Timeline for Which Sunnis go on Arba'een Pilgrimage?
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| Mar 2, 2017 at 10:57 | vote | accept | Rebecca J. Stones | ||
| Feb 21, 2017 at 19:52 | answer | added | Noor | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 12:58 | comment | added | infatuated | @Medi1Saif, I'm not sure whether there are Prophetic hadiths that explicitly encourage pilgrimage to Karbala, but there are ones in which he mentions the land of Karbala and the importance of the destined uprising and martyrdom of his grandson Hussein. But most hadiths about pilgrimage come from Imam al-Sadiq, and there's also the precedent set by Jabir ibn Abdallah and Zeinab bint Ali. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 11:37 | comment | added | Medi1Saif♦ | @infatuated I'd be interested to read a hadith statement with a full chain. But note that as the sunni doctrine says that the prophet hood and the religion (rulings) ended or was finalized with the death of Muhammad pbuh an evidence based on a statement from ahl-ul Bayt wouldn't be taken as more than an opinion. | |
| Feb 17, 2017 at 4:02 | comment | added | infatuated | @Medi1Saif, The Shia argue that Imam Hussein is a special case and that the family of the Prophet and their rightful descendants were the first ones who practiced and recommended the pilgrimage to Karballa after the tragedy. If you ask a separate question I can expound and quote supportive hadiths. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 6:54 | comment | added | Medi1Saif♦ | What infatuated wrote was also my first thought. Basically arba'een (the 40th day) has no back up in the sunnah of the Prophet (), yes it is practiced by some sunnis in funerals etc. but as a similar issue has never happened during the days of the Prophet it is considered as a bid'ah! Note that the article on Wikipedia speaks about Iraqi people whom brave ISIS by making the pilgrimage so it can also have a political background are can be considered as a symbol of unity, even if one must admit that nowadays sunnis are rather oppressed in Iraq. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 3:46 | comment | added | infatuated | It could be referring to local Sunnis of Iraq and/or the Sufis who share the Shia reverence for Ahl Al-Bayt and the doctrine of tawassul as applied to them. | |
| Feb 14, 2017 at 16:05 | history | asked | Rebecca J. Stones | CC BY-SA 3.0 |