Hawzah News Agency (Mashhad, Iran) - Head of the caravan stated, "Attending Imam al-Ridha Holy Shrine, this group of pilgrims enjoyed some special programs provisioned by non-Iranian pilgrims' office. Thanks to the endeavors of Osra institution, the group arrived in Mashhad to participate in a short term course of Islamic injunctions".

Sayyed Hassan Sadr said, " This group of Shia Muslims enjoyed Hujjat al-Islam Soleimani's lecture on the importance of Imam al-Ridha's (as) pilgrimage and salient features of Prophet Muhammad's (sawa) life".

Introducing this visitation as the first experience for many of the young people of the caravan, he added, "Each of these young Muslims is a preacher of Islam in his own country, so presence of these people at the Razavi Holy Shrine will be a very good help for the propagation of Islam".

Noting that her first pilgrimage at the Razavi Holy Shrine turns back to 2013, Shafiqeh Mousavi, one members of the group, added, "I am very happy because Allah has provided me the opportunity of pilgrimage in Razavi Shrine during these auspicious birthdays of Prophet Muhammad (sawa) and Imam Sadiq (as).

She reiterated, "When I was coming to Mashhad, I was wondering what good job I have done that made Imam al-Ridha (A.S.) invite me once more".

"I had a lot of desires before arriving here. However, a very special kind of calmness came over me and I forgot all of them as soon as I saw the Razavi golden dome", Mousavi added.

Australian pilgrim of the Razavi Holy Shrine stressed, "Razavi servants have got a very good behavior toward Holy Shrine's pilgrims and this kind of respectful behavior can be found in no other shrine".

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