The Imam al Husayn Shrine (Arabic: مَقَاما الإِمَامُ الْحُسَيْن اِبِنْ عَلي, romanized: Maqām al-ʾImām al-Ḥusayn ʾibn ʿAlī) is the mosque and burial site...

that the Imam Ali Mosque is the third of five holy places: Mecca, Medina, Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, and the shrine of Fatima...

legacy of Imam Ali. Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, contains the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali. The mosque stands on the site of the grave of Husayn ibn Ali...

daughter Fatima, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third Imam (leader) in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before...

1808) was an Iraqi nobleman that served as the 21st custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine from 1802 until 1808. Nasrallah was born c. 1725 to Kadhim Nasrallah...

holiest Islamic sites: Mecca, Medina, Imām 'Alī Mosque in Najaf, Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbalā, and the Shrine of his daughter Fāṭimah in Qom. "God chose...

author, scholar, and served as the 33rd and 37th custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine from 1900 until 1931. He authored a number of books on the history...

and poet Jawad Nasrallah (d. 1808), Iraqi nobleman and custodian of Imam Husayn Shrine Hassan Nasrallah (1881–1959), Iraqi nobleman, activist, and businessman...

transliterated as Bainul Haramain, is the area between the Imam Husayn Shrine and al-Abbas Shrine, which is a distance of 378 meters. It is said to be the...

Imam (/ɪˈmɑːm/, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of...

Imam Hussain Mosque may refer to: Imam Husayn Shrine, Kerbala, Iraq, the burial site of Husayn ibn Ali Imam Hussein Mosque (Kuwait), the largest Shia...

seventh Twelver Shia Imam. He was the first Alid to settle in Karbala, where he died, and was buried in the Imam Husayn shrine. al-Mujab has many descendants...

small room. Notable zarih can be found in the Imam Husayn Shrine, the mosque of Imam Ali, and the Shrine of Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. Islamic architecture...

The Shrine of Husayn's Head (Arabic: مشْهد ٱلحُسَين, romanized: Mašhad al-Ḥusayn, lit. 'Mausoleum of Husayn') was a shrine built by the Fatimids on a hilltop...

custodian of the Imam Husayn Shrine from 1992 until 2003. Nasrallah was born on February 28, 1953, to Nasser Nasrallah, a servant in the Abbas shrine. He hails...

orator of Iranian descent. Al-Qazwini is currently the Imam of the eastern wing of the Imam Husayn shrine. He lived in exile for twenty three years between...

removed, Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi in Najaf. Mirza Mahdi was the Imam of the Imam Husayn Shrine. He was born in the city of Karbala to the prominent religious...

Chittick, William C. (1986). "Rūmī's view of the Imam Ḥusayn". Al-Serāt: Papers from the Imam Ḥusayn Conference, London, July 1984. Vol. 12. London: The...

bint al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: رُقَيَّة بِنْت ٱلْحُسَيْن) is said to have been a daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam in Twelver Shia. Husayn and a small...

liturgy used in pilgrimages to the shrine of Husayn in Karbala. Muhammad al-Baqir, Prophet's descendant and the fifth Shia Imam, recommended reciting Ziyarat...

to Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia imam. Husayn was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shia imam and...

is the martyrdom anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn was killed, alongside most of his...

علي, romanized: Maqām ʿAlī), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a shrine purportedly housing the tomb of Caliph Ali (r. 656–661). Many pilgrims annually...

served as the 38th custodian of the Imam Husayn shrine from 1931 until 1981. al-Killidar was born in 1911 to Abdul Husayn al-Killidar. He is from the Tumah...

Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad, Iran, is an Islamic shrine...

Ashurah (عاشوراء) for Shia commemorate Imam Husayn ibn Ali's martyrdom in the Battle of Karbala. Imam Husayn was grandson of Muhammad, who was killed...

 'Ali, the youngest'), was the youngest son of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad and the third Shia Imam. A young child, likely an infant, he was killed...

annually commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn refused on moral grounds to pledge...

Each Imam was the son of the previous Imam, with the exception of Husayn ibn Ali, who was the brother of Hasan ibn Ali. The twelfth and final Imam is Muhammad...

the al-Shahristani crypt in the Imam Husayn shrine. Salih al-Shahristani (died 1891) was the son of Muhammad-Husayn al-Shahristani. He was a senior jurist...