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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Aug 12

I will always stand with journalists killed in the line of duty, be they in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the world.

Journalism is not a crime.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Aug 12

I will always stand with journalists killed in the line of duty, be they in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the world.

Journalism is not a crime.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Aug 7

In 2010, Sulaiman Al-Obeid scored this spectacular acrobatic goal for the Palestine national team. It was the footballer's first goal for his national team.

Today, he was shot & killed by Israel in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid, per medical sources.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Among the believers are men who have proven true to what they pledged to Allah. Some of them have fulfilled their pledge [with their lives], others are waiting [their turn]. They have never changed [their commitment] in the least." - Holy Qur'an (33:23)

Ya Hussain.

Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 6

"مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌۭ صَدَقُوا۟ مَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُۥ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا۟ تَبْدِيلًۭا." -القران الكريم (٣٣:٢٣)

‏لبيك يا حسين.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 5

A point my mosque's sheikh made yesterday, on the night of Ali al-Asghar (ع):

‎An army that attacks a child — whether it's one that killed Ali al-Asghar (ع) 1,400 years ago or one that goes after children today — cannot be on the side of the truth.

Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

End of the thread.

‏اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
‏وَعَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
‏وَعَلَىٰ أَوْلاَدِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ
‏وَعَلَىٰ أَصْحَابِ ٱلْحُسَيْنِ

Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

I also can't help but see parallels between Abbas' (ع) story & today.

‎Kids crying from extreme thirst; vile, vicious killers; some people trying to convince us to abandon our religion/values for "safety" & "prosperity."

‎Not too many differences between his Yazid (ل) & present-day Yazids (ل).

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Alhamdulillah, I had the honour of visiting my hero Abbas (ع) in late 2023/early 2024.

‎His loyalty to his Imam (ع), his valour in the face of a seemingly insurmountable challenge, his soft heart when it came to children — I pray to God that he gives me even a bit of what Abbas (ع) had.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Abbas' (ع) head was later severed & brought to Yazid (ل) in Damascus. He was later buried in the spot he died, northeast of where his half-brother Husayn (ع) was later killed.

‎A tomb & mosque were later erected above his burial place, & it's visited by millions of people every year.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

When Husayn (ع) came to comfort Abbas (ع), he exclaimed, "Now, my back has been broken."

‎He tried to bring Abbas (ع) back to the camp, but Abbas (ع) refused because he was ashamed to return without fulfilling his promise to Sakina.

‎Abbas (ع) passed away in that spot.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Now, Abbas (ع) stopped. He didn't know what to do. He had no water to bring back to the camp & no arms to fill his waterskin with.

‎As Abbas (ع) contemplated his next move, another arrow pierced his eye. An opponent then hit him with an iron rod & knocked him off his horse.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

At this point, all Abbas (ع) cared about was delivering the water to the dehydrated camp. It didn't matter if he got there dead or alive, as long as his loved ones' thirst was quenched.

‎So imagine the pain he felt when an arrow pierced his waterskin & emptied it of its contents.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Abbas (ع) was ambushed again, this time on his left — & his left arm was cut off.

‎Still, Abbas (ع) rode his horse with conviction. The armless warrior said, "O soul, do not fear the disbelievers! And rejoice in the mercy of the Almighty."

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"يا نفس لا تخشي من الكفار،
‏وأبشري برحمة الجبار."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

But as Abbas (ع) rode his horse in the camp's direction, an opponent attacked him by surprise & completely severed his right arm.

‎Unfazed, Abbas erupted in poetry: "By God, if you cut off my right arm, I will forever defend my faith & the Imam."

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"والله إن قطعتم يميني،
‏إني أحامي أبدا عن ديني،
‏وعن إمام صادق اليقين،
‏نجل النبي الطاهر الأمين."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Abbas (ع) felt it wasn't right to quench his thirst while the children, his niece & his Imam/half-brother were thirsty.

‎Reciting these lines of poetry, he threw the water back into the Euphrates, filled his waterskin & set off to return to Husayn (ع).

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"يا نفس من بعد الحسين هوني،
‏وبعده لا كنت أن تكوني،
‏هذا حسين وارد المنون،
‏وتشربين بارد المعين،
‏هيهات ماهذا فعال ديني،
‏ولا فعال صادق اليقين."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

With thirst overtaking him, he cupped his hands & brought some water to his mouth.

‎But before he could take a sip, he remembered the cries of the kids in the camp. He remembered the promise he made to Sakina. He remembered Husayn's (ع) extreme thirst. He remembered his mission.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Charging at the blockade, Abbas (ع) recited the lines of poetry in the first tweet, about not fearing death.

‎Channelling his father Ali's (ع) spirit from previous battles, Abbas (ع) single-handedly broke through the army's ranks & reached the riverbank.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tormented by their cries, Abbas (ع) finally convinced Husayn (ع) to let him enter the battlefield, on the condition that he was only to bring water to the camp.

‎As he got ready to embark, he promised Sakina, Husayn's (ع) young daughter, that he would soon return with water.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Abbas (ع) accepted Husayn's (ع) refusal for a while. But he soon became anguished by the loud cries of the thirsty children in Husayn's (ع) camp.

‎The children — and Husayn's (ع) camp — had been cut off from the Euphrates, & extreme thirst was taking a very severe toll on them.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

Abbas (ع) was the last warrior in Husayn's (ع) resistance of about 72 men, which had been slaughtered by Yazid's (ل) army of thousands.

‎Abbas (ع) was a fearless soldier who was like Ali (ع) in battle, but Husayn (ع) had refused to let him fight in Karbala lest he lose him too.

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

‎[Thread]

‎Last night was the night of Abbas ibn Ali (ع) at my mosque. Abbas (ع) was the half-brother of Imam Husayn (ع) — the Prophet Muhammad's (ص) grandson — & a flag-bearer in the Battle of Karbala.

‎He was killed by the tyrant's army while bringing water to thirsty children.

Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"لا أرهب الموت إذا الموت رقا،
‏حتى أواري في المصاليت لقي نفسي لنفس المصطفى الطهر وقا،
‏إني أنا العباس أغدو بالسقا،
‏ولا أخاف الشر يوم الملتقى."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"يا نفس لا تخشي من الكفار،
‏وأبشري برحمة الجبار."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"والله إن قطعتم يميني،
‏إني أحامي أبدا عن ديني،
‏وعن إمام صادق اليقين،
‏نجل النبي الطاهر الأمين."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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Mouhamad Rachini @mouhamadrachini.bsky.social · Jul 3

"يا نفس من بعد الحسين هوني،
‏وبعده لا كنت أن تكوني،
‏هذا حسين وارد المنون،
‏وتشربين بارد المعين،
‏هيهات ماهذا فعال ديني،
‏ولا فعال صادق اليقين."

‏⁧‫#العباس‬⁩

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