Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 15 / corr Trend T.Jafarov /
The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) issued a fatwa in connection with the beginning ofMuharram month. The CMB Board of Gazis announced Dec. 18 as the beginning of Muharram month. Ashura Day will occur to Dec. 27.
The CMB calls on all believers to observe the public order in all mosques and mass prayer areas on the Ashura Day.
"Collision of interests of different circles is inadmissible on this day. The sanctity of Maharram should be preserved,' the fatwa said.
In Maharram the Board of Gazis calls on believers to avoid self-torture.
"We should hold the ceremony on a high level, no matter where it is held. It is necessary to show the right way to the people on that day," the fatwa said.
The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the REmebrance of Muharram. God created Heavens, Lands and angels. Ashura is the Day of Godsend of Great Grace to Ten Prophets.
The word ashura means simply tenth in Arabic languages; hence the name of the remembrance, literally translated, means "the tenth day". The Prophet Muhammed fasted on that day and ordered the Muslims to fast on that day. "This is a great day, God had mercy on Adam," the Prophet Muhammad said.
It is commemorated by the Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on Oct. 10, 680 (AD). This day is well-known because of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali A.S the grandson of Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, along with members of his family and close friends at the Battle of Karbala.