Arba'in

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In Shia Islam, Arba'in (Arabic: الأربعين, lit. 'fortieth'), also spelled Arba'een, marks forty days after Ashura, which is the martyrdom anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam.

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