Al-Imam Husain (a.s.) is more noble than the Kaʿbah

حسين اشرف از كعبه است

مؤلف گويد: اگر شرف كعبه آن است كه از آسمان نازل شده، پس حسين (عليه‌السلام) [ صفحه 378] اشرف است، كه نوري بوده است پيش از خلق آسمانها، بلكه نوح و كرسي از نور او خلق شده [1157] .و بعد از قتل او، جسدش را با خونهايش به آسمان بردند، و با صورت علي (عليه‌السلام) در آسمان پنجم بداشتند، كه بر او است اثر ضربت ابن ملجم ملعون، و ملائكه‌ي آسمانها در آنجا جمع شدند، و به ايشان نظر مي‌نمودند. [1158] .و در روايتي است كه حسين (عليه‌السلام) در يمين عرش است، و نظر مي‌كند به محل شهادت، و دفنش، و زوار و گريه كنندگانش، چنانكه در خواص گريه ذكر كرديم. [1159] .شانزدهم: كعبه معظم و مجلل بوده است در جاهليت و اسلام، بلكه از زمان آدم تا حال هميشه خلائق آن را احترام مي‌كرده‌اند، و به زيارتش مي‌رفته‌اند، حتي اهل كفر و شرك، و حسين (عليه‌السلام) معظم و محترم بود حتي در نزد دشمنانش، چنانكه در خبر است كه محبت حسن (عليه‌السلام) و حسين (عليه‌السلام) در همه‌ي قلوب هست حتي منافقين و كفار [1160] .و اين معني ظاهر مي‌شود از اخبار تكلم نمودن آن حضرت به ابوبكر در طفوليتش، و از تكلم او با معاويه و درشتي كردنش با او، و با عمروعاص، و احترام ايشان آن جناب را [1161] ، و وصيت كردن معاويه يزيد را به رعايت حرمت آن جناب، و مكالمه‌ي عتبه با آن حضرت در مسئله‌ي بيعت با يزيد، و جوابي كه به مروان داد، چون او را امر به قتل آن حضرت نمود [1162] ، پياده شدن سعدوقاص با جميع حاج در وقتي كه آن حضرت پياده راه مي‌رفتند در سفر مكه [1163] ، و اين حرمت باقي بود تا روز عاشورا، كه ابن‌سعد ملعون حرمت آن جناب را ضايع نمود، وقتي كه آن مظلوم از اسب بر زمين افتاد، آن ملعون سوار شد، و [ صفحه 379] امر نمود ده نفر سوار شوند، و اسب بر بدن شريفش بتازند. [1164] .هفدهم: كعبه باقي است مادامي كه آسمان و زمين باقي است، و آن از اعلام دين است، و قبر حسين (عليه‌السلام) نيز چنين است، چنانكه از روايت ام ايمن ظاهر مي‌شود.

Al-Imam Husain (a.s.) is more noble than the Kaʿbah

The author says:

If the nobility of the Kaʿbah lies in the fact that it descended from heaven, then al-Imam Husain (a.s.)

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is more noble, for he was a light that existed before the creation of the heavens.

Rather, the Throne (al-arsh) and the Kursi (al-kursi) were created from his light. [1157]

And after his martyrdom, his body together with its blood was raised to heaven.

They kept it in the fifth heaven in the form of ʿAli (a.s.), upon whom remained the mark of the strike of the accursed Ibn Muljam.

The angels of the heavens gathered there and looked upon them. [1158]

And in one narration it is stated that al-Imam Husain (a.s.) is at the right side of the Throne (yameen al-arsh), and that he looks toward the place of his martyrdom, his burial site, his visitors, and those who weep for him, as we have mentioned among the special merits of weeping. [1159]

Sixteenth: The Kaʿbah has been revered and honored during both the Age of Ignorance and Islam.

Indeed, from the time of Adam (a.s.) until the present, creation has continually respected it and gone to visit it, even the people of disbelief and polytheism.

Likewise, al-Imam Husain (a.s.) was revered and respected even by his enemies.

As it is narrated that the love of al-Hasan (a.s.) and al-Imam Husain (a.s.) exists in all hearts, even in the hearts of hypocrites and disbelievers. [1160]

This meaning becomes evident from the reports concerning his speaking to Abu Bakr during his childhood, and from his conversations with Muʿawiyah and his sternness toward him and toward ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAs, and the respect they showed him. [1161]

It is also evident from Muʿawiyah's advice to Yazid to preserve the sanctity of that noble Imam (a.s.), and from the conversation of ʿUtbah with him regarding the matter of allegiance to Yazid, and from the answer he gave to Marwan when Marwan urged that he be killed. [1162]

Likewise, when Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas dismounted together with all the pilgrims when that noble Imam (a.s.) was walking on foot during a journey to Makkah. [1163]

This reverence remained until the Day of ʿAshura, when the accursed Ibn Saʿd violated the sanctity of that noble Imam (a.s.).

When that oppressed one fell from his horse to the ground, the accursed Ibn Saʿd mounted his horse and

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ordered ten horsemen to ride over his noble body with their horses. [1164]

Seventeenth: The Kaʿbah shall remain as long as the heavens and the earth remain, and it is among the signs of the religion.

Likewise, the grave of al-Imam Husain (a.s.) shall remain, as is apparent from the narration of Umm Ayman.