#IRAQ : Najaf { نجف }

Redalinho · June 27th, 2008, 09:57 AM

Najaf is renowned as the site of the tomb of Alī ibn Abī Tālib (also known as "Imām Alī"), whom the Shia consider to be the righteous caliph and first imām. The city is now a great center of pilgrimage from throughout the Shi'a Islamic world. It is estimated that only Mecca and Medina receive more Muslim pilgrims.

The Imām Alī Mosque is housed in a grand structure with a gilded dome and many precious objects in the walls. Nearby is the Wādī as-Salām "Wadi of Peace", claimed to be the largest cemetery in the Muslim world (and possibly the largest in the entire world), containing the tombs of several prophets. Many of the devout from other lands aspire to be buried here, to be raised from the dead with Imām Alī on Judgement Day. Over the centuries, numerous hospices, schools, libraries and Sufi convents were built around the shrine to make the city the centre of Shīˤa learning and theology. Many of these were badly damaged during the rule of Saddam Hussein, with a highway being driven through the middle of the Wādī'u s-Salām.

Many great Shi'a scholars both old (such as Sayyid Mohsin Al-Hakim) and Sayyid Abul-Qassim Al-Khoei and contemporary (such as Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Alī al-Hussaynī as-Sīstānī) studied in Najaf. This city, along with Qom in Iran, is considered the centers of the Shi'a fiqh "school of faith".

Redalinho · June 27th, 2008, 10:20 AM

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firoz bharmal · June 27th, 2008, 10:37 AM

Dear friend,can u have more pics of Nagaf city....inside of shrine.....and adehernce of Shrine......i will be glad as i m shia........and wan to go there.......thnks

Redalinho · June 27th, 2008, 10:38 AM

Redalinho · June 27th, 2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by firoz bharmal

Dear friend,can u have more pics of Nagaf city....inside of shrine.....and adehernce of Shrine......i will be glad as i m shia........and wan to go there.......thnks

Unfortunatly 90% of the pics I found are about the war

karar · July 21st, 2008, 02:43 AM

nice pics...and they opened a new airport in najaf.hope to be there soon

Libra · July 21st, 2008, 03:26 AM

Cool, my mother has been to Najaf.

Redalinho:
Your contributions to the forum are always appreciated.

Redalinho · August 15th, 2008, 05:53 PM

June 27th, 2008, 09:57 AM	#1
Redalinho Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Casablanca Posts: 7,764 Likes (Received): 335	#IRAQ : Najaf { نجف } Najaf is renowned as the site of the tomb of Alī ibn Abī Tālib (also known as "Imām Alī"), whom the Shia consider to be the righteous caliph and first imām. The city is now a great center of pilgrimage from throughout the Shi'a Islamic world. It is estimated that only Mecca and Medina receive more Muslim pilgrims. The Imām Alī Mosque is housed in a grand structure with a gilded dome and many precious objects in the walls. Nearby is the Wādī as-Salām "Wadi of Peace", claimed to be the largest cemetery in the Muslim world (and possibly the largest in the entire world), containing the tombs of several prophets. Many of the devout from other lands aspire to be buried here, to be raised from the dead with Imām Alī on Judgement Day. Over the centuries, numerous hospices, schools, libraries and Sufi convents were built around the shrine to make the city the centre of Shīˤa learning and theology. Many of these were badly damaged during the rule of Saddam Hussein, with a highway being driven through the middle of the Wādī'u s-Salām. Many great Shi'a scholars both old (such as Sayyid Mohsin Al-Hakim) and Sayyid Abul-Qassim Al-Khoei and contemporary (such as Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and Alī al-Hussaynī as-Sīstānī) studied in Najaf. This city, along with Qom in Iran, is considered the centers of the Shi'a fiqh "school of faith".

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firoz bharmal Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rajkot , Dubai..... Posts: 1,302 Likes (Received): 16	Dear friend,can u have more pics of Nagaf city....inside of shrine.....and adehernce of Shrine......i will be glad as i m shia........and wan to go there.......thnks

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karar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 370 Likes (Received): 19	nice pics...and they opened a new airport in najaf.hope to be there soon

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Libra Devil's Advocate.... Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 372 Likes (Received): 0	Cool, my mother has been to Najaf. Redalinho: Your contributions to the forum are always appreciated.

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