7 Muharram
Access to water blocked at Karbala
MourningA majlis is held
This year
7 Muharram 1448 · Expected — subject to moon sighting
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Dates year by year
| Hijri | Gregorian | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Muharram 1447 | Expected | |
| 7 Muharram 1448 | Expected | |
| 7 Muharram 1449 | Expected | |
| 7 Muharram 1450 | Expected |
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About this day
By the seventh of Muharram the camp of Imam al-Husayn (a) had been cut off from water; some reports date the blockade to the sixth. Sabeel, the distribution of water, milk or sharbat, clusters around this date. In the night themes many communities keep, the seventh is associated with Ali al-Asghar rather than with water itself, and those themes vary from place to place.