The Religious Affairs Department of Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine held the Ayat prayer in the courtyard of the Holy Shrine on Monday afternoon.
The prayer was conducted under the leadership of the head of the department, Sheikh Salah al-Karbala'i, as the holy courtyard was filled with devotees who performed this obligatory prayer with a humble heart towards God Almighty, while witnessing a rare astronomical phenomenon, namely the annular eclipse of the sun.
They concluded these devotional ceremonies by praying for the reappearance of our Master of Order and Time, the awaited Imam al-Mahdi (may Allah hasten his holy reappearance), and praying that God preserve the Supreme Religious Authority and that security and protection reign in our beloved country.
The holy city of Karbala and all regions of Iraq witnessed a partial eclipse of the sun on Monday afternoon, which started after one o'clock in the afternoon and lasted for about two hours.