The fuel of Hezbollah

The widespread interest in gaining membership of the Hezbollah has increased dramatically after the clear demonstration of the powerful achievements of their resistance against the Israeli occupation. Another reason is the privileges its members enjoy like health insurance, education and several other benefits. It is not an easy process to join the Hezbollah and even believing in the righteousness of Hezbollah as a resistance organization cannot guarantee membership in this organization. In addition, all those who believe in the party''s political movements may not be compliant with the worship and behavioral edicts of Islam.
The leadership of Hezbollah has laid down the following criteria to attract memberships: The creation of a new party framework that reduces the specifications and objectives adopted by Hezbollah. The creation of independent groups and circles, or participation in their creation and the requirement of peripheral membership
An Islamic Saying: Can ye wait for us aught save one of two good things (death or victory in Allah''s way), while we wait for you that Allah will affect you with a doom from Him or at our bands. Await then! Lo! We are waiting with you.1
Islam carries tremendous recruiting potential for followers. It requires concentrating on the spiritual aspects of life, abandonment of physical and soulful pleasures in favor of more virtuous goals. In return we are showered with the promise of paradise and of Almighty God''s blessings. Hezbollah has succeeded in the recruitment and mobilization efforts of their aims because the party is harmonious with Islam''s teachings.
One of the greatest events in history took place in Karbala where Imam Alـ Hussein2 and 70 (or 73) of his followers, the finest of his family, faced martyrdom in defense of the nation. "I have come out seeking to mend my grandfather''s nation,"3 Imam AlـHussein said. His quest was to abolish the rule of Yazid, the oppressing deviant governor, the killer of venerated souls, promulgator of lechery and wantonness. "He who is of my kind can''t elect his kind," he added. Knowing that his stance would lead to martyrdom, Imam Hussein declared: "God, to Who belongs all might and majesty has willed to see me die, killed and slaughtered, in cruelty and aggression."
The organization of Hezbollah is nurtured with the exemplary story of Imam AlـHussein and his followers and is enriched and reinforced by their conduct. Man deems these sacrifices little as compared to theirs, and understands the importance of confrontation even with no hope for victory. Simply put, this story is the fuel of Hezbollah.

1 Surah .9, AlـTawbah, Verse 52
2 The grandson of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), The son of Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb
3 Imam Hussein