Supreme Leader attends mourning ceremony for Hazrat Zahra (SA)

7 June 2008

Tehran-Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday attended ceremonies to mourn loss of the first lady of Islam, Hazrat Zahra (SA)*, on the eve of her martyrdom anniversary.

Supreme Leader had prior to the ceremony led congregational evening and night prayers at Imam Khomeini Hosseinieh Mosque.

State and military officials and people from all walks of life were present in the meeting.

*Hazrat Zahra (PBUH)is a daughter to Muhammad (PBUH) and she was to suffer great hardships in her life for her faith and her dislike towards the Makkah (Mecca) Pagans.

Khadijeh (PBUH) was her mother and first beloved wife of Muhammad (PBUH).

She died a short time after the death of her father, she is greatly revered among the Shia.