Ziyarat in Iraqفي المقدسة المراقدالعراق

About IRAQ

There are 18 provinces in Iraq with many cities in each province.

“Najaf” and “Karbala” are Provinces. Samara is a city in the “Salah ad-Din” Province.

Holy Cities in IRAQ

Najaf Kufa Karbala MOOSAYAB Kadhmyah Samarra Hillah

There were 6 Imams buried in Iraq:

- Imam Ali(as)

- Imam Hussein(as)

- Imam Musa Al-Kazim(as)

- Imam Muhammad AL-Jawad (as)

- Imam Ali Naqi (as)

- Imam Hassan AL-Askari (as)

The holy shrine of 1st Imam Ali (as)NAJAF

There are 3 graves in The holy Shrine of Imam Ali (as):

Grave of Imam Ali [as] Grave of Prophet Adam ادم [as] Grave of Prophet Nuh نوح [as]

Over 500 Prominent Personalities / Ulaama علماء are buried around the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali a.s

The Area Around Holy Shrine of Imam Ali Called “Wadi Al-

Salaam”السالم وادي

Inside “Wadi Al-Salaam”السالم وادي في

Tomb of Prophet Hud [as]

السالم عليه هود الله نبي مرقد Tomb of Prophet Saleh [as]

السالم عليه صالح الله نبي مرقد Maqam of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq [as]

السالم عليه الصادق جعفر االمام مقام Maqam of Imam Al-Mahdi, [as]

السالم عليه المهدي االمام مقام Mosalla of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin [as]

السالم عليه العابدين زين علي السجاد االمام مصلى

3- Tomb of Kumayl bin Ziyad

companion of Imam Ali [a], and the narrator of “Duaa Kumayl”

السالم عليه زياد ابن كميل قبر

4- Tomb of Rashid Hijri –

companion of Imam Ali [a]

السالم عليه الهجري رشيد قبر

5- Grave of Sayyid al-Khui

سره » قدس الخوئي السيد «مرقد

Grand-mujtahid (marja') to 450 million Muslims since 1970 (d. 8th August 1992)

6- Masjid Hannana

الحنانه مسـجـدThis mosque is located between Kufa and Najaf. The significance of this mosque is that when Imam Hasan [as] and Imam Hussein[as] were carrying the janaza of Imam Ali [as] from Kufa to Najaf, they passed near this mosque, and as they were passing, the pillars of the mosque inclined towards Imam Ali [as] as if paying its last respects.

KUFACity of

Inside City of KUFA The Great “Masjid of Kufa”

Inside Masjid of Kufa Mehrab Al-Salat for Imam Ali [as].

السالم عليه علي المومنين امير صالة محراب

The place where Imam Ali [a] was martyred

Court room of Imam Ali [a]

The holy shrine of “Muslim bin Aqil” [a] عقيل ابن مسلم مرقد

cousin and ambassador of Imam Hussein [as] to Kufa

The holy shrine of “Hani bin Urwa”, عروة ابن هاني مرقد

City of KUFA Masjid Al-Sahla – السهلة مسجد

Masjid Al-Sahla it’s Recommended to be in this mosque at the maghrib time of a Wednesday.

Mosalla and Maqam of the 6th Imam “Ja'far al-Sadiq” [as]

Mosalla of Prophet Ibrahim [as] Mosalla of Prophet Idris ادريس [as] Mosalla of Prophet Khidr الخضر [as]. Also called

Maqam al-Saleheen الصالحين - مقام

The holy shrine of Ebrahim bin Al-Hasan al-Muthanna The son of Imam Hasan [as]

المثنى الحسن ابن ابراهيم مرقد The holy shrine of Maytham al-Tammar,

companion of Imam Ali [as]

التمار ميثم مرقد Mosque of Zaid – زيد مسجد

near Masjid AL-Sahla السهلة مسجد من قريبا

Mosque of Sa'asa bin Sauhan, صوحان ابن صعصة

companion of Imam Ali [a]

Inside City of KUFA

KARBALA

In City of KARBALAThe holy shrine of 3rd Imam Hussein [as] and his brother Abbas

[as] and the martyrs of Karbala [peace be upon them]

Inside the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (a.s) Grave of Imam Hussein [as] Grave of Ali Akbar, son of Imam Hussein [as] Grave of Ali Asgher, son of Imam Hussein [as] Graves of the rest of the martyrs of Karbala. Grave of Habib bin Madhaher [as] – مضاهر ابن حبيب

Grave of Ibrahim

son of 7th Imam Musa al-Kadhim, peace be upon him

In City of KARBALAThe holy Shrine of Hazrat Abbas (as)

Til Al-Zaynabiya الزينبيه .تل

a small hill close by Imam Hussein Holy shrine where Zainab [as] was watching the killing of Imam Hussein.

The holy shrine of Hur [as] عليه الحر مرقدالسالم

(companion of Imam Husayn [a] in Karbala) 3 miles from Karbala

The holy shrine of Aun [as] عليه عون مرقدالسالم

Son of Zaynab [as] - 6 miles from Karbala.

In City of KARBALA also

City of “MOOSAYAB” المسيبsmall city on the way between Baghdad and

Karbala.

City of “Moosyab” is the location of holy shirne of the two “sons of Muslim bin Aqil” [as] :

Muhammad bin Muslim bin Aqil [as] Ibrahim bin Muslim bin Aqil [as]

SAMARAHسامراء

City of

In City of SAMARAH

The holy shrine of 10th and 11th Imams,

Imam Ali al-Naqi (a.s)Imam Hasan al-Askari (a.s)

In City of SAMARAH also

Grave of “Sayyida Halima Khatoon” [as] daughter of Imam Ali al-Naqi [as] and sister of Imam Hasan al-Askari [as]. Grave of “Sayyida Nargisنرجس Khatoon” [as], mother of the 12th Imam Al-Mahdi, May Allah Hasten His Return

BAGHDADCity of AL-KAZMIAHAالكاظمية

Baghdad City of KAZMAIN

The holy shrine of 7th and 9th Imams: Imam Musa al-Kazim [as] Imam Muhammad al-Jawad [as]

City of AL-KAZMIAHA

In Baghdad also:

The four representatives of the 12th Imam [as] during the minor occultation ( الصغرى (الغيبة

Uthman bin Sayeed العمري سعيد ابن عثمان

Muhammad bin Uthman عثمان ابن محمد Husayn bin Rooh

روح ابن الحسين Ali bin Muhammad Al-Simari

mريnم oالس محمد بن علي