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Al-Atabat Al-Aliyat (Arabic: العتبات العالیات [1] [2] lit. sublime thresholds), [3] [4] which is also known as Al-Atabat Al-Muqaddasa (literally: holy doorsteps) are the shrines of six Shia Imams which are in four cities of Iraq, namely Najaf, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Samarra; [5] [6] [7] and actually the whole of these Imams' shrines (graves) are called Atabat Aliyat. [8]
Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is the third holiest site for Shia Muslims, [19] which contains the tomb of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Shia imam. Ali al-Ridha is believed, by members of the Shia, to have been poisoned there upon the orders of Caliph Al-Ma'mun and the place was subsequently called, Mashhad ar-Ridhā (the place of martyrdom of ...
The Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad, Iran, is an Islamic shrine containing the remains of Ali al-Rida, the eighth Imam of Shia Islam. It is the largest mosque in the world by area.
WikiShia is affiliated with Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly, [1] and was officially launched on June 22, 2014 [2] in the International Congress of Sibt al-Nabi (a) in Tehran, by Hasan Rohani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The term "Shi'a" means "follower", "faction" or "party" of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin ...
Forty is a sacred number in Islam, and the Arba'in pilgrimage is an early Shia tradition popularized by the Shia imams. In recent times, the Arba'in pilgrimage was banned by the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein , but rapidly grew after his deposal in 2003 from two million participants in that year to around twenty million in 2014.
The mosque draws guests from a variety of cultures Known as a sacred place for Shia Muslims, attracting tens of thousands who visit the mosque as a place of pilgrimage to revere Ruqayya. Her life and legacy—which were shaped by the events that followed the Battle of Karbala—have great significance, particularly on religious commemorations ...
At the bottom, it is surrounded with twelve windows, each of which is about 1.25 metres (4 ft 1 in) away from the other, from the inside, and 1.30 metres (4 ft 3 in) from the outside. The shrine has an area of 59 metres (194 ft) by 75 metres (246 ft) with ten gates, and about 65 decorated rooms used for studying.
Najaf in Iraq and Qom in Iran are considered the two main centres of traditional Shia Islamic education today, and both have their own separate administrations and curricula. The Najaf Seminary (Hawza) established in the 11th century CE is the oldest hawza among those still active.