In the afternoon of the seventeenth of Safar 1438 AH corresponding to the 18th of November 2016, the largest congregational prayer was held on the length of more than 45 kilometres on four axes leading to the city of Karbala.
Last year, this prayer was held on 15 kilometres as part of Tabligh project embraced by the Hawza of Najaf and led by a group of Muballighin from the students and professors of Hawza and the holy shrines of Imam Ali, Imam Al-Hussayn, Imam Al-Kadhem, Imam Al-'Askari, Imam Al-Hussayn and Al-Abbas (peace be upon them), each according to his axis and group.
The objective from this prayer is to refute the suspicious allegations saying that the visitors of Ahl Al-Bayt (peace be upon them) do not care about performing their prayers on time, and to send a message to the whole world that the visitors of Imam Al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) are the ones who embody the ethics of Ahl Al-Bayt (peace be upon them) and the principles of Islam and the true Mohammadian path.
It is to note that this Tabligh project covers also the religious aspects in this season and aims to teach the visitors the religious and jurisprudence matters making them reach the perfection that the Almighty Allah wants for His slaves through the path of the Prophet and his holy Household (prayers of Allah be upon them all), who wanted to make the human reach the highest levels of perfection away from ignorance and misguidance.