All those years, on the one hand, I -the dusty earth- had been witnessing the purity, sincerity and beauty of the Prophet Mohammad and his God-chosen Successors; it was not too long ago when I opened my arms and took thee Prophet in my heart, and a short while after that, his beloved daughter -Fatima, the ever green broken flower of his garden-; a few years later, I felt the warm and sacred blood of Ali on my shoulders, I knew then that Ali’s spirit was eager to fly to where he belonged and I embraced his celestial body; then I had to take Hassan (PBUH), another heavenly flower from Allah’s garden, inside me! On the other hand, all those years, I was also witnessing the evil doings which those people -who called themselves the Caliphs and successors of the Prophet- were doing, mostly secretly, but Yazid son of Mo’aawiah -the Bani Omayah ruler of Hossain’s time- seemed the most shameless of them all, he did so many indecent and unjust acts, not only secretly but also openly. I wondered, were all those regular people blind or had they chosen to be blind-hearted?!

The messenger returned from Kufah; He carried a letter from the son of Zyyaad. In it, Horr was ordered to ask Hossain to pledge his allegiance to Yazid son of Mo’aawiah as the leader of the Muslims and successor of the Prophet; Horr was told that if Hossain refused to do so, Horr had to be very hard on Hossain and prohibit him from entering Kufah and he was to keep Hossain and his companions in the hot and dry desert away from water… .

Imam and his companions -guarded by Horr and his men- entered my hot and dry Karbala on Moharram the 2^nd, year 61 A.H.; entering Karbala, Hossain (PBUH) said that the land was where his Grandfather -the chosen Prophet of Allah- had prophesied that their blood would be poured upon… .

There was a waterway to the Euphrates river, in the proximity; I wondered, why did Horr let the Imam stay there, while his orders were to be hard on the Imam?!

To be continued…