{"id":16735,"date":"2019-01-27T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T05:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/the-exemplar-of-the-lovers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:56:06","slug":"the-exemplar-of-the-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/the-exemplar-of-the-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exemplar of the Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16735\" class=\"elementor elementor-16735 elementor-1908\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f0ebc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f0ebc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5027224e\" data-id=\"5027224e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e0a33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39e0a33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>O Lord! Extend my life for as long as it is spent in obeying You\u2026<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>(Sahifah Sajjadiah, Supplication 20, Part of Phrase 5)<\/p>\n<p>The blessed life of Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0exhibited spectacular examples of\u00a0<strong>obeying Allah<\/strong>\u00a0(SWT). He demonstrated a valuable manifestation of the aforementioned phrase of Sahifah Sajjadiah through helping the poor, compiling precious collections of supplications, and performing continuous acts of worship. Nevertheless, one of the beauties of the life of Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0was his persistent lamentation and mourning over the tragedies of his respected father, Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the servants of Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has narrated that,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day,\u00a0Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0went to the desert. I followed him and watched him while I was hiding. He put his head on a hard stone, started crying, and repeated a statement one thousand times. After that, he raised his head while his face and beard were covered with his tears. There, I approached him and said, \u2019O my master! Is it not time for your grief and lamentation to come to an end?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0replied,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Woe on to you! Prophet Jacob\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0had twelve sons; however, when Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0took away one of them, grief overtook him so much that his hair was whitened, his back was bent, and he lost his vision due to excessive crying, even though his son was actually alive. But\u00a0I witnessed with my own eyes\u00a0how my father, my brother, and seventeen of my family members were killed. So how do you expect my sadness to be relieved or my lamentation to be over?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The abundant grief and endless lamentation of Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0is not just a sign of a son&#8217;s love towards his father; rather, it is based on the special knowledge and recognition he has of the status and position of a person such as Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH).<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the eagerness for participating in the gatherings of mourning over Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0may result in a spiritual richness, in a sense that one would feel he\/she is needless of endeavoring in the other acts of worship emphasized by the Ahl al-Bayt\u00a0(PBUT). Thus, it is important to recognize how Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0mourned over his father, as described by Imam Sadiq\u00a0(PBUH),<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cZain al-Aabedin\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0(Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)) used to cry over his father for his entire life after the incident of Ashura. During this period, he used to fast in the days and worship at nights. When it was time to break his fast and he was offered food and water, he used to say, \u2018The grandson of the Messenger of Allah\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP)\u00a0was martyred while he was hungry and thirsty\u2019, and he used to repeat this statement and cry continuously. He used to be like this until the day he passed away&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As the founder and main establisher of mourning over Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH), Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0used to attend mourning over the tragedies of his father along with other acts of worship, such as fasting and nightly prayers. Considering this sample Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has put forward for the lovers of the martyr of Karbala (Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)), can one suffice to mourning over Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and ignore the tradition of Imam Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0in obeying and worshipping Allah\u00a0(SWT)?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>(The above is a selection taken from &#8220;Al-<em>Luhuf ala Ghatla al-Tofoof (Tragedies of the martyrs of Karbala)<\/em>&#8220;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>, by Great Scholar Sayyid ibn Tawus (with some changes and additions))<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><u>Footnote:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> The reference used for this article is the Persian translation of this book by Farajullah Ilahi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imam Sajjad (PBUH) exemplified obedience to Allah through charity, worship, and compiling supplications. 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