"As he lay lying on the ground, his mother was on the prayer mat, thanking her Lord for giving her the chance to see this day. Without looking back, she had sent her son into the battle ground, to fight, fully realizing and knowing that that would be the last she would see of him alive. She put her tired forehead on the turbah, thanking the MERCIFUL, praising Him and asking that her little sacrifice may be accepted."
This was the scene in the tents of Imam Hussein (A.S.) on the day of Ashura. Some mothers had already sent their sons out into the battle field only to have them come back severed. Others were preparing their boys for what was to come. Telling them of how brave the others had been, in attempt to give them courage and not have them weaken at the last minute. Little did they know that for their sons "death was sweeter than honey”. The preparation for this tragic day began in the wombs of all the women when their son's were conceived and especially after they were born. They trained their little ones to be brave and courageous and ready to give their life for their Imam (a.s.)
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"A mother's lap is the best school in which a child is trained. That which he learns from his mother is quite different from what he learns from his teachers. He picks up more from his mother than he does his teachers... It is a human responsibility and a divine duty, a noble deed, to raise a true human being."
