Karbala, Iraq
Maqam Confirmed
Confirmed by scholars and local and traditional belief of Muslims is very strong. Maqam is associated with a Prophet, Sahaba, Awliya Allah, Any great personality, Famous battle sites.
Sites like for example where any great personality stayed for a particular amount of days, or where he or she left some markings like footprints or where he performed some miracles or where some famous battle was fought.
Example: Well of Hz. Yaqub عليه اسلام
Maqam Confirmed also applies to a site where the original building is destroyed and something different is build over it and no remains of original maqam is left
Example: Demolished House of Bibi Khadija رضي الله عنها
Hundreds of ShiÕa Muslims gather around the Husayn Mosque in Karbala after making the Pilgrimage on foot during Arba’een. Arba’een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD.
080227-N-8157C-119.Karbarla, Iraq(Feb. 27, 2008)…Hundreds of thousands of Shi’a and Sunni Muslims make a pilgrimage to the city of Karbala, Iraq to participate in the observance of the Arba’een religious holiday. .The religious observance of Arba’een is the culmination of the 40-day mourning period of Ashura, the commemoration of the death in battle, in 680 AD, of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shi’a Imam, and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad..While the occasion is of significance for both, Shi’a interpret the martyrdom of Husayn as a symbol of struggle against injustice, tyranny and oppression. Sunnis recognize the death of Husayn, but do not place religious significance to it. As one of the holiest cities in Shi’a Islam, Karbala is the center of the proceedings. The Shi’a celebration is characterized by pilgrims thumping their chests while other participants express their emotion with a traditional self-flagellation ritual. .Only since the removal of Saddam Hussein have Iraqis been able to take part in Ashur
080227-N-8157C-119.Karbarla, Iraq(Feb. 27, 2008)…Hundreds of thousands of Shi’a and Sunni Muslims make a pilgrimage to the city of Karbala, Iraq to participate in the observance of the Arba’een religious holiday. .The religious observance of Arba’een is the culmination of the 40-day mourning period of Ashura, the commemoration of the death in battle, in 680 AD, of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shi’a Imam, and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad..While the occasion is of significance for both, Shi’a interpret the martyrdom of Husayn as a symbol of struggle against injustice, tyranny and oppression. Sunnis recognize the death of Husayn, but do not place religious significance to it. As one of the holiest cities in Shi’a Islam, Karbala is the center of the proceedings. The Shi’a celebration is characterized by pilgrims thumping their chests while other participants express their emotion with a traditional self-flagellation ritual. .Only since the removal of Saddam Hussein have Iraqis been able to take part in Ashur
Coordinates: 32.616493, 44.032836
