Iran nation commemorating Husseini sacrifices

By: Sheikh Muhammad Khurasani

HOLY CITY OF MASH’HAD, Iran: Like other countries, Marasem-e-Azadari are being held across Iran to pay homage to the unparallel sacrifices of Holy Prophet Hazret-e-Muhammad (s.w.)’s grandson Hazret-e-Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Taleb (a.s.) along with his 72 faithful companions in 61 AH.

Black banners and standards have been placed in shrines, mosques, husseiniyaat, and takayeh where day and night Majalis are held. Throngs of black-dressed mourners and devotees attend these majales with their eyes shedding floods of tears on the sufferings of Hazret-e-Imam Hussein (a.s.).

Flocks of mourners and elegy chanters from different cities began descending at the holy mausoleums of Hazret-e-Imam Ali bin Moussa Ar-Reza (a.s.) and his sister Hazret-e-Faytimeh Al-Masoumeh (a.s.) in the holy cities of Mash’had and Qom to offer condolences to Prophet (s.w.) and his family (a.s.).

The takayeh (tombs) of Imam-zadegan where majales ae held include Imam-zadeh Raza progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Zainul Abidin (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ismail progeny of Hazret-e-Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Raza Jafar progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ibrahim progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Sayed Ali progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Ali Al-Morteza (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ahmed progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Nasiruddin progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Hassan Al-Mujtaba (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Sayed Subhan & Bibi Sanobar progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ahmed progeny of Hazret-e-Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Masoom Ali progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Zainul Abidin (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Shah Jafar progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Yahya progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Zainul Abidin (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Hamzeh progeny of Hazret-e-Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Haadi progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ahmed progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Ali Al-Morteza (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Ali Raza progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Zainul Abidin (a.s.),Imam-zadeh Sayed Abdul Aziz progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Sayed Muhammad Alvi progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Abu Jafar & Imam-zadeh Ahmed progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.), Imam-zadeh Sayed Jamaluddin progeny of Hazret-e-Imam Moussa Al-Kazim (a.s.) and many other Imam-zadeh’s tombs.

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