The Holy Shrine of the Two Imams

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of THE HOLY SHRINE OF THE TWO IMAMS as recorded in Shia traditions.
THE HOLY SHRINE OF THE TWO IMAMS
Imam 'Ali al-Hadi and Imam al-Hasan al'Askari were buried
in their house. The door of this house was sometimes
opened before the Shi'ah to enter the house and visit the two
Imams near their tombs, but it was sometimes closed before
them and they would have to stop for visiting the two lmams
in front of the window that is situated in the opposite wall of
the tomb.
In the introduction of the report of the aforesaid form of
ziyarah, the following statement can be read:
After bathing yourself for ziyarah, you may say the following
words if you are able to reach the tombs; otherwise, you may
point to them with statements of salutations while you are
standing at the window of the door that is on the street.
Hence, a visitor who is unable to approach the tomb may
offer the Ziyarah Prayer at the mosque.
When this matter became unbearable for the loyalist Shi'ah,
they demolished the house and constructed in its place the
current dome, shrine, portico, and hall. The mosque has
therefore become inside the holy shrine.
It is known that this mosque is now situated in the
rectangular hall that is attached to the hall lying behind the
tombs of the two lmams. However, others claim that the
portico that is situated behind the two tombs is part of the
mosque. So is a one cubit width of the holy shrine. At any
rate, the visitors in the present age have been saved of this
problem.