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The Arba'in pilgrimage is the world's largest annual public gathering. It is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam.
The Sacred Mosque in Makkah. Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims agree on the three holiest sites in Islam being, respectively, the Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), in Makkah; the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, in Medina; and the Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem.
9 Σεπ 2020 · Karbala and Najaf grew in importance in the 16th century with the founding of a Shiite state in Persia, today’s Iran, under Shah Ismail I. From then on, the Iraqi shrine cities attracted...
9 Σεπ 2020 · Opinion. The world's largest Muslim pilgrimage site? Not Mecca, but the Shiite shrine in Karbala. (The Conversation) — At Ashoura, Shiites mourn the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson...
Najaf or al-Najf al-Ashraf (Arabic: النَّجَف الاَشرَف) (Dignified Najaf) is a Shiite pilgrimage city in Iraq, where the Holy Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a) is located.
28 Ιουλ 2023 · Millions of Shiite Muslims — one of the two major sects of Islam — take part in the annual pilgrimage to these shrines, which attracts more visitors than the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.
The city is the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world.
