Marriage contract of an American Muslim couple was held at the Razavi Holy Shrine.
Shazia Piarali a Muslim living in the US, said, “The spiritual and indescribable calmness of Imam Reza’s (A.S.) Holy Shrine and his blessing presence are the reasons of our marriage here”.
Saying that all the world Muslims consider Imam Reza (A.S.) as a mediator and receive what they want Allah to give them, she added, “Going on the pilgrimage of the Holy Shrine, attending in the collective prayers, enjoying the services of the offices of responding to religious questions, and praying for all the patients were some of the activities I did here at the Razavi Holy Shrine”.
This radiologist at a Pennsylvanian hospital stressed, “All the non-Iranian pilgrims pass thousands of kilometers and come to the Razavi Holy Shrine with a sense of love and affection toward Imam Reza (A.S.)”.
Saying that lifestyle and character of Imam Reza (A.S.) has made him an excellent person, she added, “Holding our marriage at the Razavi Shrine, we want to take Imam Reza’s (A.S.) characteristics as models in our life”.
This non-Iranian pilgrim reminded, “Before marriage, we visited Hazrat Ma’sumeh’s (S.A.) shrine as it is narrated that Imam Reza (A.S.) has once said if someone visits my sister in Qom he is very much similar to a person visiting me in Mashhad”.
Shazia Piarali said, “All Imams (A.S.) must be the models of our lives and I have visited other holy shrines in Najaf, Kazemein, and Karbala as well. I am very happy for my presence here and my chance of visiting Imam Reza’s (A.S.) shrine”.
To have their lunch, this young couple was invited to the banquet hall of the Razavi Holy Shrine by the management of non-Iranian pilgrims.
Imam Reza was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and the eighth Shia Imam after his father Musa al-Kadhim and before his son Muhammad al-Jawad. He lived in a period when Abbasid caliphs were facing numerous difficulties, the most important of which was Shia revolts. The Caliph Al-Ma'mun sought out a remedy for this problem by appointing Al-Ridha as his successor, through whom he could be involved in worldly affairs. However, according to the Shia view, when Al-Ma'mun saw that the Imam gained even more popularity, he decided to correct his mistake by poisoning him. The Imam was buried in a village in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom.
source : abna24
