An Argument-Based Analysis of Crying and Mourning for Hazrat Sayyid Al-Shuhada (AS)

Among the most discussed issues on Imam Hussein (AS) and the Ashura event, is the legitimacy of mourning and crying for him, and the doubts and problems raised by Wahhabism about Shia’s belief in this regard. This research, using documentary and descriptive-analytical methods, attempts to study the innateness of crying and mourning in the logic of reason and narration in a combined way and examine the issues about crying for Imam Hussein (AS) in more detail. In order to investigate the innateness of mourning and also the issue of difference in types of mourning, from the viewpoint of the Sunni scholars in particular, first, the conformity of mourning and crying with the innate nature or the existential noumenon of human beings is proved, and then the cause of the difference in mourning types despite the identicalness of innate nature is explained. Research suggests that according to Sunni narrative sources, mourning in general, and for Imam Hussein (AS) in particular, is a legitimate act. In this paper, also the issue of difference in Husseini mourning is examined addressing the issue of deviation in mourning, using narratives and appealing to the conduct of the wise, and the permitted styles of mourning are expressed.