Imam Hussain was the grandson of the Holy Prophet of Islam.After the passing away of the Prophet , there was a clamouring of power , though the Holy Prophet had inadvertently mentioned at Ghadir Qum Man Kunto Moula Ali Fazhaiun Moula , simply translated it meant give Ali the same respect as you give me.
However [...]

11th Moharam Juloos Dargah Hazrat Abbas 2

June 7th, 2007
Categories: Fourth Imam Zainul Abedin, Moharam in Lucknow, hazrat abbas dargah, shiaism

I have said so much about Zuljana on the battlefield of Karbala.
He stood by hs Master.
Yes even Yazids forces stood by their Master, loyal till the end, these namaz praying, fasting Moslems, who had once uttered La He Laha Ilal Lah Mohomadun Rasool Ilalah, the Kalma the key to Islam, yet here they are with [...]

I am working on the Camera raw format pictures of the Juloos of Zainul Abedin at the Hazrat Abbas Dargah , there are too many I am posting it all at my homesite.
I opened shop at about 6pm, asked a guy to lift the shutter , its an impossible task with the pain in my [...]

This juloos , Juloos e Zainul Abedin on 11 Moharam at Dargah Hazrat Abbas in Lucknow , is as violent and as intense as Ashura , here there is ample scourging flagellations, , forehead cutting, the display of Taboots , also Zuljana is let lose , he darts unescorted into the inner sanctum of the [...]

I cut my forehead on the 9th Moharam at Nakhas, but the members of the crowd had snatched the short sword from my hand, I fought them , but I was overpowered , so I continued scourging my back withtwo sets of flagellating blades.
On Ashura 10th Moharam I shot the Ashura Juloos proceeding from Nakhas [...]

This was a massive Juloos at Imambada Meeran Saab Muftigang a day before Ashura I think, I am bad with dates.Here it was a display of 18 Taboots of Hazrat Imam Hussains male family members and a few of his brave warriors, I was assisted here by the younger brother of Maulana Hassan Zaheer Saab [...]

This little girl is the daughter of Munna who recites namaz on fire during Ag ka Matam , most of the julooos she accompanies him loyally, dressed in a manner to invoke the pain that Hazrat Imam Hussains 4 year old Sakina had to bear , after the Martyrdom of her beloved father , brothers, [...]

Today is a very sad day for us who believe in humanity, some call it shiasm, but by any other name humanity remains humanity.
On this day the fourth Imam Zainul Abedeen met his Martyrdom.
I am not a scholar, quite an ignoramus in things pertaining to religion.
I believe in the poetry of emotions, I feel pain, [...]