{"id":1177,"date":"2015-07-07T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/publishers\/1177-muslims-mark-laylat-al-qadr-and-imam-ali-s-martyrdom-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2015-07-07T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:14:49","slug":"muslims-mark-laylat-al-qadr-and-imam-ali-s-martyrdom-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/publishers\/1177-muslims-mark-laylat-al-qadr-and-imam-ali-s-martyrdom-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims mark \u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 and Imam Ali&#8217;s martyrdom anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6666660308838px;\">\u2018Night of Destiny\u2019 or \u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 and the martyrdom anniversary of Ima Ali<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Thousands of Muslims from inside Iraq and abroad have marked \u2018Night of Destiny\u2019 or \u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 and the martyrdom anniversary of Ima Ali, peace be upon him, inside the holy shrines in the holy cities of Karbala, Najaf and Kadhimiya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0\u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 in Ramadan is the night when first verses of Qur\u2019an were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Muslims recite the holy book of Qur\u2019an more, hold vigils until dawn in prayers and supplications and ask God to forgive their sins. Muslims on this night have also special wishes and prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Laylat al-Qadr has double significance for Shia Muslims as the night of the 21st of Ramadan marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of the first Shia Imam, Ali Ibn-Abi Taleb, peace be upon him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Shia Muslims mourned the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali from the 19th of Ramadan, marking the day he was wounded and the day of his martyrdom, two days later.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Night of Destiny\u2019 or \u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 and the martyrdom anniversary of Ima Ali \u00a0 Thousands of Muslims from inside Iraq and abroad have marked \u2018Night of Destiny\u2019 or \u2018Laylat al-Qadr\u2019 and the martyrdom anniversary of Ima Ali, peace be upon him, inside the holy shrines in the holy cities of Karbala, Najaf and Kadhimiya. \u00a0\u2018Laylat &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33,49],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publishers","tag-iraq","tag-najaf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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