Land of Karbala?

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Praise be to Allah.

Some deviant groups like Rafidhis claim the negligence of Sunnnis to talk about the matter of Karbala while they themselves involve in exaggeration of the land of Karbala which doesn't hold significance in our Shariah. We will discuss this matter briefly and the events of Karbala will be discussed separately to expose the lies and false claims of these deviants.

Firstly:

The incident of Karbala’ is true; for a summary of the matter and the true story as regarded in authentic sources.

With regard to the issue of Sunni khateebs not mentioning the matter, this is something that is not quite correct. The Jumu‘ah (Friday) khutbah is not for telling stories; rather it is for affirming Tawheed and giving the people useful reminders to help them practice their religion properly, and what they need of exhortation. Not all the people need to know about this story and its dimensions.

In countries where the people need to know the realities about this incident and to be aware of the lies of the Raafidis concerning the details of the story and the falseness of what they have built on that basis, there has been a great deal of discussion about this story and its details.

Wherever mention is made of the holiness of Karbala’, the killing of al-Husayn, the innocence of Yazeed ibn Mu‘aawiyah of that killing, and the first emergence of the Raafidi madhhab as a political grouping, then the incident of Karbala’ is discussed in details. The Ahl as-Sunnah (Sunnis) have played a major role in making the facts about this incident known to people. They have examined its isnaads (chains of narrators) in detail and they have mentioned it in their history books, commentaries on hadeeth, and books on groups and sects. You will never find a book about history or about groups and sects but it discusses this event.

The land of Karbala’ does not have any special virtue according to our sharee‘ah. Look at what the Raafidis have done of distorting Islam with regard to the matter of Karbala’ and you will see that they are people of falsehood. We do not understand how one can be doubtful or confused about their beliefs and methodology when you see the ideas of kufr, shirk, exaggeration, lies and distortions in their religion, in audio and video form and in books and articles.

Whatever the case, look at the status they ascribe to the land of Karbala’ because of the grave of al-Husayn being there – according to their claim; they have made visiting it better than doing Hajj and ‘Umrah one million times! And there are other things besides that.

For example, in Wasaa’il ash-Shi‘ah (10/332), you will find it is narrated from Abu ‘Abdullah [Ja‘far as-Saadiq] that he said: “If you want to do Hajj but are unable to do so, go to the grave of al-Husayn and it will be recorded for you as Hajj. And if you want to do ‘Umrah but are unable to do so, go to the grave of al-Husayn and it will be recorded for you as ‘umrah”!

In it (10/360) it is also narrated that Abu ‘Abdullah said: “Whoever visits the grave of al-Husayn on the day of ‘Arafah, Allah will record for him one thousand thousand (i.e., one million) Hajj pilgrimages with al-Qaa’im (peace be upon him) and one thousand thousand (i.e., one million) ‘umrahs with the Messenger of Allah, and the ransom of one thousand souls, and the provision of one thousand horses (for jihad) for the sake of Allah. And Allah will call him ‘My slave as-siddeeq who believed in My promise.’ And the angels will say. ‘So and so is a siddeeq, Allah praised him from above His Throne. And on earth he will be called karoobi” ! Can anybody doubt that such people are misguided and in a bad state??

And Allah Knows Best.