It was on the 10th of this month, known as the night of Ashura, 61 A.H. (680 A.D.) that Imam Huwsain (A.S.), the choicest scion of the family of Prophet Muhammad (A.S.) became a martyr under the most calamitous conditions ever chronicled in the annals of the civilized world. The atrocious acts were carried by a nefarious ruler, Yazid, son of Muawiyah.