Discussion on Imam Hussein and Martyrdom

Mom said you were really upset you didn't go this year to Karbala, right?

Yes.

Why were you so upset?

I love Imam Hussein.

Why do you love Imam Hussein so much?

I just do.

What has he done that you love him?

I don't know.

But you love him, right?

Yes.

Ma'am, what is this, really? I mean, if we look at ourselves, we don't remember what happened

to Imam Hussein that we love him so much.

We love him so much. I mean, if someone asks us why we love Imam Hussein,

we say we love him.

That's all. It really seems to have been passed down to us with our mother's milk, and

that's exactly what

Fatemeh Sadat says. Dear Fatemeh, what did you write in the letter for that gentleman

that

you gave them to place inside Imam Hussein's shrine?

I wrote that my father's wish was to become a martyr. I wrote

that. I wrote that my brother, who's on the way, would become a martyr

when he grows up.

Shall I say it now—

I wrote that I would go to Karbala every year.

Your brother hasn't even been born yet. You're saying right now that your brother should

become a martyr.

No, when he grows up.

You've grown up. No, I'm kidding. Good for you for this

The way you look at your daughters, really, hats off to you. Cheers.

Good for you. Then my dad becomes a martyr?

Yes.

My brother becomes a martyr, my dad becomes a martyr?

Yes.

And you too wish for martyrdom?

Yes.

Good for him, really.