Part One  - Introduction

This is a new series that we have worked hard to bring to you.  Herein, we have a brief discussion and Tafseer of Ziyarat Ashura, the salutation to Imam al-Husayn(A), the Martyr of Karbala, as taught by the Aimmah al-Athaar(A).

This discussion will be spread over a number of parts:

1. Introduction
2. Ziyarat Ashura in Arabic
3. English Translation of Ziyarat Ashura (with section boundaries marked)
4. The Ziyarah of Imam Husayn(A) and it’s benefits
5. The Etiquette of the Ziyarah of Imam Husayn(A)
6. Commentary - What does “Salaam” mean?
7. Commentary - First Section of the Ziyarah
8. Commentary - Second Section of the Ziyarah
9. Commentary - Third Section of the Ziyarah
10. Commentary - Fourth Section of the Ziyarah
11. Commentary - Fifth Section of the Ziyarah
12. Commentary - Sixth Section of the Ziyarah
13. Commentary - Seventh and Eighth Sections of the Ziyarah
14. Commentary - Ninth Section of the Ziyarah
15. Commentary - Tenth Section of the Ziyarah
16. Commentary - Eleventh Section of the Ziyarah
17. Commentary - Twelfth Section of the Ziyarah
18. Commentary - Thirteenth Section of the Ziyarah
19. Commentary - Fourteenth Section of the Ziyarah
20. Commentary - Fifteenth Section of the Ziyarah
21. Commentary - Sixteenth and Seventeenth Sections of the Ziyarah
22. Commentary - Eighteenth Section of the Ziyarah
23. Commentary - Nineteenth Section of the Ziyarah
24. Commentary - Twentieth Section of the Ziyarah
25. Commentary - Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Sections of the Ziyarah
26. Commentary - Twenty-Third Section of the Ziyarah
27. Commentary - Twenty-Forth Section of the Ziyarah
28. Commentary - Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Sections of the Ziyarah
29. Commentary - Twenty-Seventh Section of the Ziyarah
30. Commentary - Twenty-Eighth Section of the Ziyarah
31. Commentary - Twenty-Ninth Section of the Ziyarah and Conclusion

Please don’t forget us in your adiyaat.  It is narrated in many an authentic tradition, that if someone has a pressing task that requires fulfillment, he/she should recite Ziyarat Ashura for three days in a row, and give them all as a gift to the Mother of Imam al-Hujjah(AJ); it is narrated that soon after this they will obtain that which they have been praying for (naturally with the usual caveats and conditions).