Dr.Mudasir Yousuf (Zoori)

Dr.Mudasir Yousuf (Zoori)
Mudasirwani178@gmail.com
Birth Anniversary of Imam Hussain (a.s)
The first celebrative Islamic occasion of the glorious month of Shabaan is the birth-anniversary of our
3
rd Infallible Imam and the 3rd descendant of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) The second star of Hazrat Ali
(A.S) and Janabe Fatima Zehra (S.A) enlightened Madina-e-Munawwara a year after the birth of Hazrat
Hasan (A.S). Imam Hussain (A.S) the Imam through 9 more descendants of his holy grandfather was
about to be followed, was born already after 6 months of pregnancy and a resembling birth in history
is found about Hazrat Eesa (A.S) and also Hazrat Yahya (A.S). No other child has survived a birth after 6
months in its mother’s womb. The holy Prophet (S.A.W) recited Azaan in the right ear and Aqamah in
the left and after that He gave His tongue to Imam Husain (A.S) who sucked it.
On this blissful event Allah (S.W.T) sent his felicitation through Hazrat Jibraeel (A.S)who was ordered
by the Lord to convey His greetings to the Noble Messenger (S.A.W.W) but not only that , Hazrat Jibraeel
(A.S) also brought the sad news of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (A.S) . When the Holy Prophet
(S.A.W.W) received the sorrowful news His eyes were filled with tears and the happiness turned into
mourning for the fate of His grandson. When Hazrat Ali (A.S) was informed He too started to cry, seeing
this touching scene worried Janabe Fatima Zehra (S.A) and she asked her Holy Father for the reason of
crying. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) answered when He wiped away His tears: “Hazrat Jibraeel(A.S)
from Heaven and with the message of congratulation on the birth of your holy son He also revealed the
painful news of the martyrdom of my precious grandson Husain.” Janabe Fatima Zehra (S.A) was also
deeply affected when she listened to the full story of how her beloved son was about to be martyred in
Karbala and that this was going to happen after the demise of His holy grandfather, father, mother and
brother. After this detailed information Janabe Fatima Zehra (S.A) was anxious to know then who would
weep for Imam Hussain (A.S). The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) continued: “His lovers will weep for Him, the
elder will mourn for the elder martyrs, the youths will mourn for the young martyrs, children will mourn
for the youngest martyrs and the women will mourn for the female victims till the end of this world.”
Allah (S.W.T) sent His personal greetings to His beloved Prophet (S.A.W.W) through Jibraeel-e-Ameen
(A.S) and sociated to this special event we often recall a beautiful miracle. Among other miracles
connected to the birth of Imam Hussain (A.S) is the phenomenal and wonderful story of the angel Fitrus
which occurred something like this: Allama Mazkoor with his references to Hazrat Sheikh Mufeed
(Alaihur-Rehmah) have reported that: Related to the moment of when Allah the Almighty delivered His
sacred congratulations, the angel Jibraeel descended from Heaven obeying the command of the Lord
accompanied by sundry angels. As they passed by an island suddenly their attention was attracted to
an angel who was lying on the ground crying and weeping.
When Hazrat Jibraeel (A.S) along with his company of the other angels approached this miserable angel
they asked him the cause of his distress. In guarded terms he answered them that: “O’ Jibraeel don’t
you recognize me, I am the angel who was the Leader of 70.000 angels on Heaven and my name is
Fitrus.” Hazrat Jibraeel (A S) continued to ask another question due to his curiosity and began: “Tell me
the cause behind this accident?” Fitrus opened up his sad story and said: “Somehow I was delayed in
understanding the will of Allah which trapped me into this pain and sorrow. My hair and wings are
burnt and I have been left on this island on earth to suffer this dreadful grief. Please O’ Jibraeel I beg
you to help me and relieve me from this punishment.” Hazrat Jibraeel wasn’t even given the chance to
reply when Fitrus hastily asked him that:”O’ Ruhul-Ameen tell me where you are headed?” Hazrat
Jibraeel answered him delightfully: “Today a son of the Final Apostle of Allah, Hazrat Muhammad
Mustafa (S.A.W.W) is born whose name is Husain. I have been sent by my Lord to visit the House of the
Noble Messenger (S.A.W.W) to deliver the felicitations of Allah to the Prophet (S.A.W) and His
household.” Hearing about this happy and joyful news he requested Jibraeel to take him along as he
knew that his visit to the house of the sacred personalities of Allah could be the solution for his
repentance. When Jibraeel reached his destination along with Fitrus they saw the newborn Imam
Hussain (A.S) in the arms of the Noble Messenger (S.AW.W) after offering the salutations Hazrat Jibraeel
(A.S) told the story of Fitrus. The holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) commanded Fitrus to stroke his body gently
against the holy body of Hussain(A.S). The angel Fitrus acted as he was told and soon miraculously his
hair and wings were grown out again and everybody witnessed his recovery