Question: Why did Imam Husayn (a.s.) leave Madina for Karbala? Answer: Bismillah The Imam didn’t go directly from Madina to Karbala. He first went to Mecca, and this was before Hajj (pilgrimage) time. He started to talk to people about the political scene, about Yazid and his conduct. How he’s openly violating God’s laws, and how oppressive →

Question: I was listening to a speaker who claims: “Truth is a subjective thing, I have never personally believed that the Shi’a are the truth. The truth is a subjective thing that everyone arrives at in their own capacity as individuals, communities or a humanity in large. The truth is available for Shi’a, Sunni, Hindu →

Question: Similar to public talk about the differences between Maraaje’ with regards to determining the beginning and end of the month of Ramadan, and this issue taking up alot of ‘air time’ every year in Shia communities, it seems that the question of how Ashura and Imam Husayn’s martyrdom should be commemorated has a similar →

Question: Can you please explain the event of the massacre that Yazid’s troops committed in Madina? I am interested to know more about the background behind it. Answer: The event of Harreh ( The massacre of Madina): All reliable historical sources have narrated this tragedy which took place almost 3 years after Ashoora. Immediately after the catastrophe of Karbala, many protests →