The Day of Ashura
The Day of Āshūrā, the tenth of Muḥarram, is an auspicious day. It has been narrated that it was the day on which Allah forgave our father Ādam, the day on which the Ark of Nūḥ came to rest on the mountain known as al-Jūdī after six months at sea, and the day on which Allah forgave the people of Yūnus (peace be upon him and all the Prophets). When the Messenger of Allah came to al-Madīnah, he fo...