An yi yakin Karbala a ranar Muharram 10, a shekara ta 61 bayan hijira ta kalandar Musulunci (10 ga Oktoba 10, 680 AD) a Karbala, a cikin Iraki ta yanzu . Wasu tsirarun magoya bayansa da dangin jikan Annabi Muhammad , Husayn bn Ali sun yi fada da babbar rundunar da ke yi wa Yazid I, halifa Umayyawa hidima. Umayyawa sun ci nasara. Dakarun Ali ‘ yan Shi’a ne . ‘Yan Shi’a a kowace shekara suna tunawa da yaƙin ranar Ashura . Madelung, Wilferd. "Hosayn b. ali". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2 November 2015. Lohouf, Tradition No.177 Lohouf, Tradition No.181