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A group revolted against us, their hands holding
their swords like wild lions, smashing knights left and
aright, throwing themselves towards death and not

carrying about safety, not after money, nothing is
between them and death or conquer the government.
If gave them a little chance they would kill all the
army. What could we do O bastard! they were like
Imam Hussain AS said about them: "they trained
themselves to sacrifice themselves and being killed.

Characteristics of Imam Hussein and his Qualities
1. His Relationship with Allah
We can better understand the depth of Imam Hussein's
relationship with Allah, the Highest, if we don't lose
sight of the fact that the Prophet himself taught him the
ideology of Islam and brought him up spiritually as he
had done with his father, Imam Ali, his mother, al-
Zahra', and his brother, Imam Hassan. By so doing, his
path was defined and his character was formed.
One day he was asked, "How great is your fear of
your Lord?"
"No one would be secure on the Day of Judgement
except those who feared Allah in this life," he replied.
His face would turn pale, and he would tremble at
the time of doing his ablution. He was asked about this
and answered, "Whoever stands in the presence of the
Almighty Allah is not to blame if his color turns pale
and his limbs shake."
On the night before the tenth of the month of
Muharram, Imam Hussein asked the Umayyad army to
delay the battle till the following morning.