Every Day Is Ashura and Every Land Is Karbala: Difference between revisions

It is not clear who has used this phrase. In his Husayn, the inheritor of Adam, Ali Shari’ati attributed it to Imam al-Sadiq (a). This phrase has also been used by some religious scholars. Imam Khomeini has used this phrase in his speeches and messages. Ayatullah Khamene’i has also mentioned it in his speech without regarding it as hadith, like Murtada Mutahhari has also used it, but he did not mention whether it is a hadith or not.

== Reference for the Phrase ==

Some researchers believe that not only this phrase has not been mentioned in hadiths, but it is also opposite to Shia beliefs; because, no land has the same value as Karbala and no day is comparable to 'Ashura and it seems that this phrase has a Zaidi origin and cannot have any relation with Twelver Shia.

== Interpretation of the Phrase ==

With the usage of this phrase in his speeches, Imam Khomeini did not mean necessity of crying over the hardships of Imam al-Husayn (a); but he deemed that this phrase implies the constant battle with oppression, although he has interpreted it differently. [[Murtada Mutahhari]], explaining the meaning of the victory of Imam al-Husyan (a) in his movement against [[Yazid]], says that this movement is continuously gaining victory and the meaning of "every day is Ashura" is that being every day there is a fight against oppression and a revival of right and justice in the name of imam al-Huasn (a). [[Ayatollah Khamene'i]] interprets this phrase that “in every period, people have duties that if they fulfill them well and on time, everything will become alright, nations will promote and humanity will develop.”