WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.160 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him. 00:08.660 --> 00:14.620 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, the grandson of our Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, 00:15.040 --> 00:19.980 and the son of Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him, was born in the fourth year of the Hegira. 00:20.900 --> 00:28.200 His mother was Hazrat Fatima, the only daughter to continue the line of our Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. 00:28.200 --> 00:37.360 He was given the name Hussain, meaning fine or handsome in Arabic, by Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. 00:38.360 --> 00:49.140 Some of Hazrat Hussain's nicknames were Sibit, grandson, Sayyidi, shuhada, tabili, amrila, he who obeys Allah's command, 00:50.120 --> 00:52.540 Zaki, and Mubarak. 00:52.540 --> 00:59.960 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, bore a close resemblance to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. 01:00.320 --> 01:04.020 Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him, said of that similarity, 01:04.440 --> 01:09.700 Hassan resembled Rasulullah from his breast to his head, and Hussain from there down. 01:11.480 --> 01:17.920 Hazrat Hussain passed in the deep love and affection of Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. 01:17.920 --> 01:22.820 Following the martyrdom of our Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, 01:23.340 --> 01:28.920 he completed his education and upbringing at the side of Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him. 01:28.920 --> 01:32.420 He had eight children, five boys and three girls. 01:33.340 --> 01:38.920 Like his older brother, Hazrat Hassan, peace be upon him, Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, 01:39.280 --> 01:46.840 would also sit on Rasulullah's, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, blessed knees, and grew up with a profound love in his heart. 01:47.580 --> 01:53.960 Our Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, was full of love for his grandsons and enjoyed playing with them. 01:53.960 --> 01:58.760 A group of companions accompanied Rasulullah to a dinner to which he was invited. 01:59.380 --> 02:02.800 They met his grandson, Hussain, on the road. He was playing with the children. 02:03.140 --> 02:10.220 When Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, saw the boy, he passed in front of the group and opened his arms to embrace him. 02:10.900 --> 02:13.440 The boy began scampering to the right and to the left. 02:14.200 --> 02:17.580 Rasulullah copied him, running right and left until he caught him. 02:17.880 --> 02:23.340 When he caught him, he placed one hand under his chin and the other on the back of his neck and kissed him. 02:23.960 --> 02:31.340 Hussain is my descendant. Whoever loves Hussain, Allah will love him. Hussain is a grandson of grandsons. 02:32.620 --> 02:36.940 In one hadith, our Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, 02:37.780 --> 02:42.380 Hasan and Hussain are the two sa'idh of the young people of Paradise. 02:43.380 --> 02:50.780 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, was full of the love of Allah, heroic, morally virtuous, compassionate, and generous. 02:50.780 --> 02:54.520 In his will, addressed to his brother, Muhammad bin Hanifiyah, 02:55.200 --> 02:57.360 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, said, 02:57.500 --> 03:01.460 Let the people of the world know that I am not the one who seeks rank or station, 03:01.880 --> 03:05.560 nor a spreader of strife, a disturber of the peace, or a despot. 03:05.800 --> 03:07.000 I have no such aims. 03:07.560 --> 03:09.260 My position is to purify. 03:09.740 --> 03:12.780 My aim is to purify the ummah of my ancestor. 03:13.420 --> 03:17.020 I wish to command what is lawful and forbid what is unlawful. 03:17.020 --> 03:19.120 In similar words, he also said, 03:19.940 --> 03:25.180 I did not leave Medina out of excess, for rank, to spread strife, or to oppress others. 03:25.640 --> 03:28.100 My aim is to purify the ummah of my ancestor, 03:28.460 --> 03:31.300 to command what is lawful and forbid what is unlawful, 03:31.680 --> 03:36.540 and to act along the line of my ancestor Rasulullah and my father Ali. 03:37.900 --> 03:40.700 The Martyrdom of Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him. 03:42.520 --> 03:46.840 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, served as imam for ten years. 03:47.020 --> 03:52.020 All but six months of that time were spent under the most harsh and difficult conditions. 03:52.700 --> 03:56.320 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, was martyred at Karbala, 03:56.680 --> 03:59.040 together with seventy-two blessed companions, 03:59.580 --> 04:03.580 on the tenth day of the month of Muharram, in 681 A.D. 04:04.420 --> 04:07.460 Following the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him, 04:07.900 --> 04:10.240 the Caliphate passed to Muawiyah. 04:10.580 --> 04:13.140 Muawiyah sought to ensure, during his lifetime, 04:13.140 --> 04:17.040 that the Caliphate would pass to his son, Yazid, after his death. 04:18.140 --> 04:20.720 He made his supporters swear allegiance to Yazid. 04:21.000 --> 04:25.280 When Yazid took over, the first thing he did was to write to the governor of Medina 04:25.280 --> 04:27.500 and demand that he swear allegiance to him, 04:27.860 --> 04:31.420 not to Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, on pain of death. 04:31.420 --> 04:35.340 At this point, Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, 04:35.780 --> 04:39.660 was receiving letters from the people of Kufa, offering their allegiance. 04:41.900 --> 04:46.980 At this, Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, and his companions set out for Kufa. 04:47.680 --> 04:50.080 They pitched camp at Karbala, near Kufa. 04:51.020 --> 04:55.260 Yazid sent an army of thirty thousand against Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him. 04:55.260 --> 05:01.660 Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, and his blessed family were deprived entirely of water. 05:03.160 --> 05:10.640 Then, Hazrat Hussain's, peace be upon him, six-month-old son, Ali Askar, was martyred by an arrow. 05:11.620 --> 05:16.320 Following the martyrdom of Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, and his seventy-two companions, 05:16.840 --> 05:19.800 the women and children with him were taken prisoner by Yazid. 05:19.800 --> 05:26.020 Among those who spent years in captivity were Hazrat Hussain's, peace be upon him, 05:26.160 --> 05:29.960 sister, Zainab, and his son, Zainal Labidin. 05:31.660 --> 05:34.820 Our blessed Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, 05:35.300 --> 05:39.900 foresaw the martyrdom of Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, in a most miraculous way. 05:40.620 --> 05:43.260 Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, 05:43.780 --> 05:45.600 described that martyrdom as follows, 05:45.900 --> 05:48.260 and it happened, just as he foretold. 05:48.260 --> 05:52.040 The messenger of Allah was sleeping one day. 05:52.520 --> 05:54.200 There was red earth in his hand. 05:55.300 --> 05:58.060 O Rasulullah, what is that soil, I asked. 05:58.820 --> 05:59.360 He said, 05:59.840 --> 06:03.080 Gabriel said he, Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him, 06:03.500 --> 06:05.320 will be martyred in Iraqi lands. 06:05.860 --> 06:07.380 This soil comes from there. 06:09.480 --> 06:12.760 Hussain, my son, will be martyred in the place known as Karbala. 06:13.260 --> 06:15.800 Let anyone who sees him go to his assistance. 06:15.800 --> 06:20.980 At this, Enes bin al-Harris went to Karbala. 06:21.480 --> 06:25.300 He was martyred there, together with Hazrat Hussain, peace be upon him. 06:25.300 --> 06:30.340 Adnan Oktar 06:30.340 --> 06:34.700 Hazrat Hassan and Hazrat Hussain are my forebears. 06:35.200 --> 06:36.780 I curse those who martyred them. 06:36.980 --> 06:37.980 May Allah curse them. 06:38.580 --> 06:42.180 My lion, Hazrat Ali, peace be upon him, was also martyred. 06:42.680 --> 06:44.400 Hazrat Hamza was also martyred. 06:44.940 --> 06:45.920 They were most heroic. 06:46.720 --> 06:49.440 We have always given up martyrs, and we must never mourn them. 06:49.980 --> 06:51.460 One must not mourn for martyrs. 06:51.540 --> 06:52.600 One must be proud of them. 06:53.120 --> 06:54.560 I am proud of them, Inshallah. 06:54.940 --> 06:56.980 But we remember them with love and affection. 06:57.500 --> 06:58.660 They are most dear to us. 06:59.140 --> 07:02.080 They are the Sa'ids of the people of Paradise, Inshallah, 07:02.440 --> 07:05.600 as our Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, says. 07:05.600 --> 07:35.580 I am proud of them, Inshallah, as our Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, says.