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Yā Hussain (Arabic: يَا حُسَيْن, romanized: Yā Ḥusayn) is an Arabic phrase used by Shia Muslims to invoke the memory or intervention of Hussain ibn Ali. It is especially used in the context of the Mourning of Muharram. The British in colonial India heard Muslims chanting "Yā Hussain! Yā Hassan!"
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar [1] and one of the four sacred months in which warfare is prohibited in Islam. [2] 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]
On 2 October 680 (2 Muharram 61 AH), Husayn arrived at Karbala, a desert plain 70 kilometers (43 mi) north of Kufa, and set up camp. [58] [52] A shrine built at the location of Husayn's camp. On the following day, a 4,000-strong Kufan army arrived under the command of Umar ibn Sa'd. [59]
On 2 October 680 (2 Muharram 61 AH), Husayn arrived at Karbala, a desert plain 70 kilometers (43 mi) north of Kufa, and set up camp. [1] [5] A shrine built at the location of Husayn's camp. On the following day, a 4,000-strong Kufan army arrived under the command of Umar ibn Sa'd. [37]
The battle took place on Friday Muharram 10, in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar (October 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, situated in present-day Iraq. [1] [2] The battle was between Yazid's army from Syria reinforced by troops from Kufa, and the caravan of families and companions of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Mourning of Muharram starts: continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal 2: M: Arrival of Husayn ibn Ali in Karbalā, 61 AH: 3: M: Water supply to the camp of Husayn ibn Ali was stopped: 7: M: Stored water in the tents of the camp of Husayn ibn Ali runs out: 9: M: Eve of Ashura: Called "Tāsūʿā" in Arabic 10: M: Day of ...
A marsiya (Persian: مَرْثِیَه; Urdu: مرثیہ) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hussain ibn Ali, his family, and his companions at the tragedy of Karbala. Marsiyas are essentially religious lamentations. [1]
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 ...