Hawzah News Agency- Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan and several other countries have flocked to the holy city of Mashhad in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi to mark the occasion at Imam Reza holy shrine.
Black flags of mourning ceremonies have widely been fixed at different places of the holy shrine and on the golden dome as well as mourning fabrics of Enqelab-e Eslami and Azadi courtyards have added to the complex’s atmosphere of sorrow.
The holy complex has also announced scientific, cultural, and religious programs for the occasion, including religious meetings, sermons and eulogies by scholars, which are held under full health protocols in the holy shrine. These programs have been categorized for different groups of people including families, men, women, children and teenagers.
Also, some other programs will be held in Arabic and Urdu languages for people from Arabic and Urdu speaking countries in separate places of the holy shrine such as Dar al-Rahmah and Ghadir porticos. All ceremonies are covered by tens of national and international TV channels and social networks in English, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Azeri languages.
Imam Sadiq (AS), a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), was an eighth-century Muslim and leader scholar. He was the founder of the Ja’fari school of jurisprudence and the sixth Imam of the Shia Muslims. Imam Sadiq’s (AS) holy grave is in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina.