ta'ziyah...have you ever seen them/seen them lately?

KKF · December 7, 2011, 1:03am

Re: ta’ziyah…have you ever seen them/seen them lately?

Ashura is a public holiday in India…there tales of hindu warriors going to Iraq to help Imam Hussein…as well as story of a hindu merchant meeting Imam Hussein quoted by Munshi Premchand in his book as…

“With tear filled eyes the traveler said: ”I am a Hindu, perhaps my fidelity is not convincing Master! Even though this heart is the land of Idol Temple In it is also lit the light of affection”.[33]
Husain ibn Ali said : What have you said in passion, Why should my eyes doubt your fidelity? My lord is aware of my conscience. What’s the difference between Hindu and Muslim is the quest for truth. This has the guiding principle for the People of the Cloak or Ahl al-Kisa.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi’a_Islam_in_India#India.27s_role_in_battle_of_Karbala)

These accounts r not backed or verified in anyway by Islamic texts of history…these r most likely legends…like a Hindu pundit on TV the other day said that Imam Ali came to India to meet one of the hindu gurus…again a claim unfounded in our sources of history…we do however have a wife of Imam Hassan AS from Sindh (called ‘Sind’ in historical islamic texts)…

agree…we have to separate facts from fiction. thanx for your input…i know one thing for sure because i’ve seen with my own eyes that for whatever reasons a certain sect/community of Hindus do celebrate moHarram…as the video shows which happens every year in the city of Banda, Uttar Pradesh.