Arba'een in arabic means fourty, and it is hosted on fourty days after ashura the day when Yazeed bin Muawiya killed Imam Husain in Karbala in 680AD. Millions of people attend it from all over the world and all locations in Karbala.
The word Arbaeen is also known as "Chehlum" in India and Pakistan. In general it is also called "chaalisva" means 40th. The pepole who attend it have no borders of Religion, Country, skin color, Lineage and Sects To support the justice and faith of Imam Husain, means that there is no border to love imam husain the grand son of the hloy Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W.A.S.) and Son of Imam Ali and Prophet's daughter Saiyeda Fatima.
The People firstly Come to Najaf Al Ashraf where Imam Ali is buried, they walk and reach Karbala, the distance between Najaf Al Ashraf and Karbala Mo'alla is of eighty kilometers. It is surprising to think that in a country which is not so rich, millions of people are at the same time and nobody is left hungry or thirsty. It is recorded that maximum amount of people who perform this pilgrimage is 20 million and it is shocking that no extra military support is required and no person in Arbaeen is dead because of the crowd.
Folks serve the people who attend Arbaeen, they feed them, offer water and sharbat (Sweet Drink), milk, fruits and veg and non veg items. Why they serve them? What they want? As payback? It all is just to please Imam Husain Bin Ali. Imam Husain Bin Ali is the biggest icon of Humanity and justice. He's Third Imam of ahlul bait for both Shia and Sufi-Sunnis beliefs around the world. The Father of Ali Sajjad also known as Imam Zain Al Aabideen. Imam Zain Al Aabideen has eight more imam in his lineage starting from his son Imam Muhammed al Baqir. Other sects of shism have different number of imams but Imam Husian is the same for all.
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