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Matam
By Aneela
Sultan
Matam is a
physical action, which does not have only one cause.
Matam can be observed when there is an objection against the zulm
(injustice) of innocent souls. (Owais Qarni knocked out all his teeth on
hearing that the Prophet (pbuh) had lost his tooth in the battle of Uhud)
It can be observed when an individual objects to an action, which he/she
has committed against their own soul. (An incident has been narrated in
the Muwatta of Imam Malik in regards to a man who started beating his
breast due to having relations with his spouse one day, within the Holy
month of Ramadhan)
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Shab-e-Aashura (HAZRAT ALI ASGHAR(as))
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Tonight is the 10th night of Moharram.
Tonight is
the eve of Ashura. A very tragic night. A very sad night. The last night
for the 72 martyrs of Karbala.
The last
night for brothers to be with their sisters. The last night for sisters
to be with their brothers. The last night for fathers to be with their
children. The last night for mothers to be with their children. The last
night for little Sakina to be with her beloved uncle Abbas(as) and
dearest father Hussain(a.s).
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9th Muharram
(HAZRAT ALI AKBAR
(AS))
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Tonight is
the night of 9th Moharram.
It is the
second night without water.
It is very
hot in Karbala. Children cannot sleep.
How can they?
They are very thirsty and hungry.
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8th Muharram
(HAZRAT ABBAS(AS)
)
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Tonight is the night of 8th of
Moharram.
Surely tonight, we will shed
more tears. We will do more matam.
Tonight is a very tragic night,
it is the night of Hazrat Abbas.
Abbas! Who was Abbas(AS)?
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7th
Muharram (HAZRAT QASIM
(AS))
Bismillahir Rahmanir
Raheem
Tonight is the night of 7th Moharram.
Our Moharram majaalis continues. We
shall shed more tears for Karbala. We will continue our matam. Bibi
Fatima(s.a) is watching all of us. Everyone will be rewarded on the Day
of Judgement.
Our tears, our matam, for Hussain (a.s)
will not be wasted. Hussain (a.s) will reward us. Bibi Fatima(s.a) will
protect us. Allah will be pleased with us.
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Mourning
Every year, in the months of Muharram and Safar, we mourn Karbala.
We mourn the tragedy which befell the household of Prophet Muhammad
(saw) in the year 61 AH in Karbala, Iraq. Muslims and particularly
the followers of Ahlul-Bayt (as) wear black clothes (as a sign of
grief), hold Majalis (gatherings) where the tragic event of Karbala
is narrated, Marathiya and Nauhas (Eulogies and Elegies) are recited
and people weep.
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The Message of Devotion
"O People! The Messenger of Allah has said: If anyone witnesses an
oppressive ruler who permits that which has been forbidden by Allah,
breaks the divine covenant, opposes the Prophet's Sunnah and
regulations, and treats Allah’s servants through sinful acts and
oppression, but does not express his opposition by actions or words
towards that ruler, then Allah would have the right to place him in the
status of the oppressive ruler (the hellfire). (1)
A part of sermon by Imam Hussain ibn Ali (PBUH)
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Highlights of
Karbala
Think not
of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay, they live,
finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.
Holy Quran (3:169)
The events of Karbala reflect the collision of the good
versus the evil, the virtuous versus the wicked, and the
collision of Imam Hussain (the head of virtue) versus Yazid
(the head of impiety). Imam Hussain (pbuh) was a
revolutionary person, a righteous man, the religious
authority, the Imam of Muslim Ummah (nation). As the
representative of his grandfather Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
Imam Hussain's main concern was to safeguard and protect
Islam and guide fellow Muslims. On the other hand, the
staying power of the rulers (Muawiya and his son Yazid)
depended solely on the might of the sword. They used brute
force to rule over the Muslim empire even by all possible
illicit means.
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The
Martyrs of Karbala
Ganj-e-Shuhada is
the place in Karbala where the majority of the martyrs are buried.
After martyrdom, the bodies of the martyrs lay on the desert of
Karbala without Kafn. It was at the time of chehlum - the 40th day of
the martyrdom - that Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s.) returned to Karbala to
pay homage to the martyrs and he, alongwith the people of the tribe of
bani-Asad, buried the bodies of the martyrs of Karbala.
Here is a complete list of the martyrs of Karbala. Also included are
the people who were martyred for the same cause before the incident of
Karbala.
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Below is a message from
Dr. Sheikh Sayyid Muhammed bin Yahya Al-Ninowy (damat barakatuhum) on
Muharram from his Khalwa, asking everyone to make Du'a for him, and
all Muslims.
The Sheikh, may Allah
preserve him, said:
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim
"Among the
believers are Men, who delivered their promise to Allah" (Ayah
23/Surat Al-Ahzab)
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6th Muharram (Aun O Mohammad)
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is the
6th night of Moharram.
Our majaalis
continue. lnshallah, our eyes will shed more tears for the martyrs of
Karbala.
We will do
more Matam-e-Hussain(a.s).
"Hussain(a.s)!
Karbala! MATAM! MAJAALIS!"
When these
words echo from the walls of our mosque, a lady in black hijab joins us.
She is Bibi Fatemah(SA). She watches us. She cries with us. She collects
our tears.
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5th Muharram
(HABIB IBNE MUZAAHIR )
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is the
5th night of Moharram.
Our majaalis
continue. We will recite more nawhas to mourn the great loss in Karbala.
Our eyes will shed more tears and our matam will increase.
Day-by-day,
the scene in Karbala is changing. More and more soldiers join the
enemy's camp. Thousands have gathered to kill Hussain(a.s) - the
grandson of the Holy Prophet.
Bibi
Zainab(SA) said to her brother:
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4th
Muharram (JANABE HUR )
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is
the 4th night of Moharram.
Our majlis
continues. We will recite nawhas to mourn the great loss in Karbala. Our
eyes will shed more tears and our matam will increase.
Let us
focus our minds on Hussain (a.s) in Karbala.
He has
hardly 72 men with him. While, day-by-day, Yazid's vulture-like men are
gathering in large numbers to kill Hussain (a.s).
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3rd Muharram
(JANABE JOHN
)
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is the
3rd night of Moharram.
Majaalis-e-Hussain
(a.s) continues. As the nights of Moharram go by, our hearts are weighed
down with more and more grief. We continue to hear the majaalis about
the tragedy of Karbala.
Ashura day is
not far away We will recite more marsias and nawhas. Our matam will
increase. Our eyes will continue to shed tears for the Martyrs of
Karbala.
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2nd
Muharram (ARRIVAL IN KARBALA )
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is
the 2nd night of Moharram.
On the 2nd
day of Moharram, Hussain(a.s)'s caravan reached Karbala. Thousands of
Yazid's soldiers were already there, having arrived long before the
Imam.
The small
tribe living in Karbala gathered around Hussain(a.s)'s caravan. Imam
Hussain(a.s) enquired about the price of the land in Karbala. He then
bought the entire land.
Then, he
first spoke to the menfolk of the tribe.
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1st Muharram
(MAJLIS-E-HUSSAIN (a.s))
Bismillahir
Rahmanir Raheem
Today is the
first night of Moharram - the start of a new Islamic year.
We do not
greet it with merry-making, nor celebrate it by holding parties. Our
hearts are filled with sadness and grief because we remember those
martyrs who were killed in Kerbala.
For the next
twelve days and nights, we hold Majaalis-e-Hussain (a.s) to mourn the
death of Imam Hussain (a.s), his family and companions.
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The Brute Ibn Ziyad at Kufa got the information of Imam Hussain's
getting out of the control of Hurr and also learnt that Imam
Hussain (pbuh) had camped near the river Euphrates known as the
Al-Qama.
On the 3rd of Muharram Ubayd Allah son of Ziyad sent an army
counting four thousand led by Umar son of Saad Abi Waqqas were the
first to move towards Karbala. His orders were to get Imam Hussain
(pbuh) to surrender to Yazid. When Imam Hussain (pbuh) refused,
Umar son of Saad told Ubayd Allah son of Ziyad to send more
troops. Ubayd Allah son of Ziyad ordered all the men in Kufa to
come out and join the army to fight against Hussain. Anyone not
doing so would be killed. Whoever brings the head of Hussain will
get a great prize and I will make him the Governor of Al-Ray
province.
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By:Syed-Mohsin
Naquvi
1 February 2006
This is the seventh article in the
series on Muharram and its significance.
We began this series with an
introduction to the concept of Imamat in Islam. The first article in
this series introduced that concept from the holy Qur’an. The second
article presented a view of the same concept from Hadeeth by way of
a book review.
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By:Syed-Mohsin
Naquvi
29 January 2006
This is the sixth article in the
series on Muharram and its significance.
We began this series with an
introduction to the concept of Imamat in Islam. The first article in
this series introduced that concept from the holy Qur’an. The second
article presented a view of the same concept from Hadeeth by way of
a book review.
In the third of the series
we looked at the historical background of the ceremony of Hajj and
its connection to the event of
Karbala.
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By:Syed-Mohsin
Naquvi
21 January 2006
This is the fifth article in the series
on Muharram and its significance.
We began this series with an
introduction to the concept of Imamat in Islam. The first article in
this series introduced that concept from the holy Qur’an. The second
article presented a view of the same concept from Hadeeth by way of a
book review.
In the third of the series
we looked at the historical background of the ceremony of Hajj and its
connection to the event of
Karbala.
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By:Syed-Mohsin
Naquvi
14 January 2006
This is the fourth article in the series
on Muharram and its significance. We began this series with an
introduction to the concept of Imamat in Islam. The first article in
this series introduced that concept from the holy Qur’an. The second
article presented a view of the same concept from Hadeeth by way of a
book review.
In the third of the series
we looked at the historical background of the ceremony of Hajj and its
connection to the event of
Karbala.
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By:Syed-Mohsin Naquvi
11 January 2006
This is the third article in the series
on Muharram and its significance.
In the month of Rajab of
the 60th year of Hijra, Mu’awiyya died. Yazeed became the
Khaleefa of the
Muslim
Kingdom. People of Makkah and Madinah who had been
approving the Khilafat for the last fifty years, accepted Yazeed’s
accession to the throne without a word of protest.
To-day was the day of Eed-Qurban, the day following the Hajj. We would
like to bring to you the historical background to the ritual of Hajj
that every Muslim has to perform at least once in his/her life time.
We will then see the
connection of these stories with
Karbala, insha Allah.
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By: Syed-Mohsin
Naquvi
10 January
2006
This
is the second article in the series on Muharram and its significance.
In the month of Rajab of the 60th
year of Hijra, Mu’awiyya died. Yazeed became the Khaleefa of the
Muslim Kingdom. People of Makkah and Madinah who had been approving
the Khilafat for the last fifty years, accepted Yazeed’s accession to
the throne without a word of protest.
The first thing Yazeed did
was to send a messenger to the governor of Madinah to call the
dissenters to the his presence and extract their B’ayat. If they
refused, they should be beheaded and their severed heads were to be
sent to Yazeed. Abdullah bin Zubayr escaped to Makkah in the darkness
of the night before he could be accosted for the Ba’yat.
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By:
Syed-Mohsin Naquvi
January 9, 2006
We have just gone through the new year’s
celebrations for the year 2006. Soon we will be entering the Islamic
new year of 1427 come the month of Muharram. Some young Muslims born
and raised in the west generally and those living in the USA
specifically ask: Why don’t we celebrate the beginning of the Islamic
year? One group of Muslims actually get together during
the first ten days of Muharram and commemorate the great sacrifice
given at Karbala in the 61st year of Hijra (some 1,366
years ago). Those gatherings are somber in nature and consist of
serious lectures on history, religious ideology and the recital of
dirges and lamentations and other devotional poetry.
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