Proclaiming The Bitter Haq

Once Hazrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullah alaih) in the presence of Hajjaaj Bin Yusuf, the notorious blood shedder, said: “O enemy of Allah! O perpetrator of Fisq and Fujoor (evil and immorality)! O lover of sin and disobedience! Of what benefit will be this worldly pomp and splendour? The inmates of the Heavens are cursing and reviling you. The inhabitants of the earth have reached their limits of toleration regarding your tyranny and oppression. They have reached the end of the tether with their wrath and hatred for you.”

After administering this stern admonition to the tyrant Hajjaaj, Hadhrat Hasan Basri (Rahmatullah alaih) then said: “Verily, Allah has taken a pledge from the Ulama that most certainly they should proclaim the Haq to the people.” Then he abruptly departed.