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20 - الإمام الحسين بن عليّ‏

20. IMAM HUSAYN B. ALI (AS)

136 - وِلادَةُ الحُسَينِ عليه السلام‏

136. The Birth of Imam Husayn (AS)

425.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : فَلَمّا وُلِدَ الحُسَينُ عليه السلام أوحى اللَّه تَعالى إلى جَبرَئيلَ عليه السلام أنَّهُ قَد وُلِدَ لُِمحَمَّدٍ ابن فاهبِط إلَيهِ فَهَنِّئْهُ وَقُل لَهُ إنَّ عَليّاً مِنكَ بِمَنزِلَةِ هارونَ مِن موسى فَسمِّهِ بِاسمِ ابنِ هارونَ فَهَبَطَ جَبرَئيلُ عليه السلام فَهَنَّاهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعالى ثُمَّ قالَ : إنَّ اللَّهَ عزّ وجلّ يَأمُرُكَ أن تُسَمّيهِ بِاسمِ ابنِ هارونَ ، فَقالَ وَما كانَ اسمُهُ ؟ قالَ : شُبَيراً ، قالَ : لِساني عَرَبيٌ ، قالَ : سَمِّهِ الحُسَينَ .1

425.Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (AS) said, 'When Husayn (AS) was born, Allah, most High, revealed to Gabriel 2 (AS) that a boy had been born to Muhammad, and to descend to him, to congratulate him, and to tell him that indeed Ali's position with respect to you is as that of Aaron to Moses. So name him with the name of Aaron's son. So Gabriel (AS) descended, congratulated him on behalf of Allah, and then said, 'Verily Allah commands you to name him with the name of Aaron's son'. He [the Prophet] asked, 'And what was his name?' He replied, 'Shubayr.' He said, 'But my language is Arabic.' He said, 'So name him Husayn [i.e. its Arabic equivalent].' 3

1.علل الشرائع : ۱۳۷ / ۵ .

2.The archangel Gabriel is known as Jibrail in the Islamic tradition (ed.)

3.Ilal al-Shara'i, p. ۱۳۷, no. ۵

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