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Arbaeen falls on the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in Karbala — the 20th of Safar on the Islamic lunar calendar. This year (1449 AH), that date lands on approximately Sunday, July 25, 2027. Sunday, July 25, 2027 (approximate)Arbaeen — 20 Safar 1449 AH What Does "Arbaeen" Mean? Arbaeen is simply the […]
Ashura (10 Muharram) — the day Imam Husayn was killed in Karbala — falls this Islamic lunar year (1449 AH) on Tuesday, June 15, 2027. The month of Muharram itself begins around Sunday, June 6, 2027. Tuesday, June 15, 2027Day of Ashura — 10 Muharram 1449 AH Why does this date change every year? Unlike […]
Karbala is a real, living city today, not just the name of a historical event. It sits in Iraq, about 100 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, and every year it welcomes millions of pilgrims from around the world. Karbala on the Map Today Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate in Iraq, located near the Euphrates […]
Ghadir Khumm is a spot on the road between Mecca and Medina where, in 632 CE, the Prophet Muhammad stopped a massive caravan of pilgrims returning from his final pilgrimage and spoke about Imam Ali. In Shia tradition, this moment is understood as the Prophet’s formal designation of Ali as his successor — a reading […]
Imam Husayn was killed on the day of Ashura (10 Muharram, 680 CE) in a hopelessly one-sided battle against Yazid’s army at Karbala, alongside most of his companions and the men of his family. He died because he refused to surrender or pledge allegiance under coercion — even after his camp was surrounded and cut […]
Imam Husayn set out in 680 CE heading for Kufa, not Karbala. He meant to answer a call from its people and lead them against the rule of Yazid. Karbala only became his final stop because Yazid’s troops cut off his path there, before he ever reached the city he was actually travelling to. Why […]
Imam Husayn was the grandson of the Prophet of Islam and the son of Imam Ali and Fatima. As a little boy, he held a special place in his grandfather’s heart — but his life, and its heartbreaking end at Karbala, grew into one of the most powerful stories in Islamic history. 6Age — lost […]
Imam Ali was the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and later his son-in-law, raised inside the Prophet’s own household from early childhood and among the very first people to believe in him. This is his story — from a boy growing up under the Prophet’s roof to the night he risked his own life to save him. […]
Eid al-Mab’ath marks the day Shia tradition holds that the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation in the Cave of Hira and was formally called to prophethood — not his birth or death. It falls on 27 Rajab in the Islamic lunar calendar, which this year (1448 AH) corresponds to Wednesday, January 6, 2027. Wednesday, […]
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