ʿĀshūrāʾ (Shīʿism) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Aghaie, Kamran S.
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Leiden
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Brill
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ʿĀshūrāʾ is the tenth day of Muḥarram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. ʿĀshūrāʾ has been important to Muslims primarily because it was identified by Muḥammad as a holy day of fasting and because it was the day of the tragic massacre at Karbalāʾ, in 61/680. There are other associations with the day of ʿĀshūrāʾ as well, especially in popular religion and folklore. For example, ʿĀshūrāʾ is considered by many to be the day on which Adam and Eve and heaven and earth were created, when numerous prophets