Minhaal, a sahabi of Ali ibnul Husain (Syed-e-Sajjad), came to him and asked him where he had faced the most hardships, during Karbala and it’s aftermath.
He replied “Ash-Shaam! Ash-Shaam! Ash-Shaam!” (Syria! Syria! Syria!)
Minhaal then asked him why he cried so much. After all, martyrdom was the destiny and inheritance of Aal-e-Muhammad (S.A.W.W.).
Syed-e-Sajjad then replied, “You have not done justice to us. Is it also our destiny that our mothers and sisters be paraded bare-headed through bazaars and streets, with crowds watching?”
This event is explained by Rehaan Aazmi and Nadeem Sarwar in the video below. Rehaan Aazmi has done a marvelous job of capturing Syed-e-Sajjad’s answer in verses.
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One of the Nohas that I listen to very much (followed by Waqt-e-rukhsat baap(AS) ko bety(as) ka muR kar dekhna!)… The answers given by my Imam(as) are so painful.. I’ve always cried listening to the Noha…
The words of Imam(as) portray quite sad picture of what was done to them by the damned troops of Yazeed(LA) and of how sad they were!
It wouldn’t be out-of-place to mention here that some other words that have always left me cry are said by the Brave Son(as) of the Brave Father(Janab Amir [as]) — Imam-e-Hussain(as) — where he said in Karbala: “ھل من ناصر ينصرنا”
جزاڪ اللھ
“na ro, maula(as), na ro maula(as) [don't cry, o Maula!]“
the words are killing!
Yeah.
Do listen to Noor-e-Sahar Pe Khat-te-Jali and Beemar-e-Karbala by Asad Agha.