Imam Hussein holy shrine holds a mourning ceremony on the tragic commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Musa El-Kadhim (peace be upon him)

June 5, 2013. The Imam Hussein holy shrine held a mourning ceremony on the sorrowful commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Musa El-Kadhim (peace be upon him). A lecture about the life of Imam El-Kadhim has been given in which it narrated how the Imam spent 16 years in prison forcibly until he was martyred by being fed poison in El-Sindi prison by the order of Harun, an Abbasid ruler. It's been mentioned that the Secretary-General of the Imam Hussein holy shrine participated in the commemoration as well as a large number of people flocking to perform pilgrimage and to condole Imam Hussein and El-Abbas on such a sorrowful commemoration. Translated by: Mohammed Jasim