54. The Bird that said “Ya Husain”

54. ﻣﺮغ "ﯾﺎ ﺣﺴﯿﻦ" ﮔﻮ

روز ﯾﮏ ﺷﻨﺒﻪ 2s/12/80 ﺑﺮاﺑﺮ دوّم ﻣﺤﺮم 1422 ق، در ﺣﺴـﯿﻨﯿّﻪ ي ﻣﺮﺣﻮم آﯾﻪ اﻟﻠّﻪ ﺳـﯿﺪ ﻣﺤﻤـﺪﻋﻠﯽ ﻣﻮﺣّﺪ اﺑﻄﺤﯽ، ﺧﻄﯿﺐ ﺗﻮاﻧﺎ ﺣﺠﻪ اﻻﺳﻼم واﻟﻤﺴﻠﻤﯿﻦ آﻗﺎي ﻣﯿﺮﻫﻨﺪي ﺑﺮ ﻓﺮاز ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﻓﺮﻣﻮد:

17 ﺑﺎر ﻣﻮﻓّﻖ ﺷﺪم ﮐﻪ ﺷﺐ ﻋﺎﺷﻮرا در ﮐﺮﺑﻼ ﺑﺎﺷﻢ.

روزي در اﯾّـﺎم ﻋﺎﺷﻮرا ﺳﻮار اﺗﻮﺑﻮس ﺑﻮدم و ﺑﻪ زﯾﺎرت ﺟﻨﺎب ﺣﺮّ ﻣﯽ رﻓﺘﻢ، ﻏﺎﻟﺐ ﻣﺴﺎﻓﺮان ﺧﻮاب ﺑﻮدﻧـﺪ، ﺻـﺪاي: »ﯾﺎﺣﺴـﯿﻦ« در ﻓﻀﺎ ﻃﻨﯿﻦ اﻧـﺪاز ﺑﻮد. در ﺗﮑﺎﭘﻮ ﺑﻮدم ﮐﻪ ﺑﺒﯿﻨﻢ اﯾﻦ ﺻـﺪا از ﮐﺠﺎ ﻣﯽ آﯾـﺪ؟ راﻧﻨـﺪه ﻣﺘﻮﺟّﻪ ﺷـﺪ و ﻣﺮا ﺑﻪ ﭘﯿﺶ ﺧﻮد ﺧﻮاﻧـﺪ و ﮔﻔﺖ: دﻧﺒﺎل ﺻﺪاي »ﯾﺎﺣﺴﯿﻦ« ﻫﺴﺘﯽ؟ ﮔﻔﺘﻢ: آري. ﮔﻔﺖ: ﻧﮕﺎه ﮐﻦ.

ﻧﮕﺎه ﮐﺮدم و دﯾﺪم ﻫﻤﻪ ي ﺳﯿﻢ ﻫﺎي ﺗﻠﻔﻦ و ﺗﻠﮕﺮاف ﮐﻨﺎر ﺟﺎده ﭘﺮ از ﻣﺮغ ﻫﺎﯾﯽ اﺳﺖ ﮐﻪ ﻣﺮﺗﺐ ﯾﺎﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻣﯽ ﮔﻮﯾﻨﺪ. ﺳﭙﺲ راﻧﻨﺪه ﮔﻔﺖ: اﯾﻦ ﻣﺮغ ﻫﺎ ﻫﻤﻪ ﺳﺎﻟﻪ در اﯾّﺎم ﻋﺎﺷﻮرا ﺳﻪ روز ﺑﻪ ﮐﺮﺑﻼ ﻣﯽ آﯾﻨﺪ و ﻫﻤﻪ اش »ﯾﺎﺣﺴﯿﻦ« ﻣﯽ ﮔﻮﯾﻨﺪ.

54. The Bird that said “Ya Husain”

On Sunday, 2/12/1380 (equal to the second of Muharram 1422 AH), at the Husainiyya of the late Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Ali Muḥaḥḥid Abṭaḥī, the skilled preacher Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Āqāy Mīrhandī said from the pulpit:

*“I have been blessed 17 times to be in Karbala on the night of Ashura. One day during the days of Ashura, I was riding a bus heading for the ziyarat of Janab Ḥurr. Most of the passengers were asleep. Suddenly, the cry of “Ya Husain” was echoing in the air. I was eager to see where this sound was coming from. The driver noticed and called me forward and said, ‘Are you looking for the source of the “Ya Husain” sound?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Look!’

I looked and saw that all the telephone and telegraph wires along the road were full of birds, and these birds were continuously saying “Ya Husain.”

Then the driver said, ‘These birds come to Karbala every year during Ashura for three days, and they all say “Ya Husain.”’”*