There is no day like your Day, Ya Aba 'Abdillah!
A question was originally asked to Sayyid Mahdi al-Modarresi about the slogan
'Every day is Ashura' and the answer was as follows:
Question: The other day I was talking with an 'aalim here and in discussion he
pointed out to me that the hadith 'Every day is Ashura, every place is Karbala'
has vague authenticity. Please tell me if this hadith is authentic with
references.
Answer: According to some scholars the popularly known chant 'Every day is
Ashura, every land is Karbala' has no source (authentic or otherwise) in the
Shia books of hadith.
In fact, as I have explained in some Moharram speeches, this saying contradicts
a number of traditions of Ahlulbayt that explicitly states that 'There is no
day like the day of alHusayn' which has been narrated by a number of Imams such
as Imam alHasan.
It is, therefore, imperative that we do not associate the saying to Ahlulbayt.
We can use it as a chant to reaffirm our loyalty to Imam Husayn, but remember
that considering the devastating tragedies that took place on Ashura and in
Karbala are incomparable to any other.
Therefore, when you hear someone saying it, ask them for references from the
books of hadith as it seems that there is none.
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Imam alHasan [a] addressing his brother says:
لا يوم كيومك يا ابا عبدالله
>There is no day like your Day, O Aba `Abdillah.
Ref: al-Bahrani, al-Awalim (al-Imam al-Husayn [a]), p. 154
Imam Zayn al-Abidin [a] says in one of his sermons:
وهذه الرزية التي لا مثلها رزية
. .and this is a calamity the like of which there is no calamity.
Ref: Ibid, p. 448
Abdullah b. Fadhl narrates from Imam alSadiq [a]:
إن يوم قتل الحسين أعظم مصيبة من جميع سائر الأيام
>Indeed the day of the martyrdom of alHusayn [a] is a day of greater calamity
>than all other days. .
Ref: Ibid, p. 516
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