Sometimes in history, great and honorable people are found who receive the medal of honor of humanity and stand on the high peak of glory and transcend the limits of their time and their life shines forever in the forehead of history and is always a great role model for people. They demand justice. this People are not created for themselves, but belong to all generations after them.
Hazrat Zainab (pbuh), the daughter of Imam Ali (pbuh) and Hazrat Fatima (pbuh) is a prominent example of these people. His life is full of accidents and misfortunes, which is tied to the deadly incident of Karbala, explaining The goals of the great movement of Ashura and the mission of our noble ancestors and imams.
Zainab (S) after the martyrdom of his brother He is responsible for a great mission, taking care of women and children and most importantly bringing the message of Ashura to the ears of deceived people. Oblivious to right and wrong.
Zainab (S) She is the mother of Ashura. The movement that Imam Hussein (a.s.) brought so deep, wide and lasting, with so much glory and beauty, from Medina to Mecca and from there to Karbala, and finally from the first of Muharram in 61 A.H. Until the day of Ashura of the same year, it was formed in the land of Karbala and came to fruition. Then it was Zainab (pbuh) who took charge of keeping and delivering the brother’s message and mission – the goals of the Ashura uprising – and communicated it to Kufa, Sham, Madinah and anywhere else she could, and explained it with her tireless emigrations and efforts. paid and informed everyone about the nature of fighting oppression and seeking its rights.
Zainab (pbuh) implemented everything she had learned from the presence of the Prophet (pbuh), Ali, Fatimah and Hassanein (pbuh) in her bravery, eloquence, eloquence, wisdom, guidance, and leadership, and there was no trace of weakness. He did not show himself.
The victory of Azim Hosseini’s (pbuh) movement was due to the unceasing efforts and efforts of Zeinab Kobri (pbuh) and the special characteristics of this noble lady in captivity made this movement last forever. reach the destination.
Deputy of Hussein
One of the characteristics of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH), which is also part of her titles, is Naibih al-Hussein. This feature of being a deputy brother is his unique and special feature. Zainab (pbuh) did not fail to fulfill her mission and did everything she could to keep her brother’s uprising and movement alive. The late Seyyed Nematullah Jazairi says in this regard that Zainab’s position and dignity was close to that of Imamate, which was achieved by her brother in Karbala, on the day of Ashura or its night [1]. On the day of Ashura and before that, Imam Hussain (a.s.) repeatedly bequeathed and ordered his sister to be patient after her martyrdom and never do anything that would make the enemy happy. When the Prophet (PBUH) fell from the horse, Zainab immediately went to her brother’s bed, threw herself on the brother’s body and said: are you my brother Are you my mother’s son? And …. With Zainab’s crying and wailing, Imam (a.s.) came to his senses and said: … “Okhtah, this is the day of al-Tanad, and this is the day of al-Dhi, and Eden is serious, and he is eager,” my sister, be patient. Therefore, the last person who heard her brother’s words in the last moments and was aware of his commandments was Zainab (PBUH).
Active presence in all scenes
Another characteristic of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH) was her active presence in the scenes of Jihad and fighting against oppressors. Ever since he knew himself and was able to distinguish between right and wrong, he was present in political and social events. It is as if Zainab should be a witness and watcher of the events of history so that she can fulfill her duty at the right time, which is to bring Hosseini’s caravan to the end of Maqsood’s house. Zainab (pbuh) witnessed how her noble ancestor was abused and tormented, how worldly people attacked the house of Fatima (pbuh), the place where the angels of God descended, and how they set fire to it and beat her mother, and tied her father with a rope around her neck. They took him to the mosque. Zainab was present, she saw how the door nail was driven into the mother’s side and how her little brother Mohsen was aborted. Zainab witnessed Ali’s (AS) stay at home for twenty-five years. He witnessed how after his father’s caliphate, his friends and relatives dispersed from him due to the severity of Ali’s justice and became enmity with him. Zeinab saw that her father was facing major problems such as Nakhtin, Marqin, and Qasteen during this period of four years, and she finally witnessed her father being beaten and martyred.
And again, he witnessed and was present when his brother Imam Hassan (a.s.) took over the caliphate after his father and faced difficulties and fought against the worst and vilest enemy of Islam, namely Muawiyah. Zainab sees that Muawiya’s companions were blindly obeying his command, but Imam Hasan (a.s.) has companions who left the Prophet alone and joined Muawiya because of worldly greed. The betrayal that caused the Prophet to sign the peace treaty. Yes, Zeinab was aware of all these events.
And the presence of Zainab (pbuh) with Imam Hussain (pbuh) in the Karbala movement is another story. Here, Zainab (pbuh) is also the target of accidents and sufferings. He must bear the misfortune of losing his brother and close relatives and being captured, and at the same time, he must fight and fight while in captivity. Zainab (pbuh) should have an active presence in all fields of jihad and struggle, she should be an orator as well The speech of Hazrat Sajjad (a.s.) and other captives is both a guide, a guide, a political policy outliner, an expositor of Sharia rules, and an answerer to the enemy’s rhetoric. Zainab (S) must insults and lies And answer the baseless comparisons of the enemies to the martyrs and clarify the truth.
Therefore, during the captivity, if someone sometimes committed lies and defamation to the martyrs of Karbala, Zainab (pbuh) did not consider it acceptable to remain silent, and she blamed her lie on Mullah, and in a word, Zainab’s presence in captivity made history May Ashura be protected from any lies and distortions.
Karbala would stay in Karbala if it wasn’t for Zainab Sir Ni would have stayed in Nineveh if it wasn’t for Zainab
Opposite adjectives
One of the other characteristics that can be found in Zainab Kobri (PBUH) is the presence of contrasting and different traits and characteristics in her. Like her honorable father Amirul Momineen (AS) as scholars and scholars [2] have discovered and said, she had contrasting and different traits and characteristics, that is, at one time we know one type of trait from that lady and at another time an opposite trait. . In other words, there were characteristics in that Prophet that were completely contradictory.
It may be surprising for many people to say that Zainab (PBUH) also had different and opposite traits. Of course, Zainab did not reach the level that Ali (AS) achieved, but finally, during the life of Zainab (S), you also see traits that are not even compatible with the nature and characteristics of ordinary women. For example, among the traits that women have more than men; It is the pity of the heart and the feelings and emotions that are affected by seeing or hearing an event that is affecting and may cause tears to flow from seeing them. Zainab (pbuh) could not be an exception to this feature It also shows the compassion of the heart and is affected and saddened by the sight of discomfort and misfortune. On the night of Ashura, when Imam Hussain (a.s.) was busy cleaning his sword and was muttering poems to himself, Zainab (a.s.) immediately started crying and moaned and then fainted. But the same Zainabi, who has such pity and cries because she will lose her brother and faints, does not show the slightest cry or weakness during the captivity and even consoles Imam Sajjad (a.s.). In another place, we see that Zainab is a woman who, due to the severity of her hijab and chastity, no one sees her and her voice does not reach the ears of non-mahrams, even the closest neighbors. Whenever he wants to visit the shrine of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) at night, he goes with the full protection of his father and brothers. Following her mother Fatimah Zahra (pbuh), who said: “The best thing for women is that non-mahram men do not see them and they do not see them” [3], she tries to maintain her hijab and chastity. But this same Zainab (pbuh) shouts on Ashura and in the market of Kufa in the midst of a large crowd of men and women, old and young, and raises her voice as much as she can so that everyone can hear, because her divine mission requires this. He mixes modesty and chastity with eloquence and bravery so much that he inspires everyone’s admiration. The narrator says: “Lam ar, Allah, Khafra Qat Antak Manha”[4] I swear to God, I have never seen a woman who has so much modesty and chastity and at the same time is more eloquent and capable than Zainab (PBUH).
Observance of Sharia and divine limits
For many people – except for the innocents – it is not possible under any circumstances Remember God and His commandments. Usually, when facing difficulties, many people lose themselves.
But Hazrat Zainab (pbuh) is one of the saints of God who fulfilled her divine duty in the most critical moments of her life while she was surrounded by troubles from all sides. Even the loss of Khamis al-Abba (a.s.), the only memory of her noble mother and grandfather, could not overshadow this characteristic of Zainab (a.s.). Imam Zain al-Abidin (a.s.) about his aunt Zainab (a.s.) He said: Even on that night of sadness and sorrow when Sayyid al-Shahada and his companions were martyred, Umm Zainab’s aunt did not stop praying at night, she prayed sitting down because she had lost the ability to stand.[5]
Basically, what calmed Zainab’s heart in enduring those sufferings, throughout her life, especially during the Ashura event, was communication with God and that’s it. Therefore, never Zaynab (pbuh) He did not break this connection and for a moment he did not let a thought into his heart contrary to God’s will and expediency. Rather, he even gave thanks and his prayer on the 11th night of Muharram was actually praise and thanksgiving to God for the blessings He has bestowed.
It is narrated that when the captives were brought into Kufa, the people of Kufa gave bread and dates to the children out of pity for the children, and Zainab (S) shouted: O people of Kufa, charity is forbidden to us. So Zainab (pbuh) was not negligent in observing the halal and haram of God and she was not satisfied to be indifferent in this regard. Although the children and women of Ahl al-Bayt have traveled a long distance and are tired and hungry, it does not issue the full amount of charity. If they are hungry, Zainab (pbuh) is willing to skip her food quota and divide her bread among the children and not eat anything for three days or more and pray sitting down due to weakness and hunger,[6] but she does not allow even a single bit of it. Eat from charity.
Hazrat Zainab (pbuh) did not live long after her brother Imam Hussain (pbuh), but in this short period she was able to change the course of history. During his life, he did not sit still for a moment after Ashura and was active in conveying messages using the language of the past and the present. In Kufa and Sham, he gave such a speech, mourning and lamentation that he changed the conditions and conditions and made the Yazidis panic.
Hazrat Zainab (PBUH) did not sit comfortably until the taste of victory was bitter in the taste of the Yazidis and Umayyads, and until the drops of deadly poison were poured into the cup of the conquerors, and she did this until the end of her life, and finally this noble lady passed away in the half of Rajab in the year 62 A.H. He rushed to see Haq.
Sources and references:
1- Characteristics of Hazrat Zainab (pbuh), Nasser Ba Qaribid Hindi, Jamkaran Holy Mosque Publications, spring 1377.
2- Zainab (S) Forough Taban Kausar, Mohammad Mehdi Eshtredi, Burhan Publications, summer 2019.
۳- Zainab Kobri (S) Aqilah Bani Hashem, Hasan Elhi, Spring 1375.
۱- Khasa Yas Zainabiya p. 337.
۲-Siri in Nahj al-Balagha, p. 29.
۳- Manaqib Ibn Shahr Ashub, vol. 3, p. 341, quoted by Zainab Kobri Aqilah Bani Hashem.
۴- Tabarsi protest vol.2, p.109.
۵- Zainab Kobri, p. 63.
۶- Zeinab Kobri p. 62.
