Ya Hussayn Ya Zainab - Nauha

A Nauha (Elegy -- which means a poem of mourning, a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally) about the tragedies which befell Imam Hussain, his Family and His Companions, in what is known as the Battle of Kerbala, which took place on the 10th of Muharram, known as the Day of Ashura.

Recitation of Elegies to remind oneself of a certain tragedy was the practice of the...

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