AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Nearly three million Iranians have completed the registration process to attend Arbaeen procession this year, according to an official statement.
In a statement on Monday, Iran’s Arbaeen Headquarters announced that 2,912,735 Iranians have completed the registration as of the end of Sunday.
More than 2.5 million Iranians have departed for Iraq while more than 900,000 pilgrims have returned to the country, according to the statement.
The body advised the pilgrims to not postpone their trip to the weekend and also to return to Iran before the day of Arbaeen, which will be marked on August 25.
Arbaeen is a religious event that is observed by Shia Muslims on the fortieth day after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the 40th day of martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the third Shia imam, who was killed by the army of Yazid I in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
Arbaeen is also known as the Ziyarat of Arbaeen, which means the visitation of Imam Hussein’s (AS) shrine in Karbala, Iraq, where his body is buried. Ziyarat is an act of pilgrimage and devotion in Shia Islam.
Arbaeen is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, with millions of Shia Muslims from different countries walking to Karbala from various cities in Iraq and neighboring countries. The distance can range from 80 km to 500 km or more, depending on the starting point.
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