Muharram

What month is Muharram?

The month of Muharram or Muharram al-Haram is the first month of the Islamic calendar (Hijri lunar) and according to Muslims is one of the forbidden months. The name of this month was pre-Islamic in the period of Jahiliyyah (in Arabic: مُوْتَمِر or المُوْتَمِر) and in the time of Jahiliyyah Muharram (in Arabic: المُحَرَّم) was the name given to the month of Safar. All about the month of Muharram and its occasions .

Muharram is the first of the twelve lunar months and one of the forbidden months in which war was banned during the pre-Islamic period and in Islam. Of course, this month is very holy for Shiites; In order to celebrate this month, they weep for Imam Hussein (as) and take breastfeeding and the board, and feed those who go to the board, because they believe that these deeds will benefit them after death, and the sins They are forgiven. The first night and day of Muharram, as the first of the lunar year, has special prayers and rituals that are stated in the book Mafatih al-Jannan. Muharram is the month of grief and mourning for the Shiites in the murder of Hussein bin Ali.

mam Hussein (pbuh) went to Kufa at the invitation of the people of Kufa in Muharram of the year 61 AH and was faced with the unfaithfulness of the Kufis. arrived.
The eighth Imam of the Shiites, Imam Reza (as), said about the month of Muharram: In ignorance, the sanctity of this month was kept and they did not fight in it, but in this month, they shed our blood and broke our sanctity, and captured our children and women, and set fire to the tents and looted, and the sanctity of the Prophet.
ue to the love and affection of Shiite Muslims for Imam Hussein (as), each night of the first decade of Muharram is named after one of the martyrs or influential figures in the Karbala incident. The first night of Muslim Ibn Aqeel, the second night of entering Karbala, the third night of Ruqayyah, peace be upon him, the fourth night of the martyrdom of Hazrat Hur, the fifth night of the martyrdom of Zuhair, Habib Ibn Mazahir, Abdullah Ibn Hassan, the sixth night of Hazrat Qasim, the seventh night of Hazrat Ali Asghar is named after the eighth night of Hazrat Ali Akbar, the ninth night of Tasua and the martyrdom of Abbas bin Ali, the flag bearer of the IRGC, the tenth night of Ashura and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as).

Translator :Faeghe Ebrahimpour