Editing Muhammad (section)

==Prophet’s Knowledge of Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom==
1: Ibn Saad (an eighth century historian) narrates from Ash-Shabi that Imam Ali while on his way to Siffin, passed through the desert of Karbala. He stopped and wept bitterly. When asked regarding the cause of his weeping, he commented that one day he visited the Holy Prophet and found him weeping. When he asked the cause, the Apostle of Allah replied, " O' Ali, Gabriel has just been with me and informed me that my son Hussain 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."

2: Anas bin Harith narrates that : One day the Holy Prophet ascended the pulpit to deliver a sermon to his associates while Imam Hussain and Imam Hasan were sitting before him. When the sermon concluded, he put his left hand on Imam Hussain and raising his head towards Heaven, said: "O my Lord! I am Muhammad Thy slave and Thy 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 my son Hussain will be killed.O my Lord, bless my cause in Hussain's martyrdom, make him the leader of the martyrs, be Thou his helper and guardian and do not bless assassins.'

3: Through successive chain of authorities reaching Shaikh Abul Qasim Ja’far bin Qawlawayh Qummi, who relates with his chain of authorities from Imam [[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Ali]] that, one day the Holy Prophet Muhammad came to visit us. I brought some food for him which Umm Ayman had brought as a gift for us viz. a tray of dates, a cup of milk and a bowl of butter so that he may partake of it. When he finished eating I arose to pour water on his hands to wash it. When he finished washing it, he rubbed the wet hands on his blessed face and beard.

Then he went to the place of worship in the corner of the room and went into prostration and started weeping for a long time. Then he raised his head and none from among us had the courage to go near him and inquire. Hussain arose and went and sat upon the thigh of the Prophet of Allah, and put his head to his chest and placed his jaw on his head and said, “O dear father! Why do you weep”? The Prophet replied,

“I looked at you all and was happy and contented to an extent as I was never ever so much pleased before. Then Gabriel descended and reported to me that you all will be martyred, and your graves will be far away from one another. Hence I thanked Allah for what will befall (you all) and asked goodness for you.”

Hussain said,

“Then O father! who will look after our graves and come to visit them in spite of such distance”?

To which the Prophet replied,

“Those people among my nation (ummah) will come to visit your graves, who intent seeking my pleasure and goodwill. And hence I will go to assist them on the station of accounting (in Qiyamah), and hold their hands and relieve them from the fear and hardships of that day.”

4: Through the successive chain of authorities reaching [[Shaikh Mufid]], who in his Irshad relates from Awza’ee, from Abdullah bin Shaddad, from Ummul Fazl bint Haris, who says that, one day I went to the presence of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and said, “O Prophet of Allah! Tonight I had a very bad dream.” The Prophet inquired as to what it was. I said that it was very hard upon me, to which he again asked me to relate it to him. I said, “I saw that a piece of your body cut off and fell in my lap.” The Prophet replied,

“It is fine, for verily my Fatima will soon deliver a boy and you will be her midwife then.”

Hence Imam Hussain was born and lay in my lap as the Prophet had predicted. One day I took him to the presence of the Prophet. Suddenly I looked at his eyes and saw them filled with tears. I asked, “May my parents be your ransom O Prophet of Allah! What has happened to you”? He replied,

“Jibra’eel came to me and reported that the people from my nation (ummah) will kill this son of mine, and he has brought red colored sand (from the earth of the place of his martyrdom).”

. 5: Through my successive chain of authorities reaching [[Shaikh Mufid]], who relates in his Irshad that one day the Holy Prophet Muhammad was seated and Imam Ali, [[Fatima]], [[Hasan B. Ali B. Abi Taleb|Imam Hasan]], and Imam Hussain were sitting around him. The Prophet addressed them and said,

“What will be your state when all of you will be killed and your graves will lie scattered”?

Imam Hussain said,

“Will we die a natural death or will we be martyred”?

The Prophet replied,

“O my dear son! You will be killed with oppression and cruelty, and your brother (Hasan) too will be killed with tyranny and cruelty, and your offspring will be scattered over the land.”

Hussain asked, “Who will kill us, O Prophet of Allah”?

He replied, “The worst among men”,

Then Imam Hussain inquired, “Then will anyone come to visit us (our graves) after our death”?

The Prophet answered,

“Yes my dear son! A group of people from my community will come to visit your graves seeking my pleasure. Then on the day of Qiyamah, near the station of accounting, I will go to them and catching hold of their hands will save them from it’s terrors and sorrows.”