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Muharram (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم, romanized: al-Muḥarram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is banned. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is banned.
Mourning of Muharram (Arabic: عزاء محرم, romanized: ʿAzāʾ Muḥarram; Persian: عزاداری محرم, romanized: ʿAzādārī-i Muḥarram) is a set of religious rituals observed by Shia Muslims during the month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Twelver Shia Muslims believe the Islamic new year is the first of Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the Hijrah took place. [6] This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring battle of Karbala , which Shias say took place in 60 AH ...
Most rituals take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on Ashura with processions in major Shia cities. [ 30 ] [ 46 ] The main component of ritual ceremonies ( majalis , sg. majlis ) is the narration of the stories of Karbala ( rawza-khwani , qiraya ), [ 47 ] [ 30 ] [ 27 ] and the recitation of elegies and dirges ( nawha ...
For family members, friends, co-workers, or loved ones celebrating Muharram, here are Muharram 2024 wishes and messages to share in honor of the Islamic New Year: Wishing you a blessed Islamic year!
The Madhe Sahaba Agitation was a civil disobedience movement launched by Deobandi Muslims of Lucknow in the first half of the twentieth century to counter the commemoration of the tragedy of Karbala during Muharram.
Ziyarat al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa (Arabic: زِيَارَة ٱلنَّاحِيَة ٱلْمُقَدَّسَة) which means Ziyarat of the sacred area, is regarded as a related Ziyarat to Hussain ibn Ali; it is recited on Ashura day [1] [2] (and likewise other times).
The 1979 Qatif Uprising, also known as the Muharram Intifada was a period of unprecedented civil unrest that occurred in Qatif and Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, in late November 1979. The unrest resulted in 20–24 people killed in what was described as a sectarian outburst of violence between the Shi'a minority and Sunni majority in Saudi Arabia and ...