The Holy Prophet (saws) said, only the Munafiq can be inimical to Hazrat Ali (r.a.). On the day of Mubahala with the Christians, the Holy Prophet (saws) took with him only Hazrat Fatema (r.a.), Hazrat Ali (r.a.), Hazrat Hasan (r.a.) & Hazrat Hussein (r.a.), and wrapped those 4 with himself and said "this is my family". The Holy Prophet (saws) did not include any of his wives in his family. So obviously the position of these four is higher than any of the followers of the Holy Prophet (saws). Therefore the incident of the Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein (r.a.) and his family members and partisans at Kerbala during Muharram is a milestone in the process of the purification of the Muslims and the promotion of the Divine Religion of Islam which is the only religion acceptable to Allah since the time of Hazrat Adam (a.s.) to the End Time. We humbly disagree with any effort to belittle the Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (r.a.) on the Ashura of Muharram. One may disagree with the excesses of the Shi’ites. May be Allah has kept the Shi’ites to keep the memory of the Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein (r.a.) alive to keep a process of purifying the followers of the Holy Prophet (saws). There was an octogenarian Sunni saint in Bangladesh who during Muharram for the love of the family of Holy Prophet (saws) decreased his use of water as much as he could. This is Islam and surrendering to the Will of Allah.
