16. Imam’s Last Letter to the Chief’s of Kufa.

Though there was little hope left from kufa and kufians, Imam Husayn(a.s) decided to make a last attempt and fulfill his obligation. He wrote”

“In the name of God, the Merciful, the compassionate: Abdullah and all other beleivers. Friends! You know the words of my grandfather, the Prophet(s) , who said  ‘When people see a tyrant breaking the limits of the Almightly, permitting what He has forbidden, acting against the Sunnah of the Messenger and ruling over the people with tyranny and sinfulness and oppressing them, and still they continue to keep their silence and do not take any step to stop him, then God will drive them towards the place why they rightly deserve (HellFire). My Friends! You know that the Bani Umayyah is a Satanic and they disobey the commands of God. You know what corruption they have publicized of earth and to what extent they have suspended the law of the Almighty, permitting what he has forbidden and forbidding that which he has allowed.


My friends, You know that I, more than anybody else deserve the right of khilafat and only under the justice it is possible to be delivered of oppressiong and exploitation.
O people of Kufa! It was you who wrote the large number of letters and sent so many messengers. It was you who had sent all those invitations and gave hope-raising promises. Now I have answered your call and come towards you. If you have remained faithful to your promise, then you have taken your own share from life and taken the right road to felicity and deliverance from tyranny and oppression. If, however you are now ashamed and regretful, having broken your covenant, then it is not something new and not without precedent; since it was you who have similarly treated my father and brother in the past, and laterly my cousin. If that is so, then you have ruined your lives with your own hands and closed all doors to evelasting felicity!
Know that God has always been my protector and Helper, and it is not I who is in need of you. Wassalam.”