A lokacin da Imam Husaini (AS) ya tashi yaki da mulkin zalunci da shege na Yazidu, sai aka bar shi shi kadai ba a tallafa masa ba. Babu wanda ya kai masa agaji, kuma daga qarshe, an yi masa kawanya kuma ya yi shahada bayan yaqin da aka yi a Karbala a shekara ta 680 miladiyya.
Don haka zaluncin da Imam Husaini (AS) ya fuskanta a fili yake kuma yana da zurfi ta yadda za a iya daukarsa a matsayin misali karara na wasu ayoyin Alqur'ani.
A wata aya, Allah ya jaddada tsarkin rayuwar dan Adam kuma ya bayyana cewa idan aka kashe wani ba bisa zalunci ba, waliyyinsa yana da hakkin ya nemi adalci:
“Kuma kada ku kashe rai wanda Allah Ya haramta face da hakki, kuma wanda aka kashe, ba da hakki ba, to, Mun bai wa magajinsa (ya nemi azaba).” (Suratul Isra’i aya ta 33).
Girmama rayuwar ɗan adam ƙa'ida ce da ake samu a cikin dukkan addinai da tsarin ɗabi'a. Sai dai a cikin al'adun Musulunci, mafi girman misalin kisa na zalunci shi ne kashe Imam Husaini (AS) da sahabbansa masu aminci. Wasu ruwayoyi sun bayyana cewa majibincin jinin Imam Hussaini shi ne Mahadi Alkawari (Allah ya gaggauta bayyanar da shi), wanda zai tashi nan gaba don tabbatar da adalci da daukar fansar shahadarsa.
Wata ayar Alqur'ani kuma ta yi ishara da wadanda aka zalunta da aka ba su izinin kare kansu;
"An yi izni ga wadanda ake yakar su saboda an zalunce su, kuma lalle ne Allah, hakika, Mai ikon yi ne a kan Ya ba su nasara." (Suratul Hajj aya ta 39).
A cewar wasu malaman tafsiri da riwaya, wannan ayar ta kuma yi ishara da irin zaluncin da Imam Husaini (AS) ya fuskanta, yayin da aka tilasta masa yin yaki don kare addinin Allah da tsayawa kan zalunci.
Sannan kuma a cikin kissar hadayar Isma'il (AS) da aka ambata a cikin Alkur'ani, Allah ya umurci Annabi Ibrahim (AS) da ya yanka ragon da ya aiko a maimakon dansa. Ana kiran wannan babban hadaya a matsayin “hadaya mai girma”.
"Kuma Muka fanshi shi da wani hadaya mai girma." (Aya ta 107 a cikin suratu As-Saafaat).
Kamar yadda wasu riwayoyin tafsiri suka ce, “Babban hadaya” ba kawai tana nufin ragon ba amma tana nuni ga gaskiya mafi girma. Wasu masu tafsirin Alqur'ani sun yi imanin cewa yana nufin wani zuriyar Ibrahim (AS) wanda jininsa za a zubar a tafarkin Allah - kuma wannan mutumin shi ne Imam Husaini (AS). A wata ruwaya daga Annabi Muhammad (SAW), an ce Allah ya saukar da labarin shahadar Imam Husaini ga Ibrahim (AS), wanda ya yi kuka mai zafi saboda tsananin bakin ciki.