The Suffering of the Ahl-Ul-Bayt and Their Followers (Shi’A) Throughout History
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THE SUFFERING OF THE AHL-UL-BAYT AND THEIR FOLLOWERS (SHI’A) THROUGHOUT HISTORY COMPILED BY MATEEN JOSHUA CHARBONNEAU FIRST PUBLISHED IN WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 2012 RD 3 EDITION PUBLISHED JULY 2013 © COPYRIGHT 2012 JOSHUA CHARBONNEAU www.mateenjc.wordpress.com DUA FARAJ O’ ALLAH, BLESS MUHAMMAD AND THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD. O’ ALLAH, BE FOR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, THE HUJJAT (PROOF), SON OF AL-HASAN, YOUR BLESSINGS BE ON HIM AND HIS FOREFATHERS, IN THIS HOUR AND IN EVERY HOUR, A GUARDIAN, A PROTECTOR, A LEADER, A HELPER, A PROOF, AND AN EYE UNTIL YOU MAKE HIM LIVE ON THE EARTH, IN OBEDIENCE (TO YOU), AND CAUSE HIM TO LIVE IN IT FOR A LONG TIME. O’ ALLAH, BLESS MUHAMMAD AND THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD. I dedicate the reward of this book to the leader of the women of the worlds Fatima Zahra (as) daughter of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sawa) 2 Table of Contents ALI TAKEN BY FORCE TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ................. 13 FATIMA’S HOUSE SET ON FIRE MARTYRDOM OF FATIMA ZAHRA (AS) FATIMA’S DEATH AND BURIAL KEPT SECRET CONFISCATING THE PROPERTY OF FADAK FROM AHL UL BAYT ...................................................................................................... 49 FATIMA’S DEATH AND BURIAL KEPT SECRET BILAL’S PROTEST AND BANISHMENT TO SYRIA .................... 74 AMMAR YASIR & ABDULLAH IBN MASUD BEATEN .............. 85 ABU DHARR’S PROTEST AND BANISHMENT TO SYRIA ....... 93 CURSING OF IMAM ALI FROM THE PULPITS DURING JUMAH ....................................................................................................... 148 BATTLE OF JAMAL (THE CAMEL) ................................................ 157 BATTLE OF SIFFIN ............................................................................... 174 MARTYRDOM OF AMMAR IBN YASIR The Christian Monk testifies to the Wilayat of Ali MARTYRDOM OF MALIK AL-ASHTAR ....................................... 202 MARTYRDOM OF MUHAMMAD IBN ABU BAKR .................... 208 ASSASSINATION OF IMAM ALI WHILE IN SALAT ................. 211 MARTYRDOM OF HUJR IBN ADI, HIS SON AND HIS COMPANIONS ......................................................................................... 230 MARTYRDOM OF QAMBAR THE SERVANT OF ‘ALI ............ 239 MASS MURDER & TORTURING THE SHIA OF ALI ................ 241 MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HASSAN & HIS BURIAL MET WITH ARROWS ...................................................................................... 252 MARTYRDOM OF ZAID IBN ALI & HIS SON YAHYA IBN ZAID ............................................................................................................ 256 3 MARTYRDOM OF MUSLIM IBN ‘AQIL, HIS SONS AND HANEE IBN ORWAH ............................................................................ 258 TRAGEDY OF KARBALA ................................................................... 276 THE FATE OF THE WOMEN OF AHL UL BAYT AFTER KARBALA ................................................................................................. 325 BENEFITS OF ZIYARAT IMAM HUSAIN ..................................... 346 A FEW INSTANCES THAT HAPPENED DURING THE PERIOD AFTER KARBALA ............................................................... 357 THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE MAN FROM DAMASCUS & MIRACLE OF IMAM JAWAD The Murder of Nisa’i the Famous Sunni Author of one of the Sahih Sitta 4 About the Author Joshua Charbonneau is an American Muslim. He was born in 1982 in Sumter, South Carolina. He is of French Canadian and American descent. He was born into a Christian family, and later chose to revert to Shi’a Islam at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. After reverting to Islam he chose the name Mateen which in Arabic means strong, firm and unshakeable. His first language is English and he also learned Quranic Arabic. At age 26 he moved to Washington, DC and has been an active part of the Muslim community. He took part in a documentary by Al- Anwar Hussain TV entitled “Journey of the Spirit” where he narrated his incredible story on how he became a Shia Muslim. In 2012 he had the opportunity to travel with the members of Al- Anwar Hussain TV to visit the Holy shrines of Imam Ali (as) and Imam Hussain (as) in Iraq for Ziyarat Arbaeen. He has also compiled and published a very in-depth book entitled The Suffering of the Ahl ul Bayt and their Followers (Shia) throughout History and Christians who defended and died for Prophet Muhammad and his Family both titles are available at Amazon and www.mateenjc.wordpress.com 5 Preface In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful, may Allah shower His blessings on our beloved Prophet Muhammad and his Purified Household. May Allah open our eyes and bestow on us the baseera (insight) to see the truth and an open heart to accept it. May Allah hasten the reappearance of our awaited savior, Imam Mahdi and allow us to be among his humble devoted followers. May we see the time when he will make apparent to everyone the true teachings of Islam as they were taught by his grandfather the Prophet of Allah (saw) and not the Islam that was changed by the corrupt rulers and dictators to fit their desires. May Allah continue to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and may He remove His Mercy from those who bear enmity towards them. إِ ﱠن اﻟﱠ ِﺬ َﯾﻦ ﻓَﺘَﻨُﻮا ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆ ِﻣﻨِ َﯿﻦ َو ْاﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆ ِﻣﻨَ ِﺎت ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﻟَ ْﻢ ﯾَﺘُﻮﺑُﻮا ﻓَﻠَ ْﮭُﻢ َﻋ َﺬابُ َﺟﮭَﻨﱠ َﻢ َوﻟَ ْﮭُﻢ َﻋ َﺬابُ ْاﻟ َﺤ ِﺮ ِﯾﻖ “Surely those who tormented the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent, theirs shall be the punishment of Hell, and theirs shall be the burning punishment.”1 Imam Baqir (as) said “Since the death of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) we Ahl ul bayt have been humiliated, made distant and have been deprived and killed and made to leave our home town and we felt frightened for our blood and the blood of our followers. The cheaters, through their lies, got nearer to the leaders, judges and governors in every city and our enemies told false and invalid traditions relating to their past leaders and quoted riwayah (narrations) that we had never told. They only wanted to humiliate us and wanted to accuse us of falsehood, and wanted to get nearer to their leaders through lies. After the passing away of Hasan (a.s) this became very common during the time of Muawiyah. At that time, in every city, Shias were 1 Quran 85:10 6 killed, their hands and feet were cut off and they were hanged on accusations of their being near to us and talking about their love for us.Then after that adversities increased in numbers and strength, from the martyrdom of Husayn (a.s) until the time of ibn Ziyad. Then came Hajjaj and he killed them (Shia of Ali) for every doubt and accusation until it was said that this person (Shia) was Zindiq (atheist) and majusi (Zoroastrian) and Hajjaj liked it better that these words be used rather than say that they were Shia of Husayn, peace be upon him.”2 ۡ ﻧَۡﺘﻠُ ْﻮا َﻋﻠَۡﯿ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻧﱠﺒَﺈِ ُﻣ َﻮﺳ ٰﻰ َوﻓِ ۡﺮ َﻋ ۡﻮ َن ﺑِﭑﻟ َﺤ ﱢﻖ ﻟِﻘَ ۡﻮ ٍ۟م ﯾُ ۡﺆ ِﻣﻨُ َﻮن (٣) إِ ﱠن ﻓِ ۡﺮ َﻋ ۡﻮ َن َﻋ َﻼ ﻓِﻰ ۡ ۟ ۟ ۡ ٱﻷَ ۡر ِض َو َﺟ َﻌ َﻞ أَ ۡھﻠَﮭَﺎ ِﺷﯿَ ًﻌﺎ ﯾَ ۡﺴﺘَ ۡﻀ ِﻌ ُﻒ َطﺎٓ ِٕٮﻔَﺔً ﱢﻣﻨﮩُﻢۡ َﯾُﺬﺑﱢﺢُ أَۡﺑﻨَﺎٓ َءھُﻢۡ َوﯾَ ۡﺴﺘَ ۡﺤ ِﻰۦ ﻧِ َﺴﺎٓ َءھُﻢۡ ۚ إِﻧﱠ ﮫُۥ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۟ َﻛ َﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ٱﻟ ُﻤﻔ ِﺴ ِﺪ َﯾﻦ (٤) َوﻧُ ِﺮ ُﯾﺪ أَن ﻧﱠ ُﻤ ﱠﻦ َﻋﻠَﻰ ٱﻟﱠ ِﺬ َﯾﻦ ۡٱﺳﺘُ ۡﻀ ِﻌﻔُ ْﻮا ﻓِﻰ ٱﻷَ ۡر ِض َوﻧَ ۡﺠ َﻌﻠَﮭُﻢۡ أَ ِٕٮ ﱠﻤﺔً ۡ ۡ َوﻧَ ۡﺠ َﻌﻠَ ُﮭُﻢ ٱﻟ َﻮ ِٲرﺛِ َﯿﻦ (٥) َوﻧُ َﻤ ﱢﻜ َﻦ ﻟَﮭُﻢۡ ﻓِﻰ ٱﻷَ ۡر ِض َوﻧُ ِﺮ َى ﻓِ ۡﺮ َﻋ ۡﻮ َن َوھَٰـ َﻤ ٰـ َﻦ َوﺟُﻨُ َﻮدھُ َﻤﺎ ِﻣ ۡﻨﮭُﻢ ﱠﻣﺎ َڪﺎﻧُﻮ ْا ﯾَ ۡﺤ َﺬُرو َن (٦) “Lo! Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people castes. A tribe among them he oppressed, killing their sons and sparing their women. Lo! he was of those who work corruption. And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors, And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts that which they feared from them.” 3 2 Kitab e Sulaym Ibn Qays Al-Hilali 3 Quran 28:3-5 7 The oppressors you will read about in this book are even worse than Pharoah. I say this because even Pharoah had enough compassion to spare the women from among Musa’s (as) followers, but look and see how these oppressors treated Lady Fatima the daughter of our beloved Prophet! ۡ ۡ ۡ ِﯾُﺮ ُﯾﺪ َون ﻟِﯿُﻄﻔِـُٔ ْﻮا ﻧُ َﻮر ﱠٱِ ﺑِﺄَﻓ َﻮ ِٲھ ِﮭﻢۡ َو ﱠٱُ ُﻣﺘِ ﱡﻢ ﻧُ ِﻮر ِهۦ َوﻟَ ۡﻮ َڪ ِﺮهَ ٱﻟ َﻜ ٰـﻔِﺮُ َون (٨) “Intend they to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect his light though averse may be the disbelievers!”4 ۡ ۡ َو َﻋ َﺪ ﱠٱُ ٱﻟﱠ ِﺬ َﯾﻦ َء َاﻣﻨُ ْﻮا ِﻣ ُﻨﻜﻢۡ َو َﻋ ِﻤﻠُ ْﻮا ٰٱﻟﺼﱠـﻠِ َﺤ ٰـ ِﺖ ﻟَﯿَ ۡﺴﺘَﺨﻠِﻔَﻨﱠﮭُﻢۡ ﻓِﻰ ٱﻷَ ۡر ِض َڪ َﻤﺎ ۡٱﺳﺘَ ۡﺨﻠَ َﻒ ۟ ٱﻟﱠ ِﺬ َﯾﻦ ِﻣﻦ ﻗَۡﺒﻠِ ِﮭﻢۡ َوﻟَ َﯿُﻤ ﱢﻜﻨَ ﱠﻦ ﻟَﮭُﻢۡ ِدﯾﻨَﮩُ ُﻢ ٱﻟﱠ ِﺬى ۡٱرﺗَ َﻀ ٰﻰ ﻟَﮭُﻢۡ َوﻟَﯿُﺒَ ﱢﺪﻟَﻨﱠﮩُﻢ ﱢﻣ ۢﻦ ﺑَ ۡﻌ ِﺪ َﺧ ۡﻮﻓِ ِﮭ ﻢۡ أَﻣۡ ﻨً ۚﺎ ۟ ُ ۡ ﯾَ ۡﻌ ُﺒُﺪوﻧَﻨِﻰ َﻻ ﯾُ ۡﺸ ِﺮ ُﻛ َﻮن ﺑِﻰ َﺷ ۡﯿـًٔ ۚﺎ َو َﻣﻦ َڪﻔَ َﺮ ﺑَ ۡﻌ َﺪ َذٲﻟِ َﻚ ﻓَﺄ ْوﻟَٰـٓ ِٕٮ َﻚ ھُ ُﻢ ٱﻟﻔَٰـ ِﺴﻘُ َﻮن (٥٥) "Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked." 5 Then I was guided, author Muhammad al-Tijani al- Samawi writes of his discovery to the true path of Islam, that of adhering to the teachings of the Ahlul Bayt.