Portal:Shia Islam
Mourning of Muharram
The Mourning of Muharram, is a set of rituals associated with Shia Islam, which takes place in Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, maraking the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, and a Shia Imam, who was killed and beheaded by the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I at Karbala. Family members, accompanying Hussein ibn Ali, were killed or subjected to humiliation. The commemoration of the event during yearly mourning season, from first of Muharram to twentieth of Safar with Ashura comprising the focal date, serves to define Shia communal identity.
Shia Muslims usually wear black besides blacking out the mosques and streets to express their sorrow for the death of Husayn ibn Ali. At present, Muharram Observances are carried out in countries with noteworthy Shia population, including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, India, and Bahrain.
Shia Islam
Shi'a Islam or Shi`ism (from the Arabic word شيعة, short for the historic phrase shi`at `Ali شيعة علي, meaning "the followers of Ali") is the second-largest Islamic denomination. The singular/adjective form of this name is Arabic shi`i شيعي, traditionally translated into English as "Shiite" or "Shi'ite". This is used to refer to a follower of the Ahlul Bayt, and in particular a follower of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the Islamic prophet Muhammad's cousin, his son-in-law, and the father of Muhammad's only descendants. Ali was the male head of the Ahlul Bayt (Muhammad's household).
Selected article
Selected picture
A Tazieh scene which is a kind of Passion Play on the tragic fate of Husayn ibn Ali in Karbala.
Selected quote
Source
- Biharul Anwar, Vol. 45, P. 51
On this day
Movement of Husayn ibn Ali's caravan towards Karbala
- 8th of Muharram:
-
- Family and companions of Husayn ibn Ali were very thirsty, for this reason he Sent Abbas ibn Ali to Euphrates river to bring them water.
- Husayn ibn Ali met Umar ibn Sa'ad and dissuaded him from battle.
- Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad sent a letter to Umar ibn Sa'ad and threatened him and said: "If did not fight with Husayn, will selected Shemr as corps commander.
-
In the news
Chosen holy figures
Selected biography
Did you know...
- ... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
- ...that upon completion, the Mausoleum of Khomeini (pictured), under construction since Ayatollah Khomeini died, will have a tourist center, a university and a shopping mall?
- ...that the Amman Message was a statement issued by King Abdullah II of Jordan calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world?
Categories
Main Category:
Detailed information about the Shi'a Islam can be found under these sub-categories:
WikiProjects
Things to do
Wikimedia
- What are portals?
- List of portals
- Featured portals