Grade 2 History Book (PDF) - Shia Multimedia

19.1 Prophet Muhammad:
One day the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) was in the house of Umm-e-Salama (a),
his wife...Imam Hussein (a), who was a child at that time, entered inside and
rushed to the Prophet. Umm-e-Salama (a) followed him and saw Imam Hussein
seated on the chest of the Prophet and the Prophet was crying. In his hand there
was something which he was turning upside down. Then he said,
"O Umme Salma! Jibra'eel has come to me and told me that my Hussein
will be martyred. This piece of earth is from his place of martyrdom.
Preserve this with you, and the day that this earth turns into blood, you
will know that Hussein (a) has been martyred."
Umme Salma said, "O Prophet of Allah! Why don't you make du`a to Allah that
Hussein (a) will not have to go through that."
The Prophet replied,
"Yes I prayed to Allah for it, but Allah revealed to me that due to his
martyrdom, he will achieve a very high status, which will be
unapproachable by anyone else. And he will have many followers
(Shi'ah)...And that al-Mahdi (a) will be from his progeny. So it is very
good for people to befriend Hussein to be among his followers
(Shi'ah), because on the day of Qiyamah they will be successful."
19.2 Imam Ali (a):
One day, Imam Ali (a) was on a journey with his companions, and they passed by
the land of Karbala. There they recited their fajr prayers. Afterwards, Imam Ali (a)
took a handful of earth, smelled it, and said:
"Peace be upon you, earth of Karbala! A group of people (who will be
buried in you) will enter straight into heaven."
Grade 2 History 87