Speech Act of Warning in Imam Hussain s Speech

This study tackles the speech act of warning as presented by Imam Hussain speech during his journey to Karbala . Warning is an utterance which captures the hearers attention to some action which he has to take in relation to his action. So Al-Hussain s speech contains messages to people to reduce the risk of personal or total damage by using certain patterns of behaviour just like holding the Holly Quran on his head or discouraging or prohibiting certain pattern of behaviour as avoiding treachery and betraying the Prophet s relatives.