Hadiths from Imam Hosain (as): #10 Relieving Mohammad Ibn Bosher

One of the companions of Imam Hosain (as) was Mohammad Ibn Bosher Hazar. Before Ashoora they told him that one of the tribes had taken his son hostage.

He said, "I didn't like that my son would be kidnapped and I would be alive afterwards."

Imam Hosain (as) heard his speach and said:

2رَحِمَكَ الله اَنْتَ في حِلٍّ مِنْ بَيْعَتي فَعْمَلْ في فِكاكِ اِبْنِكَ

"May God show beneficence upon you; I have relieved you of your oath to me. Stand up and go take steps to free your son."

He answered Imam, "May wolves eat me up alive if I were separated from you."

Imam brought a means by which he obtain his son's freedom and said:
فَاَ عْطِ اِبْنَكَ هذِهِ الْاَثْوابَ وَالْبُرُودَ يَسْتَعِيْنُ بِها فِي فِداءِ اَخيهِ

"Give this piece of clothing imprinted with emaan, to your child, so that he may use it in freeing his brother."

The price of the shirt was written as 1000 dinar.


Collections of Clear Existence. A Dictionary of Conversations by Imam Hosain (as) [(فرهنگ سخنان امام حسین (س]; gathered by Mohammad Dashti, published by Mahshoor (Qum, Iran) 1377; pg 50-51; ISBN 964-6863-31-0.