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Al-Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī (Arabic:السيد جعفر مرتضى العاملي ) 9 February 1945 – 26 October 2019) was a prominent Lebanese Twelver Shi'a scholar, historian, and biographer. He was renowned for his extensive works on the Sīrah of the Prophet and messenger of Islam, Muhammad and the Shi'a Imams, and for his critical approach to historical narratives, seeking to authenticate accounts by relying on what he considered to be reliable sources.Continue ...

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-'''Muharram''' (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which warfare is forbidden. For [[Shia Islam|Shia]] Muslims, Muharram is a period of intense mourning and remembrance that commemorates the [[Battle of Karbala]], in which [[Husayn ibn Ali]], the grandson of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], and most of his male relatives and companions were killed by the forces of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I on the tenth day of the month, known as [[Ashura]]. Over the centuries, the observances of Muharram have travelled far from their origins at Karbala and have developed into a significant set of rituals with profound social, political, cultural, and artistic dimensions (Chelkowski, 2010). This event is central to Shia religious identity and practice, with rituals during Muharram serving to express grief, reaffirm loyalty to Husayn, and reflect on themes of sacrifice and justice.[[Month of Muharram|'''Continue
+'''Al-Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī''' (Arabic:السيد جعفر مرتضى العاملي ) 9 February 1945 – 26 October 2019) was a prominent Lebanese Twelver Shi'a scholar, historian, and biographer. He was renowned for his extensive works on the [[Sīra|Sīrah]] of the Prophet and messenger of Islam, Muhammad and the Shi'a Imams, and for his critical approach to historical narratives, seeking to authenticate accounts by relying on what he considered to be reliable sources.[[Al-Sayyid Jaʿfar Murtaḍā al-ʿĀmilī|'''Continue
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