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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]
[4] [4] In some Sunni communities, the annual Ashura festivities include carnivals, bonfires, and special dishes, [5] [6] even though some Sunni scholars have criticized such practices. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] By contrast, for Shia Muslims, Ashura is a day of mourning as they commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali , grandson of the Islamic prophet ...
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661–750), [11] link Ashura to various auspicious events: On this day, Moses parted the Red Sea, [9] [10] Noah disembarked from the Ark, [10] God forgave Adam, Joseph was released from prison, Jesus, Abraham, and Adam were born, Muhammad was conceived, [2] and Jonah was freed from the fish that had swallowed him. [12]
A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, [12] the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam [13] and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next. [14] [15]
The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.
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