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[quote][quote]Assalam o Alaikum All,

I am looking for some information about the event of Karbala on this website but unable to find any. It will be a good help if someone can provide me any details.

Also, if someone can refer me some article / lecture of Ghamidi Sb on this topic, that will be a great help.

Thanks in advance

Regards[/quote][blue]Who Killed Al-Hussain?

Retelling the tragedy of Karbal&#226; has traditionally been an important feature of Sh&#238;‘&#238; spirituality. The passion plays of Iran and the Indian subcontinent, the literature, both prose and poetry, composed upon the subject of the martyrdom of Sayyidun&#226; Hussain (radiyall&#226;hu ‘anhu) and the general atmosphere of mourning that reigns amongst the Sh&#238;‘ah during the month of Muharram, all bear eloquent testimony to importance of that event in the Sh&#238;‘&#238; calendar. To the Sh&#238;‘ah, ‘آshur&#226; is probably the most important day of the year.

However, it is regrettable that despite the huge amount of attention the subject of Karbal&#226; enjoys, the event is persistently portrayed as two-sided. It is always depicted as Hussain against Yaz&#238;d, Right rising up against Wrong, the Quest for Justice against the Forces of Oppression. Many an opportunist has even gone to the extent of superimposing upon the event the theme of Sh&#238;‘ah against Ahl as-Sunnah.

In this partial retelling that concentrates upon what actually happened at Karbal&#226;, and conveniently draws attention away from the other guilty party in the ‘آsh&#251;r&#226; tragedy, lies another tragedy in itself. For while Hussain's martyrdom has been oft commemorated, and his physical opponents and killers identified, cursed and eliminated, no one has spared a moment's anger for those who deserted him at the crucial hour.

It is these men in the shadows, who squarely deserve to be called the real villains of Karbal&#226;, upon whom this article seeks to cast light.

[right]To be continued...[/right]

Edited by: aboosait on Friday, January 02, 2009 1:33 AM[/quote]

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