Ashura - Shedding blood for Imam Hussain

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorates the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD – the defining moment of Islam’s confessional schism.

Typically, millions of Shiites from around the world flock to the golden-domed shrine where Hussein’s remains are buried, to pray and cry, shoulder-to-shoulder.

The shedding of blood during Ashura rituals in Karbala is an expression not only of grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, but also of repentance for leaving Hussain utterly defenseless during the Battle of Karbala after his Kufa supporters turned on him and joined the Umayyad army.

Ashura 2022 was observed on the sunset of Sunday 7th Aug, 2022.