I am a little bit confused about Ghamidi sahab’s view on Karbala. We all know the history of the events that led to Karbala but I want to know what he thinks about the stance of Hazrat Imam Hussain regarding pledge of allegiance to Yazeed. Does he consider it right or wrong ?

Salam all

We shouldn’t be in the business of cursing any person. However, I believe the issue was political in nature. Unfortunately, it had a terrible ending. One of the Al Mawrid scholars (Irfan Shehzad) wrote any article about this topic (September 2018) and to you can refer to it.

Also, this is a very sensitive topic & we should be very careful when talking about it.

If you glance over politics in Muslim world (e.g. Pakistan & Turkey) there is deep polarization and public seems to like it. When two political opponents shake hands, there are loud voices calling them sellouts, protecting their interest etc.

This behavior is a natural result of viewing politics from religious lens. Political decisions shouldn’t be equated with religiously right/wrong.

Disasters happens when a nation is in polarization mode and compromise is seen as a *curse*

Regarding Karbala, Only Allah knows who was right/wrong. For us the lesson is to form a compromise in political issues and avoid polarization as political events if not addressed properly can take tragic turn and could have lasting impact on the society.

Very surprising, do you people know the meaning of the word ‘kharafat’? خرافات means ‘superstitious’۔ What was wrong or bad to refer some superstitious ideologies when discussing one of the greatest events of human history. I mean respected Ghamidi sahab is comparing Hussain ibne Ali with Ibrahim lodhi type personalities and no one has the courage to ask him what are you saying? If I am referring Quranic verses for such type of comments, I am misbehaving and receiving shutup calls?

@Danishju

It was one the tragic events in Muslim history, but it shouldn’t viewed in a religious context, since only authority in the affairs of religion is Hazart Muhammad (SAW). If Karbala was Prophet vs Yazeed then only we can establish with certainty who was right/wrong.

@Faizan

Dear Faizan, I respect your opinion that we shouldn’t be in the business of cursing any person. But what will we do in the light of Qranic verse

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَا أَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْهُدَىٰ مِن بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّنَّاهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِي الْكِتَابِ ۙ أُولَـٰئِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّـهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ اللَّاعِنُونَ

Which is referring some persons who are cursing with Allah to some people. Should we not try to join this group who is cursing with Allah?

@Faizan

May be you are right, and you should wait for that time to come، but what will you do if God forbid you may be among those for whom Quranic verses explain as under?

إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبَابُ ﴿١٦٦﴾ وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا مِنَّا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ اللَّـهُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ حَسَرَاتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَمَا هُم بِخَارِجِينَ مِنَ النَّارِ ﴿١٦٧﴾

In Moudoodi’s words the translation is “When He will inflict punishment, those very leaders and guides whom they followed in the world will disown them. But punishment they shall get and all their bonds shall be cut off. (166) Then those who followed them will say, “Would that we were given another chance to return to the world: then we will disown them just as they have disowned us today.” Thus will Allah bring before them the deeds they did in the world in such a manner as to make them wring their hands in regret but they shall be unable to come out of the Fire. (167)” Al-Baqara