The most painful moments of human history. It is difficult to listen to and relate the incidents which occurred on the 10th of Muharram (Ashura) in the land of Karbala. Imam Husayn (A), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (S), was brutally slaughtered like a sheep under the open skies by despicable individuals. This series is based on the authentic sources and Maqtals from Lahoof. “Muharram is such a month that the Arabs of the age of ignorance (pre-Islamic) too respected its sanctity and forbade oppression and blood-shed in it. But these people (the Umayyads) did not honor the sanctity of this month nor of their Prophet. In this month, they killed the son of the Prophet and imprisoned the women-folk after looting and plundering their belongings, verily Allah will never ever forgive this crime of theirs.”… -Imam Ridha (A) Nafasul Mahmum, Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi Ch. 2 Tradition n.1 (Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala) Courtesy Islamic Pulse

An army of tens of thousands had gathered under the banner of the wretched Yazid, son of Muawiyyah in order to annihilate Imam Husayn (A) and his few companions. Their intention was to murder the grandson of the Prophet and destroy Islam. Imam Husayn (A) and his comrades knew that they were facing certain death. Yet, one man from among the commanders of Yazid’s army paced between the army of Yazid and the camp of Imam Husayn (A). Hurr. He knew that abandoning Yazid’s forces and joining Imam Husayn’s side would mean certain martyrdom. And yet, what did Hurr choose? Courtesy Islamic Pulse

An introduction by Sayyid Haydar Hasanayn regarding the way in which we mourn for Imam Husayn (A), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (S), who was martyred brutally in the battlefield of Karbala in 61AH. Each year in the month of Muharram, Muslims across the globe commemorate this tragic event by wearing black, by reciting elegies and poems and by weeping. How do we look at the movement of Imam Husayn (A)? Is it something which happened, and now we simply weep out of lamentation? ...Or is it something more than that? What is YOUR role in the story of Imam Husayn? Courtesy Islamic Pulse