Tasua

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Tasua is an important Islamic holy day observed on the 9th of Muharram, particularly by Shia Muslims, in mourning and remembrance of the events leading up to the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at Karbala.

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instanceOf Islamic holy day
Shia religious observance
associatedWith Abbas ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
calendarRelation ninth day of Muharram
category Islamic holy days
Shia days of mourning
commemorates events leading to the Battle of Karbala
martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali
devotionalTexts Marsiya (elegiac poetry)
Noha (lamentation poetry)
geographicRegionOfProminence Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
India
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Pakistan
languageVariant Tasu'a
linkedEvent Battle of Karbala
linkedHistoricalFigure Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad
Yazid I
liturgicalContext Ashura commemorations
Muharram rituals
observedBy Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

some Sunni Muslims
observedOn 9th of Muharram
practicesInclude charity and food distribution
mourning gatherings
processions
public lamentation
recitation of elegies
religious sermons
visiting Husayn ibn Ali shrines
precedes Ashura
relatedToCalendar Islamic lunar calendar
religiousBranch Shia Islam
religiousSignificance intensification of grief for Husayn ibn Ali
preparation for Ashura mourning
religiousTradition Islam
symbolism steadfastness in faith
support for Husayn ibn Ali
theme loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali
opposition to injustice
remembrance of Karbala
sacrifice
timeOfYear first month of Islamic year
typeOfMourning religious mourning

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