Wadi l-Salam Cemetery (Najaf): Difference between revisions

[[File:قبرستان وادی الاسلام (15).jpg|400px|thumb|a view of Wadi al-Salam cemetery, [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]]]

'''Wādī al-Salām''' (وادي السلام) is an extensive historic cemetery, situated in [[Najaf]], a city of [[Iraq]]. It is of immense importance for [[Shi'a|shi'as]] due to many Hadiths regarding its significance. On the basis of some Hadiths, the cemetery is where some of the [[prophet|prophets]] and great virtuous men return after their death (Raj'at), and any pious man's spirit who passes away in any spot of the world will come to this cemetery. Its location in Najaf has raised its importance because of [[Imam 'Ali (a)|Imam 'Ali]]'s holy shrine being there. Many pilgrims of [['Atabat al-'Aliyat]] (The holy shrine of Imams (a)) visit this area beside visiting other sacred places. Furthermore, a lot of religious, political, and social figures of shi'a have been buried there.