What is Muharram?
[[File:A day of mourning, annual celebration of Muharram in Bahrain.jpg|thumb|472x472px|Shia Muslims doing tatbir for Imam Husayn]] '''Muharram''' is the first month of the [[Islamic calendar]]. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is not allowed. The month is accounted with many stories in Islam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iqrasense.com/ramadan/about-the-month-of-muharram-sacred-islamic-month.html|title=About the month of Muharram|publisher=Iqrasense|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref> The other months are [[Dhu al-Qi'dah]], [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] and [[Rajab]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://islam.about.com/cs/calendar/a/hijrah_calendar_2.htm |title=The Islamic Calendar |access-date=2012-05-20 |archive-date=2017-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107022502/http://islam.about.com/cs/calendar/a/hijrah_calendar_2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the [[Islam]]ic calendar is a [[lunar calendar]], Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the [[Gregorian calendar]]. Muharram is held to be the most sacred of all the months, except for [[Ramadan (calendar month)|Ramadan]]. Some Muslims [[Sawm|fast]] during these days. The tenth day of Muharram is the [[Day of Ashura]]. To [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslims]] it is part of the [[Mourning of Muharram]]. The [[mourn]]ing is for [[Husayn ibn Ali]] who was the grandson of [[Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]] and their third [[Imam]]. [[File:Ashura Hardoi 2011.jpg|thumb|477x477px|[[Azadari]] procession carried out by Shiite Muslims in Indian city of [[Hardoi]] on the Day of Ashura.]] Many [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]] fast during this day. It is in the ''[[hadith]]'' that [[Islamic view of Moses|Musa]] ([[Moses]]) and his people had a victory over the Egyptian Pharaoh on the 10th day of Muharram. The [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]] asked [[Muslim]]s to fast on this day, and also a day extra either before or after. Many Muslims cook something sweet like sweet rice and share with their family and circle of friends to eat wh