Events Calendar

In Shia Islam, Arbaeen marks forty days after Ashura, which is the death anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. It falls on the 20th day of Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar. This day is commemorated with mournings, charitable acts, and pilgrimage to the shrine of Husayn in Karbala, Iraq.