Turbah Karbala (Arabic: تربة کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'),^[1][2][3] or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'),^[4][5][6] or "Turbah of Imam Hussain"^[7][8] is the soil taken from Hussain ibn Ali's grave in the city of Karbala. Shia Muslims use it to make turbah and misbaha.^[9][10]

According to Islamic (Shi'i) narrations, "Turbah Karbala" has diverse effects,^[11][12][13] and prostrating on it is considered as a Mustahab (recommended) practice^[14] during the time of prayer(s).^[15] The sixth Imam of Shia Islam, Ja'far al-Sadiq named this soil as affairs trouble-shooter.^[16][17]

Turbah which means soil,^[18][19] grave, tomb, etc.,^[20] is regarded (as a probability) as every soil around each holy grave(s) among the Islamic prophet Muhammad, The Twelve Imams and Imamzadehs; but exclusively it is attributed to the soil of Hussain ibn Ali's grave,^[21] and the phrases "Tin-al-Qabr" or "al-Tin" are considered as it according to the hadiths of Shia Imams.^[22]

"Turbah Karbala" has various influences, amongst:

• (Divine) reward for the reciter of Dhikr (who keep this turbah in his/her hand)^[23]
• High spiritual effects on human (by touching it to the body)^[24]
• Safety against calamities, and every fear^[25]
• Safety for children (newborns)^[26]
• Healing^[27]

• Tasbih of Fatimah
• Dhikrullah
• Tasbih
• Durood
• Salat
• Dua
• Baetylus