Tuwairij Mourning: Difference between revisions

[[Sayyid Salih al-Qazwini]] is credited with introducing the Tuwairij processions in the form of jogging, according to some sources. For two years during the [[Muharram month]], he turned his home into a place of mourning for Imam al-Husayn (a). On the Day of Ashura, Sayyid Salih recited [[Al-Luhuf ala qatla l-tufuf (book)|Sayyid b. Tawus's Maqtal]] (the story of Imam al-Husayn's martyrdom) while tens of thousands of people participated. After having breakfast, they walked towards Karbala<ref>Qazwīnī and Riḍāyī, ''Mawkib-i ʿazādārī-yi Ṭuwayrīj wa naqsh-i Sayyid Ṣāliḥ Ḥusaynī Qazwīnī dar iḥyāʾ wa tadāwum-i ān'', p. 2-3.</ref> and arrived at Bab al-Tuwairij (an entry gate of the city of Karbala), where they performed the noon prayer before carrying out the ceremony of Rakdat al-Tuwairij towards the shrines of Imam al-Husayn (a) and ʿAbbas (a).<ref>[https://www.irna.ir/news/84020924/%D8%A2%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF The Tuwairij mourning ceremony was held in Karbala (Persian).]</ref> One hour after noon, which is the exact time when Imam al-Husayn was martyred, the pilgrims entered Karbala barefooted, while Sayyid Salih rode on horseback among thousands of pilgrims. Following Sayyid Salih's passing in 1304 AH, his children continued the tradition of leading the procession. From then until the last decade of the fourteenth century AH, the caravan of Tuwairij was led by Sayyid Salih's descendants.<ref>Qazwīnī and Riḍāyī, ''Mawkib-i ʿazādārī-yi Ṭuwayrīj wa naqsh-i Sayyid Ṣāliḥ Ḥusaynī Qazwīnī dar iḥyāʾ wa tadāwum-i ān'', p. 2-3.</ref>