Majalis mark Sham-e-Gharibaan

By: Nabil Raza

WASHINGTON: Huge mourning gatherings were held on Tuesday night across the world on Sham-e-Gharibaan commemorating the great inflictions of Ahlul Bayt (AS).

Hundreds of thousands of grieved mourners congregated in the holy shrines, tombs of Imam-zadgaan, mosques, husseiniyaat, azakhanas and imambargahs. They recited dirges and elegies in commemoration of Hazrat Zaynab Al-Kubra (SA) who along with a number of chaste ladies and children of the holy family of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was taken to Kufa and then Syria as prisoner after Yazidi forces torched their tents following martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) and his 72 companions in Karbala.

The mourners lit the candles and offered their condolences on the sufferings of Saani-e-Zahra (SA).

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