Mohammad Qutub – Al-Husseins AS Martyrdom in Karbala – Top 7 Misconceptions

The top seven misconceptions about the killing of

Hussain alaihi salaam. Misconception

number 1.

When Mahalia Radiallahu Anhu was close to the

time of death,

he wanted to campaign for his son Yazid

to be his successor in the Khalifa.

And he expected that there would be 4

that would object.

Namely Al Hussein Alaihi Salam, Abdullah ibn Zubayr,

Abdullah ibn Umar, and Abdulrahman ibn Abi Bakr.

And there are many narrations even in the

books of Ahlul Sunnah

that show that Mu'awiya radiAllahu anhu

had problems

even insulted and possibly

got close to fighting

those 3.

Abdulazir Omar, and Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Bakr.

And those narrations are not authentic.

The only ostensibly

authentic narration

mentions that there was some dialogue between them

but not much else.

Misconception number 2.

When Al Hussain

decided that he's going to go to his

supporters in Al Kufa, many of the Sahaba,

radiAllahu anhu Ajma'in,

tried to dissuade him from going. They were

worried about him and they expected

that he might be killed.

And one of them actually was Abdullah ibn

Zubayr

who said to him,

You go to a people who have killed

your father and stabbed your brother. So Al

Hussain Radhiallahu Anhu replies,

I would rather be killed in such and

such place

rather than be the reason for desecrating

Makkah.

So Abdullah ibn Zubayr also tried to convince

him not to go and it is not

correct and it is wrong to blame him

and claim that he tried to convince him

to go so that he can have the

upper hand in Mecca and campaign

for himself.

Misconception number 3.

When the time for the bell of Karbala

was near,

Al Hussein alaihi salam met with Omar Ibn

Saadib bin Abi Waqqas.

And

Al Hussein

actually gave some options. He was negotiating with

Omar Ibn Saad who was sent by Ubaidullah

bin Ziyad.

So some of the options that Al Hussein

gave

were 3. Number 1, that he be allowed

to return to Madinah.

Number 2,

that he go to one of the strongholds

of the Muslims in order to

participate in jihad.

Number 3, that he go to a sha

in order to

give the bayah

to Yazid.

This is authentic.

And even the Shia sources mention

that Al Hussein offered these three options

in negotiation.

And it is not authentic

that one of his close entourage, Uqba ibn

Salam

said that I have been with Al Hussein

wherever he has been and it is not

correct that he negotiated or he gave these

options. That narration is not authentic.

Number 4.

That Al Usain

radiAllahu anhu distance anyone

named Abu Bakr or Umar

or any other name of the names of

the sahaba. And this is absolutely false.

In fact, many of those

who defended

and fought with Al Hussein Alaihi Salam to

the last drop of blood

were Abu Bakr's and Umar's and Uthman's.

From the sons of Ali Radiallahu Anhu, the

father of Al Hussein, we have Abu

Bakr and Uthman

and possibly Umar, all martyred with Al Hussein

in Karbala.

From the sons of Al Hassan, we have

Abu Bakr and Umar

also martyred along

with their uncle Al Hussein in Karbala.

They loved each other. It is false

to say that the Sahaba and Ahlulbayt somehow

hated each other. But there may have been

events as we see that were very unfortunate.

Misconception

number 5.

That Ahlul Sunnah

are the ones who killed Al Hussein

alayhi salaam or radiAllahu an. And this is

categorically false and a serious accusation

because Ahlul Sunnal love Al Hussain and his

father and the grandfather of Al Hussain sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam. They love all of Ahlulbayt

and the companions, may Allah be pleased, with

them all. In fact,

the ones

who were responsible for the killing of Al

Hussein

are none other than the ones who claimed

to be his shia

and

continuously

summoned him and called him to come and

be their leader, to be the Khalifa, his

supporters in Kufa. And this is corroborated also

by many of the shia sources that,

talk about how Al Hussein

insulted them

and chastise them, called them liars and betrayers,

his daughter as well.

Ali Zayn Al Abidine, his son,

all of them

said so many things about the people of

Kufa.

They are the ones who cry for us.

They are the ones who killed us. They

were responsible

for what happened to us because they betrayed

them and they left them. Misconception number 6,

that Ahlus Sunnah do not care about the

killing

of Al Hussein because they do not commemorate

the day of Hashira. And this is also

incorrect

because as much as we grieve and we

bleed

because of what happened to Al Hussein and

to Ahir Beit on that fateful day.

But there is nothing

that says that we have to commemorate that

day by talking about what happened much less

mentioning fabricated stories about what happened and exaggerating

what happened and forcing ourselves to cry and

things of that nature. This is not what

is required and this is not what,

Islam

commands. And that's why many of the objective

shia scholars and traditional scholars of old

mentioned that what the shia do on the

day of Ashura in their commemoration of this

event is not correct and they did not

used to do it before.

Misconception

number 7.

The martyrdom of Al Hussain His

assassination

as egregious as it was,

is not the worst assassination that happened.

Several people that were better at Hussain were

also assassinated.

His father, Ali radhiallahu anhu alaihi salam,

is better than Al Hussain and he was

martyred. And we do not commemorate

that day. And you might even ask some

of the the ones who commemorate,

the killing of Al Hussein Karbala

and they might not even know when Ali

Radiallahu An was martyred. Uthma Radiallahu an,

the husband of Al Hussein's aunt was martyred

and he was better than Ali and he

was better than Al Hussein and yet we

don't commemorate

his martyrdom.

Umar

was better than Uthman, Al Hussein

and yet we do not commemorate

the day of his martyrdom

either.

So singling out Al Hussein

and his martyrdom in Karbala

To say that it was symbolic of the

battle between truth and falsehood and ignoring these

other assassinations

is not correct.

May Allah accept and have mercy on Al

Husayn alaihis salam and to the family of

Rasulullah salallahu alaihi wasalam that died with him

and all of the great martyrs of Islam.

And for much more on this topic in

much more detail, please see the video above.