AhlulBayt News Agency: The municipality of the holy city of Kadhimiya in Iraq has been making preparations to best host millions of pilgrims expected to arrive in the city.
They will travel to the city from across Iraq and other countries later this week on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Kadhim (AS).
The municipality has implemented a special plan called “Rajabiya Pilgrimage” for serving the pilgrims.
Kadhimiya, north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, is home to the holy shrine of Imam Kadhim (AS), the seventh Shia Imam.
A few weeks ago, Iraqi interior ministry held a meeting to discuss measures to ensure security ahead of the arrival of a large number of pilgrims in the city.
Shia Muslims and others mourn the martyrdom of Imam Kadhim (AS) on January 15 this year.
The 7th Imam was poisoned and martyred on Rajab 25, 183 (September 5, 799 AD) in the prison of Baghdad.
The seventh Imam (AS) had purchased a burial site in the Maghabir Quraysh, where he was laid to rest after martyrdom. Under the guidance of Imam Jawad (AS) and the orders of Ma’mun, a shrine was constructed over his noble grave. Several years later, when Imam Jawad (AS) was also martyred in the year 220 AH, he was buried alongside his grandfather. The site of the two holy shrines were then named Kadhimiya.
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