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  2. Imam Husayn shrine - Wikipedia

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    Imam Hussain shrine in 1932. Imam Husayn shrine (before the renovations in 2008). Husayn bought a piece of land after his arrival at Karbala' from Bani Asad. He and his Ahl al-Bayt are buried in that portion, known as al-Ḥā'ir (الحائر), where the shrines are presently located. The history of destruction and reconstruction of the ...

  3. Battle of Karbala - Wikipedia

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    The death of the third imam and his followers marked the 'big bang' that created the rapidly expanding cosmos of Shi'ism and brought it into motion." [88] Ritual of chest beating. Husayn's death at Karbala is believed by Shi'as to be a sacrifice made to prevent the corruption of Islam by tyrannical rulers and to protect its ideology. [100]

  4. File:Mausoleum Imam Husayn court yard, Karbala.jpeg

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    Mausoleum Imam Husayn court yard, Karbala self photographed: File usage. No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).

  5. Arba'in pilgrimage - Wikipedia

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    In Karbala alone, seven thousand of such hospitality units (mawakib, sg. mawkib) were set up in 2014. [31] Indeed, this generosity and hospitality are said to characterize the Arba'in pilgrimage. When the pilgrims finally reach the shrine of Husayn in Karbala, they recite the ziyara of Arba'in, a supplication for this occasion. [30]

  6. Arba'in - Wikipedia

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    Arba'in is a day of pilgrimage to the shrine of Husayn in Karbala, Iraq. Pilgrims arrive there in large numbers, often on foot. The most popular route is Najaf to Karbala, as many pilgrims first travel to Najaf and then walk from there to Karbala, some eighty kilometers away, which usually takes three days on foot. Along the way, volunteers ...

  7. Wahhabi sack of Karbala - Wikipedia

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    On 18 Dhu al-Hijjah, coincident with the anniversary of Ghadir Khum, [2]: 74 Wahhabis of the Najd led by Abdulaziz bin Muhammad ' s son, Saud, attacked Karbala. The Ottoman garrison escaped, and the Wahhabis were left free to loot the city and the shrine and kill 2,000 [2]: 74 –5,000 people.

  8. Turbah Karbala - Wikipedia

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    Turbah Karbala (Arabic: تربة کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'), [1] [2] [3] or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'), [4] [5] [6] or "Turbah of Imam Hussain" [7] [8] is the soil taken from Hussain ibn Ali's grave in the city of Karbala. Shia Muslims use it to make turbah and ...

  9. Husayn ibn Ali - Wikipedia

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    The older one, Ali al-Sajjad who became the fourth Shia Imam later, was 23 years old when his younger brother (Ali al-Akbar) was killed in the Battle of Karbala at the age of 19. Ali al-Akbar was born from Layla , the daughter of Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi, who was an ally of the Umayyads.