(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, top Shia jurisprudent, called for more attention to culture of pilgrimage contrary to vast Wahhabi endeavors to end eliminate the tradition.
Iranian senior cleric noted,” Wahhabi groups have no other means than Hajj to congregate and reach solidarity.”
He said,” A misconception of Wahhabism is to accuse us of apostasy due to our tradition of pilgrimage and visiting the holy shrines of Ahlul Bayt (AS)” and added,” Our reply is to ask: From this viewpoint could not Tawaf (circumventing Kaaba during Hajj pilgrimage) be called an act of apostasy?”
“Circumvention does not translate to worshiping Kaaba same way that our objective in pilgrimage is not meant to worship Ahlul Bayt (AS)” the cleric said.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stressed that pilgrimage of Ahlul Bayt (AS) is due to vital and political philosophy and called for expanding the culture of pilgrimage.
It is a tradition mainly among Shia community to visit and pay respect to the holy shrines and tombs of Ahlul Bayt (AS) household of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and companions.
Iranian cleric made the remarks during festival held between the birth anniversary of eighth Shia Imam, Imam Reza (AS) and his sister, Hazrat Masoumeh (AS), grandchildren of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) dubbed as the Daheh Keramat (Ten Days of magnanimity). Holy shrine of both figures are located in Iran
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source : Taghrib news
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16 July 2018
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Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, top Shia jurisprudent, called for more attention to culture of pilgrimage contrary to vast Wahhabi endeavors to end eliminate the tradition.