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An official in Qom put the number of pilgrims visiting the holy city during the days leading to the Mid-Shaaban Eid at more than four million. Hojat-ol-Islam Hosseini Moqaddam, the social, cultural and pilgrimage deputy of the…

In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Statement by the World Assembly for Shiite Studies on the Occasion of the Blessed Ascension (Mab'ath) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) Allah Almighty says: “Indeed Allah…

Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. The name of this month in Arabic is derived from the root “r j b” which means honored and magnificent. This name was chosen because the Arabs have revered this month since…

Preserving hope for the return of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ), the promised savior, is central to Shia Islam. While the concept of a messianic figure resonates across Abrahamic faiths, and firmly finds traditional and rational bases inside the…

The Holy Prophet said: "Whoever injures (bodily or sentimentally) Fatima, injures me; and whoever injures me injures Allah; and whoever injures Allah practices unbelief. O Fatima! If your wrath is incurred, it incurs the wrath of Allah;…

The Palestinian Ministry of Culture has announced that the Palestinian keffiyeh has been officially inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage List of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO).…