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Masjid-i Azam in Qum
One of the great religious monuments
built by the Great Marjah Ayatullah al-Uzma Burujerdi (R.A.) is the Masjid-i
Azam which was built adjoined to the holy shrine of Hadrath Masoumah (A.S.).
The foundation stone of this great
mosque was laid on 11th Zee al-Qa'adah, the auspicious birthday anniversary of
Hadrat Imam Ali bin Musa al-Reza (A.S.) corresponding with 22nd June, 1954 in a
special ceremony.
The construction of the mosque was
completed in 1961 and since then congregational prayers and other religious
ceremonies are regularly held in this mosque. This mosque is built in the
Islamic architectural style and consists of four prayer halls and three
towering balconies. The large dome of the mosque has a diameter of 30 metres
and its height above the roof of the mosque is 15 metres and 35 metres from the
basement of the mosque. The minarets of the mosque are 25 metres above the roof
of the mosque are 25 metres above the roof of the mosque and 45 metres from the
basement of the mosque. The upper part of the minarets has special section for
the purpose of call to prayers (A'zaan) with a height of 5 metres. A towering
clock tower with a big clock is located in the north of the mosque and this
tower can be seen from all the four sides of the mosque.
The years after the victory of the
Islamic revolution the number of pilgrims to the holy shrine of Hadrath
Masoumah (A.S.) has rapidly increased and to create spaces for the pilgrims the
wall barrier between the Masjid-i Azam and Masjid-i Bala Sar was removed in the
year 1992 and the organization of the holy shrine is rendering all the
necessary services in this great mosque.
With the approval of the Supreme Leader
Ayatullah al-Uzma Khamenei, the upkeeping and maintaining the mosque has been
delegated to the organization of the holy shrine which bears all the
maintaining and upkeepingexpenses and
pays the wages to the attendants of the mosque without interfering in the
endowment affairs of the mosque.
Masjid-i Azam has now become central
place for the students of the Islamic seminaries and most of the grand Marjah
deliver their lectures in this great mosque which are attended by a large
number of tullab.
The daily congregational prayers in
this mosque is conducted in a grand way. The organization of the holy shrine
have provided necessary welfare and hygiene facilities near the mosque for the
facility of the pilgrims of the holy shrine.
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