Labaik Ya Hussain as pbuh

In The Name Of Allah The Almighty The All Beneficent The All Merciful 

Millions of Shia Muslims from dozens of countries are converging on the Iraqi 

holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom 

anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam. For at least two weeks, 

pilgrims from countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, 

have been arriving in the city, located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of 

the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, with tens of thousands coming before the actual day of 

Arbaeen, which falls on September 17 this year. Pilgrims travel to the holy city in 

order to have a chance to touch the gilded grille that surrounds Imam Hussein’s tomb 

and slip messages through the bars. They carry their belongings in backpacks or bags 

perched on their heads as they are moving toward Karbala on foot from different 

directions. Many young men carry tents so that they can sleep on the streets.

Street signs are put up in Farsi as well as Arabic for millions of Iranians among 

the crowd. estimated that 2.6 million Iranian nationals have so far crossed 

Iranian land border crossings into Iraq, and the process is going on smoothly 

following several days of hiatus. “We are nicely managing the arrival and departure 

of pilgrims very year on Arbaeen, millions of people from around the world flock to 

Karbala. Large groups of mourners travel on foot toward the holy city to take part 

in the largest annual Islamic gathering on earth. Imam Hussein (AS) and his 72 

companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after 

fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, 

Yazid I.O Our Allah The Almighty Sends Huge Curse On The Yazid Ibne Muaviya Ameen