“Forty” in the word:
The first and simple meaning of Arbaeen means the fortieth Arbaeen is an Arabic word that has been given a lot of attention in the texts of heavenly religions. In such a way that this word has a special sanctity. According to what has reached us and has been mentioned from the prophets and divine saints, there is a characteristic in the number of Arbaeen that is not present in other numbers. Most of the prophets reached the position of prophethood at the age of forty. The duration of the prayer of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) on the mountain was forty nights: “And we promised Moses Arbaeen nights” and it has been said to pray for forty believers in the Namar of the night, and for Hussain bin Ali (peace be upon him), the heavens and the earth cried for forty days.
The Arbaeen of Abu Abdullah al-Hussein (peace be upon him) is about forty days after the martyrdom of the imam and his devoted companions, and on such a day it is recommended to visit that noble and the martyrs of the Taf event, and therefore the day of Arbaeen is one of the days of the year. It is the crowded city of the holy city of Karbala, where Muslim and Shiite people from all over the world flocked to that proud land, and to the memory of great and noble men who have shown the highest levels of sacrifice and pride, greetings and greetings. they will send it.
Arbaeen pilgrimage is special for Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) and no such pilgrimage has been mentioned about any of the other innocents. Rather, as the great scientist and famous scholar Abu Rihan al-Biruni said: “And in the tenth day, the head of Hussein, peace be upon him, was buried until he was buried with the body, and during the pilgrimage of the Arabs”;
On the 20th of Safar, the holy head of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) was returned to his body and was buried along with it, and on this day, the Arbaeen pilgrimage was started.
The Arbaeen pilgrimage became a Sunnah after the head of the Holy Prophet was attached to his body on the 20th day of Safar, and we know that the blessed head of the Holy Prophet was blessed by Imam Sajjad.(peace be upon him) was brought to Karbala; Therefore, the importance of the Arbaeen pilgrimage is due to the attachment of the martyrs’ heads on this day by Imam Sajjad(peace be upon him)And visiting those holy graves by Imam(peace be upon him) And the caravan of Hosseini’s shrine is in Arbaeen.
Therefore, Allama Majlisi writes in Zad al-Ma’ad: “It is famous that the reason for emphasizing the pilgrimage of the Holy Prophet on this day is that Imam Zain al-Abidin(peace be upon him) With the rest of the Ahl al-Bayt, they entered Karbala Ma’ali on this day after returning from dinner and joined the holy heads of the martyrs to their bodies. Although he himself considers it unlikely that they arrived in Karbala on the 20th of Safar, his words show that during the time of the late Allama Majlisi, it was well known that the importance of Arbaeen pilgrimage was due to the pilgrimage of the martyrs of Karbala and the joining of heads to bodies by Imam Zain. Al-Abidin(peace be upon him) have been.
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