Since most people are unaware of the significance of #Muharram or the sacrifice of Hussain please bear with me as I recite the history of #Karbala every day

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Karb ( anguish) and Bala ( calamity) were the name given to the land of Nainawa where Imam Hussain and the male members of his family ( excluding an ill son) were martyred along with his companions. The ladies were imprisoned & taken to Syria
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When Yazid son of Mu'awiya declared himself as a ruler over the Ummah, he demanded Imam Hussain 's allegiance . Imam
flatly refused
Yezid floured the tenets of Islam as taught by the Prophet and #Hussain said,
"Someone like me, does not pledge allegiance to someone like him”.
As the representative of his grandfather Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Husain's main concern was to safeguard and protect Islam and guide fellow Muslims.
He left for Mecca to avoid bloodshed

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When Imam #Hussain reached Mecca he received 12,000 letters from Kufa in Iraq calling him there. Imam sent an emissary, his cousin Muslim Ibn Aqeel, to Kufa to ascertain the situation there
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Yezid appointed Ubaidullah Ibn Ziyad as governor of Kufa to control the activities of Muslim bin Aqeel & ultimately Muslim & his sons were martyred in the city of Kufa
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When confrontation seemed inevitable in Mecca, Hussain left with his wives, children, sisters, sons, brothers, nephews, nieces etc for Kufa without completing his haj.
He wanted to avoid bloodshed in the holy city of Mecca

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On the way to Kufa at a place called Zubalah, Hussain received the news that Muslim had been killed by Ibn Ziyad.
Hussain relayed the news to his companions & family.
They decided to continue their journey to Kufa
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Imam Hussain continued with the journey along with close companions and family members until he was face to face with a regiment of Yezid's army of 1,000 horsemen led by Hurr al-Riyahi

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That day when Hurr stopped Imam Hussain 's army it was 1st Muharram 61 Hijri or 680 AD

Hurr's army and animals had marched a long way in the desert. Hussain ordered water to be given to all from their supply.
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Hurr prevented the Imam's caravan from moving towards Kufa as per his orders.
Hussain turned the caravan away from Kufa. Hurr and his army marched parallel to the Imam. The two sides reached a village called Nainawa where the Imam pitched tents
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