Ḥusayn ibn 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (حسين بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (third of Shaban 626, at Medina - tenth of Muharram 680, at Karbala) was the grandson of Muhammad. His mother was Muhammad's daughter Fatima Zahra and his father was Muhammad's cousin, and is the first Imam to Shia Muslims, and the fourth Caliph to Sunni Muslims, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Husayn ibn Ali is revered as the third Imam (caliph) by Shi'a Muslims.
Hadith of Muhammad about Husayn ibn Ali
Ibn Saad narrates from ash-shabi:
Ali ibn Abi Talib while on his way to the battle of Siffin, passed through the desert of Karbala, there he stopped and wept very bitterly. When interrogated regarding the cause of his weeping, he commented that one day he visited Muhammad and found him weeping. When he asked Muhammad as to what was the reason which made him weep, he replied, "O Ali Gabriel has just been with me and informed me that my son Husayn would be martyred in Karbala, a place near the bank of the River Euphrates. This moved me so much that I could not help weeping."
Anas ibn Harith narrates:
One day Muhammad ascended the pulpit to deliver a sermon to his associates while Husayn and Hasan sons of Ali were sitting before him. When address was over, he put his left hand on Husayn and raising his head towards Heaven and said: "O my lord! I am Muhammad Your slave and your prophet, and these two are the distinguished and pious members of my family who would fortify my cause after me. O my Lord! Gabriel has informed me that son Husayn would be killed. O my Lord! Bless my cause in recompense for Husayn's martyrdom, make him the leader of the martyrs, be You be his helper and guardian and do not bless his murderers".
Khwaja Mu'inuddin Chishti says:
He gave his head but did not put his hand into the hands of Yazid. Verily, Husayn is the foundation of "La ilaha il Allah ". Husayn is lord and the lord of lords. Husayn himself is Islam and the shield of Islam. Though he gave his head (for Islam) but never pledged Yazid. Truly Husayn is the founder of "There is no Deity except Allah".
Sayings of Muhammad about Husayn ibn Ali in Sunni books
"Al-Hasan and al-Husayn are the chiefs of the youth of Paradise and Fatimah is the chief of their women."
- Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p660, on the authority of Abu Sa'id and Hudhayfa
- Sunan Ibn Majah, Introduction 8
- al-Tabarani, on the authorities of: Umar, Ali, Jabir, Abu Hurayrah, Usamah Ibn Zaid, al-Baraa, Ibn 'Adi, and Ibn Masud.
- al-Kubra, by al-Nasa'i
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 62,82, v3, pp 3,64, v5, p391
- Fada'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p771, Tradition #1360
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, pp 166,167
- Hilyatul Awliyaa, by Abu Nu'aym, v5, p71
- Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p187
- Tuhfatul Ashraf, by Lumzi, v3, p31
- Ibn Habban, as mentioned in al-Mawarid, pp 551,553
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p290
- Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tradition #6154
Muhammad said, "The member of my home (family members specified in other narrations as Fatima, Ali, Hasan, and Husayn) is from me and I am from Them."
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v4, p172
- Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Hanbal, v2, p772, Tradition #1361
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p 177
- Amali, by Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani, p 64
- al-Kuna wal Asmaa, by al-Dulabi, v1, p88
- al-Tabarani, v3, p21
- Adab by al-Bukhari, also al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p291
- Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tradition #6160
Muhammad looked toward Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn, and then said, "I am in war with those who will fight you, and in peace with those who are peaceful to you."
- Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v5, p699
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p52
- Fadha'il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p767, Tradition #1350
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, v3, p149
- Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v9, p169
- al-Kabir, by al-Tabarani, v3, p30, also in al-Awsat
- Jami' al-Saghir, by al-Ibani, v2, p17
- Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v7, p137
- Sawaiq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, p144
- Talkhis, by al-Dhahabi, v3, p149
- Dhakha'ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p25
- Mishkat al-Masabih, by Khatib al-Tabrizi, English Version, Tradition #6145
Muhammad said, "He who loves al-Hasan and al-Husayn, has loved me, and he who makes them angry has made me angry."
- Sunan Ibn Majah,
- al-Mustadrak, by al-Hakim, from Abu Hurairah
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, as quoted in:
- al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar Haythami, Ch. 11, section 3, p292
Maxims attributed to Hussayn ibn Ali
- O Allah, what did he find who lost you, and what did he lose who found you?
- Some people worship Allah for the purpose of gaining His gifts. This is the worship of the merchants. Some worship Him for the purpose of avoiding His punishment. This is the worship of the slaves. Some worship Him as showing gratitude to Him. This is the worship of the genuine ones. It is the best worship.
- When he clashed with vanguards of ibn Ziyad led by Hurr during his journey toward Karbala: "... Don't you see that the truth is not put into action and the false is not prohibited? The believer has got to be fond of meeting his God justly. So I do not consider the death but blessedness and living with the oppressors other than abjectness."
- Part of his speech on Ashura: "... Lo and behold; an ignoble (i.e ibn Ziyad), son of other ignoble (i.e. Ziyad ibn Abihi), has entangled me in a bifurcation, between either unsheathing the swords or accepting abjectness. And far be it that we accept abjectness. Allah abominates that for us, plus his prophet, believers, the chaste pure gentlewomen, those who do not accept oppression as well as the souls who do not submit to meanness abominate it. They disapprove that we prefer obedience of scrooges to the best sites of murder. Beware; I assault you together with this family while they are few and when the helpers deserted. ... "
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