What valuable lessons can we learn from the Arbaeen march?

What valuable lessons can we learn from the Arbaeen march? Arbaeen is the epitome of a life endowed with liberty, dignity, and defiance against oppression and tyranny. Imam Hussein is indeed the liberator of humanity from all mundane concerns, whose shining path teaches sacrifice and altruism, particularly in today’s world, which is embroiled in wars and atrocities. Every year, during the Arbaeen, millions of Muslims step into the scorched deserts …
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What is the Philosophy behind the Arbaʿīn Walk?

 What is the Philosophy behind the Arbaʿīn Walk? The Arbaeen pilgrimage is not merely a long walk. Instead, it is a kind of movement in which despite being in publics, pilgrims have their own private relationship with Allah and Imam Hussain (AS), which finds a new form of divine immaterial dependence and conformance. Thinking about the goals and the history behind the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS), the injustice and cruelty …
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Ten Questions You Might Ask about Arbaeen

10 Questions You Might Ask about Arbaeen Every year on the 20th of Safar, the second month in Hijri Calendar, a huge number of people from all over the world, Muslim or even non-Muslim, gather in Iraq to take part in a symbolic walk. People of Iraq for months before this day, eagerly prepare themselves to welcome the visitor of Imam Hussain’s (AS) shrine. They find it a great honor …
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What is the reason behind Imam of Mahdi's remaining in occultation despite there are Shiite governments in the world?

What is the reason behind Imam of Mahdi's remaining in occultation despite there are Shiite governments in the world? To clarify the answer, we must make mention of the following points:   1. What the Shiites believe concerning the Imam of Time (atf), and which the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and also the infallible Imams (a.s.)[1] have pointed out is all the Imam’s occultation, not hiding in a cave or a cellar. …
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What is the proof of the birth of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)? Whether any one has seen him after his birth?

What is the proof of the birth of Imam Mahdi (a.s.)? Whether any one has seen him after his birth? According to both the Shi’a as well as Sunni historians, Imam e Zamaana (a.t.f.s.) is already born. This is a well-established historical fact. For example, the famous Sunni historian ‘Ali Ibn Masoodi says: “In 260 A.H. during the reign of Motamid Abassi, Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn …
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