Cleric Outlines Moral Dimensions of Imam Hussein Uprising
Speaking to IQNA, Hojat-ol-Islam Seyed Mohammad Reza Sharafeddin, a scholar at Najaf Islamic Seminary in Iraq, added that the fruit of this uprising will ultimately be realized with the emergence of Imam Mahdi (AS).
He said talking about the Ashura uprising and making it central for all eras, past and future, is inseparable from examining the foundations of this uprising, “and on this path, we must consider the event’s premises, components, heroes, effects, and consequences; therefore, we cannot separate the scenes that occurred in this event from the conditions, factors, and events surrounding it.”
He added, “In this study, first of all, we must consider the mission of Prophet Adam (AS) as the first caliph of God on earth and the mission that all prophets followed until the Seal of the Prophets, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and know that all of this, with all its components and effects, led to an event like the event of Ashura.”
According to the cleric, “If we consider the path of mission taken by the prophets and righteous people and their disciples, we will see that the prophets offered all their precious and valuable possessions (on the way of God). On this path, sacrifices and reforms were made, and revolutions were also formed until the Seal of the Prophets came to correct the path of humanity with a message that encompassed all heavenly messages, with a book that was superior to all books, and with a complete system that encompassed all dimensions.”
During the time of Imam Hussein (AS), the issue witnessed is the distortion of moral principles, the seeds of which were sown during the era of ignorance.
“During this period, we see that in the name of religion, in the name of God, and in the name of the successorship of the Messenger of God (PBUH), attempts were made to weaken the religion, and what the people of ignorance abhorred and considered to be a source of shame for themselves, such as betrayal, deceit, failure to support neighbors, endangering reputation, deception, lies, and other such things that existed in the era of ignorance and were a source of shame for their followers, were common in this era.
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“The issue reached a point where the prevailing conditions at that time threatened the foundations of morality and human values. While morality is the container of religion and the record of the believer.”
Hojat-ol-Islam Sharafeddin stressed that if these principles are destroyed and become obsolete, it means that humanity will never rise again and it means closing the door to reform for any reformer who seeks to spread goodness and humanity in human society.
Religion is based on moral principles, and the foundation and pillar of religion is morality, and the process of religiosity is based on religious emotion, meaning that interaction with the religious system is actually an emotional state that affects rational, intellectual, and ideological perceptions and guides a person to act on what he knows and be attracted to what he believes in, he stated.
The cleric considered the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) a religious, social, and moral uprising and said that according to Islamic texts, it is fair to say that the most prominent feature of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) was the moral dimension with an emotional color and flavor.
Referring to the goals of the Husseini movement, he said Imam Hussein (AS) took action to reform the basic infrastructure of the human personality, and the fruit of this uprising will ultimately be realized with the emergence of Imam Zaman (AS) and the establishment of the Mahdavi government.
The Lebanese scholar considered the Husseini uprising a prelude to the Mahdavi government and emphasized that if it were not for the Husseini movement and uprising, the formation of a just, comprehensive, and divine government on earth by Imam Zaman (AS) would not have been possible.
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The point is that this is a victory accompanied by martyrdom (a victory that demands martyrdom), and Imam Hussein (AS) performed a heroic, moral, and emotional epic that was a magnificent spectacle and carried with it an eternal and comprehensive message whose global scope transcends time and space, he statted.
This uprising is a model for all people of different religions, sects, tendencies, schools, and groups, because the issue of the uprising was originally a human issue and had a universal nature that is not limited to any specific time, Hojat-ol-Islam Sharafeddin went on to say.
He concluded by saying that the discourse of Hussein and the call of “O Hussein (AS)” is not confined to time and place, and it does not have only one dimension, nor is it limited to one dimension; rather, it is a comprehensive discourse that belongs to all times and places.
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