Slogan
of Imam Zamana (a.t.f.s.) and his companions
يا لثارات الحسين
One of the most important divine missions of
Imam Zamana (a.s.) after reappearance is avenging the blood of Imam Husain
(a.s.) from his enemies. This mission is so important that it associates a
slogan with Hazrat (a.t.f.s.). In a Ziyarat we recite
السَّلَامُ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ الْعَالِمِ
الْغَائِبِ عَنِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَ الْحَاضِرِ فِي الْأَمْصَارِ وَ الْغَائِبِ عَنِ الْعُيُونِ
وَ الْحَاضِرِ فِي الْأَفْكَارِ بَقِيَّةِ الْأَخْيَارِ الْوَارِثِ ذَا الْفَقَارِ
الَّذِي يَظْهَرُ فِي بَيْتِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَامِ ذِي الْأَسْتَارِ وَ يُنَادِي بِشِعَارِ
يَا ثَارَاتِ الْحُسَيْنِ أَنَا الطَّالِبُ بِالْأَوْتَارِ
أَنَا قَاصِمُ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ الْقَائِمُ الْمُنْتَظَرُ ابْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ وَ
آلِهِ أَفْضَلُ السَّلَام
“Salutations upon you O
the knowing and the hidden Imam from the eyes and the present one in the cities
and hidden from the eyes but present in the thoughts, inheritor of Zulfiqar,
the one who will reappear from the house of Allah and while holding the cloth
of holy Kaaba will raise a slogan O for
the Blood of Husain (a.s.), I am the avenger of the blood, I am the killer
of all oppressors, the awaited Qaa’em, the son of Hasan al-Askari upon him and
his progeny is the best of salutations”[1]
Generally, slogans are an extract of the aim
of the mission. The slogan of Imam Mahdi (a.s.) of avenging blood of his
oppressed grandfather after his reappearance shows its importance in front of
Allah and Imam himself.
One of the characteristics of the helpers of
Imam Zamana (a.t.f.s.) is that after reappearance, they follow their master in
avenging the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.) and hope for the opportunity in this
path. Imam Sadiq (a.s.) describing them says:
ِ وَ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ أَنْ يُقْتَلُوا
فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ شِعَارُهُمْ يَا لَثَارَاتِ الْحُسَيْن ً... بِهِمْ يَنْصُرُ اللَّهُ إِمَامَ
الْحَقِّ.
“They
wish that they are killed in the way of Allah, their slogan will be ‘Revenge of
the blood of Husain…. Allah will help the true Imam through them”[2]
ثارات Is the plural ثار
of which means blood. When a person is
surrounded by difficulties, he cries severely saying يا لثارات . O for the blood of Husain (a.s.) is a cry for
avenging his blood. One of the titles of Imam Husain (a.s.) and his holy father
is ‘ثار الله ’ which means blood of
Allah as we recite in Ziyarat e Ashura
السلام
عليك يا ثار الله
وابن ثاره
Peace be upon you O the blood of Allah and the
son of His blood [3]
Here, the word Allah has been added to blood
to honor it. The blood of Imam Husain (a.s.) has great honor in front of Allah
hence He has attributed his blood to Himself and is it’s avenger just as he has
called the Ahle Bait (a.s.) as Progeny of Allah ال الله to honor them and
similarly, to respect the Holy Kaaba called it as House of Allah بيت الله
The blood of Imam Husain (a.s.) is the most
honoured blood that was shed on earth and it has not been avenged yet. When
Imam-e-Zamana (a.s.) will reappear, he along with his companions will avenge
his blood from the enemies of progeny of Mohammad (s.a.w.s.).
Imam-e-Zamana (a.t.f.s.) and his helpers will
rise with the slogan of avenging the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.) and their
slogan will give focus to all their aims and wishes. Due to this, more
attention is paid towards recognition of chief of martyrs (a.s.) and his
companions, more will be the understanding of their shed blood. Thus the reappearance
of the promised one (of all the Prophets, friends of Allah and the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.s.) is for avenging the blood of Imam Husain (a.s.)
The value of blood of the companions of Imam
Husain (a.s.) is that it was shed in defence of the Imam of their time who was
a stranger, alone, abandoned and helpless. When their blood got mixed with the
blood of Hujjat of Allah (ثار الله )
it became equal to his blood and became unparalleled in the world.
Thus we should learn the lesson of
recognition, love, sincerity and sacrificing everything in the way of Imam
(a.t.f.s.) from the companions of Imam Husain (a.s.)
Translated from the book – Yaari e Aaftab by
Mohammad Bani Hashemi
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