A Critical Review of the Narrations of Imam ‎Hussein (AS) Forbidding the Presence of the ‎Debtors in the Karbala Event

Because of the importance of the Karbala event and its vast impact, the reports related to this historical event is doubly important. In addition, the phenomenon of distorting these reports made us to criticize those which are inconsistent with the life of Imam Hussein (AS) and Karbala. Among the reports attributed to Imam Hussein (AS) during the Ashura Day are the words according to which Imam (AS) announced that those who had an owe (dayn) on themselves should not accompany him in the fight against the enemies. This research has evaluated the sandas (chain of transmitters) and the content of these narrations, based on a descriptive-analytical method. The findings show that these narrations are subject to serious criticism from both the sanad and the text; The sanads of all narrations are weak and their content are in contradiction with the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah. They contradict with two groups of verses: 1) verses of last will, 2) verses of jihad. They contradict also with four groups of narrations of Ahl al-Bayt (AS): 1) martyrdom of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) with dayn, 2) Ahl al-Bayt’s acceptance to pay Companions’ dayn, 3) Imam Hussein (AS)’s invitation from the debtors to fight the Yazidis, and 4) the allowance of accepting the guarantee or last will of women.