Registration for Itikaf at Hazrat Abdul Azim Holy Shrine to Begin Saturday

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Those willing to attend Itikaf (religious retreat) at the holy shrine of Hazrat Abdul Azim Hassani (AS) in Rey, south of Tehran, can register their name starting on Saturday.

Registration will be online, the public relations office of the Astan (custodianship) of the holy shrine announced.

Since the number of applicants is expected to be larger than the capacity of the mausoleum like in previous years, there will be a draw to select the participants in the spiritual ritual, it said.

In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Itikaf ritual will be organized in full compliance with the health protocols, the office added.

Itikaf, in the Islamic faith, is a particularly commended pious practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque, for a certain number of days in accordance with the believer's own wish.

Those taking part in the spiritual ritual sit in mosques and fast and pray the almighty God during the three days of Itikaf (usually on the 13^th, 14^th and 15^th of the lunar Hijri month of Rajab).

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