Photos: Arbaeen Mourning Trek in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Arbaeen Mourning Trek was held in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan. Allama Shaheedi, Allama Raja Nasir Jafari and Sunni scholars attended the Imam Hussain mourning procession. Arbaʽeen الأربعين‎, ‎"the fortieth day" is a religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUT), who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram. Imam Hussain and his companions were martyred by tyrant Yazid in the Battle of Karbala in 61 AH (680 CE).