AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Various Quranic programs are going to be held at the holy mausoleum of Hazrat Abdul Azim Hassani (AS) in Rey, south of Tehran, during the last ten days of the lunar Hijri month of Safar.
Mutaz Aqaei, the director general of the Quranic affairs department of the holy shrine’s Astan (custodianship) said they include a Quran recitation circle at the Imam Khomeini (RA) Hall of the shrine on Saturday evening.
Two prominent qaris, Mohammad Kazemi and Vahid Barati, will recite the Quran at the program and the Nur al-Sajedin group will perform Tawaheeh, he noted.
He said there will be other programs to be held during the ten-day period, including choral recitations, mourning rituals, elegy recitations and a special Quran recitation event on the 28th day of Safar (September 2).
During last ten days of Safar, Shia Muslims hold mourning rituals and processions to mark Arbaeen (40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), which falls on August 25, the demise anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS), which fall on September 2, and the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), which falls on September 4.
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