A look at another shaheed only increases the belief that these people were very common people. They really did not have much, they did not see anything for this world, some were old, some were young, some got through years of school like Shaheed Hemmat (soon to be added to our list of shohada), while others, well...The only one thing they all had in common was that they only wanted Allah (SWT) to be satisfied with them...
Name: Shahid Akbar Dehshiri
Father's Name: Saadullah
Mohter's Name: Kobra Arab
Year of Date of Birth: 11/9/1345 (Persian Calendar)
Year of Shahadat: 11/25/1367 (Persian Calendar)
Place of Birth: Pariz, Iran
Level of Education Completed: 3rd Grade!!!
Occupation: Farmer
Akbar was born in a village in Pariz and moved to Lahijan, Iran, when he was three years old. He was fifteen when the war started and after one year he was one of the volunteers who joined the army to defend his land. He was able to serve his country for five years, and was among the injured reserved three times. The first time he was sent to a hospital in Mashad, while his second stay was in Tehran, and finally in Isfahan.
He took a week of leave from the army to get married and had a child, whom he named Yaser (one who moves peacefully, calmly...) His marraige lasted for SEVEN MONTHS, where it's end came from him answering his Imam's call, one last time...
Quote from Shahid Akbar's will:
Stick to your salat and make a lot of dua, these prayers and duas that you recite in this world are the only things that will be able to help you in the afterworld, so that we can return to our Imams and Masooms as pure as we entered this world.
Our Message to our readers:
In this world people have many wishes, where a lot of people are able to reach to their wihses, and others, well life comes a bit short and they fall behind. Truly it is these wishes that give a person purpose of life. Now if these wishes raises a person in this life, the person can reach a whole new level of spirituality in this world. It is these wishes that bring courage and bravery, as we read in a hadith Innama Yadeerol Maro Behameyyeh, a person's courage increases his vision on life, and with that courage they are able to comprehend this world.
In our opinion, the main wish of one who loves Imam Hussein (AS) is SHAHADAT. In another hadith we read, "Addonya Sojenal Mo'min Wa Rahatal Kafar" which means that this world is a prison for a mo'men but is like a vacation for a kafar. This hadtith shows that if a mo'min has courage and wisdom, this world is not big enough for them. While a kafar, whose faith as probably less than the size of a fly, soars a few yards around and thinks it is in an infinite world. After you have prepared yourself for shahadat, know that this is a sign of the level of your Irfaan. And we must remember that eshq, or love, CANNOT be the driving force for shahadat, but we must preapre ourselves, which is our true responsibility, and one level we must pass is the level of seeking forgiveness!
In Nahjul Balagha, Imam Ali (AS), Khutbeh 125, says about shahadat: The graetest, most honorable, respected of deaths is to die in the way of Allah (SWT). I swear to the Lord who control the life of the son of Abu Taleb, 1,000 blows of a sharp sword is would be an easier death for me than passing away from an illness or while asleep where I am in a state of unconsiousness to my responsibilities to Allah (SWT).
Some things to think about...
What else would you think could be a wish for one who loves Imam Hussein (AS) and all those who became shaheed with him on the day of Aashoora? Have you ever thought about this issue, and have you been able to conjure up a few desires? We will list a few that we believe to be some wishes:
1) I wish my calls to Imam Hussein (AS) in programs, where I yelled to the top of my lungs "Hussein, Hussein..." in his majalises, were like those of the shohada as Shaheet Hemmat and others. I wish it was from the heart, and with one call out to my masters name I would continue my life...
2) I wish my stature in Imam Hussein (AS) eyes were liek those of the shaheed's stature in his eyes, and I would remember Allah (SWT) in all instances and circumstances. As Shaheed Hemmat has said: Our hearts, our whole existence, our essence must be with Allah (SWT). Talk for the satisfaction of Allah (SWT), take your step for Allah (SWT), stand for Allah (SWT), everything, everything you do in this life, should be for His satisfaction. Then and only then can we experience Allah (SWT) true love, true mercy, and true blessings...
3) I wish I was continously in an effort to seek a better understanding of Imam Hussein (AS) and his stance, and this was the purpose of me attending a program under his name, not because of some speaker or some gospel singer...
I wish I knew what it meant to believe in something so much that even if I was not around to enjoy it, I would be ready to give my life for it...I wish that belief was in Imam Hussein (AS), his message, his stance, and his sacrifice...As we said before, the one thing all shohada had in common, was their love for Imam Hussein (AS)...
Assalamo Alayk Ya Aba Abdellah
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