Ali Asghar – the youngest martyr of Karbala

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Abdullah Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn (Tenth of Rajab, 60 AH – Tenth of Muharram, 61 AH) was the youngest child of Husayn ibn Ali and Rubab (the daughter of the chief of the Kinda Imra al-Qays tribe). Rubaab had two children, Sakina and Ali Asghar. She and her two children accompanied Imaam to Karbala. The fact that Imaam took with him a newly born baby further demonstrates the that his intention was never to engage in any armed rebellion. At Karbala Asghar was only six months old. He is honored by Muslims as the youngest martyr of the Battle of Karbala.

When most of Husain Ibn-Ali’s companions had sacrificed their lives for him, there was a cry heard. It was Husain, who was calling for anyone to help him. He reminded his enemies that he was the Grandson of the Prophet Muhammed [sm]. The same Muhammed [sm], who used to tell the people how much he loved Husain and his brother Hassan. According to traditions, once when he was preaching in the Mosque of Medina, and when Husain entered, he had tripped and fell because of the length of his thoub. The Prophet [sm] of God thus, left his preaching and ran to Husain, kissed him and brought him along and showed the people how much love he had.

Ali Asgher, fell from the cradle hearing the cry of his father Husain. Husain Ibn-Ali was called, and when he came, he saw the thirst that was gradually killing Ali Asgher. Therefore, he asked permission of his wife who was the mother of Ali-Asgher to take him to the battle field and ask his enemies for water.

Imaam walked into Bibi Rubaab’s tent. “Rubaab,” he said, “I will take him to Yazeed’s army. Surely they can not possibly deny this little infant a few drops of water?” Rubaab changed Ali Asghar’s clothes. She even tied a small turban on his head. Like any other mother she wanted her son to look at his best in front of strangers. Imaam Hussain took the child and covered him with a cloth to protect him from the scorching sun.

He brought the child into the battlefield. The enemy soldiers assumed that Imam Husain (a.s) was holding the Qur’an in his hand as a prelude to surrender. When Imam Husain (a.s) lifted the cloth, the soldiers gasped with surprise to see an infant. The infant smiled as if taunting the enemy in the face of adversity.
Walking up to Yazeed’s soldiers Imaam Hussain said,
“”O People! If, in your opinion, Hussain is guilty of any sin or crime, this innocent babe has done nothing to hurt any one of you. It does not even speak, and has not even uttered anything against you or your Amir at Damascus. He is dying of thirst. He had neither milk nor water for the last three days. Would you quench his thirst by a few drops of water? If you suspect that I demand water for myself in the name of the babe, then I will leave it here, if you want, and go easy and you may return it with his thirst quenched.”

Several enemy soldiers were moved by the sight and a murmur of sympathy was heard. Umar ibn Sa’d realized the seriousness of the situation and said, “Beware my soldiers! Do not be beguiled by al-Husain’s word. He is only tricking you into getting some water for himself. Even if al-Husain gets only a sip, it will reinvigorate him and several of us will lose lives.”

Imam Husain (a.s) replied,
“I only seek water for the infant, whose condition and agony is before you. Since you fear that I may myself drink the water, I am placing this infant on the ground so that you may yourselves take the child and quench his thirst.”

It is important to note that Imam Husain’s request of help was not because he expected to survive, but because he wanted to show that those surrounding him were stonehearted and cruel and that there was none, at that time, who was ready to help the lone, innocent person against the hordes who had gathered in support of oppression and tyranny.

He put the child on the sands of Kerbala and moved a couple of steps back.You can imagine how hot the desert sand was. Asghar lay there not even wincing. He turned towards the enemy and stared at them. A murmur arose among the soldiers but no one came forward to give water to the baby. Imaam took Asghar in his arms and in a clear voice said, “Asghar, my son, show them how thirsty you are!” Asghar turned his head towards the soldiers. He smiled sweetly. Opened his mouth. Brought out his dry tongue and moved it over his lips. The ultimate sword had been unsheathed! The soldiers were so moved by this that they could be heard sobbing. Still, they were very afraid of Yazeed and none dared come forward to give water to Ali Asghar.

This eloquent gesture of pure faith did not go unnoticed by Umar bin Sa’d who considered it to be much more powerful than all the eloquent sermons of Imam Husain (a.s) and all the martyrs. He therefore ordered Harmala to interrupt Imam Husain’s words.
The cruel Shimr said, “Beware soldiers! Al-Husain is only playing on your sentiments. Do not forget that the emir ibn Ziyad’s order is that not a drop of water should reach al-Husain or his family. Any disobedience of his order will invite immediate punishment.”

It seemed that Asghar was emerging victorious in this confrontation against the might of Yazid. He looked at Hurmala, a famous archer, and said, “Silence Hussain!” Then a terrible thing happened. Hurmala lifted his bow. Aimed an arrow at the child.
The arrow flew across the hot desert. There was a hissing sound. Asghar smiled. He lifted his head and arched his neck!! No civilized mind can even imagine what happened next. The hissing sound stopped and Asghar lay still on his father’s arms. Imaam Hussain looked down at Asghar’s neck, he saw the arrow, he saw the neck, he saw the smile and then he could see no more!!! Our Imaam began to feel faint. For a moment everything went dark. He could not see! There was a total silence over Karbala, broken only by the sound of the gentle waves of Furaat. Even the enemy appeared stunned. Slowly Hussain turned round and now looked at the baby in his arms. The arrow slit the throat of the six-month child and pinned him to Imam Husain’s ribs and arms. There was no way Imaam Hussain could dislodge the arrow. Imam Husain (a.s) collected in his palm the dripping blood from the child’s throat, looked towards the sky and then downwards towards the earth, and finally applied it to his own face. He was seen muttering something.

Several years later in a gathering, Imam Zainul Aabidin (a.s) was asked why Imam Husain (a.s) had applied the infant’s blood to his face and what was he muttering then. He replied, “My father was saying:‘Before God, I swear that these wretched people are cruel even to an infant. If I throw the blood of this innocent martyr toward the sky, no rain will ever fall anywhere on the earth, and if I throw it on the earth, it will become parched and unproductive forever. Therefore, I am applying it to my face so that I may complain to my Creator about the cruelty of these people.

His two arms were supporting the still child. He looked at the sky, and prayed “Ya Allah, give me courage in this most difficult moment of my life. No Prophet ever was subjected to a test as severe as this.” It is said that the Imaam was so shaken up by what had happened to the infant child, that all of a sudden his beard went all grey and he looked an old man. With his teeth he pulled his abaa over Asghar to shield the body from the scorching sun. Then he took a few deep breaths, and began to walk towards his camp. As he got near he saw Rubaab standing at the entrance to her tent. He saw the anxiety, the hope, the fear and the restlessness in her eyes. Our Imaam seemed to lose all strength. He could not walk forward towards Bibi Rubaab. He did not know how to take this child of his back to his mother, who will never again smile..

He took seven steps back saying “INNA LILLA-HI WA INNA ILAY-HI RAJEEOON”. He stopped and thought that he must take the child to his mother. He again took seven steps forwards saying “INNA LILLA-HI WA INNA ILAY-HI RAJEEOON”. Once again his eyes met with those of Bibi Rubaab’s.

Again our Imaam seemed to lose his courage and walked backwards repeating “INNA LILLA-HI WA INNA ILAY-HI RAJEEOON”. Imaam Hussain did this seven times. Forward and backward. All the time Bibi Rubaab’s eyes remained transfixed on the child. Each time Imaam reciting “INNA LILLA-HI WA INNA ILAY-HI RAJEEOON”. Finally, somehow, he got the arrow dislodged. He now took the dead infant to Bibi Rubaab.
Rubab looked at her husband’s face covered in blood and cried out “What have they done to my son, did they even give him a drop of water before they killed him?” Imam Husain (AS) said “I pleaded with them to give him water, but instead they drenched him with blood.” Rubab said “Please bury Ali Asgher with your own hands.” Hence he sat down to bury his baby son in the burning sand of the desert, by digging a grave using sword. After that he looked up and said. “O Almighty God bear witness that I have done my duty to the last.”

When Husain was beheaded and murdered, Ibn-Zyad announced that anyone who could bring the sever heads of all the companions of Hussein, would be rewarded. Eventually, all of Hussein’s companions’ severe heads were brought. Ibn Zyad questioned the head of the six-month old child Hurmala had killed. One of the people of Yazid’s Army explained that he saw Hussein Ibn Ali burrying his son.

Therefore, Ibn Zyad demanded that his army should go around the camp of Hussein and stabbing the ground with their swords and spears until they find the grave.
As a result, one of the soldiers found the body and beheaded Ali-Asgher’s head from his body. His severe head, along with all the companions’ heads was raised on spears. The ladies of Hussein who were taken prisoners were constantly reminded of their loved ones especially the wife of Hussein, Ruqayya.

At six months of age, Ali Asghar was killed by an arrow to his neck from Yazid’s army on the 10th of October 680, 10 Muharram 61 AH, which is known as Ashura. Does not even this one single sacrifice suffice to touch every human heart? Can we not call this one sacrifice alone greater than the sacrifice offered by Abraham? God alone knows the degree of the patience and the fortitude which He had endowed in the Imam Husain (AS) to bear the series of such unbearable calamities.

Keep prayers to Allah for hastening the reappearance, hence it is your victory.

We pray to Allah (SWT) to keep us firm on His path, and to always protect us from negligence in discharging our duties towards Him. Ameen

O Allah! Hasten the reappearance of our master Imam-e-Zamaana (AS) and enlist us among his helpers and soldiers! Ameen

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Egypt: Al-Azhar Sheikh Invited to Attend Ashura Mourning Ceremony

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An Egyptian Shia activist has invited Al-Azhar’s Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb to attend the Ashura mourning ceremony at Cairo’s Imam Hussein (AS) Mosque.

Sayyid Taher al-Hashemi, who is a member of the Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly, asked al-Tayyeb to deliver a speech in the program on the event of Ashura, Bawaba website reported.

He also invited Egyptian Awqaf ministry official and members of the country’s Islamic Studies Center to take part in the ceremony.

Al-Hashemi’s call has drawn some objections, however. Muhammad al-Shahat, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Islamic Affairs Council, considered it to be a move aimed at “introducing Shia ideology and imposing Shia school of thought on Sunnis”.

Due to anti-Shia propaganda, Egyptian Shias face a lot of challenges living and practicing their faith freely in a country that spent a significant part of its history under Shia rule.

Every year, millions of Shias and other Muslims around the world mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his 72 faithful companions on Ashura, the tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar year, Muharram.

Ashura ceremonies symbolize eternal and unwavering stance of truth against falsehood and humanity’s struggle against tyranny realized by Imam Hussein (AS).

This year, the day of Ashura falls on Tuesday, November 4.

 

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Mass trek of people to Muharram Majalis in Bauchi, Nigeria + Pics

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In continuation of Muharram Majalis across Nigeria by members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria under His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky, mass trek of people is being witnessed to the event in various locates. These are the pictures of the mass trek of people in Bauch to the mourning session.









If Husayn was christain

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If Husayn was one of us, we would have put up a flag and a minaret for him in every part of the earth and called the people to Christianity

Antoine Bara

 

Golden Sayings of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) about Imam Hussain

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* “Hussain is of myself and I am of Hussain. O’ Allah be pleased with those who please Hussain and hate those who hate Hussain.”

These holy words were uttered by the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H), the one who never speaks of his own desire but only as inspired to him by the one Mighty in power.

* The muslims feeling gratitude towards the Prophet (P.B.U.H) for his efforts in guiding them offered to reward him with gold. The Prophet (P.B.U.H) answered them with a verse that was revealed to him, ” Say, No reward do I ask of you for this except being kind to those of kin” (verse 23/sura 42). Al- Kashaf ( an authoritative interpretation of the Holy Quran) narrates that when this was revealed, people asked the Prophet “O, Prophet of God, who are the ones whose respect is made obligatory upon us in this verse?” The Prophet (P.B.U.H) answered “They are Ali, Fatema and their two sons.”

* “Hassan and Hussain are masters of youth in Paradise.”

* One day, when the Holy Prophet was in prostaration (sajda) during a prayer, Imam Hussain (a.s) then climbed on his back. The Holy Prophet remained in prostration untill Imam Hussain (a.s) came down himself.

*Ibn Saad (an eighth century historian) narrates from Ash-Shabi that Imam Ali (a.s) while on his way to Siffin passed through the desert of Karbala. He stopped and wept bitterly. When asked regarding the cause of his weeping, he commented that one day he visited the Holy Prophet and found him weeping. When he asked the cause, the Apostle of Allah replied, ” O’ Ali, Jibrael has just been with me and informed me that my son Hussain would be martyred in Karbala, a place near the bank of the river Euphrates. This moved me so much that I could not help weeping.”

*Anas bin Harith narrates that : One day the Holy Prophet(P.B.U.H) ascended the pulpit to deliver a sermon to his associates while Imam Hussain and Imam Hasan were sitting before him. When the sermon concluded, he put his left hand on Imam Hussain and raising his head towards Heaven, said: “O my Lord! I am Muhammad Thy slave and Thy Prophet, and these two are the distinguished and pious members of my family who would fortify my cause after me. O my Lord! Gabriel has informed me that my son Hussain will be killed.O my Lord, bless my cause in Hussain’s martyrdom, make him the leader of the martyrs, be Thou his helper and guardian and do not bless assassins.’

What non-Muslims Say about Imam Husain

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Charles Dickens

“If Husain fought to quench his worldly desires, then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for Islam.”

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

The sacrifice of Imam Husain is not limited to one country, or nation, but it is the hereditary state of the brotherhood of all mankind.

Dr. Radha Krishnan

Though Imam Husain gave his life almost 1300 years ago, but his indestructible soul rules the hearts of people even today.

Swami Shankaracharya

It is Husain’s sacrifice that that has kept Islam alive or else in this world there would be no one left to take Islam’s name.

Rabindranath Tagore

In order to keep alive justice and truth, instead of an army or weapons, success can be achieved by sacrificing lives, exactly what Imam Husain did.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Imam Husain’s sacrifice is for all groups and communities, an example of the path of rightousness.

Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

I congratulate Muslims that from among them, Husain, a great human being was born, who is reverted and honored totally by all communities.

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

“Husayn fell, pierced by an arrow, and his brave followers were cut down beside him to the last man. Muhammadan tradition, which with rare exceptions is uniformly hostile to the Umayyad dynasty, regards Husayn as a martyr and Yazid as his murderer.”

Robert Durey Osborn

“Hosain had a child named Abdallah, only a year old. He had accompanied his father in this terrible march. Touched by its cries, he took the infant in his arms and wept. At that instant, a shaft from the hostile ranks pierced the child’s ear, and it expired in his father’s arms. Hosain placed the little corpse upon the ground. ‘We come from God, and we return to Him!’ he cried; ‘O Lord, give me strength to bear these misfortunes! ‘ .

Faint with thirst, and exhausted with wounds, he fought with desperate courage, slaying several of his antagonists. At last he was cut down from behind; at the same instance a lance was thrust through his back and bore him to the ground; as the dealer of this last blow withdrew his weapon, the ill-fated son of Ali rolled over a corpse. The head was severed from the trunk; the trunk was trampled under the hoofs of the victors’ horses; and the next morning the women and a surviving infant son were carried away to Koufa. The bodies of Hosain and his followers were left unburied on the spot where they fell.

For three days they remained exposed to the sun and the night dews, the vultures and the prowling animals of the waste; but then the inhabitants of a neighbouring village, struck with horror that the body of a grandson of the Prophet should be thus shamefully abandoned to the unclean beasts of the field, dared the anger of Obaidallah, and interred the body of the martyr and those of his heroic friends.”

Sir William Muir

“The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the caliphate, but of the Mohammedan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared. ”

Peter J. Chelkowski

“Hussein accepted and set out from Mecca with his family and an entourage of about seventy followers. But on the plain of Kerbela they were caught in an ambush set by the . caliph, Yazid. Though defeat was certain, Hussein refused to pay homage to him. Surrounded by a great enemy force, Hussein and his company existed without water for ten days in the burning desert of Kerbela.

Finally Hussein, the adults and some male children of his family and his companions were cut to bits by the arrows and swords of Yazid’s army; his women and remaining children were taken as captives to Yazid in Damascus. The renowned historian Abu Reyhan al-Biruni states; “. then fire was set to their camp and the bodies were trampled by the hoofs of the horses; nobody in the history of the human kind has seen such atrocities.”

Simon Ockley

“Then Hosein mounted his horse, and took the Koran and laid it before him, and, coming up to the people, invited them to the performances of their duty: adding, ‘O God, thou art my confidence in every trouble, and my hope in all adversity!’. He next reminded them of his excellency, the nobility of his birth, the greatness of his power, and his high descent, and said, ‘Consider with yourselves whether or not such a man as I am is not better than you; I who am the son of your prophet’s daughter, besides whom there is no other upon the face of the earth.

Ali was my father; Jaafar and Hamza, the chief of the martyrs, were both my uncles; and the apostle of God, upon whom be peace, said both of me and my brother, that we were the chief of the youth of paradise. If you will believe me, what I say is true, for by God, I never told a lie in earnest since I had my understanding; for God hates a lie. If you do not believe me, ask the companions of the apostle of God [here he named them], and they will tell you the same. Let me go back to what I have.’ They asked, ‘What hindered him from being ruled by the rest of his relations.’ He answered, ‘God forbid that I should set my hand to the resignation of my right after a slavish manner. I have recourse to God from every tyrant that doth not believe in the day of account.”

Edward G. Brown

“a reminder of the blood-stained field of Kerbela, where the grandson of the Apostle of God fell at length, tortured by thirst and surrounded by the bodies of his murdered kinsmen, has been at anytime since then sufficient to evoke, even in the most lukewarm and heedless, the deepest emotions, the most frantic grief, and an exaltation of spirit before which pain, danger and death shrink to unconsidered trifles.”

Ignaz Goldziher

“Ever since the black day of Karbala, the history of this family . has been a continuous series of sufferings and persecutions. These are narrated in poetry and prose, in a richly cultivated literature of martyrologies – a Shi’i specialty – and form the theme of Shi’i gatherings in the first third of the month of Muharram, whose tenth day (‘ashura) is kept as the anniversary of the tragedy at Karbala. Scenes of that tragedy are also presented on this day of commemmoration in dramatic form (ta’ziya).

‘Our feast days are our assemblies of mourning.’ So concludes a poem by a prince of Shi’i disposition recalling the many mihan of the Prophet’s family. Weeping and lamentation over the evils and persecutions suffered by the ‘Alid family, and mourning for its martyrs: these are things from which loyal supporters of the cause cannot cease. ‘More touching than the tears of the Shi’is’ has even become an Arabic proverb.”

Edward Gibbon

“In a distant age and climate the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.”

Thomas Carlyle

“The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were the rigid believers of God. They illustrated that numerical superiority does not count when it comes to truth and falsehood. The victory of Husain despite his minority marvels me!”

Dr. K. Sheldrake

“Husain marched with his little company not to glory, not to power or wealth, but to a supreme sacrifice and every member of that gallant band, male and female, knew that the foes were implacable, were not only ready to fight but to kill. Denied even water for the children, they remained parched under a burning sun, amid scorching sands yet no one faltered for a moment and bravely faced the greatest odds without flinching.”

A 9-month Old Shiite Girl Slains at Imam Hussain Majlis in Karachi

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When children are killed in the hail of virulent hatred there is a special kind of barbarity. Children have no agency, not even the slightest shred of the responsibility or complicity that adults to one degree or another may possess for their beliefs. They are not yet old enough to question the choice their birth forced on them.

When children are attacked and lose their lives or their little legs, their arms, their eyes it is everybody’s tragedy and everybody’s burden.

According to their pronouncements, traits, situations, motivations, and actions – only Wahhabi-inspired takfiri militants are capable of such intent in today’s world.

A minor Shia Muslim baby embraced martyrdom and nine people, mostly women, have been injured in a blast perpetrated by takfiri nasbi terrorists of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ) near an Imam Bargah (Shia religious place for mourning) in Karachi on Tuesday night.

AIG Karachi Police Ghulam Qadir Thaibu said terrorists riding motorcycles threw a cracker near Islamic Research Center near Ayesha Manzil Bus Stop and fled the scene.

The cracker was lobbed near the entry-exit point of the Imam Bargah situated in the premises of Islamic Research Centre when mourners of Imam Hussain (AS) were leaving the Imam Bargah at the end of majlis.

The injured were rushed to the hospital for treatment. A 9 month old baby namely Kiran Fatima alias Batool breathed her last at a private hospital. Some of the injured were identified as Waqar Abbas son of Wafa Abbas, Ali Hassan, Zahra, Faiza and Sana Zaidi.

The blast angered Shia Muslims who complained that the blast occurred due to lack of security by the police and rangers near the Imam Bargah and on the road bridge in front of the Imam Bargah.

Shia parties and leaders condemned the blast that police and rangers considered either cracker or hand grenade. They said that eminent Shia leader Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi was addressing the majlis-e-aza at the Imam Bargah and the terrorist attack was a veiled threat to Shia leader hence security officials need to make fool proof security arrangements to avoid such attacks at any place in future.

Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) has condemned the attack, seeking more security to Shia mourners during the holy month of Muharram. “We demand full security to the mourners from Sindh government,” said Allama Raja Nasir Abbas of MWM.

He also demanded a swift arrest of the culprits behind the attack.

On Sunday, police in Karachi claimed that they killed nine suspected extremists, who according to them were planning to target Muharram related events.

Main Ashura procession among other Muharram events have been attacked in Karachi in the past as well.

Every year during Muharram, Shia Muslims across the globe mourn the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, and his 72 followers in the battle of Karbala.

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Campaign in Germany about Imam Hussein’s (AS) Uprising

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A campaign has been launched by a number of lecturers and students of the Islamic Studies Center in Hamburg, Germany, to introduce the objectives and features of Imam Hussein’s (AS) uprising.

72 lecturers and students of the scholarly center have planned sessions with the aim of disseminating the teachings of Ashura uprising.

The campaign began on the first night of Muharram, the first month in the lunar Hijri calendar, and will continue for five nights.
The organizers plan to hold the sessions in five great cities of Germany in next year’s Muharram.

Islam is the largest minority religion in the country. The large majority of Muslims in Germany are of Turkish origin followed by smaller groups from Pakistan, countries of the former Yugoslavia, Arab countries, Iran and Afghanistan.

Every year, millions of Muslims around the world mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his 72 faithful companions on Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram.

Ashura ceremonies symbolize eternal and unwavering stance of truth against falsehood and humanity’s struggle against tyranny realized by Imam Hussein (AS).

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7th Conference on martyrdom of Imam Hussain held at Rawilpindi

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Rawalpindi Arts Council arranged 7th Shahadat-e-Imam Hussain Conference in connection with sacred month of Muharam.

The conference was presided over by Chairman Anjuman Aalmi Tehreek Panjtan Pak Pir Dr Azmat Ullah Sultan. DG Khana Farhang Iran Muhammad Akbari was chief guest at the occasion. The conference was also addressed by Syed Farhad Ali, Sayda Ruqia Shah, Agha Nayyer Abbas, Ali Akbar Kazmi, Naeem Qureshi, Syed Qamar Zaidi, Allah Yar Niazi, Hakeem Mehmood, Maulana Saleem Haider, Rafiq Mughal, Nisar Abbas, Syed Hasnain Sherazi and others religious scholars.

The speakers addressing at the occasion said that Shahadat-e-Imam Hussain is an example of truthfulness. They said that Imam Hussain refused to accept falseness which is need of the time. Resident Director RAC Waqar Ahmed thanked all the honorable guests. The conference was also attended by the leaders from Christian, Hindu and Bohra Community.

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Muharram mourning ceremonies commence in Bauchi, Nigeria / pics

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Saturday last week, Muharram 2, 1436 AH (25/10/2014), hundreds of Ahlul Bayt followers in Bauchi began Ashura ceremonies.

Men women and children were seen in orderly manner heading for the Kobi central playground, draped in black carrying black, red and green flags and reciting elegies lamenting the the martyrdom of grandson of the Holy Prophet, Imam Hussain (AS) in the plain of Karbala 61 years after Hijra. The Ameer, Malam Ahmad Yusuf Yashi started his lecture by extending condolence to the Prophet’s Pure Progeny (A’imma), from the Holy Prophet to the last of the Imams (AS), the Awaited Saviour.

He narrated the tragedy of Karbala citing many popular references, saying the event of Ashura and Karbala is now very well known among the people. According to him, due to constant remembrance of the tragedy by followers of Ahlul Bayt (AS), the mystery surrounding the issue has now become more manifest in the society.

The session was completed by songs of lamentation and drama depicting the event of Karbala.