Muharram 10
From Mw
- 10th Muharram 61 (13th October 680) Battle of Karbala. Martrydom of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, with 72 family members and disciples in the scorching desert of central Iraq .
- 6th March 1906 (10th Muharram 1324) Battle of Bud Dajo. American under General Wood slaughter 900 Moros, mainly women and children.
[edit] Religious Significance
- On 10 Muharram is commemorated as the Day of Ashurah .
- fasting on the 10th of Muharram
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it was a day on which people of Makkah used to change the covering (Kiswah or Ghilaf) of the Ka’bah. The Quraish also used to fast on this day. (al-Bukhari, Hadith 1489 and 1760) |
