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Line 4: \| holiday_name = Arba'in \| image = Kerbela Hussein Moschee.jpg \| caption = Congregation of worshippers on Arba'in in the [[Imam Husayn Shrine\|shrine]] of [[Husayn ibn Ali]], [[Karbala]], [[Iraq]] \| official_name = \| nickname = {{Collapsible list Line 36: }} {{Husayn}}{{Islamic Culture}} In [[Shia Islam]], '''Arba'in~~''', also known as '''Arba'een''' or '''Arbaeen~~''' ({{lang-ar\|الأربعين\|\|lit=fortieth}}), marks forty days after [[Day of Ashura\|Ashura]], which is the martyrdom anniversary of [[Husayn ibn Ali]], grandson of the [[Prophets and messengers in Islam\|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] and the third [[Imamate in Shia doctrine\|Shia imam]]. Husayn was killed, alongside most of his relatives and his small retinue, in the [[Battle of Karbala]] on 10 [[Muharram]] 61 [[Islamic calendar\|AH]] (680 [[Common Era\|CE]]) against the army of the [[Umayyad Caliphate\|Umayyad caliph]] [[Yazid I\|Yazid ibn Mu'awiya]] ({{Reign\|680\|683}}). The battle followed Husayn's refusal to pledge his allegiance to Yazid, who is often portrayed by [[Muslims\|Muslim]] historians as impious and immoral. In Shia Islam, Karbala symbolizes the eternal struggle between good and evil, the pinnacle of self-sacrifice, and the ultimate sabotage of Muhammad's prophetic mission. Arba'in coincides with the twentieth of [[Safar]], the second month of the [[Islamic calendar]], and its commemoration is rooted in early Islamic funerary traditions. Shia Muslims annually observe the day through mourning gatherings, dramatic reenactments of Karbala narratives, and charitable acts. Arba'in is also a day of [[Arba'een Pilgrimage\|pilgrimage]] to the [[Imam Husayn Shrine\|shrine of Husayn]] in [[Karbala]], [[Iraq]]. Pilgrims arrive there in large numbers, often on foot, and many from the city of [[Najaf]], some eighty kilometers away, home to the [[Imam Ali Shrine\|shrine]] of [[Ali\|Ali ibn Abi Talib]], the first Shia imam. The Arba'in pilgrimage, banned under the Iraqi president [[Saddam Hussein]], has grown after his deposal in 2003 from two million participants in that year to around twenty million in 2014. As with Ashura, Arba'in can be an occasion for [[anti-Shi'ism\|violence against Shia Muslims]].