Muharram

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Muharram

• By
• Zahraa and Zainab Alkadhimi

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What is Muharram?

• It the first month in the Islamic lunar calendar
• It is one of the most holiest months
• It is a month of sorrow and sadness
• It is the time when Muslims commemorate the
  martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as), the grandson of
  the Prophet (saw) and the spiritual leader of the
  Shia Muslims

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Ashura

• On the 10th Muharram, the tragedy of Karbala and
  the day of Ashura took place
• It is known also as the massacre in Karbala
• This is the day why we mourn Muharram so much
• We remember the year 61AH/680CE

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Imam Hussein (as)

• Imam Hussein (A.S)
• Titles Ash- Shaheed, Sayyudal Shuhadaa
• (chief / prince of the Martyrs)
• Birth 3rd Shabaan 3-4 A.H in Medina
• Father Imam Ali (A.S)
• Mother Sayyida Fatimah- Zahraa (A.S)
• Martyrdom Ashura Day (10th Muharram) 61 A.H
  in Karbala

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• All this didnt happen out of free choice. NO!!
  But because of Yazid, who was a evil and greedy
  tyrant
• He asked for allegiance from our Imam
• A person like me can never pay allegiance to a
  person like him- Imam Hussein (as)
• If Imam gave allegiance to Yazid, then Yazid
  would rule unjustly, and change Islam to make it
  a religion that is evil and wrong
• Imam had to save Islam, for all the Muslims

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Imam Hussein (as)

• Imam Hussein (as) is our beloved 3rd Imam
• He and his pious companions are our heroes
• Without him we wouldnt be here we wouldnt be
  following Islam, we wouldnt be on the right
  path.
• He was very patient, very thoughtful and
  extremely considerate.
• Our Imam lost many of his dear family, friends
  and Shia companions.
• He lost
• Hazrat Qasim ( his nephew), Hazrat Abbas (his
  brother), Hazrat Ali Akber and Hazrat Ali Asgar
  (his sons), Aun, Muhammad, Hur, Habeeb, Qais,
  Muslim, Buhair, Zuhair and many more. In total he
  lost 72 people, 30 of them who were from Yazids
  side but then decided to follow Islam
• Imagine loosing your dearest family and friends.

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• Our Imam had the pain of listening to the
  children of the camp in Karbala crying Al-
  Atash (we are thirsty)
• He had to leave his daughter Fatimah- Sugra in
  Medina
• And he even had to explain to Sakina that her
  uncle Abbas had been killed and that our Imam had
  to go to the battlefield to give his life to save
  Islam.

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• Our Imam was so thoughtful and considerate that
  in the last minutes of his life, he was
  struggling to remove the spears from his chest
  because he knew that his daughter Sakina would
  come and sleep on his chest.
• Our Imam was about 56 years old when he did Jihad
  and gave his life for Islam.

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• Yazid then claimed he was a Muslim, but NO he
  cant be!!!
• When he killed Ali Akber, it proved he was not a
  Muslim, because Ali Akber was nearly an exact
  replicate of the Prophet
• And the Prophet is the messenger of Allah
• He walked the same, talked the same and looked
  the same
• When he killed Ali Asgher it proved he was not
  even a human being
• How could someone slaughter a child 6 months old,
  who had been thirsty for 3 days?
• And how dare he kill Hussein, isnt he the chief
  of paradise and the grandson of the Prophet

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At Karbala

• Hussein was slaughtered by Shimr
• Qasims body was trampled upon
• Ali Akber was pierced in the chest by a spear
• Abbas lost his arms and was killed
• Ali Asgher was killed by a 3 pointed arrow

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After Karbala

• The women were paraded without parda / hijab
• They were put on to ropes
• Imam Zainul- Abedeen was put on to chains, with a
  chocker that had spikes on the inside around his
  neck
• Sakinas earrings were pulled through her
  earlobes
• Tents were set on fire
• Sakinas weeping
• Sakinas death

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Burial

• Imam is now still buried in Karbala, next to his
  dear brother Hazrat Abbas
• Our Imam is well and truly remembered by Muslim
  visitors from all around the world, who want to
  pay their respect to him for saving their
  religion
• Whereas we dont know where Yazid is buried
• But he lies there very painfully and unnoticed

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WEEP!!

• Always weep and beat your chest for our heroes
  and heroines that passed away in Karbala
• Every tear will take you to Jannah
• Do not ask for any worldly things on Ashura,
  because Imam and his companions did not have
  anything
• If you do this you will get whatever you want
• And when drinking water remember the shuhadaa,
  especially Ali Asgher.
• Ya Hussein, Ya Hussein, Ya Hussein

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Marshiya Zainab has said O people

• Zainab has said O people,
• What has happened to my house?
• Yesterday it was so full,
• Now theres only emptiness.
• Umme Farwas son Qasim,
• Went to battle for Islam, x2
• His body was trampled upon,
• What has happened to my house?
• Zainab has said o people
• Lailas son Ali Akber,
• Who looked like my grandfather, x2?
• He was killed by a spear,
• What has happened to my house?
• Zainab has said o people

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Marshiya- continued

• The protector of my veil Abbas,
• Went out just to fetch water, x2
• He has lost his arms and died,
• What has happened to my house?
• Zainab has said o people
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• Banus son Ali Asgar,
• Who couldnt sleep in his cradle, x2?
• He slept on the burning sands,
• What has happened to my house?
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• Zainab has said o people,
• What has happened to my house?
• Yesterday it was so full,
• Now theres only emptiness.