Hezbollah Leader Urges Muharram Mourners to Adhere to Health Protocols
Speaking at a virtual mourning ceremony on the first night of the lunar Hijri month of Muharram, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah also said Muslims should remain committed to religious teachings concerning patience and steadfastness in the face of oppression.
Shia Muslims in Lebanon started holding mourning ritual on the first day of Muharram.
They also cover walls with black cloths and raise a flag in the Beqa Area that has been blessed in the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in Karbala.
Every year in Muharram, Shia Muslims around the world commemorate the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (AS), and his companions.
Imam Hussein (AS), a grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala, in southern Iraq, in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I.
