{"id":7321,"date":"2014-11-01T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vipinhairextension.com\/blog\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2020-12-17T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T09:16:49","slug":"muharramashura-2014-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vipinhairextension.com\/blog\/muharramashura-2014-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Muharram\/Ashura 2014 India"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of Muharram Festival<\/h2>\n

Muharram <\/a>is basically the festival of Muslims. The word “Muharram” means “Forbidden” and is derived from the word haram, meaning “sinful”. It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Muharram migrates throughout the solar years.<\/p>\n

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Muslims do fasting during this day, because it is recorded in the hadith that Musa (Moses) and his people obtained a victory over the Egyptian Pharaoh on the 10th day of Muharram. Fasting differs among the Muslim groupings; mainstream Shia Muslims stop eating and drinking during sunlight hours and do not eat until late afternoon. Sunni Muslims also fast during Muharram for the first ten days of Muharram, or just the tenth day, or on both the ninth and tenth days; the exact term depends on the individual. Shia Muslims do so to replicate the assassination of Hussein ibn Ali on the Day of Ashura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Reason for Celebrating Muharram<\/h3>\n

There are lots of reasons and scenes to celebrate this festival. Some main scenes in the procession at the Muharram festival are like:<\/p>\n