Around one million Iraqi Shias celebrated the Arafat day on Friday evening in Holy city of Karbala, the province’s governor said on Saturday, referring to “successful” security measures in this regard.
“There were no security violations,” Engineer Amalal-Din al-Hur told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He said that around 19 thousand security element were deployed throughout the province for this occasion.
Husseini pilgrims from across the country gathered at the holy shrine on the night and day of Arafaht
They recited zyarah in front of the holy grave of the Imam (peace of Allah be on him) and performed other rituals. 
A hadith, or a saying, of Prophet Muhammad (peace of Allah be on him and his pure progeny) goes that Allah certainly looks at the visitors of Hussein in Karbala before He looks at His (Allah’s) visitors in Mt. Arafaht.
Visitors also converged on the holy shrine of his brother Abu`l Fazl Al-Abbas bin Ali bin Abi Taleb (peace of Allah be on them) in this holy city.
Special stalls for free hot and cold drinks were set up and food was prepared in giant pots to facilitate the ‘Visitors of Hussein”. 
The Day of Arafat is an Islamic Holy Day, in which it is said that the religion had been perfected. The original day was on a Friday, but now the Day falls on the 9th day of Dhul Hijja of the lunar Islamic Calendar.
This happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan. It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and the day after it is the major Islamic Holiday of Eidul Adha.
The holy city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of Baghdad.
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