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Because of these events, water holds a prominent symbolical link to Ashura. Water and thirst are widely used in Ashura related literature, elegy, and [[Nowhe|noha]] (lamentation). In many lamentations, the thirst of Imam Hussain, his companions, and their wives and children is constantly repeated as a common theme of the tragedy. Thirst is particularly emphasized in the mourning for the martyrdom of Al-Hussain's youngest child [[Ali Asqar ibn Hussain|Ali al-Asqar]] and Abbas ibn Ali, the [[Saqqa]] (water carrier) of the Thirsty. | Because of these events, water holds a prominent symbolical link to Ashura. Water and thirst are widely used in Ashura related literature, elegy, and [[Nowhe|noha]] (lamentation). In many lamentations, the thirst of Imam Hussain, his companions, and their wives and children is constantly repeated as a common theme of the tragedy. Thirst is particularly emphasized in the mourning for the martyrdom of Al-Hussain's youngest child [[Ali Asqar ibn Hussain|Ali al-Asqar]] and Abbas ibn Ali, the [[Saqqa]] (water carrier) of the Thirsty. | ||
== Remembering Hussain ibn Ali while Drinking Water == | ==Remembering Hussain ibn Ali while Drinking Water== | ||
Through successive chain of transmitters, Ja’far bin Qawlawayh relates with his chain of authorities from Dawood Raqqi, who says that once I was in the presence of Imam [[Jaʿfar al-Sadiq|Ja’far al-Sadiq]] when he asked for water to drink. When he drank it, grief overtook him and his eyes became full of tears. Then he said, | Through successive chain of transmitters, Ja’far bin Qawlawayh relates with his chain of authorities from Dawood Raqqi, who says that once I was in the presence of Imam [[Jaʿfar al-Sadiq|Ja’far al-Sadiq]] when he asked for water to drink. When he drank it, grief overtook him and his eyes became full of tears. Then he said, | ||
“O Dawood! May Allah’s curse be upon the murderers of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]]. There is no servant (of Allah) who drinks water and remembers Hussain and curses his enemies, except that Allah writes one lac (100,000) virtues in his record, and forgives one lac sins of his, and elevates his position one lac times. It is as if he has freed one lac slaves, and on the day of Qiyamah he shall arise satiated.” | “O Dawood! May Allah’s curse be upon the murderers of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]]. There is no servant (of Allah) who drinks water and remembers Hussain and curses his enemies, except that Allah writes one lac (100,000) virtues in his record, and forgives one lac sins of his, and elevates his position one lac times. It is as if he has freed one lac slaves, and on the day of Qiyamah he shall arise satiated.” | ||
== Hadith on Water of Euphrates == | ==Hadith on Water of Euphrates== | ||
Imam Ali said: “Euphrates is the best of waters in this world and the hereafter.”<ref>Wasaa'il al Shia, Volume 14, Chapter 34, Page 407, Hadith: 19472.</ref> | Imam Ali said: “Euphrates is the best of waters in this world and the hereafter.”<ref>Wasaa'il al Shia, Volume 14, Chapter 34, Page 407, Hadith: 19472.</ref> | ||
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*[http://alhassanain.org/SECRETS%20BEHIND%20VISITING%20KARBALA/secrets_behind_visiting_karbala_html/secrets_behind_visiting_karbala.htm Tawhidi, SECRETS BEHIND VISITING KARBALA] | *[http://alhassanain.org/SECRETS%20BEHIND%20VISITING%20KARBALA/secrets_behind_visiting_karbala_html/secrets_behind_visiting_karbala.htm Tawhidi, SECRETS BEHIND VISITING KARBALA] | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
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