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 Hussainia Ershad in Tehran, Iran |
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| Arabic (عربي) | حسينية (ḥussainiā) |
| Hindi (हिंदी) | इमामबाड़ा (imāmbāṛā) आशुरख़ाना (āshurkhānā) |
| Persian (فارسى) | حسینیه (ḥosseiniyeh) |
| Urdu (اُردوُ) | امامباڑا (imāmbāṛā) امامبارگاہ (imāmbārgāh) عاشور خانہ (āshurkhānā) |
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Life Remembrance Perspectives |
A Hussainia is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. The name comes from Husayn Ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and an Imam of the Shia. Hussain was killed by Yazid I in Karbala, Iraq, over 1,300 years ago. Shias still mourn the death of Hussain every year on the day of Ashura in Hussainias all over the world.
A Hussainiya is different from a mosque in that it is made mainly for gatherings for Muharram in the mourning of Hussain ibn Ali, and may not necessarily hold prayer in jumaa'at or Friday Prayer unless there is a gathering at the same time, where they would make a jumaa'at at the time of prayer.
In South Asia, a Hussainia can also be referred to as an "imambara", "imambargah", or "ashurkhana". In Bahrain it is called a "ma'tam" (مأتم). In Afghanistan and Central Asia, the equivalent term for a Shia congregation hall is "takyakhana." Some examples of Hussainias are the Bara Imambara and Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab, both in Lucknow, Imambara Wazeer Un Nisa in Amroha, India (Details of the Imambara), and Hosseiniye Ershad in Tehran, Iran.
Notable Hussainias
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- Badshahi Ashurkhana (Hyderabad, India)
- Bara Imambara (Lucknow, India)
- Chhota Imambara (Lucknow, India)
- Hosseiniyeh Ershad (Tehran, Iran)
- Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab (Lucknow, India)
- Imambargah Colonel Maqbool Hussain (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
- Imambargah Haveli Saddat (Gujranwala Pakistan) built by the famous naqvi saddat family (migrated from Fateh garh churian, Punjab India) is one of the oldest Imambargahs of Gujranwala city, In 1947 syed akbar ali shah head of this family started orginising majalis e syed ul shuhda Imam Hussain (A.S)from 1st to 9th moharram al haram. After the death of syed akber ali shah his sons syed Ashiq hussain Naqvi and syed shabbir hussain naqvi advocat took over as social and religious heads of family. Syed Shabbir Hussain Naqvi strugeled a lot to unite all shia Muslims of the country under the leadership of Allama Mufti Jafar Hussain and formed first shia political party of Pakistan tehreek e nafaz e fiqh jafaria (TNFJ). The first constitutional meeting of TNFJ was held at Imambargah Haveli Saddat. All notable Ullma of the time gathered at haveli saddat to form the constitution of TNFJ Mufti Jafar Hussain was elected as a first President and Syed Shabbir hussain Naqvi first Sec- General of TNFJ.
See also
External links
- Hussainia by Jean Calmard, an article of encyclopedia Iranica
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