Arbaeen, The biggest annual gathering

Around 20 million pilgrims from all over the world have gathered in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to attend the mourning ceremonies marking Arbaeen, the 40th day after the anniversary of martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam.

Arbaeen-2014

Arbaeen is the 40th day after Ashura in which Imam Hussein (as) and his companions martyred. In Arbaein, due to some historical documents, Imam Sajjad (AS), Hazrat Zeinab (the sister of Imam Hussein), and some other relatives of the Imam, came back to Karbala and mourned for Imam and other martyrs of the Ashura.