Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani receives members of Lady Masuma's Arbaeen Mawkeb

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Members of Lady Masuma's (a.s) Arbaeen Mawkeb met with Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani in Qom.

During the meeting which was held at his eminence's house on Monday, October 24, Hujjat al-Islam Husseini Nezhad remarked, "The holy shrine of Lady Masuma (a.s) will establish its Mawkeb on the road from Najaf to Karbala this year to host pilgrims during Arbaeen ceremony,"

Mr Javad Jahangirzadeh, Head of the Arbaeen committee of Lady Masuma Shrine, also made some remarks during the meeting and said," In order to make preparations for holding this year's Mawkeb a delegation from Lady Masuma shrine were sent to Iraq; they met with custodians of Iraqi shrines as well as the local authorities, after holding several meetings and discussions the Iraqi side showed their support and enthusiasm for holding this Mawkeb,"

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jahangirzadeh referred to last year's Mawkeb adding, "This year, a land with an area of 12 thousand square meters has been bought to host Lady Masuma's Mawkeb; and we're going to offer as many as 10 thousand free meals to pilgrims every day in addition to other medical and cultural services which we're going to provide for them,"

Vice Executive of Lady Masuma Shrine went on, "There will be 40 medical staffs in the Mawkeb consisting of physicians, specialists as well as nurses ready to provide medical care to pilgrims. However, our major focus would be on cultural programs such as performing congregational prayers three times a day, offering religious Q & A sessions in different languages, familiarizing the pilgrims with the lives of Lady Fatima (a.s) and Lady Masuma (a.s), etc.



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