15/06/2024
Today in Islamic History 8 Dhul Hijjah is the day when Our Prophet Muhammad (S)’s Grandson Imam Hussain (A) converted his Pilgrimage (Hajj) into off-seasonal Pilgrimage (Umra) and started his journey from Makkah towards Iraq so to save the sanctity and honour of this sacred place (ka’aba).
In this way the heinous conspiracy of Bannu Umayyad to trample the sanctity and honor of Ka’aba by shedding blood of Imam Hussain (A) there, had been failed.
The date was 8 Zilhajj 60 Hijri. With him there were about 50 people including women and children of his family and friends. His uncle Ibne Abbas and his brother Mohammad-e-Hanafiya did not go with him.
They came to bid farewell and tried to warn the Imam of the dangers ahead. Mohammad-e-Hanafiya told him that the Makkans and other pilgrims were wondering why he was leaving just one day before the Hajj.
Imam (AS) left a letter with his brother which explained his position clearly. The letter read as follows:
“I have not come out to stir emotions, to play with oppression. I want to bring the Ummah back to the path of Amr-bil-Marouf and Nahyi Anil Munker.
I want to lead them to the path of my Grandfather and Father Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS).”
(AS)
