Date: 2/27/2008
TUMSPR News: Condolence on the Arbaeen anniversary, the 40th day of mourning period after the martyrdom anniversary of Hussein ibn Ali (AS), the third Imam of Islam.
Arba'een is a Shi'a religious holiday that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashurah, the commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad which falls on the 20th day of the month of Safar. Imam Hussein and 72 supporters died in the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (680 CE). Forty days is the usual length of the time of mourning in many Islamic cultures.
The occasion reminds the faithful of the core message behind Imam Hussein’s martyrdom: establishing justice and fighting injustice, no matter what its incarnation -- a message that strongly influenced subsequent Shi'a uprisings against the perceived tyranny of Umayyads and Abbasid rule.(1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arba'een 1.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=6457
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