Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ("'"' was the grandson of Muhammad. His mother was Muhammad's daughter Fatima Zahra and his father was Muhammad's cousin, and is the first caliph to Shia Muslims, and the fourth Caliph to Sunni Muslims, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Husayn ibn Ali is revered as the third Imam(caliph) by Shi’a Muslims. He was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. Wikipedia
Then the lecturer (maulana) calls for matam for Husayn and the crowd rises to their feet and begins to beat their breasts - a type of formalized symbolic mourning. www.islamfrominside.com/Pages/Articles/Mourning%20Husayn%...
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Husayn was the second son of Ali and Fatima. He and his brother, Hasan ibn Ali , are said to have been greatly loved by their grandfather Muhammad. ... Husayn's father, Ali, was caliph from 656 to 661 CE. He faced continual challenges to his rule, an www.bibleocean.com/OmniDefinition/Husayn_ibn_Ali