The employees of the Stitching Division at al-Abbas Holy Shrine have gifted a new black Kiswa to the Al-Askariyain Holy Shrine in the holy city of Samarra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official of the Division, Abdul-Zahra Dawood, said in a press statement followed by Shia Waves News Agency: “The blessed Kiswa will be presented as a gift from the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine to the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali Al-Hadi and Imam Hassan al-Askary (peace be upon them) to be hung during the months of Muharram and Safar next year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added, “A luxurious quality of fabric was used and embroidered with verses from the Noble Quran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dawood explained, “The Kiswa will be 180 cm wide and 95 cm long, to cover the four holy tombs of Imam al-Askary, Imam Al-Hadi, Lady Hakima and Lady Fiddah (peace be upon them).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blessed Kiswa will be placed over the pure tombs at the beginning of the sacred month of Muharram next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The employees of the Stitching Division at al-Abbas Holy Shrine have gifted a new black Kiswa to the Al-Askariyain Holy Shrine in the holy city of Samarra. The official of the Division, Abdul-Zahra Dawood, said in a press statement followed by Shia Waves News Agency: “The blessed Kiswa will be presented as a gift from …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86694,"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":[8],"tags":[35,204,2947],"class_list":["post-86693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iraq","tag-al-abbas-holy-shrine","tag-askariyain-holy-shrine","tag-kiswa"],"yoast_head":"\n