| Effects of Imam Husain's Revolution No revolution exists in the history of the world like the revolution of Imam Husain ('a), which shook the world, bestowed glory for truth and created dignity for human beings, as all its parts are effulgence and all its horizons, nobility and honor. Replete with immortal lessons regarding belief that shall never be overpowered and faith that shall never be defeated and loftiness that shall never be humiliated; a revolution that began a modern age for the nations of the world and the communities of the earth, spirit of revolution and opposition to oppression and injustice, confrontation with unreasonable demands and fighting corruption are its signs. The revolution of the chief of nobles was the first revolution in human history from the aspect that on it were built intellectual, social and political foundations. Of them are the following: Victory of Islam By his martyrdom, the great Imam achieved a victory that no revolutionary on the earth had ever obtained; because the principal aims for which he undertook the confrontation succeeded and the most important of them was the success of movement in his open war against the Umayyad regime, which had made the future of Islam dark and tried to uproot it so that no effect of it remains in the sphere of life. Imam Husain ('a) took upon himself to ensure the well being of Islam's future. And he martyred himself for its sake; he restored its freshness to it and destroyed the perils that surrounded it. Morbin, the German philosopher says, "When a sensible person ponders upon the situation of that period, and how the Bani Umayyah was succeeding in its aims and their domination on all the strata of people and the decadence of Muslims…no doubt remains for him that Husain ('a) through his martyrdom revived the religion of his grandfather and the laws of Islam; because if that event had not occurred and those true feelings had not been created among the Muslims...and if the martyrdom of Husain ('a) hadn't taken place, Islam definitely would not have been as it is, rather it was possible that its heritage and laws had been destroyed; because in that period, Islam was in its initial stages." It is sufficient for the success of His Eminence, Husain ('a) that through his martyrdom he bestowed a new life to Islam and sacrificed his blood for it. When Imam Zainul Abideen ('a) was asked by Talha bin Abdullah who had won, he mentioned this point and said: "Whenever it is prayer time, you recite the call for prayer (Azan) and shorter call for prayer (Iqamah); this tells you who the victor is."[1] His Eminence, Husain ('a) himself became successful and victorious; because he
| | restored life and youth to Islam. On the basis of this he was a reformer; perhaps it was about this aspect that the Holy Prophet (s) said: "Husain is from me and I am from Husain." Because if the sacrifice of His Eminence, Husain ('a) had not been there all the efforts of His Eminence, the Prophet (s) and that well-being, blessings and mercy that he brought for the people would have been destroyed as Bani Umayyah was bent on eradicating all the principles that this religion brought and they proclaimed infidelity and apostasy, and ruled the people with a policy in which no sign of Quranic command was visible. Defeat of the Umayyads The first clear victory that the Imam earned was to defeat the Umayyads; because the sacrifice of His Eminence destroyed all the pillars and foundations raised by Muawiyah for strengthening the regime of Abu Sufyan's family. One of the writers says: "Whatever Muawiyah had built up for his son Yazid in years was destroyed by Husain in a few days. People began to look at the caliph with disgrace and heedless way. Muslims were disillusioned by his policies and eyed with malice the blemishes that had stained him with bad qualities like fraud, deception, injustice and oppression. All this was under the shade of the leadership of His Eminence, Husain and the popularity of His Eminence, a result of wise policy in observing steadfastness in front of their persecution and a well-designed program for removing disobedience and oppression which was instrumental in this. The foresight of the Imam and his sincerity in his actions made all this possible."[1] By his auspicious movement, the Imam crushed the heads that were full of pride, weighed down with arrogance and blinded by self-conceit. Sayyid Amir Ali says: "The carnage of Kerbala shook up the world of Islam; a factor that assisted in the destruction of the foundation of the Umayyad regime."[2] As for the signs of Umayyad defeat after the martyrdom of Imam Husain ('a); they were as follows: A. Their separation from Religious Authority The terrible carnage of Kerbala took out the Umayyads from the pale of Islam and it proved that they still followed the barbarity and ignorance of the pre-Islamic age. Because all the acts they committed with the Progeny of the Prophet (s) proved that the Umayyads had left the religion of Islam and the faith of Muslims. For example, first of all they put embargo on water supply with the help of armed forces. Then after killing His Eminence, they cut up his Holy body into bits and pieces. After that they took as hostages the noble ladies of the Prophet's family and took them around towns and cities in such a way that to see them makes one hair stand on end. This was done to announce the defeat of the Prophet's family and publicize that revenge has been taken from them. Similarly the couplets that Yazid recited clearly said that it was to revenge the death of his disbelieving ancestors who had been eliminated in the battle of Badr. Thus all these facts clearly proved that the Umayyads were not Muslims.
[1] Raihaanatur Rasool, Pg. 176
[2] Mukhtasar Tarikhul Arab | [1] Shaykh Tusi, Amali Pg. 677, H. 1432 |
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