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Karbala: Imam Hussain and his companions were completely without water?
Below is an excerpt from one of the oldest and most authentic Shia Imami text on the event of Karbala and the martyrdom of the chief of martyrs (Syed al Shuhada) Imam Hussain (as), from the transcript of the lecture delivered by Shaikh Sadooq (ra) on 9th Muharram, 368 AH.
الأمالي - الشيخ الصدوق - الصفحة ٢٢٠
Al Amali by Shaikh Sadooq (ra), Page 220
ثم إن الحسين (عليه السلام) أمر بحفيرة فحفرت حول عسكره شبه الخندق، وأمرفحشيت حطبا، وأرسل عليا ابنه (عليه السلام) في ثلاثين فارسا وعشرين راجلا ليستقوا الماء، وهم على وجل شديد، وأنشأ الحسين (عليه السلام) يقول:
يا دهر أف لك من خليل * * كم لك في الاشراق والأصيل من طالب وصاحب قتيل * * والدهر لا يقنع بالبديل وإنما الامر إلى الجليل * * وكل حي سالك سبيلي ثم قال لأصحابه: قوموا فاشربوا من الماء يكن آخر زادكم، وتوضؤوا واغتسلوا، واغسلوا ثيابكم لتكون أكفانكم. ثم صلى بهم الفجر وعبأهم تعبئة الحرب، وأمر بحفيرته التي حول عسكره فأضرمت بالنار، ليقاتل القوم من وجه واحد
Imam Ali b. al Hussain (as) said (narrating the events of the night before Ashura): "....................Then indeed Imam Hussain (as) ordered digging up of the ground, so the like of a ditch was dug up around their camps. He ordered for the ditch to be filled up with wood, and dispatched his son Ali (i.e. Ali Akbar, not Imam Zainul Abideen) with thirty horsemen and twenty foot soldiers to obtain water while they were in a state of extreme fear (due to their immense love for Imam Hussain, they were fearful of the slightest of harm being inflicted upon the noble Imam, Imam Hussain [as]). Meanwhile, Imam Hussain recited the following poetic verses:
O Time (of this worldly and materialistic life)! Woe unto you of a friend!
How many of your seekers (who strove all their lives for material things) and companions have been killed in the mornings and evenings
But the time does not settle for an exchange (and people still die), and the authority is only for Allah!
And every living person will walk my path (such would be the impact of my martyrdom!)
Then Imam said to his companions: "Rise and drink from the water (brought by Ali Akbar and his companions) as it would be your last provision, and perform wudu and ghusl, and wash your clothes for they are your shrouds." Then Imam Hussain prayed Fajr with them, mobilized them in war formation and issued order about the ditch which had been dug around their camps, so it was set on fire so that the enemy may only be able to fight from one direction (instead of being able to attack them from all around their camps)."
Below is an excerpt from one of the oldest and most authentic Shia Imami text on the event of Karbala and the martyrdom of the chief of martyrs (Syed al Shuhada) Imam Hussain (as), from the transcript of the lecture delivered by Shaikh Sadooq (ra) on 9th Muharram, 368 AH.
الأمالي - الشيخ الصدوق - الصفحة ٢٢٠
Al Amali by Shaikh Sadooq (ra), Page 220
ثم إن الحسين (عليه السلام) أمر بحفيرة فحفرت حول عسكره شبه الخندق، وأمرفحشيت حطبا، وأرسل عليا ابنه (عليه السلام) في ثلاثين فارسا وعشرين راجلا ليستقوا الماء، وهم على وجل شديد، وأنشأ الحسين (عليه السلام) يقول:
يا دهر أف لك من خليل * * كم لك في الاشراق والأصيل من طالب وصاحب قتيل * * والدهر لا يقنع بالبديل وإنما الامر إلى الجليل * * وكل حي سالك سبيلي ثم قال لأصحابه: قوموا فاشربوا من الماء يكن آخر زادكم، وتوضؤوا واغتسلوا، واغسلوا ثيابكم لتكون أكفانكم. ثم صلى بهم الفجر وعبأهم تعبئة الحرب، وأمر بحفيرته التي حول عسكره فأضرمت بالنار، ليقاتل القوم من وجه واحد
Imam Ali b. al Hussain (as) said (narrating the events of the night before Ashura): "....................Then indeed Imam Hussain (as) ordered digging up of the ground, so the like of a ditch was dug up around their camps. He ordered for the ditch to be filled up with wood, and dispatched his son Ali (i.e. Ali Akbar, not Imam Zainul Abideen) with thirty horsemen and twenty foot soldiers to obtain water while they were in a state of extreme fear (due to their immense love for Imam Hussain, they were fearful of the slightest of harm being inflicted upon the noble Imam, Imam Hussain [as]). Meanwhile, Imam Hussain recited the following poetic verses:
O Time (of this worldly and materialistic life)! Woe unto you of a friend!
How many of your seekers (who strove all their lives for material things) and companions have been killed in the mornings and evenings
But the time does not settle for an exchange (and people still die), and the authority is only for Allah!
And every living person will walk my path (such would be the impact of my martyrdom!)
Then Imam said to his companions: "Rise and drink from the water (brought by Ali Akbar and his companions) as it would be your last provision, and perform wudu and ghusl, and wash your clothes for they are your shrouds." Then Imam Hussain prayed Fajr with them, mobilized them in war formation and issued order about the ditch which had been dug around their camps, so it was set on fire so that the enemy may only be able to fight from one direction (instead of being able to attack them from all around their camps)."
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