08/21/16: Hajj Classes & update by Imam Elahi from the spiritual capital of Iran!
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From the City of Imam Reda (as) the spiritual capital of of Iran!
- Best Wishes and Prayer from Imam Elahi
As the conference of the World Ahlul-Bayt Assembly came to an end, I continued my journey to the final destination of this trip, visitation of the shrine of Imam Reda(as).
Participation in the conference, listening to the speakers- especially the president and the leader and also speaking both in the general assembly and workshops were foods for thought, but visiting Imam Reda site was a food for both the soul and heart!
I will tell about this profound experience when I return enshaallah. I made sure that in addition to prayer for all suffering and oppressed people, I did remember in my prayers all of those who asked for prayer either directly or through email or facebook.
May Allah answer our prayers and help us through this tremendously turbulent times!
One of the most spiritual nights in my life
- Shared by Imam Elahi
After almost 7 years, I was blessed to began a journey to visit the shrine of imam Reda (as) in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran and also to attend the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly conference reflecting on the teachings of Imam Al-Sajjad (as) on peace and condemnation of violence!
More than 500 scholars, religious leaders, community activists from all over the world have attended. From Lebanon Shaikh Naim Qasem, Shaikh Abdolamir Shamsoddin, Dr. Khalil Hamdan-the representative of the Lebanese parliament's speaker.
From Iraq Sayyed Ammar Alhakim, former prime minister Noori Almaliki, Ayatollah Murtada Al-Qazwini and many more!
Our hosts Ayatollah Akhtari and his assistant Hijatol-Islam Mohammad Salar facilitated our first visit to the shrine of the late leader and the founding father of Islamic Republic- Imam Khomainie!
We were welcomed by Ayatollah Sayyed Hassan, the grandson of the late imam. We joined him in the evening prayer followed with a simple but very delicious Iranian style dinner.
For me the entire evening was a deeply spiritual and emotional experience. The architecture of the shrine was extremely impressive, but what caused my tears was looking at the magnificent burial sites of the late imam and his son marhoom Sayyed Ahmad Khomainie and also my reflection on so many memories of the last few decades both before and after my immigration to US almost 23 years ago.
President Rouhani opened the conference with one of his best lectures that I ever heard.
I wish the world media were about promoting the message of peace! If that was the case then the president of Iran's talk yesterday should have been the headline news of CNN , BBC and other world's networks!
I will talk about the content of his message in another posting enshaallah!
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