جب وارد ِ میدان ِ بلا ہوگۓ مسلم پردیس میں محبوس ِ جفا ہوگۓ مسلم پردیس میں بچوں سے جدا ہوگۓ مسلم ان صدموں سے مشتاق قضا ہوگۓ مسلم ہر روز مسافر کے لیۓ در بدری تھی ہر شام تو بس ان کی چراغ ِ سحری تھی ( مرزا سلامت علی دبیر ) youtube/watch?v=rnDTLs5h5t8 After the martyrdom of Imam Ali Amirulmumineen, Muslim bin Aqeel bin Abu Talib became under the commandership of Imam Hassan and his brother, Imam Hussain. When the letters of the Kufians were sent to Imam Hussain, he thought about the most efficient and more qualified person for this mission and that was his cousin Muslim bin Aqeel ( peace be upon him) who sent him to the people of Kufa as his letter to them stated: (I have delegated to you, my brother, my cousin and my trustworthy, Muslim bin Aqeel, so be at his command and obey him.) .. As the letter stated Imam Hussain had trusted Muslim and chosen him for this holy great duty i.e. He has become trust worthy of Imam of the time) This was resulted from incorporating the signs of his holy struggle for Islam, during Imam Alis reign who adopted him to gain the next infallible Imam i.e.(Imam Al-Hassan then Imam Al-Hussain ) confidence. And he had accomplished what he asked to do, especially when he controlled Al-Kufa, although it was the capital of the Islamic provinces and the base of factions, religions and nationalities at those days, and despite the capacity of its geographical extent and in way shows the worldly wisdom and efficiency of Muslim bin Aqeel. Kufians Pledge of Allegiance Muslim arrived in Kufa on 5 Shawwal 60/ 9 July 680. He went first to the house of al-Mukhtar ibn Abu Ubayd al-Thaqafi, who was highly respected among his people and was a very generous and ambitious man. More than eighteen thousand people appeared before Muslim ibn Aqeel and enthusiastically pledged their allegiance to Hussain ibn Ali as their Imam and pledged to support Hussain even with their lives. Muslim ibn Aqeel, encouraged by this response, reported to Hussain ibn Ali by letter that he should proceed to Kufa. The governor of Kufa, al-Numan Ibn Bashir, was told of Muslim arrival, but refused to attack him. Bashir was a mild man and did not want to harm the members of the family of the Prophet, so he did nothing to stop Muslim. Many of the supporters of Yazid saw this lack of action as a sign of weakness and encouraged the caliph to replace Bashir with a stronger man. Yazid then deposed Bashir and replaced him with Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. Ibn Ziyad was a resourceful and often cruel politician who spared nothing in order to attain political ends. His strong and ruthless character was exactly what the caliph was looking for in order to gain control in Kufa. Yazid wrote to him, Go to Kufa, capture Muslim ibn Aqil and see what is appropriate to imprison him, send him to exile or kill him. Governors Warning The morning of his arrival in Kufa, Ibn Ziyad gathered the people at the grand mosque. There he delivered a speech warning them against mutiny and promised them generous rewards for conforming. He said, Anyone found to be sheltering one of those who scheme against the authority of the commander of the faithful and who does not hand him over will be crucified on the door of his own house. Searching for Muslim During this time, ibn Ziyad was working diligently to discover the hiding place of Muslim. He knew that the Shias were meeting secretly, but he was not able to figure out the location. Ibn Ziyad decided that the best way to find Muslim would be to infiltrate his inner circle. He called upon his servant, Maqil, to meet him. He gave Maqil three thousand dirhams and ordered him to meet with the Shias. He was to tell them that he was a Syrian slave who has just arrived in the country and wanted to hand deliver a donation to Muslim. Maqil entered the grand mosque and was introduced to Muslim. Maqil then delivered the money and swore allegiance to him. This servant continued to meet with Muslim in the coming days. No secrets were kept from him, so he kept gathering information, which he then reported back to ibn Ziyad in the evenings. Martyrdom Since several people knew that he was staying with Mukhtar Thaqafi, Hazrat Muslim decided to move from there as a measure of precaution and protection. At the invitation of Hani ibn-e-Urwah(a.r.), another leading member of the Shia community, he moved to Hanis house. This was done secretly and except for a few people no one knew where Hazrat Muslim was. Through a spy, Maaqal, who pretended to be a Shia, Ibne Ziyad found out where Hazrat Muslim was. Since ibne Ziyad had prior relations with Hani(a.r.), he called him by trick to his palace and got him arrested and thrown into prison. Hazrat Muslim got the news of Hanis arrest and not wishing to further endanger the lives of his friends, Hazrat Muslim and his two sons left Hanis house. He left the children with Qadhi Shurayb, a judge, and went into the desert to try and get back to Imam Hussain(a.s.) to warn him not to go to Kufa. This was the 7th of Zil-Hajj. That whole day and the following day Hazrat Muslim tried to get out of the city. He found all the exists sealed and guarded by Ibne Ziyads soldiers. Muslim at the House of Tawah On the 8th, late in the evening, tired, hungry and exhausted, Hazrat Muslim knocked at the door of a house on the outskirts of the city. A lady opened the door. Hazrat Muslim requested for a little water to quench his thirst. The lady gave him water. When she learnt who he was, she invited him in and offered him shelter for the night. This lady was called Tauaa. She gave Hazrat Muslim some food and water and took him to a room where he might spend the night. Late that night Tauaas son came home. When he learnt that the man Ibne Ziyad was looking for was in his mothers house, he felt that he would be rewarded by the governor if he got Hazrat Muslim arrested. Unknown to his mother he slipped out in the darkness of the night and gave the information to a captain in ibne Ziyads army. Early the next morning, five hundred soldiers under the leadership of Mohammad bin Ashas surrounded the house of Tauaa and demanded Hazrat Muslims surrender. Hazrat Muslim came out holding his sword. Three times he drove the enemy away and killed 150 men. Twice Ibne Ziyad had to send in reinforcements. While Hazrat Muslim was fighting, some soldiers went up the rooftops and began throwing stones and lighted torches at him. Others dug a trench in the path of Hazrat Muslim and covered it with grass. Ibne Ziyad told his commanders to trick Hazrat Muslim otherwise it would not be possible to capture him. Although badly wounded and totally exhausted, Hazrat Muslim kept on fighting. As a trick, soldiers of ibne Ziyad offered peace and protection to Hazrat Muslim but he rejected the offer. He was deeply wounded in this tough fight and finally fell into the trench. More than fifty soldiers pounced upon him and chained him. He was dragged to the court of Ibne Ziyad. Execution Historians narrate that Hazrat Muslim was badly wounded when he entered the Court of Ibne Ziyad. His teeth were broken and blood was flowing from all over. Still he entered the court like a Lion. Someone in the court told him to pay respect to Ibne Zayad because he is the Ameer (Ruler). Hazrat Muslim refused and replied that his Ameer was only Hazrat Imam Hussain (a.s.) Ibne Ziyad told Hazrat Muslim that he would be killed and asked him if he had any last wishes. Hazrat Muslim said: I owe a debt which should be discharged by selling off my sword and armour. Secondly I want my body to be given a proper burial. Thirdly I want a message sent to Imam Hussain(a.s.) advising him not to come to Kufa. Ibne Ziyad agreed to the first request but refused to do anything about the second and third requests. He then ordered Hazrat Muslim to be taken to the roof of the palace to be executed and his body thrown to the ground. Hazrat Muslim was calm and composed as he was dragged up the steps. He was reciting Allahu Akber until the last moment. Ibn Ziyad put Bakir in charge of Muslims execution because he had been badly wounded by Muslim in the fight. They went to the top of the fortress, Muslim was decapitated in front of the people, his head was thrown down first and then followed by his body. Hani was also executed. They were executed in this way in order to intimidate the populace. Ibn Ziyad ordered that the bodies of these two men be dragged by their feet through the streets and marketplaces in Kufa. Muslims body was then crucified upside down and the heads of Muslim and Hani were sent to Yazid to be displayed on the streets of Damascus. After the martyrdom of Muslim bin Aqeel and Hani bin Erwa, ibn Ziad, the tyrant, had given his commands to burry their bodies near the Emirate castle as the Emirate police could continue controlling the martyr graves so that no one could visit there and mourn their deaths, because ibn Ziad knew the nature of Kufa, which was completely loyal to Imam Ali and His progeny, despite his domination by means of suppression and tyranny, the absence of its faithful men and posing martial laws for , when it would be wide-awake with vitality inspired the loyalty to Ali bin Abi Talib and its love to him and his household. Hence if Kufa had been affected by temporal policies of tyrants, it would have been conquered by remorse again and turn these earnest feelings of moaning, commemoration and revenge, as in Al-tawabeen revolution led by Suleiman bin Srd Al-Khuzaie and the reign of Al-Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi as well as when Al-Kufa have been swarmed by revolution standing up for Zaid the martyr. This was Kufa between tides, but did not lose the spirit of loyalty to the progeny of Prophet Muhammad, as it was sometimes weak and cat aught up with strength the other times according to the movements, political climates and existing conditions in every age and time. Allama Iqbal has rightly said in his poetry Haqeeqat-e-Abdi hay maqam-e-Shabiri Badalte rehte hein andaz-e-Koofi o Shami Muslim bin Aqeel’s two sons, Mohammad and Ibrahim, also were killed later in Kufa. I will send another email with the details inshallah. جس گھڑی مسلم ِ بیکس کا خیال آتا ہے دلِ ِ پردرد کو افسوس ِ کمال آتا ہے سر تو نیزے پہ چڑھا لاش پھری گلیوں میں ایلچی پر بھی کہیں درجہ زوال زوال آتا ہے
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