It is also close to the day of resurrection because it said in a book that this world will one day come to an end on Friday 10th of Muharram. When the namaz ends, Hussein is considered shahid by Yazid. On the tenth day of Muharrum, they pray for Hussein till the magrib namaz. Muharram is also observed by Dawoodi Bohras in the same way as Shias.They practice prayers on the sayings of the present dawah of Bohras, Mohammed Burhanuddin. However the last days are the most important since these were the days where Hussein and his family and followers (consisting of 72 people, including women, children and aged people) were killed by army of Yazid I at the Battle of Karbala on his orders, Surviving members of the family of Hussein and that of his followers were taken captive and marched to Damascus and imprisoned there. Shias start the mourning from the 1st night of Muharram and continue for two months and eight days. It is well-known because of historical significance and mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram. Shia Muslim children in Amroha, India on camels in front of Azakhana as part of the procession commemorating events on & after Day of AshuraMuharram is a month of remembrance that is often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura. Shia Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a Hussainia as part of the commemoration of Muharram
Muharram and AshuraMain article: Mourning of Muharram Shia Muslims, go further in their attempts of replication, including self-flagellation (also see Matam). Shia Muslims do so to replicate the sufferings of Hussein ibn Ali on the Day of Ashura. Sunni Muslims also fast during Muharram for the first ten days of Muharram, just the tenth day or on both the ninth and tenth days the exact term depending on the individual.
Many Sunni Muslims fast during this day, because Musa (Moses) and his people obtained a victory over the Egyptian Pharaoh on the 10th day of Muharram according to them Islamic prophet Muhammad asked Muslims to fast on this day, and also a day extra either before or after, so that they are not similar to Jews (since, according to him, Jews used to fast for one day due to the same reason)įasting differs among the Muslim groupings mainstream Shia Muslims stop eating and drinking during sunlight hours and do not eat until late afternoon. The tenth day of Muharram is called Yawmu-l 'Ashurah, which is known by Shia Muslims as 'the day of grief'. It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan. Muharram is so called because it is unlawful to fight during this month, the word is derived from the word haraam, meaning "forbidden". Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. Muharram (Arabic: المحرّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
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