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Muharram The Holly Month
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad and spiritual leader of the Shi'a people. Muharram has great religious significance in...
Imam Hussain (AS), The Champion of Freedom
I feel unworthy of writing about this tremendous personality, Al-Hussain. I do not know how to introduce him. How can you really describe consciousness; how can you define honor; how can you explain patience. All such human values are...
Why Imam Hussein’s sacrifice remains relevant to this day?
While Sunni and Shiite Muslims across the world, remember and commemorate Ashura- which falls on the tenth day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar - for two very different reasons, this day, which will forever bear heavy on Islam’s...
The Real Followers of Ahlul Bayt and Their Qualities
Imam Muhammad Baqir (‘a) told Jabir: "Is it enough for a person to (merely) embellish (oneself) as a Shi'ah (follower) by professing love of us, Ahlul Bayt? Nay! By Allah, a person is not our follower except the one who fears Allah and...
IMAM ALI BIN HUSAIN (A.S): HIS CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY
GENERAL REMARKS The beliefthat our Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W W), his daughter, Hazrat Fatima (A.S), Imam Ali (A.S) and other eleven Imams (whose biographies we are going to study in this course) are all...
Who is Hussain?
A world of love, of morality, of compassion, is one worth striving for. What’s more – it’s within our grasp. All we have to do is learn from the life of a truly inspirational man named Hussain. Hussain was born in 620 AD to a...
Imam Husain's Revolution: Analytical Review
INTRODUCTION This survey of the unique revolution of Imam Hussain (p.b.u.h.) is analytical in essence. The purpose of this essay is to give a qualitative rather than quantitative account. It has dealt with the causes, policy and...
Prophet, Imam Hussain and Quran
The city of Medina witnessed the birth of a blessed boy in the house of Lady Fatimah (A) and Imam Ali (A) on the third of Sha'ban in the year 4 after Hijra. Imam Al-Hussein (A) was later nicknamed the "Master of Martyrs." This...
Imam Husayn (a.s.) leaves for Mecca
According to Hisham Ibn Muhammad (al Kalbi) - Abu Mikhnaf: Yazid succeeded at the beginning of the month of Rajab in the year 60 (April 8, 680). Al Walid Ibn Utbah Ibn Abi Sufyan was governor of Medina, al Numan Ibn Bashir al Ansari of al...
The Aims and Objectives of Imam Hussain's Stand
What was the course of Imam Hussain's (A) revolution? What reasons prompted him to initiate such a great and unmatched upspring? Did he intended to overthrow the Yazid regime? Did he wish to end the Umayyid dynasty? These and such other...