The Curse on the Army of Kufa by Imam Hussein (AS)
Is it true that Imam Hussein (AS) cursed the people of Kufa on the Day of Ashura?
The Curse on the Army of Kufa by Imam Hussein (AS) occurred on the Day of Ashura, when the Imam (AS) cursed the Kufan army for breaking their pledge.[1] This curse appears at the end of Imam Hussein's (AS) second sermon on the Day of Ashura.[2] In this prayer, Imam Hussein (AS) asks Allah to afflict the Kufans with certain calamities, mentioned below, due to their oppression and betrayal.
Imam Hussein's (AS) Curses
Imam Hussein (AS) made two specific curses on the Day of Ashura:
- Withholding of rain and drought similar to the drought during the time of Prophet Yusuf.
- Subjugation under the punishment by a Thaqafi slave[2]
At one point during the Day of Ashura, Imam Hussein (AS) cursed them saying:
- "O Allah! Withhold Your mercy's rain from them, and afflict them with drought like in the time of Yusuf, and set upon them a man from the Thaqafi tribe to make them drink from a bitter, poisonous cup."[3]
Some scholars interpret the Thaqafi person mentioned by the Imam (AS) to be Mukhtar al-Thaqafi.[4] Additionally, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi, who was also from the Thaqif tribe[5] and governor of Kufa, was extremely hostile toward the Shia and killed many Kufans.[6]
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| اللّهُمَّ احْبِسْ عَنْهُمْ قَطْرَ السَّماءِ وَابْعَثْ عَلَیْهِمْ سِنِینَ کَسِنی یُوسُفَ وَسَلِّط عَلَیْهِمْ غُلامَ ثَقیف یَسْقیهِمْ کَاساً مُصَبَّرَةً فَلا یَدَعُ فیهم اَحَداً قَتْلَةً بَقَتْلَةٍ وَضَرْبَةً بِضَرْبَةٍ یَنْتَقِمُ لی وَلاَوْلیائی وَلاهْلِ بَیْتی وَاشْیاعِی مِنْهُمْ فَاِنَّهُمْ کَذَّبُونا وَخَذَلُونا وَاَنْتَ رَبُّنا عَلَیْکَ تَوَکَّلْنا وَاَلیْکَ الْمَصیرُ. | O Allah! Cut off the drops of rain from them and send upon them years (of hardship) like the years of Yusuf (AS), and empower over them the Thaqafi slave to make them drink from the bitter cup of humiliation. Let none among them escape punishment; kill them for their killings and strike them for their strikes. Let him take my revenge and the revenge of my household and followers, for they have denied us and abandoned our aid against the enemy. You are our Lord, upon You we rely, and to You is our return. |
Referenes
- ↑ Najmī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq, Sukhanān-e Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī (‘a) az Madīna tā Karbalā, Qom, Būstān-e Kitāb, 1381 sh, ṣ 252.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Khwārazmī, Muwafaq ibn Aḥmad, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn (‘alayhi al-salām), bī-jā, Anwār al-Hudā, 1423 q, j 2, ṣ 10.
- ↑ Al-Luhūf fī Qatlā al-Ṭufūf, Sayyid ibn Ṭāwūs, ṣ 99, Tehrān, Nashr-e Jahān, chāp-e awwal, 1348 sh.
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Shahrastānī, Hibat al-Dīn, Nahḍat al-Ḥusayn (‘alayhi al-salām), Karbalā, Rābiṭat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1969 m, ṣ 179.
- ↑ Ibn Qutayba, Al-Ma‘ārif, taḥqīq: Tharwat ‘Akāsha, al-Qāhira, al-Hay’a al-Miṣriyya al-‘Āmma lil-Kitāb, 1992 m, ṣ 395.
- ↑ Ja‘farīyān, Rasūl, Tārīkh al-Khulafā’, j 2, ṣ 687.