The Holy Cellar or Cellar of the Occultation is the basement of the house of Imam Hassan Askari (a.s.), which is located in the northwest of the Holy Shrine of the two Askari Imams (a.s.) in Samarra. The sanctity of this place among Shiites is because it was the house of Imam Hadi (a.s.), Imam Hassan Askari (a.s.) and Imam Mahi (a.s.).

After the pilgrimage ceremony of Arbaeen of Imam Hussain (a.s.), the holy shrine of two Askari Imams (a.s.) in Samarra hosted the Arbaeen pilgrims.

During the Arbaeen Great Walk, while attending the AhlulBayt (a.s.) University of Karbala, in front of pillar No. 833 of Najaf-Karbala road, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, visited the activities of the university during the Arbaeen pilgrimage. After visiting the clinic of Yas Nabawi Mowkeb, which was set up in cooperation with the university to serve Arbaeen pilgrims, he participated in the appreciation ceremony of the jihadi (volunteer) doctors of this Mowkeb. The ceremony was also attended by Dr. Sayed Mohsen Qazvini, a member of the General Assembly of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly and University President, Hojat al-Islam Pahlevanzadeh Behbahani, President of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) Assembly of Iraq, and Hojat al-Islam Sayed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini, a representative of Tabriz in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Webinar “Arbaeen and Islamic Civilization” will be held today by the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in cooperation with cultural institutions.

On the Arbaeen Great Walk route from Najaf to Karbala, attending the “Neda al-Aqsa” (The Cal of Al-Aqsa) Mowkeb, in front of the pillar No. 833, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, visited the exhibitions of this Mowkeb and participated in its Quranic gathering. After this meeting, a group of resistance-supporting Sunni scholars from Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, who were present in the Arbaeen Great Walk 1444 H (2022), met with the Secretary-General.

The Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly met and talked with Ayatollah Fayyaz, a Shiite source of emulation, in Najaf.

The Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly met and talked with Ayatollah Bashir Najafi, a Shiite source of emulation, in Najaf.

On the day of Arbaeen, the shrine of Imam Hussain (a.s.) in Karbala is the meeting place of millions of the enthusiasts of that Imam who have come to this area from different parts of the world. The following pictures are scenes of reciting the pilgrimage letter of Arbaeen by the pilgrims in Bayn al-Haramayn by the ABNA’s photographer: