#Muharram is not a month of grieving nor lamenting.
To learn the lessons of the Martyrdom of Hussain (radyAllahu anhu) at Karbala is not an act of mourning, it's an act of learning and remembering loved ones and commemoration of courage against tyranny.
One way to reflect and relate to Islamic history is that not a month goes by except you tie it to events that took place in that month and you remember and reflect over them.
Muharram notwithstanding, many events took place in this month in Islamic history.
Allah gives us Ramadan for yearly spiritual detox & renewing our vows
Shawal to celebrate our achievements
Dhul Qidah to prep for the greatest days to come
Dhul Hijjah to embody the 5 pillars Islam is founded on in our human journey symbolized by Hajj
& Muharram to be freed
sh Muhammad Mukhtar alShanqiti taught us
"Fasting #Ashura Allah forgives both minor & major sins - except those that deal w others rights"
#Muharram
Muslims fast #Ashura to remember when Moses was saved from Pharoah the oppressing tyrant who was destroyed.
The deep lesson & hope for those being oppressed that:
Oppression will not last.
On #Ashura as well 50 years after Prophet Muhammad peace be on him passed away The Prophets grandson #Hussain was sieged & killed in Karbala
One of Islamic history's most tragic events.
Prophet (s) said
"I am from Hussain & Hussain is from me, Allah love those who love Hussain"
The Prophets grandson #Hussain (God be pleased with him)'s death on #Ashura is painful reflection of what we see today of innocents killed in #Uyghur #Kashmir #Syria #Yemen #Rohingya #Afghanistan etc
#Ashura isnt day of mourning but rather a day of admonition & servitude to our Lord He who saved Moses & Our Prophet (peace be on them).
It is a time to reflect on lessons & internalize the stand against oppression as #Hussain (God be pleased with him).
On the day of #Ashura
When God saved Moses & his people, Moses in the face of Pharaoh would say:
قال كلا ۖ إن معي ربي سيهدين
Moses reassured ˹them˺, “Absolutely not! My Lord is certainly with me—He will guide me.”
- Quran 26:62
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