The Muslim community in India will observe Muharram on December 6 by fasting and offering prayers at mosques or masjids. Muharram festival is about remembrance. Both Shia Muslim and Sunni Muslim communities hold mourning ceremonies and fast during the day in remembrance of Hussain ibn Ali who was brutalized on the day of Ashurah, the 10th day of Muharram.
The communities carry out intricately embellished tazia as the conclusion of the month long observance. According to mythology, the Holy Prophet asked the Muslims to fast on the day of Ashurah because the Jews of Madinah also fast on the same day to rejoice the moment when Prophet Moses and his enthusiastic followers crossed the Red Sea astoundingly.
The Muharram festival, besides implying a month of mourning and abstinence, is also believed to strengthen the bond of brotherhood between various communities as people from other communities also involve themselves indirectly or directly in the month long auspicious rituals.
In India, Muharram is a national holiday. Processions are carried out by ardent followers and sympathizers of Hussain ibn Ali through loud lamentations or beating their chest that symbolizes as an act of expressing grief.
However, many people are against such acts because they believe Husain, shortly before his demise, asked his beloved sister Zainab, not to lament over his death by following such acts. With the passing of time, apart from the deliberate self-flagellation, many people consider melancholic poetry is too a profound way to observe Muharram and pay tribute to the martyrs in battle of Karbala. Top Stories. The incident coming on the eve of Muharram and Babri Masjid demolition day has city police on their toes.
Apart from the extensive video coverage of the Muharram procession, as many as 2, cops would be deployed in the Old City to maintain law and order. The procession is taken out on evening before the 10th day of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his companions at Karbala nearly 1, years ago.
Muharram rituals bond communities TNN Updated: 6 Dec , hrs IST Besides being a month of abstinence and mourning for the Shia Muslims, the Muharram month also brings out brotherhood ties between communities perceptibly as several Hindu families either directly or indirectly participate in the day-long sacred rituals. Launch alert: Maruti Baleno priced at Rs 4. More from auto ». Read online replica of your favourite edition of TOI anywhere. Live Astrology.
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