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Al-Kadhimiyya Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, romanized: Masjid al-Kāẓimiyya) is a Shi'a Islamic mosque and shrine located in the Kādhimiya suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. It contains the tombs of the seventh and ninth Twelver Shī'ī Imāms , respectively Mūsā al-Kādhim and his grandson Muhammad al-Jawad .
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 ...
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 that year to around twenty million in 2014.
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib ( r. 656–661 ) as his successor ( khalifa ) as the imam , that is the spiritual and political leader of the Muslim community.
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 ...
[4] [1] Shia tradition holds al-Sahifa in great esteem, ranking it behind the Quran, the central text of Islam, and Nahj al-balagha, which is attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia imam and the grandfather of al-Sajjad. [5] The book is known by various honorific names in Shia Islam, including "Sister of the Quran," "Gospel of the Holy ...
According to the Alawites, after settling in Aleppo, under the rule of the Shia Hamdanid dynasty, he gained the support and aid of its ruler, Sayf al-Dawla, in spreading his teachings. He later dedicated his book Kitab al-Hidaya al-Kubra to his patron. He died in Aleppo and his tomb, which became a shrine, is inscribed with the name Shaykh ...
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