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It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni Muslims , Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites . Also on this day, Nuh disembarked from the Ark , God forgave Adam , and Joseph was released from prison, among various other auspicious events having ...
Tenth of Muharram is known as Ashura, an important day of commemoration in Islam. For Sunni Muslims , Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Also on this day, Noah disembarked from the Ark , [ 3 ] God forgave Adam , and Joseph was released from prison, among various auspicious events ...
In Shia Islam, the tenth of Muharram, known as Ashura, commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [3] Husayn was killed, alongside most of his male relatives and his small retinue, on 10 Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 CE ) in the Battle of Karbala against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph ...
Tasu'a is the ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of Islam. [1] [2] Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. [3]
Nakhl Gardani (Persian: نخل گردانی, Persian pronunciation: [næxl ɡærdɑːniː]) or Nakhl Bardari is a Shia religious ritual carried out on the day of Ashura for commemorating the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Moḥammad and third Shia Imam.
Bibi-Ka-Alam or Bibi-Ka-Alawa is an annual procession during Muharram. Bibi-ka-Alam, installed in the name of Imam Hussain, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, at the Bibi ka Alawa at Dabirpura, [1] Old City (Hyderabad, India) on the 10th day following Moharram. [2] It is a Shia event.
Abu 'l-Hassan Ali ibn Ahmad (or ibn Jaʻfar) ibn Salmān al-Kharaqāni (Persian: شیخ ابوالحسن خرقانی) was one of the master Sufis of Islam. He was born in 963 (352 Hijri year) of Persian [1] [2] parents in Khorasan in the village of Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan (today located in Semnan Province, Iran near Bastam) and died on the day of Ashura in 1033 (10th Muharram, 425 Hijri).
The name comes from Husayn ibn Ali, the third of the Twelve Imams and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Husayn was martyred at the Battle of Karbala on 10 October 680 CE on the orders of Yazid ibn Muawiya. The Shia commemorate his martyrdom every year on Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram. [4]