Hussainiya

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Hussainia
Muharram mourning, Hussainia TZ.jpg
Hussainia in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Arabic (عربي) حسينية (ḥussainiā)
مأتم (ma'tam)
Hindi (हिंदी) इमामबाड़ा (imāmbāṛā)

आशुरख़ाना (āshurkhānā)

Persian (فارسى) حسینیه (ḥosseiniyeh)
Urdu (اُردوُ) امامباڑا (imāmbāṛā)
امامبارگاہ (imāmbārgāh)
عاشور خانہ (āshurkhānā)
حسينيہ (ḥussainiā)

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Hussainia (Persian: حسینیه), also known as an Ashurkhana, Imambargah, or Imambara, is a congregation hall for Shia commemoration ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram.[1] The name comes from Husayn Ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and the third Imam of the Shia Muslims. Imam Hussain was killed by the Umayyad caliph Yazid I at the Battle of Karbala in Iraq, on October 10, 680 AD. Shias commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain every year on the day of Ashura in Hussainias all over the world.[2]

A Hussainiya is different from a mosque in that it is intended mainly for gatherings for Muharram in the mourning of Hussain ibn Ali, and may not necessarily hold juma'at, or Friday Prayer.

In South Asia, a Hussainia can also be referred to as an imambara, imambargah, or ashurkhana. In Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, it is called a ma'tam (مأتم). In Lebanon, its called Arabic: حسينية‎‎ - Hussainiā. In Afghanistan and Central Asia, the equivalent term for a Shia congregation hall is takyakhana.

Notable Hussainias

A history image from Zanjan azam Hussainiya in Iran
A Hussainia in Iran
Imambara Wazeer Un Nisa in Amroha, India

See also

References

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