Imam Sadegh (Peace be upon him) said that Saghife day, when the fire has been prepared on the door of Imam Ali’s house and this lead Mohsen, Imam Ali’s son, to death, is the hardest moment for us. He (P.B.U.H) said: The Saghife day is even harder than Ashura for us, Mohammad the prophet’s family. He used the word ” “وادهی “which means more terrible in English”. It is really strange, when we want to describe the highest level of our grief, we describe the story of Karbala. In our eyes, Ashura is providing the highest level of mourning. Form what Imam Sadegh (P.B.U.H) said, we realize that Saghife day is really harder than Ashura.
امر ، اُمَّر that Imam Sadegh (P.B.U.H)also used , means “bitter”. By using this word, he meant that Saghife day is even more bitter than Ashura event. Certainly, these statements may discomfit your mind, as it happened to me, too. I cried while I was reading this recital. It showed me about what I was ignoring.
In a strange sentence, He (P.B.U.H) said: ” لانه اصل یوم العذاب” which is referring to the Judgment Day. It also can refer to this meaning that all disasters got started from then.
In a simple word, Karbala was started from then. Almost all historians believe that Ashura happened on Tuesday while Hazrat Zeynab (P.B.U.H), Imam Ali’s daughter, in Karbala, when appeared on the Imam Hussein’s body said: “Peace be upon him whom was despoiled on Monday.” This Monday was referring to Saghife day.
It means once Hazrat Zeynab (P.B.U.H) was watching Imam Hussein’s body drown in his blood, she referred to that day. It is why in Zyarat Ashura when we are criticizing tyrannies we utilized the word “خص” which, in Arabic, is referring the meaning of specifically.
All of these were happening when Mohammad the Prophet (P.B.U.H) had just died and Imam Ali was washing his body. Let’s assume if Imam Ali also had left the Prophet’s body and he would have gone to Saghife. Therefore, what did happen then? However, when all these huge disasters were happening, Imam Ali had a great guardian angel, Fatima (P.B.U.H) the great, Mohammad the Prophet’s dear daughter.
Translated by: Abbas Rastegar far
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