Hadiths from Imam Hosain (as): #12 A Reminder to His Assailants of the Spirit of Freedom.

During the red soaked sunset of Aashoora, the bloody body of Imam Hosain (as), the bright light of Vilaayet lied in a trench, covered in blood, taking his last breath. The animal like criminals from Aaleh Abu Sofiyaan attacked Imam's (as) tents,

when all of the sudden Imam (as) heard a babies cry, he got to his knees and spoke:

وَيْحَكُمْ يا شِيْعَةَ آلِ اَبِي سُفْيانَ! إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ دِيْنٌ

, وَكُنْتُمْ لا تَخَافُونَ الْمَعادَ

,فَكُو نوا اَحْراراً فِي دُنْيا كُمْ هذِهِ

وَارْجِعُوا اِلي اَحْسابِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَرَباً كَما تَزْعُمُون

"Woe be upon you, oh followers of Abu Sofiyaan! If you don't have religion, and you are not afraid of the Day of Judgement, then live in this world like free men. Come back to yourselves, if you think you are Arab. "

Then Shimr came forward and said:
"Oh son of Fatima! What are you saying?!"

Imam (as) said:

اَنَا الَّذي اُ قاتِلُكُمْ

,وَتُقاتِلُكُمْ ,وَ تُقاتِلُوني ,لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِنَّ جُناحٌ

,فَامْنَعُوا عُتاتَكُمْ وَ طُغاتِكُمْ وَجُهّالَكُمْ

عَنِ التَّعَرُّضِ لِحَرَمِي مادُمْتُ حَيّاً1

"This is me, that is fighting with you, and you are also fighting with me. The women have done nothing; so as long as I am alive call your waring, unjust, and ignorant men from my camp."

1- 33 مُقتل الحسين ع خوازمي ج 2 ص
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 52; ISBN 964-6863-31-0.