Arbaʿīn, marching towards the return of Imam Mahdi

11 August 25 Articles
  Arbaʿīn, marching towards the return of Imam Mahdi The path toward the return of imam Mahdi is through Karbala. The path of keeping Karbala alive is through Arbaeen. Every year, millions of pilgrims make the journey, marching towards Karbala. The latest estimates put it at 26 million for 2015 and that number has been steadily growing from the last decade, as removal of dictatorship in Iraq paved the way for …
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What is the Philosophy behind the Arbaʿīn Walk?

10 August 25 Question and Answer
 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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