Turbah Karbala

Left: Turbah Karbala made from the soil of Husayn ibn Ali's grave. Right: Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, Karbala, Iraq.

Turbah Karbala (Arabic: تربة کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'), or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'), or "Turbah of Imam Hussain" is the soil taken from Hussain ibn Ali's grave in the city of Karbala. Shia Muslims use it to make turbah and misbaha.

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