Al-Hoar and Freedom Path
Having your annual leave, for the first time from a long period. Therefore you have decided to make it a long one, and spend it outside your country. Since you did not leave you home town before, and you had no experience qualifying you to go alone! You had decided to join a group of friends, who have a wide knowledge in traveling and movements between far away states.

You had decided to travel for tourism and recreation, to one of those moderate climate countries. Those thrilling scenery, lush trees, and beautiful natural coasts. Its hotels been built on attractive shores, looking over them from one side, and on the city from another. So you can see the city from end to end, through the room windows. That is calling for psychological and physical comfort, which makes you forget your worries and pains. To go back home, active and ready, to do your job and perform your duties! This is what your friends had said to you! There your small heart was cheering up and flying in joy! As if you were a child receiving his mother's breasts for the first time!

You had booked your tickets, specified a traveling day, packed your luggage, and prepared your passports. On that promised day you had taken off to the international airport, and the plane had flown you to that distant country. You took your seat next to the window, to be able to see it taking off away from your home and country: It was trying to fly into the air, as if it was hard for it remove itself from earth, due to its strong love and longing to home soil. Upon your arrival to that paradise city, you toured the land, and your eyes went wild. You could not believe that those scenes were in the real life! All your days had passed happily, and joy increased with the passage of days. You had been drinking from those fresh water and juices, and eaten those naturally soft foods. Were not incorporated with chemicals, improvers, or man made colors.

The people of that country are accustomed to celebrate their new year, and your presence there coincided with that celebrations. The mates had decided to celebrate with them and in their own way, so they prepared the cups of the most delicious and tender, of what Allah almighty has forbidden and denied. They had arranged for some prostitute women, of different ages - sizes - and shapes, to complete the accessories of the evening. They had forgotten – trying to forget – or they were no more remembering, how to differentiate between Halal (allowed) and Haram (forbidden)! Did they went far away from Allah (God)'s eye, his authority, and domination?! They were like one who put on a fire, when it lightened all around, Allah has put it off, and left them in darkness do not see.

You had been pout in a position could not be envied with! Will you obey the earth demons, and your inner bad side? Or watch the Lord of worshippers who is well acquainted with the obscurities of the hearts?! So you be like (Al-Hoar Bin Yazeid Al-Reahi) who had received - Imam Hussein bin Ali Bin Abi-Talib (P) - son of Fatima (P) and the grandson of the Messenger of Allah (P). With an army of one thousand soldiers, in the land of Karbala, in the country of Iraq. He had been ordered not leave him, till been enter on Obeyed-Allah Ibn Ziyad – Allah may curse him - but the Imam had refused. Everyone had stayed where they are, till the arrival for the rest of the Umayyad army.

The backup had arrived, and the armies which were estimated by tens of thousands, before the army of Hussein (P), which did not reach hundred persons. They were hundred persons from which, were walkers – riders - and fighters. The son of Yazeid had seen that as a video tape, passing quickly in front of his eye! He was horrified and shaking with the terrified scene, and directed the question to - Omar Bin Saad - Are you fighting this man?! He replied proudly in pleasure with what he is doing: Yes by the grace of Allah, a war easiest thing is the flying of hands and heads! He was like a ship passenger in a stormy day, the waves are throwing him in every direction, does not know where go!

Had taken a side thinking of himself, and what he was going to do?! Knowing, who was the son of Ali (P), his parents, and his grandfather! Is he going to participate in this war, so he will lose himself and lose his afterlife?! He knows what the son of Fatima (P) wants, and what his objectives are! He was not mislead or lost, but had seen the rightness clear like the day light, so he had followed his heart to guide him to the straight path. Had moved from Ibn-Saad's army camp, to the son of the daughter of the messenger of Allah (P). Went to him regretful asking for forgiveness and excuse, seeking wit with grief and sorrow, may I repent?! The (P) said to him: whoever repents – Allah repents on him. Then he had gone fighting those people between the hands of Abu- Abdullah (P) until he was killed as a martyr, sympathizing with his master and sire. He said about him "You are (Hoar) free as you have been named by your mother; you are free in the world and the day after."

If you were not like Al-Hussein (P), who had very carefully chosen his friends and supporters, who did abandon him when the folks attacked! But they had held their post, till they been all killed, defending him and his family. It is your choice now! Either you are like Ibn-Saad – Allah may curse him – who had lost his afterlife, but did not gain the life he was expecting and anticipating! Or you take the lead of this forth going knight, who knew how wrong he was, and had chosen the long living life, over the perishing on!
Translated by: Hussein Noah Mashamea - Qatif - Saudi Arabia