Arbaeen period

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The Arbaeen period is a major Shia Muslim religious observance marking forty days after Ashura, during which millions of pilgrims visit holy shrines in Iraq to commemorate Imam Husayn and his companions.

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Label Occurrences
Arbaeen period canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shia Muslim observance ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedFigure Abbas ibn Ali ⓘ
Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
Imam Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
linked to: Imam Husayn
associatedShrine Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf ⓘ
linked to: Imam Ali Shrine

Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala ⓘ
linked to: Imam Husayn Shrine

al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala ⓘ
linked to: al-Abbas Shrine

al-Askari Shrine in Samarra ⓘ
al-Kadhimayn Shrine in Kadhimiya ⓘ
linked to: Al-Kadhimayn Shrine
associatedWithEvent Arbaeen pilgrimage ⓘ
associatedWithPractice ziyarat ⓘ
associatedWithText Ziyarat Arbaeen ⓘ
basedOnNumber forty ⓘ
calendarContext Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
centralRitual majlis gatherings ⓘ
mourning ceremonies ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
processions ⓘ
recitation of elegies ⓘ
commemorates Imam Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
linked to: Imam Husayn

companions of Imam Husayn ⓘ
countryMostAssociated Iraq ⓘ
culminatesOn 20 Safar ⓘ
followsEvent Ashura ⓘ
hasAspect free services offered by volunteers (mawakib) ⓘ
mass walking pilgrimages to Karbala ⓘ
public expressions of grief and lamentation ⓘ
hasParticipant Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam

non-Muslim visitors ⓘ
other Muslims ⓘ
hasToDoWith Arbaeen ⓘ
locationOfMajorPilgrimage Iraq ⓘ
majorPilgrimageDestination Kadhimiya ⓘ
Karbala ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
notableFeature one of the largest annual religious gatherings in the world ⓘ
occursInMonth Safar ⓘ
relatedEvent Ashura ⓘ
Battle of Karbala ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
theme justice ⓘ
loyalty to Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
martyrdom of Imam Husayn ⓘ
resistance to oppression ⓘ
solidarity with the oppressed ⓘ
timeAfterEvent 40 days after Ashura ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hussainiyah → timeOfPeakUse → Arbaeen period ⓘ