Department of Religious Affairs: High demand for marriage contracts at the Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine

The Religious Affairs Department at the Al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine confirmed a wide turnout of believers for conducting marriage contracts at the holy shrine.

Sheikh Haidar al-Aredhi from the department said: The shrine of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (peace be upon him) witnesses a wide turnout from the faithful for the purpose of conducting marriage contracts within the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine. The Social Affairs Division of the department is responsible for organizing the procedures related to this field in accordance with religious and legal matters.

He added that since the establishment of the department, more than 100,000 marriage contracts have been conducted, while the number of contracts conducted last year exceeded 1,500 marriage contracts.

Al-Aredhi explained that the basic requirements for conducting a marriage contract are the presence of the girl's guardian, the submission of official documents, and the completion of the medical examination mandated by the Ministry of Health; for the purpose of verifying blood type compatibility or detecting potential health issues.