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In these very heavy and mournful moments of Moharram that the back of time has been broken from its weight, before we start relating a true heart-touching story which Sayyed Haashem Bahraani, a great Shi'ah scholar narrated from the AhlulBayt (PBUT) in his very precious book "Madinat-Ol-Ma'aajez" -a collection of the AhlulBayt's miracles-, we wish to offer our deepest sorrow and sympathy to our beloved Imam of time, Hadrat Mahdi (PBUH), the true mourner of 'Aashoora who has been mourning for this everlasting epic every morning and evening.

 

Now, here is the touching true story of a little white bird:

 



Imam Hossain (PBUH), in the holy land of Karbala, was immerged in his celestial blood, when a little white dove landed in his holy blood and colored its little white wings red. Then the little white dove flew toward the forest while the Imam's blood was dropping from its wings.

 

In the forest, there were some birds sitting on tree branches and talking and singing happily. The little dove told those birds: Woe unto you! You are busy with your little world while the holy body of Hossain son of Ali (PBUT) is in the land of Karbala, without a shroud, not abluted and headless; from severity of injuries, it is cut into pieces; and they have captured his women and children!

 

When the birds heard that bloody white dove, started to cry loudly. So they flew to Karbala and colored themselves red with Hossain's holy blood and each flew to a different direction to spread the news of the martyrdom of the son of the Rasool of Allah.

 

One went to Medina. When it arrived there, it circumambulated around the Sacred Shrine of the Rasool of Allah while its eyes were tearful and blood was dropping from its wings. When the other birds saw that bloody bird, they went to it, and the bird told them what had happened, and all the birds started to cry.

 

The people watching that heart breaking scene, were confused, but shortly after that, the news about the martyrdom of Imam Hossain (PBUH), the beloved grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) reached Medina!

 

There was a Jew living in Medina who had a crippled and blind daughter. He, unknowingly, left his girl in the same garden that the little bloody bird was sitting on one of its trees. That night, some thing happened and the Jew was not able to return to the garden and his daughter was left alone there. The girl was so afraid that she did not sleep all night. At dawn, she heard some birds crying, she, frightened and tired, dragged herself under the tree where the birds were crying, and cried with them. A drop of blood fell into the girl's eyes and she gained her eyesight! Then a few drops fell on her body and she was crippled no more! From the magnificence of the holy and blessed blood of Imam Hossain (PBUH), there was no sign of pain and illness left in her body.

 

Early morning, when the Jew went to the garden, he did not find his daughter. He looked around and saw a girl sitting in a corner, so he asked her if she had seen his daughter. She said: O' father! I am your daughter! He said: Never! My daughter was deformed. The girl swore and the man realized that she was his daughter, so he passed out. After he regained consciousness, he kissed his daughter and the girl took her father to the bloody bird. The man while crying, implored the little bird to talk with the permission of its Creator.

 

The bird started to talk miraculously, and told the man that it was with other birds when a little bloody dove came to them and delivered the news about Imam Hossain (PBUH) and his holy head on spear, his women and children captured, and ... .

 

The Jew was astonished and said that surely Hossain had to be so special in the eyes of the Creator that such had happened. So he and his daughter embraced Islam and went to other Jews and narrated that which had happened, thus it is recorded that five hundred Jews became Believers as the result of that little bird's effort.