Sunday 21st Muharram, 1435 marked the 20th session of the annual Ashura mourning sessions of the Islamic movement in Nigeria Kano chapter with hundreds of thousands in attendance at Fagge Jumma’at mosque in Kano city at about 4pm local time.
Children, Youths and Adults from different part of Kano city decided to trek a distance not less than 5km from their respective neighbourhood to the venue of the closing Ashura mourning session chatting slogans re-echoing the atrocities of yazid bin mu’awuya on Imam Husain (AS), Ahlul Bait (AS) and his few followers about 1400 years ago and the stand of Imam Husain (AS) the plains of Karbala calling upon the entire humanity to take heed to lessons of Karbala. LABBAIKA IMAM HUSAIN!!! HAIHATA MINAL ZILLA!!!
Shaikh Muhammad Mahmoud Turi presided over the closing session of this year’s Ashura mourning session. in his introductory remarks he reiterated that Ashura mourning session is not only an avenue of crying and beating of chest
Shaikh Turi reiterated the fact that just like it is vividly clear yazid bin mu’awuya was the tyrant during Imam Husain (AS) time it is incumbent upon us to know the tyrant of our time and Imam Husain (AS) of our time.
He expressed gratitude to Allah (T) for blessing us with the leader of Islamic movement in Africa Sayyid Ibraheem Zakzaky (H) who has emulated, showed and call us towards the path of Imam Husain(AS) and Ahlul Bait (AS), with whom the true message of Allah (T) is practically shown to us, praying to Allah (T) to make us steadfast along this very path.
Presents were handed over to two categories that have distinguished themselves in the last year’s Yaumul Arbaeen Trek to Zaria. The physically handicapped who have particpated in the 150km trek, and those that have played a great role in the success of the trek.
Muhammad Isa Ahmade