Bahá'í pilgrimage

A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí at the Bahá'í World Centre in Northwest Israel. Bahá'ís do not have access to other places designated as sites for pilgrimage.cite encyclopedia |last= Smith |first= Peter |encyclopedia= A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |title= Pilgrimage |year= 2000 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |location= Oxford |id= ISBN 1-85168-184-1 |pages= p. 269]

Bahá'u'lláh decreed pilgrimage in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas to two places: the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, and the House of the Báb in Shiraz. In two separate Tablets, known as "Suriy-i-Hajj", he prescribed specific rites for each of these pilgrimages. It is obligatory to make the pilgrimage, "if one can afford it and is able to do so, and if no obstacle stands in one's way". Bahá'ís are free to choose between the two houses, as either has been deemed sufficient. Later, `Abdu'l-Bahá designated the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí (the Qiblih) as a site of pilgrimage. No rites have been prescribed for this.

The designated sites for pilgrimage are not accessible to the majority of Bahá'ís, as they are in Iraq and Iran respectively, and thus when Bahá'ís currently refer to pilgrimage, it refers to a nine-day pilgrimage that occurs at the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa and Akká in Israel. This nine-day pilgrimage does not replace pilgrimage to the designated sites for pilgrimage, and it is intended that pilgrimage to the House of the Báb and the House of Bahá'u'lláh will occur in the future.

House of Bahá'u'lláh, Baghdad

The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, also known as the "Most Great House" (Bayt-i-A'zam) and the "House of God," is where Bahá'u'lláh lived in from 1853 to 1863 (except for two years where he left to the mountains of Kurdistan, northeast of Baghdad, near the city of Sulaymaniyah). It is located in the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, near the western bank of the Tigris river. [ [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol8/House.htm The House of Baha'u'llah] ] It is designated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a place of pilgrimage and is considered a holy place by Bahá'ís.cite encyclopedia |last= Smith |first= Peter |encyclopedia= A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |title= Baghdad: the House of Bahá'u'lláh |year= 2000 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |location= Oxford |id= ISBN 1-85168-184-1 |pages= p. 66-67]

During the 1920s the house was confiscated by Shí'ih authorities, who were hostile to the Bahá'í Faith. The Council of the League of Nations upheld the Bahá'í's claim to the house, but it has not yet been returned to the Bahá'í community. [cite book | first = Arnold J. | last = Toynbee | title = Survey of International Affairs 1934 | location = London | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1935 | pages = p. 120-122]

House of the Báb, Shiraz

In 1942-3 it was damaged by fire in an attack by enemies of the Bahá'í Faith, and in 1955 it was destroyed, but later again restored. In 1979 it was destroyed once more during the Iranian Revolution. In 1981 the site was made into a road and public square.

=Current nine-day pilgr

The places that Bahá'ís visit on the current nine-day pilgrimage at the Bahá'í World Centre include the following.cite web | url = https://bahai.bwc.org//pilgrimage/Intro/visit_1.asp | title = What is pilgrimage? | accessdate = 2008-08-10 | date = 2007 | publisher = Bahá'í World Centre | author = Bahá'í World Centre] Please see Bahá'í World Centre buildings for more information about each building.

The nine-day pilgrimage is open only to Bahá'ís and their spouses who have applied to go on pilgrimage. [cite web | url = https://bahai.bwc.org//pilgrimage/main/faq.asp#q17 | title = Bahá'í pilgrimage Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | accessdate = 2008-08-10 | date = 2007 | publisher = Bahá'í World Centre | author = Bahá'í World Centre]

Notes

References

*cite book
last = Allen
first = Denny
coauthors = Lesley Taherzadeh
year = 2006
title = Bahá'í Pilgrimage
publisher = George Ronald
location = Oxford, UK
id = ISBN 0853984875

*cite book
author=Bahá'u'lláh
authorlink=Bahá'u'lláh
year=1873
title=The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book
publisher=Bahá'í Publishing Trust
location=Wilmette, Illinois, USA
id=ISBN 0853989990
url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/

*cite book
author = Denis MacEoin
authorlink = Denis MacEoin
year = 1994
title = Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism
publisher = British Academic Press and Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
location = UK
id = ISBN 1850436541
url = http://books.google.com/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=4Bpd0xhUKewC&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PR9&sig=9Fd_jmfePvTHGFcVQvePgDI7XcM&dq=%22MacEoin%22+%22Rituals+in+Babism+and+Baha%27ism%22+#PPP1,M1

*cite book
last = Ruhe
first = David
authorlink=David Ruhe
year=1983
title=Door of Hope
publisher = George Ronald
location = Oxford, UK
id=ISBN 9780853981507

*cite book
first = John
last = Walbridge
title = Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time
publisher = George Ronald
location = Oxford, UK
year = 1996
id=ISBN 0853984069

External links

* [http://pilgrimage.bahai.org/ Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Bahá'í World Centre]
* [http://www.BahaiPictures.com/ Photos of the Bahá'í Holy Places in Israel]
* [http://www.urbanrail.net/as/hai/haifa-citymap.jpgMap of Haifa]
* [http://media.bahai.org/subjects/locations/maps/5620/details Map of Akka]
* [http://www.enochsvision.com/ptthotb/frame01.html Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb]

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