Ashur Day — the day of remembrance of the prophets of the messengers of Allah (08/08)

The tenth day of the month of Muharram — Ashur Day ( Day of Ashur ). On this day, according to the Qur'an, the creation of Heaven, Earth, angels, the first person — Adam comes. Light-coupling ( apocalypse, the end of the world ) will also come on Ashur Day.

The tenth day of the first month of Muharram Muslim calendar — is a day of mourning strictly observed by adherents of Islam. On this day, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad — Hussein ( 626 — 680 ) died.

Hussein was the second son of the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad Fatima. To avoid internecine contention, Hassan, the eldest grandson of the Prophet, entered into an agreement with the ( top ruler of ) Muavia that after his death, his heir would not demand the title of caliph. However, Yazid, the son of Muabiya, broke this agreement and illegally seized power. Being oppressive and vicious, he wanted to subjugate Imam Hussein, the younger brother of Hassan. He was looking for an opportunity to fulfill the insidious plan and, when Hussein went to Kufu with 72 members of his family and relatives, he began to implement it. Yazid and his people stopped Hussein near the Efrat River and subjected them to terrible torture and torment. Hussein and his followers stubbornly withstood all the difficult trials, but categorically refused to recognize Yazid as a caliph.

On this day, in the largest cities of Gujarat, long processions of believers take to the streets, accompanying « taziya » — reduced copies of the Hussein tomb and lead the horse ( in memory of the Huseyn horse ). This practice was started by Amir Timur, who invaded India in 1398. Timur built the first model of the tomb after returning to Samarkand from a pilgrimage to Karbala.

Ashur Day is celebrated by observing the 2nd or 3-day post ( 9 — 10th, 10 — 11th or 9 — the 11th of the month of Muharram ). The post on Ashur Day was accepted by Muhammad after his move from Mecca to Medina. Later, when a mandatory post was established in Ramadan, post on Ashur Day became voluntary, but desirable among Sunni Muslims.

For Shiite Muslims, this post is mandatory, since Ashur’s day coincided with the main date of the Shiite religious calendar — the day of remembrance of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad Imam al-Hussein ibn Ali ( 626 — 680 ), who on this day fell by the death of the Shahid ( fighter for faith ). After these events, the substantive side of the 10th day of the month, Muharram, acquired a different meaning.

Shiites devote the first ten days of the month to mourning the martyrdom of Hussein, conduct various religious rites throughout the month, during the course of which they are reproduced in the theatrical improvised presentation of the event of the 10th day of Muharram.

Initially, on the day of Ashur, Adam moved to Paradise and accepted repentance from him after sinning. On this memorable day, in different historical eras, Allah showed ten blessings to ten prophets ( the ship of Nuh ( Noah ) moored to Judi after Potop, the prophet Ibrahim was born, The prophets Isa and Idris ascended into heaven, the prophet Ibrahim escaped from the fire of the Gentiles, Musa and his followers escaped from the persecution of Pharaoh ).

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