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               74  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (31): 69-91, Summer 2022
                  The     famous       Islamic           In  the  following,  some
               philosopher Mir-Damad talked           spiritual, social and political
               about  the  significance  of           dimensions  of  Arbaeen
               Pilgrimage  and  stated  that          pilgrimage are mentioned:

               even Fakher al-Din Razi, a
                                                          1.  Spiritual Dimensions
               Muslim  theologian  and                The  question  that  always
               scholar known as an  imam              arises  is  why  someone
               or  teacher  of  the  skeptics,        would  travel  such  a  long

               condones  the  concept  of             distance  to  Pilgrimage  a
               Pilgrimage. He mentioned an            shrine,  enduring  all  of  the
               interesting  point  showing            hardships  along  the  way.

               the     degree     to    which         What  is  the  secret  that
               Pilgrimage  is  accepted  in           attracts  millions  of  people
               various  cultures.  He  said           from  all  over  the  world?

               one of Aristoteles' students           Why  is  there  so  much
               used  to  hold  discussions            interest  in  Imam  Hussein?
               next  to  his  teacher's  grave        What       is     the     basic

               when a difficult issue arose           philosophy behind this?
               which helped him out a lot.               The philosophy of walking
               This happened because there            in  the  Arbaeen  of  Imam
               is  a  spiritual  connection           Hussein is a great indication

               between  those  who  are               of  the  Pilgrims  faith  and
               physically  alive  and  the            pure love for God Almighty,
               dead. (Shomali, 2022, Part. 2)
                                                      the  Prophets,  the  infallible
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