- 04 May 2021, 23:18
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Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
It is one of the sacred months of the year. The Tenth day of Muharram is known as the Day of Ashura. Better known as part of the Mourning of Muharram, Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali and his family, honoring the martyrs by prayer and abstinence from joyous events.
The last few days up until and including the Day of Ashura are the most important because these were the days in which Hussain and his family and followers (including women, children and elderly people) were deprived of water from the 7th onward and on the 10th, Husain and 72 of his followers were killed by the army of Yazeed at the Battle of Karbala on Yazeed's orders. The surviving members of Husain’s family and those of his followers were taken captive, marched to Damascus, and imprisoned there.
Although Imam Hussain was slain in the battle, his message of kindness, justice and equality lives on among people who love him, and hence, that is his real victory.
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
It is one of the sacred months of the year. The Tenth day of Muharram is known as the Day of Ashura. Better known as part of the Mourning of Muharram, Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali and his family, honoring the martyrs by prayer and abstinence from joyous events.
The last few days up until and including the Day of Ashura are the most important because these were the days in which Hussain and his family and followers (including women, children and elderly people) were deprived of water from the 7th onward and on the 10th, Husain and 72 of his followers were killed by the army of Yazeed at the Battle of Karbala on Yazeed's orders. The surviving members of Husain’s family and those of his followers were taken captive, marched to Damascus, and imprisoned there.
Although Imam Hussain was slain in the battle, his message of kindness, justice and equality lives on among people who love him, and hence, that is his real victory.
