innaa ilaihi raaji oune, when someone dies. Go and check it in Arabic. It talks about Shuhadaa, and Sabr, not maatam. Because we believe that hurting yourself in Islam is haram. And that Allah swt created our bodies we should not harm it for the sake of another human being. That human being is not superior to us. In other words, the sanctity of life. Are you saying Allaah, subhaanahu wa ta 'alaa, the Lord of All that Exists, revealed the Verse (translation of the meaning): [051:029] Then his wife came forward with a loud voice; she smote her face, and said: "A barren old woman!" To teach mankind to hit themselves over the death of al-Husayn each and every year for over 1,000 years no matter where they live in the world until the Day of Judgment ?!!! and regarding the narrations about the Wives of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallaam.... if we are to assume such narrations are authentic (as the Shee'ah from my experience have an unholy habit of reporting weak and fabricated narrations to suit their interests...), those narrations are supposed to justify hitting and beating oneself over the death of al-Husayn each and every year..... during Ashura... in the month of Muharram...... no matter where you live in the world..... for over 1,000 years.... until the Day of Judgment ??!!!