Ashura 2016 In Iran: Lady Zeinab Followers During Ashura Processions
Shia Iranian girls and women who are following Lady Zeinab, all covered with Chador and with a complete Hijab commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of the holy prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third Shiite Imam, Imam Hussain by taking part in processions and ceremonies held on the day of Ashura 2016 in Iran.
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Shia Muslims mark Ashura 2015
Millions of Shia muslims across Iran as well as elsewhere in the world commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and third Shia Imam on the day of Ashura.
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The yellow head band contained an Arabic sentence means: “We are all your Abbas, O’ Zeinab!”
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Shia Muslims commemorating Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia girls on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia girls on Ashura in Iran
Shia girls on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura
Shia Muslims on Ashura in Karbala
Shia Muslims on Ashura
The lady who completed the epic of Ashura
There was a lady who saw how her sons and her brother and all of her family members were violently martyrd on Ashura.
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She saw how Yazid’s army cut the heads of her family and put them on the arrows and how they ride on their bodies.
She was the only one who had to care of the women and children being held captive in Karbala and she was the one who had to continued the story of Karbala.
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This great Lady was Zeinab who is the prophet Muhammad’s granddaughter and Imam hussain’s beloved sister.
Our supreme leader, Imam Khamenei, in one of his speeches in year 2013 said about this great Lady:
“The epic created by Zeinab al-Kubra (PBUH)[1] complements the epic of Ashura. The epic that Zeinab al-Kubra (s.a.) created revived and preserved the epic of Ashura. The greatness of what Zeinab al-Kubra (PBUH) did, cannot be compared to other great events in history. It should only be compared to the event of Ashura itself and truly, these two events complete one another.
The Supreme Leader, Imam Khamenei
This great personality and this great lady of Islam and all of humanity managed to stand firm in the face of the great mountain of hardships and there was not even a tremble in her voice because of all these events. She stood firm like a glorious mountain peak both in the face of enemies and in the face of hardships and bitter events. She became a lesson, a role model, a leader and a pioneer.
The Great Lady
At the market of Kufa [A city in Iraq], while she was held captive, she made this astonishing speech: “Oh people of Kufa, who are treacherous and disloyal, do you cry for us? May your tears not dry and may your moans not stop. You are like a woman who loosens her threads after she pulls them together” [al-Ihtijaj, Volume 2, page 303]. The words are as firm as steel and the meaning flows like a river and it influences hearts and souls. In such conditions, Zeinab al-Kubra delivered a speech, which was like the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.), and she shook hearts and souls and she shook history with these words. This speech became eternal in history. It was delivered in front of the people while she was held captive.
Typography Labbayk Ya Zeinab
After that, she delivered a speech in front of Ibn Ziad [The ruler of Kufa] in Kufa and a few weeks later, she spoke in front of Yazid with such strength that it both humiliated the enemy and the hardships which the enemy had imposed. She said, “Do you foolishly think that you can defeat, suppress and humiliate the household of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) ?” “Honor belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the believers” [The Holy Quran, 63: 8]. Zeinab al-Kubra is the manifestation of dignity, as Hussain ibn Ali (PBUH) was the manifestation of dignity in Karbala on the day of Ashura.
The way she looks at events is different from the way other people look at those events. Despite all those hardships, when the enemy wants to taunt her, she says, “I did not see anything except for beauty” [Lohuf, page 160]. She said, “What I saw was beautiful. It was martyrdom. Although it was difficult, it was in the way of God and it was done for preserving Islam. It was the creation of an epic in history so that Islamic Ummah knows what it should do and how it should move forward and stand firm“. This is a great achievement made by the epic of Zeinab (PBUH). This is the dignity of God’s saint. Zeinab al-Kubra (PBUH) is one of God’s saints. Her dignity is the dignity of Islam and she made Islam and the Holy Quran valuable.
Of course, we are not as aspirational and determined as Zeinab al-Kubra (PBUH) and therefore we cannot say that the behavior of this great lady is our model. We are too inferior to say such things, but anyway, our movement should be in line with the movement of Zeinab (PBUH). Our efforts should be focused on bringing dignity for Islam, the Islamic community and the entire humanity. This is the same responsibility that Allah the Exalted has entrusted to prophets through Islamic obligations and rules.
…one of the factors which brought about this spirit and this patience in Zeinab al-Kubra (PBUH) and other divine saints – who moved forward with such spirit and patience – is sincerity and honesty. It is very important to honor our promises to Allah the Exalted and to devote our hearts to the path of God in a sincere way….” [2]
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[1] Al-Kubra means the great which is a title of Lady Zeinab.
[2] Read the complete speech at here
Ashura is an Islamic epic
“Imam Hussain who was the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, created an Islamic epic in Ashura not the shiite one.
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The enemy of Imam Hussain was Yazid ibn Mu’awiyah who violently killed the people of Medina and created the Harrah Massacare after what he did to Imam Hussain and his companions in Karbala. In other words, Yazid Massacred the people who had not gone with Imam hussain to Karbala and as the majority of these people had not accepted Imam ALi ibn Abi Taleb as the first succeeder of the Prophet Muhammad so actually they were Sunni.
Yazid Also did not believe in prophetness and revelation as he said it openly:“Banu Hashim (means the Prophet and his descendant) has played a game to obtain temporal power. The fact is that neither an angel came to them nor any revelation descended.”[1]
So how can a sage and wise Sunni nominate Yazid as Muslim?! …”
The 1st night of Muharram 2014 in a university in Tehran, Iran.
The 1st night of Muharram 2014 in a university in Tehran, Iran.
*The Professor Alireza Panahian, an Iranian cleric who teaches at the universities and Howzah, has given speeche every night in the the first ten nights of Muharram in the university of Imam Sadiq (PBUH) in Tehran and I tried to translate some of his saying for anyone who wants to know more.
[1] What Yazid said in Arabic is: ” لَعِبَتْ هَاشِمُ بِالْمُلْکِ فَلا خَبَرٌ جَاءَ وَ لَا وَحْیٌ نَزَل”
Ashura in Tehran
The day of Ashura falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calender.
Every year, in the day of Ashura, plenty of people dressed in black, take to street to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions.
Here is some photos of Iranian shiite Muslims mourning in the day of Ashura in the center of Tehran, Iran.
Ashura in Tehran, Iran
Ashura in Tehran, Iran
Ashura in the great market of Tehran
Mourning in the day of Ashura in the “Great market of Tehran”, a traditional Market in Tehran, Iran.
A video from Ashura
The month of Muharram and the day of Ashura is coming in less than a week.
I found a video clip trying to show what happened to Imam hussain and his family in the day of Ashura in Karbala. In this clip, you will see some scenes of an Iranian serial titled “Mokhtar Nameh”.
The Day After Ashura
Ashura and the month of Muharram in Iran
Ashura and the month of Muharram in Iran
The day after Ashura in Iran. Shia Muslims dressed in black, took to the streets and mosques to mourn the tragedy happened to Hazrat Zainab, the sister of Imam Hussain (peace be upon them) on a day known as Ashura
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