Historians have credited Imam Hussain (AS) for creating an enduring revolution that eventually brought down Yazid and left an inspiration for Muslims to follow, writes Farhan Bokhari
As Imam Hussain held up his infant son, Ali Asghar before the army of Yazid seeking water for the malnourished and dehydrated baby, the instant response to his call was particularly cruel even by.
This week’s arrival of ‘Muharram’ – the first month of the Islamic calendar – was marked with powerful symbolism, when red lights replaced green ones surrounding the.
The memory of the battle of Karbala in southern Iraq almost 1400 years ago has refused to fade away with the passage of time. ‘Ashura’ – the 10th day of Muharram when the battle was fought –.
Bibi Zainab’s leadership
February 27, 2021
More than thirteen centuries after the encounter at Karbala became a legend for all times to come, the epic story of this tragic massacre remains incomplete without the persona of Bibi Zainab (a.s.).
On Sunday (February 28/15th Rajab al murajab) scores of Muslim mourners will remember Bibi Zainab (a.s.), the younger sister of Imam Hussain (a.s.) on the day of her martyrdom.
Pilgrims will either head to her final resting place in Damascus at the center of a neighborhood known as ‘Zainabiya’ or the mausoleums of the martyrs of Karbala, southern Iraq, at the centre of the legend of Karbala.