about Muharram

okey well this is not related to kzk but i wanted to share something with you guys...... this morning i was watching GEO newz and they were showing a lot of shiyan doing matam here in new york and some american were liyke dumb founded 😕 ...i didn'tknew that there were alot of shiyans here cuz when they showed how many people were there, i was like what 😲 !!! and and in pakistan, they showed even small kids were doing matam with knives 😭 .....i was like crying and when i was small, my friend took me to this place where alot of men were doing matam and i just threw up 🤢 !!! it was so scary.... i'm not a shiyan but then somethimes i feel how would they be feeling when they are doing matam and even kids.....i was crying....well this is my experinece that i had when i was small and it was so sad!!! 😭😭😭

if you have ever experienced anything then do tell us and how you feel about Muharram....

omg! little kids that is awful! 😭 😭 😭

Originally posted by: anu-pre4eva

I have never seen matam in my life, but I have heard abt it and its pretty scary. It scares me a lot... I wonder how the shiyan feel like they must be in a lot of pain and yeah. But I guess tats how it is.....

same here but now that i know what it menas i was like omg! how bad i can't even see a little bit of blood!😭

yh ive heard bout... dat well sik!!! 🤢 🤢

Yes Bisma you are right.When I was young,i saw womens hitting themselves.And my dad's freind he was shiya,so he used to do matam with knives.Man it's brutial. 😭

yo..whtas goin on ...Wats this matam...shiyan and all ..plz tell me clearly...quiet curious

Its a isllamic ritual which is conducted by Shiate muslims.

Many years ago there was a fight for the shiate muslims and many people did not enter this fight because of many reasons, they didnt want to fight etc, when the leader then went on to win the fight many shiate muslims were ashamed of themselves because they did not fight that they beat themselves so they could feel the pain there brothers did whom died fighting for them whilst they did nothing

okey for people who don't know about matam and stuff:


Muharram festival commemorates the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). This festival starts at the 1st day of Muharram and lasts for 10 days until 10th of Muharram. Muharram is the first month of Islamic calendar.

During this month, while on a journey, Hazrat Imam Hussain, his family members and a number of his followers were surrounded by the forces of Yazid, the Muslim ruler of the time. During the siege, they were deprived of food and water and many of them were put to death. The incident happened at a place called Karbala in Iraq in 61st year after Hijra. This dispute was result of a disagreement among Muslims on the question of succession after the demise of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph.

Some sects of Muslims hold meetings where speeches are made on the happenings of Karbala and on the lives of martyrs. The Shias, however, observe this festival in a different fasion. As Muharram, the first month of the Muslim year, approaches, they put on black clothes, as black is regarded as a color of mourning. Majalis (assemblies) are held every day during the first nine days where shia orators relate the incident of the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his party in a great detail. On the 10th day of Muharram, large processions are formed and the devoted followers parade the streets holding banners and carrying models of the mausoleum of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his people, who fell at Karbala. They show their grief and sorrow by inflicting wounds on their own bodies with sharp metal tied to chain with which they scourge themselves. This is done in order to depict the sufferings of the martyrs. It is a sad occasion and everyone in the procession chants "Ya Hussain", with loud wails of lamentation. Generally a white horse beautifully decorated for the occasion, is also included in the procession, to mark the empty mount of Hazrat Imam Husain after his martyrdom.

During these first ten days of Muharram, drinking posts are also set up temporarily by the Shia community where water and juices are served to all, free of charge.

when shia muslim hit thmeselves, that is called matam...

hope you guys get it...

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bisma has explained in much more detail then me and is the gist of this

let it be known though not all muslims do this its only shiate muslims the sunnis and the sufis do not do this