RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Chief of the Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has said that wife of Amir-ul-Momineen Hazrat Ali (A.S.) and mother of Hazrat Ghazi Abbas Alamdar (A.S.) i.e. Hazrat Ummul Baneen (R.A.) is that great, brave and courageous woman whose bravery and boldness is the beacon of light for women world.

He stated this while announcing 3-day Ayyam-e-Aza (mourning days) from July 20-22 throughout the country marking the death anniversary of Hazrat Ummul Baneen (R.A.). He said Zuhd-o-Taqwa (piety) has been declared the standard of heightness of human beings, men and women, elders and young, strong and vulnerable.

From amongst Divine servants, maids, guides and representatives, mother of Hazrat Abul Fazl Al-Abbas (A.S.), Hazrat Ummul Baneen (R.A.) is that great woman who was Najeeb-o-Aseel from both sides, and was placed at the acme of knowledge, excellence and piety.

Agha Moosavi said when Maula-e-Kainaat Hazrat Ali Al-Murtaza (A.S.) expressed his desire to his brother Aqeel (A.S.) to locate a brave and courageous woman that may deliver a brave and courageous son, he presented the name of Fatima Binte Hazam (R.A.) for whose forefathers there was no match of their bravery throughout the Arab World.

Therefore, the great Arab poet Labeed had said about this brave woman to King Noman bin Manzar that we are the offspring of four sons of this brave woman who inflicted death on their opponents in the battlefield and respected guests the most.

He said Fatima Binte Hazam who was later called Ummul Baneen (mother of sons) not only recognized Muhammad (SAW) and Aal-e-Muhammad (A.S.) rather respected them from the core of her heart, and used to take care of them. It is enough to say in her honour that when she was given the news about the martyrdom of her sons, one after the other and when the name of Abbas (A.S.) came to the fore and the one who came with that news, said:

She exercised patience and said:

Tell me about my son Hussain (A.S.).

Bashar says when I told her the news about the martyrdom of Syed-us-Shuhada Hazrat Hussain ibne Ali (A.S.), she raised a huge hue and cry

And the whole gathering joined her in crying, but that great woman took the name of her sons after Hussain’s and boastingly said all my four sons sacrificed for Hussain (A.S.).

Moosavi said her utmost desire was that her sons sacrifice themselves but Hussain (A.S.) survives. Her love with Imam Aali Muqam (A.S.), sincerity, piousness, faith, deeds is a proof of her fast Iman.

The Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Hamid Moosavi said the first Majlis-e-Aza in Madina Munawwarah after the Karbala tragedy was organised by this great woman in which all women in Madinah including Ummul Momineen Hazrat Umm-e-Salma (R.A.) participated and observed the grief of Karbala martyrs.

He said the sincerity, faithfulness, courage and bravery of Madar-e-Abbas is a complete example for women at large to follow. He appealed the Ahl-e-Iman to present condolences of this chaste lady Hazrat Ummul Baneen (R.A.) to Maula-e-Kainaat Hazrat Ali (A.S.) by observing Ayyam-e-Aza, and announce our commitment by presenting condolences for her four sons, Syed-ush-Shuhada and Karbala martyrs that we would never forget that Aza-e-Hussaini foundation of which was laid by her in Madinah, and hussainiyyat which was highlighted by sermons and addresses of Hazrat Zainab (S.A.) and Hazrat Imam Zainul Abideen (A.S.) in bazaars of Kufa and Sham and courts of Yazid and Ibne Zyad shattering the Yazidi courts.

He said we should reiterate our resolve to continue our universal greatest protest in shape of Azadari against the world of oppressors so as to prove on the world that we can be cut down into pieces but could not be diverted from the mission of Hussainiyyat.

Meanwhile, TNFJ Central Committee has been formed to organise the Ayyam-e-Aza programmes. Dr. S.M. Rizvi has been nominated as Convener and Fayyaz Hussain Awan as Secretary of this Committee.