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Recommended places to visit in Iraq.

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Najaf

Pilgrimage sites :

1. Mausoleum of 1st Imam Ali b. Abi Taalib, peace be upon him

There are 3 graves in one darih:

  • Grave of Imam Ali [a]
  • Grave of Prophet Adam [a] - 1st prophet and man on earth
  • Grave of Prophet Nuh [a]

    2. Wadi-us Salaam

  • Tomb of Prophet Hud [a]
  • Tomb of Prophet Saleh [a]
  • Maqam of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq [a]
  • Maqam of Saheb al-Asr, Imam Al-Mahdi [a]
  • Mosalla of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin [a]

    3. Tomb of Hadrat Kumayl - companion of Imam Ali [a]

    4. Tomb of Rashid Hijri - companion of Imam Ali [a]

    5. Masjid Hannana

    This mosque is between Kufa and Najaf. The significance of this mosque is that when Imam Hasan [a] and Imam Husayn [a] were carrying the janaza of Imam Ali [a] from Kufa to Najaf, they passed near this mosque, and as they were passing, the pillars of the mosque inclined towards Imam Ali [a] as if paying its last respects. It is also believed that some of the skin from Imam Husayn [a]'s head (that came off when Khul Mal'un was disrespecting the head of Imam Husayn [a] with a knife) is buried here.

    6.Grave of Sayyid al-Khui

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

    Kufa

    Pilgrimage sites :

    1. Masjid Kufa

  • Mehrab-e-Ibadat. The place where Imam Ali [a] was martyred
  • Court room of Imam Ali [a]
  • Mausoleum of Muslim ibn Aqil [a], cousin and ambassador of Imam Husayn [a] to Kufa
  • Mausoleum of Mukhtar, the avenger of Imam Husayn [a]'s massacre
  • Mausoleum of Hani ibn Urwa, companion of Imam Husayn [a] who was killed by Ubaydullah Ibn Ziyad for sheltering and supporting Muslim ibn Aqil
  • Tanoor - The place from where the deluge (toofan) of Prophet Nuh [a] began.
  • Mosalla of several prophets:

  • Mosalla of Prophet Ibrahim
  • Mosalla of Prophet Idris
  • Mosalla of Prophet Khidr

    • 2. House of Imam Ali, peace be upon him

    3. Mausoleum of Sayyida Khadijatul Sughra daughter of Imam Ali [a] - outside Masjid Kufa

    4. Mausoleum of Prophet Yunus [a] - near the river

    5. Masjid Sahla. Recommended to be in this mosque at the maghrib time of a Wednesday i.e. at the end of a Tuesday

    6. Kooba of Ebrahim ibn Hasan al-Muthanna ibn Imam Hasan [a]

    7. Mausoleum of Maytham al-Tammar, companion of Imam Ali [a]

    8. Mosque of Zaid - near Masjid Sahla

    9. Mosque of Sa'asa ibn Sauhan, companion of Imam Ali [a]

    Kerbala

    Pilgrimage sites :

    1. Mausoleum of 3rd Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon him

    There are 3 graves in one darih:

  • Grave of Imam Husayn [a]
  • Grave of Ali Akbar, son of Imam Husayn [a]
  • Grave of Ali Asgher, son of Imam Husayn [a]

    2. Mausoleum of Hadrat Abbas b. Ali [a]: Brother and Standard-bearer of Imam Husayn [a]

    3. Grave of Habib ibn Madhaher [a]

    4. Ganj-e-Shohada - graves of the rest of the martyrs of Karbala

    5. Qatl-ghah

    6. Grave of Ibrahim son of 7th Imam Musa al-Kadhim, peace be upon him

    7. Til-e-Zaynabiya

    8. Khaimaghah

    9. Garden of 6th Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, peace be upon him

    10. Garden of 12th Imam Sahib al-Asr, Al-Mahdi, peace be upon him

    11. Mausoleum of Hur (companion of Imam Husayn [a] in Karbala) - 3 miles from Karbala

    12. Mausoleum of Aun, son of Sayyida Zaynab [a]

    6 miles from Karbala. One can visit this place as well as the mausoleum of Tiflane Muslim while going back to Kadhmayn

    Kadhmayn

    Pilgrimage sites :

    1. Mausoleum of 7th and 9th Imams, Imam Musa al-Kadhim and Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, peace be upon them

    2. Grave of Shaykh al-Mufid

    3. Grave of Sayyid Ismail Safrudin

    4. Grave of Khwaja Nasirudin Tusi

    5. Grave of Sayyid Murtada

    6. Grave of Sayyid Razi

    Samarra

    Location

    Samarra is closer (and therefore easier to go to) from Kadhmayn than it is from Karbala. Try and spend atleast one night in Samarra so as to perform ziyarat and a'amals properly. Most people make a quick trip to Samarra lasting only a few hours which is most unfortunate.

    Pilgrimage sites

    1. Mausoleum of 10th and 11th Imams, Imam Ali al-Naqi and Imam Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon them

    The main darih has four graves:

  • Grave of 10th Imam Ali al-Naqi, peace be upon him
  • Grave of 11th Imam Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon him
  • Grave of Sayyida Halima Khatoon:

    Daughter of Imam Ali al-Naqi [a] and sister of Imam Hasan al-Askari [a]. Her narration of the birth of the 12th Imam [a] is reported extensively as she was a mid-wife to Sayyida Nargis Khatoon the mother of the 12 Imam [a]

  • Grave of Sayyida Nargis Khatoon [a], mother of the 12th Imam Al-Mahdi, peace be upon him

    2. Cellar (sardab) of 12th Imam Al-Mahdi, peace be upon him - where he was last seen. Also called Maqam Ghaybat (i.e. the place of occultation)

    3. Masjid Jamia

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