Karbala-Najaf tour

The tour was aimed to visit religious places in Iraq in the cities of Karbala and Najaf as below:

1 - Imam Hussain a.s. Holy Shrine - Karbala
2 - Maoulana Abbas ibn Ali holy Shrine - Karbala
3 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Holy Shrine - Najaf
4 - Kufa Masjid  - Kufa

Day - 1 - Arrived at Najaf airport. Traveled to Karbala by bus. Did Ziyarat of Imam Hussain A.S, and Moulana Abbas ibn Ali.

Imam Hussain a.s. Holy Shrine - Karbala

Moulana Abbas ibn Ali Holy Shrine - Karbala

Day - 2 - Did Ziyarat of Ibrahim and Muhammed, sons of Muslim bin Aqeel at a place called Musaib, 40 kilometers away from Karbala.

Group Selfie at Musaib.

Ziyarat - Muhhamed & Ibrahim, Sons of Muslim bin Aqeel.- Musaib.

Day -3 - Went for ziyarats in and around Karbala. 

1 - Farm house (wadi) of Imam Jaffar us sadiq. 

2 - Khaima gah - A place where tents of the family of Imam Hussain a.s. were put up at the time of Battle of Karbala. 

3 - Zaineb tekri - A place from where Zaineb a.s (sister of Imam Hussain a.s.) saw the shahadat of Imam Hussain a.s. 

4 - Hurr ibn Yazeed Shrine. Hurr was one of the first martyrs in the battle of Karbala who was on the side of Imam Hussain a.s. 

Khaima gah - Karbala

Zaineb Tekri - Karbala

Hurr ibn yazeed Shrine - near Karbala.

Day - 4 - Traveled to Najaf Al Ashraf from Karbala. Did ziyarat of  Moulana Ali ibn abi Talib.

Holy Shrine of Moulana Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Day - 5 -  Did ziyarat of Hur and Saleh Nabi, Rasheed al hajree and mesam ut tamman. and then visited Kufa masjid for evening Namaaz. 

 Hurr and Saleh Nabi Ziyarat - Najaf 

Rushaid al Hajree ziyarat near Najaf.

Masjid al-kufa  - Kufa

 Day - 6 - Did ziyarat at Moulana Kumail shrine and visited place called Hannana, where Imam Ali's Janaza had passed from and due to which the trees of dates were bent down to show respect and mourning. After martyrdom of Imam Hussain a.s. , it is known that his head was kept at this place and due to which the trees of dates were dried out.

Masjid al-kufa 

Masjid al-kufa  

Masjid al-kufa gate -Baab Asghabaan 

(known after the miracle Imam Ali showed when the snake(asghabaan) entered Masjid through this door(baab) and had conversation with Imam Ali to solve difficulties faced by it)

Day - 7 - Did Ziyarat of Imam Ali and left for airport in the afternoon for the return flight to Mumbai. 

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib holy shrine entrance - Najaf

Few more pictures of the trip --- 

@ Terminal T2 - CSI airport Mumbai. 

Iraqi man walks by, outside Zaineb Tekri - Karbala 

A replica of mashqi(water bag) outside Moulana Abbas ibn Ali holy Shrine - Karbala

(In the memory of his martyrdom which came when he was carrying water to quench thirst of his family members )

Tea at a restaurant - Najaf

Selfie outside Imam Hussain A.S. holy Shrine. 

@ Imam Hussain a.s. Holy Shrine - Karbala

@ Moulana Abbas ibn Ali holy Shrine - Karbala

Julus (Procession) outside Imam Hussain holy shrine - Karbala

Janaza(Coffin) being brought to pass through Imam Hussain & Moulana Abbas holy shrine, before burial - Karbala

Kabristan (cemetery/graveyard) at Najaf called Wadi-us-Salaam. It is known to be the largest and one of the oldest graveyard in the world, which has around 5 million bodies buried.

Traffic Police Patrol on the street- Najaf

Najaf Al Ashraf Airport - Najaf