#Imam Hussain

Islam encourages travelling but advises as well that one should take lessons from his travelling.

The leader of the Muslim community is not but he who acts according to the Quran, exercises justice, accepts the truth, and devotes himself to [the cause of] Allah.

From the advent of Islam and following the lead of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&hf) and the immaculate Imams (as) from his household, the Shias have always insisted that caliphate neither can be nor has been delegated to people themselves to appoint whom they wish to lead the Muslim community and, based on Islamic teachings, not anyone who assumes power is fit for this position. If such a person assumes power, his rule would be illegal and this is what sparked Imam Hussian's revolutionary uprising.

Lady Zainab (as) to Imam Sajjad (as),

The heads of paganism and followers of deviation will make attempts to destroy this grave, but their attempts will make it even more prominent and more popular.

The conduct of the Ahl al-Bayt (as) and that they were all martyred shows that it is a part and parcel of the Islam faith to not be an ally of or submissive to the oppressors. It is because of such belief that in today world we see the contemporary tyrant regimes like the US and Israel are so much intent on bringing the Shiite government of Islamic Republic of Iran to its knees. They know that Iran will never become an ally with them in suppressing other Muslims in Palestine, Yemen and elsewhere in the world.

As said in the first part, Imam Hussain (as) did not come to Karbala just to fight and be martyred. There were certain reasons for the Imam's revolutionary uprising. In the previous part we reviewed some of these objectives. In the following, some other of these objectives will be reviewed.

Imam Hussain (as) did not come to Karbala just to fight and be martyred. There were certain reasons for the Imam's revolutionary uprising. In the following, some of these objectives will be reviewed.