The martyrs of Karbala

The third day arrived and the luminous sun started shining in the sky of the Shias. The eyes of waiting men and women of the caravan were staring at the hot desert until a person came and joined the caravan of the love and faith. Unfortunately, destiny with the hands of the coward man of the world was led to another way in order to break the hands of the gentlemen. He knew well that the three-year old child and the six-month baby cried as they were held by their mother and their cry provoked the feelings of their mother in order to say to the people of the world that no one had experienced the difficulties of these hard days. My mouth is buttoned and my hands shiver when my heart is accompanied with the sorrowful story of Karbala. I do not know how to compensate the fault of my kin. I do not know whether they committed such crimes because of fear or because of showy packs of coins and gold. However, I think it happened because of none of them except weak beliefs and false promises in order to leave the preacher of the religion of the prophet of the nation, Hazrat Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) alone.

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Announcer: I would like to express my greeting to the lover and dear audience of the universal channel of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) The third day of the Moharram Month was in accordance with the time that the evil troop ( Yazid and its companions) and the good caravan ( Imam Hussein and its troop) fought against each other. In such day, the drums of tyranny and oppression were beaten and faithlessness was seen more. In this day, friends and enemies of Imam Hussein with a huge and devil troop stood against him.

The name of Umar Bin Sad is engraved on the picture.

He entered Karbala with a troop with four thousand persons from Kufa and Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) bought some lands of Karbala from the people of Nineveh and Ghazryh.

The names of Nineveh and Ghazryh are engraved on the picture.

Announcer: the companions of Imam Hussein became more alert in recognizing their friends and enemies so that they could not be cheated by the glib tongue of their enemies. Moreover, Umar Bin Sad that had come to the battlefield with dream of achieving to the law of Rey seigniory…
Announcer: he informed Ubeidullah of the events completely. On the other hand, Ubeidullah encouraged the people of Kufa to join his troop.

Graffiti Wale and some pictures from the documents and the historical letters along with some photos from the desert and the caravans.

Announcer: when Umar Bin Sad decided to move toward Karbala with his troops, some of his relatives disagreed with him and admonished him '' I swear you to God; give up your decision and do not volunteer to fight with Hussein because this causes animosity between us and the Bani Hashem Tribe. Umar Bin Sad went to Ubeidullah and resigned, but Ubeidullah did not accept it and Umar surrendered against the law of the Rey.

Pictures from the enshrine and dome of Karbala and people visiting it.

Announcer: one of events of the third day of Moharram is that Imam Hussein purchased a part of the land of Karbala, whose grave is located there, from the people of Nineveh and Ghazryh six thousand Dirham and bet them that they led people to visit his grave and feasted his pilgrims for three days.

Some beautiful pictures from Karbala in the time that a hear-rending song has filled all over there.

When Umar Bin Sad entered Karbala, he sent a harbinger to Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in order to ask why he had come there and what his purpose was. Since the companions of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) were so alert and knew that most of commanders of Umar Bin Sad and some of them were from Kufa, they never let them meet Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) answered them'' the people of your city wrote me a letter and invited me and if you are not happy of my coming, I will come back''. When the harbinger transferred the answer of Imam Hussein to Umar Sad, he said '' I hope God makes me get rid of the war with Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).

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Announcer: when Umar Sad took the letter of the answer of Imam Hussein to Ubeidullah, Ubeidullah wrote to Umar Bin Sad '' I received your letter and read it. You should ask Hussein Bin Ali that he and his companions swear allegiance with Yazid. If they swear allegiance with him, we will write our opinion.
Since Umar knew Ubeidullah well, he said as soon as he heard the answer of his letter '' I guess Ubeidellah Bin Ziyad would not like to swear allegiance. Hence, he never informed Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) of the answer of the letter because he knew that Imam Hussein would never swear allegiance with Yazid.
The archived pictures of the desert of Karbala and the troops of Umar Bin Sad
Narrator: after Umar Bin Sad was sent to Karbala, Shemr Bin Zi Al-Jushan was the first person that volunteered to fight with Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) with of a trained troop of four thousand persons. Then Yazid Bin Rekab Kalabi with a troop of two thousand persons and Hasin Bin Namir with the troop of four thousand parsons volunteered to fight with Imam Hussein. Generally, they were twenty thousand persons with other troops.

Shemr Bin Zi Al-Joshan: 4000 persons; Yazid Bin REkab Kalabi: 2000 persons; Hasin Bin Namir: 4000 persons.

Narrator: after Ubeidullah Bin Ziyad sent the troop of Umar Bin Sad to Karbala, he was thinking about sending a troop with a lot of persons. The people of Kufa were not satisfied with fighting against Imam Hussein (peace be upon him); therefore, every one that was sent to the war against him came back.

Sued Bin Abd Al-Rahman:

Narrator: therefore, Ubeidullah Bin Ziyad ordered a person with the name '' Suid Bin Abd Al-Rahman to inquire about the problem of escaping from the war and to take the violators to him. Suid Bin Abd Al-Rahman arrested a person from the people of Sham that had come to Kufa for an important job and took him to Ubeidullah. He ordered to cut the head of the man that had come from Sham in order that no one dared to disobey his orders. The narrators have written '' the man from Sham had come to Kufa in order to seek his inheritance when Ubeidullah left Kufa to go toward Nkhylh…

Nkhylh

Narrator: Ubeidullah prepared a group of persons riding horse so that he and Umar Bin Sad could use them when they needed them. When he was in the troop of Nkhylh, a person with the name '' Amar Bin Abi Salame '' decided to assassinate him, but he could not assassinate him and afterwards, he moved toward Karbala,joined Imam Hussein and finally he was martyred.
 

Amar Bin Abi Salame.

The pictures of the sky and the seas are combined with the pictures of Karbala and the beating the breast of people.

Narrator: although the last religion closed the door of conversation between the creator and the creatures, it informed the people of the world of the ways of the perfection of human. The Quran was the last true message for human and it was the last inscription of the religion that was announced to human through Hazrat Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants). However, the Quran was left to human with fear and hope, fear from carnal desires and the temptations of Satan, hope to maturity of the generation and the possibility of guarding and using from the heaven food ( Quran) in the world by human.
This fear and hope revealed from the beginning such as small and limited wars of Badr and Ohod and clear and hidden conspiracies of caliphate and policy.

Then the picture of the announcer is shown.

Announcer: The presence of Imam Hussein in Karbala is one of the most prominent shows of fear and hope. They fought with persons that were more horrible than wolves at night with their last breath having God purpose. It was Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) with pure nature and well-shaped stature that came to the battlefield to fight with the horrible storm to announce people all over the world '' I do not care about whether I exist in the world, but the religion of Hazrat Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) should be forever.

Most people believe that Imam Hussein was martyred because the sin of the nation was forgiven. The martyrdom of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) was considered as the sins atonement of the nation. This was the same opinion that Christians had about Hazrat Jesus. Hazrat Jesus accepted his death on the gallows because he became sacrificed of the sins of the nation. This means that committing sins has consequences and in the doomsday, we will be responsible for our sins. Imam Hussein was martyred so as to neutralize the consequences of sins in the doomsday and in this way, he gives freedom to human.
This way of thinking and interpretation are very wrong and dangerous.
In that era, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) thought he was obliged to revolt regarding the conditions of the Islam.

He thought he had to revolt in order to keep the Islam. His revolt was in the right path. His disagreement and struggle with the caliph was not on caliphate and it was not on their choice and freedom in the affairs of the government, but it was a basic and principal disagreement.
Even If there were someone else instead of Yazid and had the same ways and actions, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) would definitely revolt again, whether he behaved Imam Hussein mildly or harshly.
Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) states

و أَنِّی لَم أَخرُج أَشِراً و لَا بَطراً و لَا مُفسِداً و لَا ظَالِماً و إِنَّمَا خَرَجتُ لِطَلبِ الإِصلاَحِ فِی أُمَّةِ جَدِّی صلَّی الله علیه و آله، أُرِیدُ أَن آمَرَ بالمَعرُوفِ و أَنهی عَنِ المُنكَر و أسِیرُ بِسِیرةِ جَدِّی و أبی علی بن أبی طالب علیه السلام .
In fact, I never revolted with futile and tyrannical purposes, but I did it in order to rectify the nation of my grandfather, Hazrat Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), and I want to encourage human to do something right and to dissuade them from doing something wrong and to behave according to the way of my grandfather, Hazrat Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants), and my father, Imam Ali (peace be upon him)
Definitely, all of you are familiar with these words. The world is to evaluate us. To express it simply, our life is a test. Each and every moment of our life is test. Let's evaluate our good or bad deeds.
If you answer a question correctly, you may go up several steps of success in the test, but if you answer a question incorrectly, it may be a negative score for you.
Similarly, our deeds in the life are evaluated in this way. If we do a good action, it can have positive effects for us in this world as well as the doomsday and bad actions have their own consequences and punishment.
Sometimes, we drown in the material affairs and the pleasures of the life as much as we forget the doomsday.
Bear in mind; a good action can improve you thousands steps and save you. Let's not neglect the doomsday and pass the test of the life successfully.
Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) states

عِباداللهِ! لا تَشْتَغِلُوا بِالدُّنْیا، فَإنَّ الْقَبْرَ بَیْتُ الْعَمَلِ، فَاعْمَلُوا وَ لا تَغْعُلُوا
O' the creatures of God! Not entertain yourself in the world because a grave is like a house and only good deeds are beneficial in this house and they can save you. Hence, be alert not to neglect the doomsday''.