودند [471] و احترام نمود يزيد در وقتي كه سر مبارك در پيش رويش گذاشته بود. [472] .و اما احتراماتي كه مقارن هتك حرمت واقع شد از غير هاتك پس چند مورد است، از آن جمله چون ملعوني به آن جناب جسارت نمود و گفت: يا حسين ابشر بالنار مقارن اسبش به سر درآمد و پايش در ركاب بماند پس اسب او را برده به خندق آتش انداخت و از آنجا راه آتش جهنم گرفت [473] ، و ديگري جسارت نمودگفت: اي حسين، تو كدام حرمت از پيغمبر داري؟ پس مبتلا شد به اينكه به قضاي حاجت رفت پس مار او را گزيد و در غايط خود مي‌غلطيد تا به جهنم واصل گرديد [474] و ديگري به آن حضرت گفت: نظر كن به آب كه از آن نخواهي چشيد تا از تشنگي هلاك شوي، حضرت فرمود: خدايا تو او را تشنه بميران، پس حالتي بر او دست داد كه فرياد مي‌كرد: العطش، پس مشك آب مي‌آشاميد باز فرياد مي‌كرد: العطش، تا اينكه شكمش پاره شد و از تشنگي بمرد. [475] .

The Special Honors Granted to Him (a.s.) Alongside the Violations of His Sanctity

The special honors that were decreed for that noble one (Imam Husain (a.s.)) occurred alongside the violations of sanctity committed against him, either by the violator himself or by others at the same time as that violation, in such a manner that the dignity of those honors overcame the humiliation of those violations. For Allah, the Bestower of Favors, has not desired humiliation for His friends, lest it become a cause for hearts turning away from them. Thus, even if they appeared weak and insignificant due to their complete independence from worldly things, they were in reality great and honored.

Imam Husain (a.s.) possesses a unique distinction in this regard. The first person who desired his killing was Muʿāwiyah, yet he instructed Yazid to honor Imam Husain (a.s.). In the testament that he wrote to him, it was written:

“I fear for you concerning Imam Husain (a.s.) ibn ʿAli (a.s.). If you gain power over him, then observe his right, for he is the beloved grandson of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.).” [465]

The translator says: Apparently, he feared that because of this matter the people would revolt against him and his rule would not be completed. Therefore, he was merely observing outward considerations, not that he intended to honor Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.a.)—end of statement.

Likewise, the first person whom Yazid ordered to kill Imam Husain (a.s.) was the governor of Madinah, and he said:

“I seek refuge in Allah from being a partner in the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.).” [466]

And when the accursed Ibn Saʿd was ordered to wage war against that master, he recited verses whose meaning is:

“Whenever I reflect, I find myself caught between two dangers: either I abandon the governorship of Rayy, or I shed the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.) and become a sinner. The governorship of Rayy is the utmost of my hopes and desires and the light of my eyes, while killing Imam Husain (a.s.) is a cause for entering the Fire of Hell.” [467]

And the accursed Shimr showed a form of respect when he was inciting the army to attack, saying:

“Imam Husain (a.s.) is the equal of a noble man, and being killed by his hand is no disgrace.” [468]

Even at the time of killing him, he showed a form of acknowledgment through several statements. One of them was:

“I kill you while knowing that my adversary is the God, the Most High, of ʿAli (a.s.).” [469]

And the one who carried his blessed head to Ibn Ziyad expressed a form of respect when he said:

«اِمْلَأْ رِكَابِي فِضَّةً وَ ذَهَباً إِنِّي قَتَلْتُ السَّيِّدَ الْمُحَجَّبَا قَتَلْتُ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ أُمّاً وَ أَبَا»

“Fill my saddlebags with silver and gold, for I have killed a noble master. I have killed the best of people in both mother and father.”

Then that accursed one ordered his execution. [470]

Those who trampled the blessed body with horses also expressed a form of acknowledgment through several verses that they recited before Ibn Ziyad. [471]

And Yazid likewise showed a form of respect when the blessed head was placed before him. [472]

As for the honors that occurred alongside the violation of sanctity from people other than the violators themselves, there are several examples.

Among them is that when an accursed man insulted Imam Husain (a.s.) and said:

“O Imam Husain (a.s.), rejoice in the Fire!”

At that very moment his horse reared up, his foot became caught in the stirrup, and the horse dragged him until it threw him into a trench of fire, from which he proceeded to the fire of Hell. [473]

Another insulted him and said:

“O Imam Husain (a.s.), what sanctity do you have from the Prophet (s.a.w.a.)?”

He was then afflicted such that he went to relieve himself, and a snake bit him. He rolled about in his own filth until he reached Hell. [474]

Another said to Imam Husain (a.s.):

“Look at the water. You shall not drink from it until you perish from thirst.”

Imam Husain (a.s.) said:

“O Allah, cause him to die thirsty.”

A condition then overtook that man in which he continuously cried out:

«العَطَشَ، العَطَشَ»

“Thirst! Thirst!”

He would drink entire water-skins full of water, yet still cry:

«العَطَشَ»

“Thirst!”

Until his stomach burst and he died from thirst. [475]