Quote::bismillah:
<b>Question: Is hitting oneself with swords ḥalāl if it is done in secret? Or is your fatwā in this regard universal?</b>
Answer: Qamazanī is not held by common view as manifestations of mourning and grief, it has no precedent at the lifetime of the Imams (a.s.) and even after that, and we have not received any tradition quoted from the Infallibles (a.s.) about any support to this act. Moreover, this practice would, at the present time, give others a bad image of our school of thought. Therefore, it is not permissible in any situation.
taken from the rahbar's site (www.leader.ir)
Jazakum Allah khairan for posting this, specially coming from a scholar. Thus, we can say, that followers might just be innovating just like among any other groups of people. As usualy shaytan comes in and decorates things making them OO this is in remembrance to Hussain and certainly Sayed Shudaael jannah (leader of the martyrs of Jannah) certainly does not need this. His grandfather (our beloved teacher, leader and Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam) told people who commented that the moon eclipsed for the death of his son Ibraheem, the moon and sun do not eclipse for anyone's death, leave alone him endorsing people mourning every year. Just to point out how shaytan worked hard on this issue, why dont they mourn Shuhadaa Auhud including Hamza? Hamza whom the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam sat next to crying?? I understand that Hussain's murder was committed by so called Muslims. but martyrdom is martyrdom and the loss in Auhud was no less in magnitude and effect.
Let me look for the hadeeth regarding the warning against renewing griefs.