Why Shia Muslims Observe Majlis and Matam During Muharram 2025?

Why Shia Muslims Observe Majlis and Matam During Muharram 2025? : The first month of the Islamic calendar i.e. Muharram has started. The month of Muharram is one of the four holy months of Islam. The new year of Muslims also starts from this month. The 10th day of Muharram is very important for Muslims. All Muslims celebrate this day in different ways. In such a situation, we are providing you information related to the holy month of Muharram and will also tell you why Shia Muslims mourn this month.

Why Shia Muslims Observe Majlis and Matam During Muharram 2025?

Muslims all over the world will observe the tenth day of Muharram i.e. on the day of Ashura. The day of Yaum-e-Ashura is a day of mourning for Muslims. This day is especially important for Shia Muslims. In the first 9 days of the month of Muharram, Majlis is held daily and then on the tenth day of this month a procession is taken out, in which Shia Muslims hurt themselves. The reason behind Shia Muslims doing this is the Battle of Karbala.

History Behind Muharram

According to the Islamic calendar, in 61 Hijri, on the 10th day of Muharram, that is, on the day of Yaum-e-Ashura, a war took place in Karbala. In this war, Imam Hussain, the grandson of the last prophet of Islam, Muhammad Saheb, sacrificed his life along with his 72 loyalists and family. Let us tell you that this war of Imam Hussain was with a cruel king named Yazid. Who did not spare even the innocent children in Karbala.

Remembering the same battle of Karbala, in the month of Muharram, Muslims all over the world express their grief in different ways and also mourn. On the day of Ashura, Shia Muslims hurt themselves and shed their own blood. During mourning, they walk barefoot on embers and also take out taziyas, as well as mention the story of that cruelty to the people by holding a majlis.

Why Shia Muslims Observe Majlis and Matam During Muharram 2025?

It is said that after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in Karbala, the women and children of his family were imprisoned in a jail, where they all remained imprisoned for a year. When they were freed from imprisonment in 62 Hijri, Imam Hussain’s sister Hazrat Zainab asked Yazid to mourn the martyrdom of her brother.

On this day, mourning was observed for the first time in the prison. After which the Shia community has been mourning. From here the tradition of mourning on the day of Ashura started. Remembering this sad story of Karbala, Shia Muslims hold Majlis. In the Majlis, they mourn by remembering that cruelty and also beat their chest.

When is Muharram in 2025?

Let us tell you that the 10th day of Muharram, Ashura, will be celebrated on 6 July this time. According to the Masjid-e-Nakhoda Markaz Ruyat-e-Hilal Committee, the moon was seen in India on 26 June. At the same time, the first day of Muharram-ul-Haram fell on 27 June. In such a situation, Muharram will be celebrated on 6 July. Muharram government holiday will be available on this day.

Muharram 2025 Holiday depends on the moon

At the same time, there are also possibilities that if the moon is seen on 6 July, then Muharram should be celebrated on 7 July. In such a situation, government holiday can be available on 7 July. There is a gazetted holiday in India on Muharram. Notification of closure of schools will be issued in Muslim-majority populated states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and West Bengal.

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