What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those days insignificant from the historical point of view. A large army which had been mobilised […]
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Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala (2)
What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those days insignificant from the historical point of view. A large army which had been mobilised […]
Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala
Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala Imam Jaafer ibn Mohammad As-Sadiq (A) What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those […]
THE STORY OF KERBALA
THE PROPHET (SAW) SAID: Indeed, Hossein is the light of guidance and the saviour ship. Having come to know of Yazid’s scheme to assasinate him while performing the rite of Hajj, Imam Hussein (A.S) decided to leave Mecca before finishing the rites, performing only the Umra.