It's the tenth day of Ashoura, it's thee day! Many people might wonder why this day is never forgotten. Many might wonder why our tears could create not only ponds but oceans. Many might be scared and judgemental thinking that it's time to get over it, that tears are of no use, that the past should be kept in the past!
My tears comes from my heart and they are no burden nor dangerous. My tears comes from my mind who was taught the difference between right and wrong. My tears, they bear a message a message you'll understand if you know half the things I do. If you knew about half of the sacrifice Ahlul-bayt made, half of the torture they went trough and half of the story of how they where brutally murdered.
The past is better staying in the past, but what happens when the past becomes the future? And not only when it comes to muslims alone. Opression is everywhere I wish we could leave the past in the past but when the past becomes apart of my life today, that's when you have no saying in me bringing up the past. Every year I get "recharged" I get reminded That I no matter what should stand up for what's right, for my right nomatter what the Odds say!
Whatever bloody scenes some people creates, it is not Islam it is not what shias stands for. It is only a traditions that most of us muslims don't believe in. And for you who stand for such behavior think about what God said about hurting yourself and think about how Imam Al-hussein and Saida Zainab would react! May God fill us with knowledge and purity in our hearts!
“If Hussain [a.s] fought to quench his worldly desires, then I do not understand why his sisters,
wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for
Islam.”
Charles Dickens - (1812-1870) English novelists of the Victorian period
"إن لم يكون لديك دين فعش حياتك حراً"
SvaraRadera("If you don't have a religion, then live life as a free man")
- Imam Hussein
i have no idea what ashura is...
SvaraRaderaI'll tell you about it when we meet :)
SvaraRadera