The birth of the two imams. the biggest Sufi festival in Upper Egypt
By - Ahmed
Habib:
Within the framework of religious celebrations to remember the birth of the Holy Prophet and his pure family, may God bless them and grant them peace, the Hashemite League organizes a celebration of the birth of the two imams, which is the largest Sufi festival in Upper Egypt in celebration of the birth of the pioneer of the Hashemite League, Imam Muhammad Abu al-Fotouh al-Arabi al-Idrisi and his son, Imam Ahmed Abu al-Hassan, may God sanctify their secret, in the square of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, in the village of Kalah al-Arabi in the center of Edfu in Aswan Governorate.
This great Sufi
celebration, which was called by the sons of the Arab Imam Sayyid Afifi
Al-Arabi, Mr. Ahmed Al-Badawi, Mr. Ali Al-Badri and the sons of the Hashemite
League, is carried out with the participation of the honorable gentlemen from
Egypt and the Islamic world, Al-Azhar
scholars, endowments, Sufi men of the orders, sons of the Hashemite League,
delegations from the countries of the Islamic world and the loved ones of the
people of the Holy Prophet's house, may God bless them and grant them peace,
from various governorates of Egypt.
The celebration
includes reading and listening to the Holy Quran from radio and television
readers, delivering supplications and religious invocations from senior
invocators, in addition to organizing remembrance circles surrounded by angels,
episodes of praise, and prayers for the presence of the Prophet and his pure
family, may God's peace be upon them from the sons of the Hashemite League, as
well as the celebration includes feeding food in joy of the birth of the two
Imams Al-Jahbadin, may God be pleased with them.
One of the
important scenes in this great annual conference is the delivery of scientific
and religious lessons from religious scholars, which are scheduled to talk
about the status of the people of the house of the Holy Prophet, may God bless
him and grant him peace, in the hearts of Egyptians and their love, may God's
peace be upon them, for the guarded Egypt, which was honored by the status of a
constellation of senior Ahl al-Bayt in its homes, headed by Imam Hussein,
Sayyida Zainab, Sidi Ali Zain al-Abidin and Sayyida Nafisa, may God be pleased
with everyone, and their love for her family and their call for her to preserve
and bless.
The activities of
the International Sufi Festival begin on Saturday, August 26, corresponding to
Safar 10, 1445 AH, until Thursday, August 31, corresponding to Safar 15, 1445
AH, by listening to the verses of the Holy Quran from His Eminence Sheikh Abu
Al-Hassan Al-Qadi, reader of the Hashemite League and reader of radio and
television, Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Qazzaz, on Thursday 31/8/2023 AD, and with a
constellation of scholars, headed by Dr. Magdi Ashour, Scientific Advisor to
the Grand Mufti of the Republic, and Dr. Al-Sayed Hamza, Professor of Fundamentals
of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University in Asoun.
The festival
activities include hearing the praises of the Prophet from the planets and sons
of the Hashemite League and a group of praisers on Saturday Sheikh Abdul Aziz
Al-Juhaini and on Sunday Rayhana Al-Madhin and the son of the two imams Sheikh
Amin Al-Dashnawi and on Monday praised the Prophet Sheikh Atef Al-Hawa and on
Tuesday Dean of religious chanting and praised the era Sheikh Yassin Tohamy and
on Wednesday the son of the Hashemite League Sheikh Mahmoud small and on
Thursday greets the closing night of the Dean of religious chanting Sheikh
Yassin Tohamy.
The festival will
not be without Sufi processions, where the blessed loader will be released on
Tuesday after the afternoon prayer until the sunset prayer in Imam Ali bin Abi
Talib Square, may God honor his face, and the famous equestrian festival will
also be organized on the sidelines of the celebration.
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