There is a narration in Luhoof of Sayed ibn Tawus that a man was seen sometime after the tragedy of Karbala weeping at the Kaaba begging Allah for forgiveness but said he didn’t think he would be forgiven.

A man saw him and said Allah is the all merciful surely he will forgive you.

The man who was crying said come close so I can tell you my story. I was one of the 50 men who carried the sacred head of Hussain to Sham. At night we pulled out the head and start drinking wine. That night it started lightening and I saw the gates of the heavens open and Adam, Nuh, Ishaq, Ismail, and Prophet Muhammad all came down with angel Jibrael and the other angels. They all picked up the head of Hussain and began embracing it, kissing it and all began to weep and cry for Imam Hussain.

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Published by Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau

Sheikh Mateen Charbonneau is of French-Canadian descent. He was born in the United States to a Christian family, and later chose to convert to Shi’a Islam in 1999 at the age of 17, having studied both faiths. He started studying Islamic Seminary classes (Howza) in March 2013 at Imam Ali Center in Springfield, Virginia and studied abroad in Najaf al-Ashraf and Karbala and received his ‘amama (turban) from the esteemed marja’ Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi al-Modaressi in 2018. He earned a certificate from Harvard University in Islamic Studies, has filmed many documentaries about his journey to Islam, authored several books, taught in the Islamic Seminary (Howza), and is the founder of the nonprofit organization 2nd Chance Books (2014). He has lectured throughout the United States and various other countries spreading the message of Ahl ul Bayt (as). Since 2022 he has been residing in Antalya, Türkiye where he is the resident scholar of the local community and continuing his work with 2nd Chance Books.

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