Muharram is generally a sad month

The Shias mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussayn (as), his family and his loyal companions on the first 10 days of this month. The biggest day is the tenth of Muharram or the Ashura (December 6th, 2011).

A number of activities are planned on this day, such as, giving speeches remembering Imam Hussayn (as), reciting sad poetries (marsiya, nouha, latmiyah), carrying banners and arts decoration in support of Prophet family and also participating in the Ashura procession.

Please click here to see the philosophy of the mourning.

Interesting post in my reading list

I have been following a number of interesting blogs. For the past few days, the entries have been really good, but what caught my eyes today is a letter written by The Perfectionistas. She urged the silent majority to end the silence on the event of Ashura. She said

much time is spent relating how God blessed a string of noble prophets on Ashura, the 10th day of the sacred month of Muharram, as they spread the Divine message on earth. But little to no time is given to discuss the Ashura event that safeguarded this same message from corruption after the era of the prophets came to an end.

Respected scholars, I ask you to disseminate the story of Hussain far and wide--not just for the sake of historical truth or inclusiveness--but because it is the sunnah (tradition) of the Prophet (S) and exactly what the world needs right now!

ShiaChat.ORG

ShiaChat is up.

I had a nice little vacation. How about you?

ShiaChat hacked?

The sectarian hackers left the following message


"So you have to be living in the moon to believe the mahdi is going to be shia"

Yep! The Imam al-Mahdi is a true follower of the Prophet and his family. The Mahdi would not be following their brand of misguidance (murjiyyah aka Sunnism or Salafism/wahabism).

What is happening in Egypt?

29 dead since Saturday.

The military rulers in Egypt tried to keep power to themselves by promising to handover the rule to the civilians in 2013. The Egyptians want the military to handover the rule now. So, the military is now promising to step down in July next year. The people are outraged.