Day of Ashura
The Islamic month in which Ashura occurs.
What is Muharram?
The river where baby Musa was placed by his mother.
What is the Nile?
The kind action Musa did at the well in Madyan.
What is helping two women water their animals?
The sign Allah gave Musa at the Mount Tor
What is his staff turning into a snake?
This quality was shown by both Prophet Musa (A.S.) and Imam Husayn (R.A.) when facing danger and oppression.
What is courage (or bravery)?
The prophet whose people were saved on Ashura.
Who is Prophet Musa (A.S.)?
The person who found baby Musa and raised him.
Who is Pharaoh’s wife (Asiya)?
The town Musa fled to after leaving Egypt.
What is Madyan?
The person Allah told Musa to bring with him to speak to Pharaoh who was also his brother.
Who is Harun (A.S.)?
Fasting on Ashura teaches us this key Islamic value — doing extra good deeds even when they are optional.
What is sincerity or ihsan (excellence in worship)?
This act is highly recommended to do on Ashura.
What is fasting?
The group that was being oppressed during Musa's childhood.
Who were the Egyptians under Pharaoh?
The prophet Musa helped this man’s daughters at a well.
Who is Prophet Shu’ayb (A.S.)?
How did the pharaoh die
What is The Sea crashed down on him by Allah's will.
The grandson of the Prophet ﷺ who was martyred on Ashura.
Who is Husayn ibn Ali (R.A.)?
The Prophet ﷺ encouraged fasting on these days of Muharram for Ashura
What are the 9th and 10th Muharram?
The reason Musa (A.S) fled from Egypt.
What is he killed Egyptian guard
The relationship between Musa and the man he stayed with in Madyan.
What is father-in-law?
Pharaoh’s magicians did this after seeing Musa’s miracles.
What is believed in Allah and submitted?
One key lesson from both Prophet Musa’s escape and Husayn’s stand.
What is standing firm in truth and trusting Allah?
The reward for fasting on Ashura, according to hadith.
What is the forgiveness of the previous year’s sins?
The reason Musa’s mother was reunited with him as a nurse.
What is he refused to nurse from anyone else?
The number of years Musa stayed in Madyan before returning.
What is ten years?
Pharaoh's reaction to the beliefs of his magicians
What is he threatened and killed them?
The place where Husayn (R.A.) was martyred.
What is Karbala?