The month of Muharram arrives…
And people start saying:
“Happy New Year!”
But what’s so happy about this month?
This is the month when the grandson of Rasūlullāh ﷺ,
Imām Ḥusain ʿAlayhis-Salām,
was slaughtered on the sands of Karbala —
with his children, his brothers, and his loyal companions.
Even Rasūlullāh ﷺ grieved this tragedy,
long before it happened.
Look at the life of Imām ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusain Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ʿAlayhis-Salām —
Do you think he would ever say “Happy New Year”?
He cried over Karbala for decades…
Aal-e-Rasūl ne apne ghar ka ghar qurbān kiya
to preserve the deen we now comfortably live in.
And yet, we — the followers of this very deen —
welcome Muharram with celebrations?
No, friend.
Muharram is not about fireworks. It’s about fire in the heart.
A fire lit by the memory of Ḥusain ʿAlayhis-Salām,
that still burns for truth, justice, and loyalty.
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🔁 Save to remind yourself.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 