There is no doubt that Muharram stands a holy month for many different reasons – maybe some we can’t actually grasp, maybe for reasons we are not meant to understand or even know about. But dismissing Imam Hussain and the path he forged by the strength of his arm and the courage of his heart equates to me to negating the very message of Islam.
While I will grant you that blood does not speak to the quality of individuals, the holy household is not exactly any lineage. AhlulBayt we ought to remember remain forever link to Islam: its expression, its manifestation – the embodiment of a Mercy and a Light sent in Guidance.
We cannot think of Ahlulbayt in regular terms, just as we cannot think in the prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH) in regular terms. He was after all the best of all prophets – humanity perfected in the Word and for the Word.
