Today is the 10th of Moharram in the Islamic Arabic calendar , it is a holy day for Muslims . Muslims fast the 9th and 10th of Moharram from the sunrise to sunset voluntary as a custom of Prophet Mohammed "PBUH" to be followed
This year I won't go for the complex "Ashurah" celebration and its roots in history concerning the Sunni and Shiite ,I will keep it for another day
Instead I will go why Muslims consider that day as holy one before the battle of "Karbala"
we as a Muslim consider this day as a holy one because we believe that on that day the following happened:
- Allah forgive Adam for what he did from eating from the forbidden tree "fruit"
- Noah's ark was set on mount Ararat "Judy in Holy Quran" and Noah left the Ark
- Prophet Yunus "Jonah" was saved from the Whale
- Prophet Moses survived and his people from the pharaoh and his army "The Exodus"
- Prophet Jesus ,also had something related to that day either he was born on that day or he was saved from the being crucified and raised to the heavens "The third main difference between us and the Christians"
As you see it is a holy day ,and as part of being a Muslim is to believe in all the previous divine religions and prophets ,we must celebrate that day.
Very interesting to see that it has similarities as well as differences.
ReplyDeleteI still don't understand why there is such a big gap between all these religions. It's so fascinating to read about it, I think everyone should try to understand eachother.
well Nathalie ,the best thing we can do is to read more ,to understand the difference even if we have the gaps and we won't be able to close it but at least understand because as you said everyone should try to understand each other
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