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I have heard that Imam Zain-ul-Abideen AS prohibited people from cursing even the killers of Imam Hussain AS. Is this true?

Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
I have heard that Imam Zain-ul-Abideen AS prohibited people from cursing even the killers of Imam Hussain AS. Is this true?
Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 3 years ago

Bismihi ta'ala 

I have not come across such a view, but this would not be aligned with the overall direction of Ahlul Bayt (a.s).

In one of Imam al-Sajjad's (a.s.) supplications, in al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyah, he (a.s.) says:

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الآْخِرِينَ ، وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِفِعَالِهِمْ وَ أَشْيَاعَهُمْ وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ .

O God, curse their enemies among those of old and the later folk,and all those pleased with their acts,and their adherents and followers! [Supplication 48]


And Allah knows best.