Imam Ali Holy Shrine in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq, has been decorated with special flags and banners in preparation for celebrating Eid al-Ghadeer on Friday, the 18th of the holy month of Thul Hijja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flags and banners, hung all over the walls of the Holy Shrine, have phrases on paying allegiance to Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon. Decorating the Holy Shrine comes as part of the various activities being carried out during the ten-day-Ghadir celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be mentioned that the event of Ghadeer, or Eid al-Ghadeer, is celebrated by Shia Muslims around the world every year. It is among important feasts and happy holidays of Shia Muslims held on the 18th day of Dhul Hijja in the lunar Hijri calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the day when the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, appointed Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, as his caliph and the Imam after himself following an order from God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, recommends all Muslims to celebrate the ten-day-Ghadir celebrations to further inform the world of the Ghadir Allegiance and the honorable biography of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imam Ali Holy Shrine in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq, has been decorated with special flags and banners in preparation for celebrating Eid al-Ghadeer on Friday, the 18th of the holy month of Thul Hijja. The flags and banners, hung all over the walls of the Holy Shrine, have phrases on paying allegiance to Imam Ali bin …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[2928,5,8,7,31],"tags":[5026],"class_list":["post-94479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ahlulbayt-occasions","category-atabat","category-iraq","category-islam","category-news","tag-imam-ali-holy-decorated-ahead-of-eid-ul-ghadir"],"yoast_head":"\n