Jamkaran Mosque

Iran / Qom / ۶ کیلومتری شهر قم به طرف جاده کاشان
Jamkaran is a mosque in Qom, central Iran. It is a popular pilgrimage site for Shi'ite Muslims. Local belief has it that the Twelfth Imam - a messiah figure Shia believe will will lead the world to an era of universal peace - once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran. This belief has been compared to that of Catholics who believe that the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepard children in Fatima, Portugal in 1917.

The mosque, six kilometres east of Qum, has long been a sacred place, at least since 984 CE, when according to the mosque website, one Sheikh Hassan ibn Muthlih Jamkarani is reported to have met Imam Al-Mahdi along with prophet Al-Khidr. He was instructed that the site where the three met was "noble" and that the owner, Hasan bin Muslim, was to cease cultivating it and use his earning from farming the sacred land to pay for a mosque to be erected there.

Sometime in decade of 1995-2005, the mosque's reputation spread, and many pilgrims, particularly young people, began to come to it. In the back of the mosque there is a "well of requests" where it is believed the Twelfth Imam once "became miraculously unhidden for a brief shining moment of loving communion with his Creator." Pilgrims tie small strings in a knot around the grids covering the holy well, which they hope will be received by the Imam Mahdi.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamkaran
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Coordinates:   34°35'2"N   50°54'52"E

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  • السلام علیک یا بقیــــة الله فی ارضه السلام علیک یا صاحب الزمان
  • مكان خرافات ته چاهى
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