110. I saw with my own eyes that my soul was departing peacefully.

110. ﻣﻦ ﺑﻪ ﭼﺸﻢ ﺧﻮد دﯾﺪم ﮐﻪ آرام ﺟﺎﻧﻢ ﻣﯽ رود

ﺷﻬﺎدت ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﮐﺒﺮ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم آن ﻗﺪر ﺑﺮ اﻣﺎم ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ﺳﺨﺖ ﺑﻮد ﮐﻪ ﻣﺮﺣﻮم ﺷﯿﺦ ﺟﻌﻔﺮ ﺷﻮﺷﺘﺮي ﻣﯽ ﻧﻮﯾﺴﺪ: در ﻣﺼﯿﺒﺖ ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﮐﺒﺮ ﺳﻪ ﻣﺮﺗﺒﻪ ﻧﺰدﯾﮏ ﺑﻮد اﻣﺎم ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ﻗﺎﻟﺐ ﺗﻬﯽ ﮐﻨﺪ.

در ﻣﻮرد ﻣﺮﺣﻮم آﯾﻪ اﻟﻠّﻪ ﺳﯿﺪ اﺑﻮاﻟﺤﺴﻦ اﺻﻔﻬﺎﻧﯽ ﻧﻘﻞ ﺷﺪه: ﻫﻨﮕﺎﻣﯽ ﮐﻪ

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-1 .1 ﺷﯿﺦ آﻏﺎ ﺑﺰرگ ﺗﻬﺮاﻧﯽ، ﻧﻘﺒﺎء اﻟﺒﺸﺮ، ج 3، ص .1144

 ﻓﺮزﻧﺪش را ﺳـﺮ ﺑﺮﯾﺪﻧﺪ، ﭼﻮن ﻣﯽ داﻧﺴﺖ ﮐﻪ ﺗﻮﻃﺌﻪ اي در ﮐﺎر اﺳﺖ و ﻣﯽ ﺧﻮاﻫﻨﺪ در ﻧﺠﻒ اﺷـﺮف اﺧﺘﻼف اﯾﺠﺎد ﮐﻨﻨﺪ، ﺑﺴﯿﺎر ﺑﺎ ﻣﺘﺎﻧﺖ رﻓﺘﺎر ﮐﺮد، در ﻣﺮاﺳﻢ ﺗﺸـﯿﯿﻊ و ﻣﺠﺎﻟﺲ ﺗﺮﺣﯿﻢ، ﺧﻮد را ﺑﺴـﯿﺎر ﻃﺒﯿﻌﯽ، ﺻـﺒﻮر و ﺷـﮑﯿﺒﺎ ﻧﺸﺎن داد، ﻗﺎﺗﻞ را ﻋﻔﻮ ﮐﺮد، وﻟﯽ ﺷﺐ ﻫﺎ در ﭘﺸﺖ ﺑﺎم ﻣﻨﺰﻟﺶ ﻧﺎﻟﻪ ﻫﺎي ﺟﺎﻧﺴﻮز ﻣﯽ زد و ﻫﻤﻪ اش ﻣﯽ ﮔﻔﺖ:

داﻏﯽ ﮐﻪ ﺣﺴﯿﻦ از ﻏﻢ اﮐﺒﺮ ﺑﻪ ﺟﮕﺮ داﺷﺖ ﺟﺰ ﺧﺎﻟﻖ اﮐﺒﺮ ز دل او ﮐﻪ ﺧﺒﺮ داﺷﺖ ﻧﺎم ﻧﺎﻣﯽ و ﯾﺎد ﮔﺮاﻣﯽ ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﺻﻐﺮ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم

ﺑﺮ اﺳﺎس ﺗﺤﻘﯿﻖ، از ﺣﻀﺮت ﺳﯿﺪاﻟﺸّﻬﺪاء ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم دو ﻃﻔﻞ رﺿﯿﻊ در روز ﻋﺎﺷﻮرا ﺑﻪ ﺷﻬﺎدت رﺳﯿﺪه ﮐﻪ ﻋﺒﺎرﺗﻨﺪ از: (1 ﺣﻀﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﺻﻐﺮ

(2 ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ رﺿﯿﻊ

ﺣﻀـﺮت ﻋﻠﯽ اﺻـﻐﺮ ﺷـﺶ ﻣـﺎﻫﻪ ﺑﻮد، ﻣﺎدرش رﺑﺎب ﺑﻮد، ﺧﻮاﻫﺮش ﺣﻀـﺮت ﺳـﮑﯿﻨﻪ ﺑﻮد، ﻗﺎﺗﻠﺶ ﺣﺮﻣﻠﻪ ﺑﻮد، ﻣﺤﻞّ ﺷـﻬﺎدﺗﺶ در ﻣﯿﺪان ﺟﻨﮓ و در آﻏﻮش اﻣﺎم ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ﺑﻮد.

وﻟﯽ ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ رﺿـﯿﻊ روز ﻋﺎﺷﻮرا ﺑﻪ ﻫﻨﮕﺎم ﻇﻬﺮ ﻣﺘﻮﻟّﺪ ﺷﺪ، ﻣﺎدرش امّ اﺳـﺤﺎق، ﺧﻮاﻫﺮش رﻗﯿّﻪ، ﻗﺎﺗﻠﺶ ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ ﺑﻦ ﻋُﻘﺒﻪ ي ﻏَﻨَﻮي و ﻣﺤﻞ ﺷﻬﺎدﺗﺶ در ﻣﻘﺎﺑﻞ ﺧﯿﻤﻪ ﻫﺎ در آﻏﻮش ﺳﯿﺪاﻟﺸﻬﺪاء ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ﺑﻮد.

ﺑﺮاي ﺗﺤﻘﯿﻖ در اﯾﻦ زﻣﯿﻨﻪ ﺑﻪ ﮐﺘﺎب »ﻓﺮﺳﺎن اﻟﻬﯿﺠﺎء« ﻣﺮاﺟﻌﻪ ﺷﻮد(1).

ﺗﻌﺒﯿﺮ: »ﻋﺒـﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ« و »ﻃﻔﻞ رﺿـﯿﻊ« در زﯾﺎرﺗﻨﺎﻣﻪ ي ﻧﺎﺣﯿﻪ ي ﻣﻘـﺪّﺳﻪ ﮐﻪ در ﺳﺎل 252 ﻗﻤﺮي از ﺳﻮي اﻣﺎم ﻫﺎدي ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴـﻼم ﺻﺎدر ﺷﺪه، آﻣﺪه اﺳﺖ:

اﻟﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﯽ ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ ﺑﻦ اﻟﺤﺴﯿﻦ، اﻟ ﱢﻄﻔﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺿﯿﻊ؛

درود ﺑﺮ ﻋﺒﺪاﻟﻠّﻪ، ﻓﺮزﻧﺪ اﻣﺎم ﺣﺴﯿﻦ، ﻃﻔﻞ ﺷﯿﺮﺧﻮار(2)

110. I saw with my own eyes that my soul was departing peacefully.

The martyrdom of Hazrat ʿAlī Akbar (a.s.) was so painful for Imām Husain (a.s.) that Marḥūm Shaykh Jaʿfar Shūshtarī writes: In the tragedy of Hazrat ʿAlī Akbar, Imām (a.s.) almost lost consciousness three times.¹

It is narrated regarding Marḥūm Āyatullāh Sayyid Abū al-Ḥasan Iṣfahānī that when his son was beheaded—and knowing that there was a conspiracy at work intending to cause division in Najaf al-Ashraf—he behaved with great composure. In the funeral and condolence gatherings, he presented himself with much calmness, patience, and dignity. He even forgave the murderer.

But at night, atop the roof of his home, he would cry heart-wrenching laments, repeating:

The pain that Husain held in his heart over Akbar—only the Creator of Akbar knew of that grief.

The noble name and honored memory of Hazrat ʿAlī Aṣghar (a.s.): According to research, two suckling infants of Hazrat Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ (a.s.) were martyred on the Day of ʿĀshūrā:

1.         Hazrat ʿAlī Aṣghar

2.         ʿAbdullāh al-Raḍīʿ

Hazrat ʿAlī Aṣghar was six months old. His mother was Rabāb, his sister was Hazrat Sukayna, his killer was Ḥarmala, and the location of his martyrdom was on the battlefield in the arms of Imām Husain (a.s.).

However, ʿAbdullāh al-Raḍīʿ was born on the Day of ʿĀshūrā, around noon. His mother was Umm Isḥāq, his sister was Ruqayya, his killer was ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUqbah al-Ghanawī, and the place of his martyrdom was in front of the tents, in the arms of Sayyid al-Shuhadāʾ (a.s.).

For further research on this matter, refer to the book Fursān al-Hijāʾ.²

The expressions "ʿAbdullāh" and "ṭifl al-raḍīʿ" (the suckling infant) appear in the Ziyārat Nāḥiyah al-Muqaddasah, which was issued by Imām Hādī (a.s.) in the year 252 AH:

السّلام على عبد الله بن الحسين، الطّفل الرّضيع؛

Peace be upon ʿAbdullāh, son of Husain—the suckling infant.³

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Footnotes:

1.         Shaykh Āghā Buzurg Ṭihrānī, Nuqabāʾ al-Bashar, vol. 3, p. 1144

2.         Fursān al-Hijāʾ, cited for verification of the identities of the two infants

3.         From Ziyārat al-Nāḥiyah al-Muqaddasah (252 AH)