Imam Hussain announced: “Don’t you see that truth has been replaced by falsehood? We must be prepared to sacrifice everything that is precious in support of...
Read More »A Guide for Walking to Imam Hussain (as)
Millions of people are heading towards Karbala to visit Imam Hussain (as) by walk! Read on to know how you can also take this journey of a lifetime from Najaf to Karbala...
Read More »Why Do Some People Make Doubts About Arbaeen Pilgrimage?
This pilgrimage which involves the rise of millions of Muslims for visiting Imam al-Hussain (a) has become a manifestation of Imam al-Hussain’s (a) glory and is a...
Read More »Imam Hussain Belongs to Whole Humanity Not to Shia: Ayatollah Khamenei
We, the Shias, are proud to follow Imam Hussain, but Imam Hussein does not exclusively belong to us. Shias, Sunnis and all the people are under the patronage of Imam Hussain, ayatollah...
Read More »Arbaeen Is the Biggest and Most Peaceful Gathering in the World: Canadian Legislator
Anam Kazim, member of the legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada during an official session represented the ceremony of Arbaeen to the Canadian Assembly and talked about the Great Arbaeen walk in Iraq...
Read More »Arbaeen marchers attacked in Nigeria, dozens killed
Scores injured and killed amid fatal attack at Nigeria’s Arbaeen march At least 42 people have been killed in a fresh raid by Nigerian security forces on members of the country’s Muslim community. Report in local Nigerian media on Saturday said scores of people had also been injured after Nigerian …
Read More »Almost 30 Million people from all faiths attended Arbaeen in 2017
The Arba’een Pilgrimage is the world’s largest public gathering that is held every year in Karbala, Iraq. This Ziyarah (pilgrimage) is held at the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Husayn ibn Ali’s martyrdom in 680. Arba’een …
Read More »Arbaeen: An Opportunity to Display a Strong Will against Tyranny and Injustice
Prophets (as) and Imams (as) are the vivid examples and leaders that true Mu’mins (believers) should practically follow and not just worship. The example of Imam Hussain (as) is the lesson of uprising against tyranny and...
Read More »Spiritual Experience: Arba‘īn Pilgrimage by a Student of Hawza Ilmyya
Here I recount my experience of the Arba’īn pilgrimage to Karbala, annually attracting over twenty million pilgrims, known as the world’s largest human gathering...
Read More »Pilgrimage to Karbala: Commemorating the Past Sacrifice and Preparing for Future Revolution
The Arba’een pilgrimage has become the focal point of all sociopolitical and geopolitical developments. It is the religious engine, so to speak, that is fueling the rise of increasingly assertive Shia organizations that have been the only political entities in recent decades to...
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