Darah Membasahi Lantai Mesjid Peringati 10 Muharram
Mosque Floor Red During a Tenth Day of Muharram Procession
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
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DARAH membasahi lantai masjid ketika kaum Muslim Syiah mendera diri mereka selama prosesi suci.
Muslim Syiah di seluruh dunia memberikan penghormatan dengan tetesan darah mereka sebagai tanda berduka atas pembunuhan terhadap Imam Hussein, cucu Nabi Muhammad.
Dia dibunuh oleh lawan politiknya bersama 72 teman dalam Perang Karbala di abad ketujuh dan beberapa jenazah tersebut kemudian dimutilasi.
Kaum muslim melakukan ritual tersebut di Mumbai dan Chennai. Menyambut hari kesepuluh di bulan Muharram, penanggalan Islam.
Prosesi meliputi berjalan di atas bara api dan ´Tazia´ berupa replika dari peti mati Imam Hussein.
Beberapa peserta tampak berkumpul lalu memukul dadanya sebagai bukti pengabdian mereka untuk mengenang penderitaan dan penindasan yang berlangsung tiada akhir.
Di beberapa daerah Syiah di negara-negara muslim seperti Afghanistan, Iran, Irak, Turki, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Lebanon dan Bahrain, peringatan tersebut dijadikan hari libur nasional, seperti dilaporkan Mail Online.
BLOOD is seen on the floor of a mosque as Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a holy procession.
Shi´a Muslims all over the world pay their respects with the flowing of their blood as they mourn the slaying and martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad.
He was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in the seventh century battle of Kerbala where some of the bodies of the dead were then mutilated.
The Muslims were taking part in processions in Mumbai and Chennai. Ashura is celebrated on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram.
The processions also involve walking on burning coals and carrying a ´Tazia´ - replica of the coffin of Hussein.
Some participants gather for ceremonial chest beating as a display of their devotion in remembrance of his suffering and to preach that oppression will not last.
In some Shi´a regions of Muslim countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Bahrain, the commemoration has become a national holiday.
