Imam Hosain and Jesus …

There are some christians who express love for Imam Hossain (SBUH), so much so that they even join the Arba’een walk toward the Shrine of Imam Hussain (SBUH).

They claim that there are similarities between Imam Hosain and Jesus (SBUT) …

Are there really any similarities?

According to christian belief Jesus was the Son of God and actually God Himself- who suffered and was crucified by creations of God, painfully on a cross- and thus became the Atonement for sins of sinners …

The christians regard Jesus as the “lamb” which was slaughtered; to support this view, for instance they present the following old testament statement claiming that the mentioned slaughtered lamb was a prophecy regarding the crucifixion of Jesus:

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

But there are very important and precise points which deserve to be mentioned. According to christian belief, Jesus was crucified, while no lamb has ever been killed through crucifixion! Lambs are slaughtered, i.e. their heads are cut off.

So even if one believes that Jesus was crucified, it absolutely can not be said that he was slaughtered like a lamb or a sheep.

Therefore, the prophesied slaughtered lamb in Isaiah 53:7 can not be Jesus (SBUH).

While in Islamic teachings, the “Prophet” Jesus- Salaam Be Upon Him, SBUH- (not the Son of God or God Himself, SOBHAANALLAH), who is highly regarded and loved, was not killed at all:

Qur’an 4:157 And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah ‘Eesa son of Maryam, the messenger of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but for them it appeared so, and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.

It all started with the malevolent distortion when in the torah and the old testament of the bible they replaced the Prophet Ismael (Ishmael) with the Prophet Ishaaq (Isaac) (SBUT); when therefore they claimed that the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (SBUH) was commanded to offer Ishaaq (Isaac) as a sacrifice and not Ismael (Ishmael) (SBUT), in spite of the facts that Ismael was Ibrahim’s first son and according to the bible God had commanded Ibrahim to offer his “only” son …; when they malevolently misrepresented the character of the Prophet Ismael (SBUH); when they claimed therefore that the Covenant was only with Isaac … in this manner, they have been trying to conceal the rightfulness of Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (SBUT) …

In genesis 22:17 of the old testament of the bible it is clearly mentioned that God Promised to make Ibrahim’s (SBUH) descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore; while the Prophet Ibrahim’s descendants through Ishaaq (Isaac) stopped with Jesus (SBUT), for Jesus had no child; and the descendants through the Prophet Ya’qoob (Jacob) (SBUH), i.e. the bani (the children of) Israel, are very limited in number, for the jews usually do not marry with other than themselves; and …

But the descendants of Prophet Ibrahim through Prophet Ismael (SBUT) are quite numerous.

And Imam Hosain (SBUH), a blessed human chosen by Allah, was indeed an immaculate descendant of the Prophet Ibrahim through the Prophet Ismael (SBUT).

And indeed Imam Hosain was brutally slaughtered like a lamb; may the La’n and execration of Allah and all His beings be upon his killers … and may Allah hasten the glorious Appearance of Imam Mahdi, the avenger of the blood of Imam Hosain, who shall be accompanied by Jesus (SBUT) …

And Imam Hosain (SBUH) is by no means the atonement for the sins of others, SOBHAANALLAH; but he- due to his immeasurable patience and … in the cause of Allah in guiding the servants of Allah to the one and only “Straight Path” of Allah …- has been bestowed by Allah an awesome interceding position before Allah …

AllahWilling, Imam Hosain (SBUH) possessing such a lofty Position bestowed by the one and only God, shall take the hands of all those who sincerely cry for his sufferings and guide them toward the one and only Straight Path of Allah …

So let all loving hearts, with togetherness, seek the “Truth” of Allah and implore Allah to hasten the last reminder of all Prophets of Allah …

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