Arbaeen (Arbayeen) means “forty” in Arabic, or Chehlum, as it is known by Urdu-speaking Muslims, is a Shia religious observation that occurs 40 days after the Day of Ashura (Aashura/Ashurah), the commemoration of the martyrdom by beheading of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali (as), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) which falls on the […]
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Arbaeen Anniversary of Imam Hossein
Our 3rd Imam, Imam Hussein (a.s) fought with Yazid in 61 AH to save Islam. Imam Hussein (a.s) was forced to fight Yazid’s army because he would not give Bayat (oath of allegiance) to Yazid.
Translate of “Ziyarat of Arba’een”
20th Safar is the day of Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s.), his friends and relatives in Karbala on 10th Muharram.
Jabir ibn Abd-Allah Ansari
Miracle of Islam: Excavation of the Graves of true Companions of Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) Though in normal cases and circumstances the dead bodies in the grave decompose and disintegrate yet there are proofs where the dead bodies of martyrs, prophets and saints have been found intact when their graves were dug.
Forty days after the Martyrdom of Imam Hussein (Safar 20 )
Imam Hussain (as) sets out on his Journey Al Husyan, the blessings of God be on him, set out from Mecca to Iraq on the day of Muslim’s (attempted) rising in Kufa, that is the day of Tarwiya, after staying in Mecca for the rest of Shaban, the month of Rmadhan, Shawwal and […]