Shia teenager bleeding on the tenth of Muharram
Shia in Lebanon commemorate the death of Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad Hussein whom Shias consider the third Imam and accepted successor to Muhammad was massacred with his followers in Karbala in modern-day Iraq in 680 His death or martyrdom is a hallmark of Shia faith Daily supplications reinforce the story of his sacrifice Ashura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar but Shias begin mourning in those 10 days leading up to the culminating event
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