notifications_active Weekly Meshkat-e Noor Session: Thursdays at 20:30 at Haj Reza Mosque
A question from one of the friends in the channel:
“Teacher, don’t all the Imams have knowledge of the unseen? Why did Imam Hussein take his whole family with him to battle?
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
Imam Hussein’s (AS) knowledge of the unseen included awareness of his own martyrdom and that of his household, demonstrating his submission to and acceptance of God’s decree. His family’s presence completed the epic of Ashura, and through this decision Imam Hussein (AS) rendered the highest service to God’s religion.
Knowledge of the unseen encompasses events destined to occur, which will come to pass unless God alters His decree concerning them through بداء. Imam Husayn’s awareness of his own martyrdom, and of the martyrdom and captivity of his family, therefore truly demonstrated his submission to and acceptance of a divine decree that was destined to be fulfilled.
Knowledge of the unseen must be distinguished from prediction!
Moreover, the presence of his family brought the epic and the martyrdom of Imam Husayn to their fullest and most beautiful expression. Through this decision, Imam Husayn rendered the highest service to the divine religion.