Ziyārat al-Arbaʹīn

12 August 25 Articles
Ziyārat Arbaʿīn + a specific farewell Reported in Miṣbāḥ Mutahajjid, Ṣafwān Jammal from Imām Ṣādiq to visit Imām al-Ḥusayn's tomb using the following words:
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Is Arbaʿīn walk to Karbalā an innovation?

11 August 25 Question and Answer
  Is Arbaʿīn walk to Karbalā an innovation? This is not the first time or the first person who has attempted to extinguish the ‘Light of God’: “They wish to extinguish God’s Light with their mouths, but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected.” (Chapter 9, Ayah 32) Although one of my colleagues has answered the above misgiving in a very academic manner, I will Inshallah …
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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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